The next few posts are going to be
about my experience with finding a venue. This was such an important
aspect of the wedding for both of us so I want to make sure that I
spend the time to describe the process and hopefully give some advice
to brides and grooms that are going through this step!
Mr. Coyote and I are having what I like
to call a semi-destination wedding.
Say wha?
No, we're not getting married on a
secluded island or on top of Mount Everest.
Instead, we are getting married in my
hometown, which is about 3 hours north of where the mister and I are
living right now.
Now, I know this really isn't a huge
distance in comparison to other brides and we usually make the drive
to visit my parents about once or twice every other month.
Unfortunately once we got engaged this
meant that practically every trip up meant working on some sort of
wedding task.
We set up a weekend in October of last
year to go check out some venues. This was our first wedding related
“thing” and I may have been a bit, erm, excited to get started.
I set up four venue appointments in two
days. That doesn't sound too bad right? Yeah, I didn't think so
either. I was wrong. It was totally overwhelming and exhausting. Oh
and remember that Murphy's Law thing I was talking about the other
day? Well, you didn't really think that we would get through
this weekend without an appearance from our good pal Murphy, did you?
If I can give you any advice it's this:
Don't stretch yourself too thin. Pace yourself and give yourself time
to digest everything. Oh and if you're anything like me; TAKE NOTES!
I felt a little silly at first, but I brought my notebook in with me
to every appointment and now, looking back, I am SO glad I did. I was
able to jot down anything that popped into my head and it was great
to look back on after our whirlwind weekend.
Don't worry Steve, I always have my handy dandy NOTEBOOOOOOK!
Next up... I'm gonna show you some
sweet, sweet venues!
Are you have a local wedding or are you planning from a distance like me?
Are you have a local wedding or are you planning from a distance like me?
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