Newlyweds - Post your "I Do-over" for the brides to be!

Please share advice about what you'd have done differently if you knew then what you know now.

Is there something you'd do-over?

Would you get more sleep?    Not have a certain Bridesmaid?  Hire a coordinator?

i would not have forgotten my garters....and i would've taken more pix after the ceremony with just DH...

but other than that....our day went PERFECTLY!!

I would have taken the extra time to get more pics of me and my husband instead of worrying about the guests waiting and I would have stressed to my photog my must have shots instead of trying to be easy

I would have made sure DH and I had more alone time after the wedding.  By the time all our family and friends left Maui we only got one and a half days alone until we had to go back to California.  Not enough time at all! 

It's weird.....lately I've been thinking about this a lot for some reason.  Maybe now that I'm farther away from the wedding, I'm starting to think of the things that weren't so positive??  Anyway, I think I would have spent more money investing in my hair/makeup.  I wanted to find someone that had reasonable prices for my BM's so I didn't go with other people because of that.  Even though I was willing and able to spend more on my own services.  Not that I didn't like how I looked....but I think I would have done it a little differently.

Strangely enough...I think I would have danced less??? :)  I was on the dance floor the ENTIRE night with my girl friends.  Because of that, I realized that I didn't get to talk to as many of the guests as I would have liked...especially those that weren't ever on the dance floor! :)  

I would have been more clear with our officiant about our vows.  I just assumed that he was going to have us repeat the entire vows (i.e. better or worse, sickness and health, etc) after he said each line.  Instead, he said the entire thing and we just got to say "I do" afterward.  I'm really bummed that I didn't get to say those words.  I thought he understood what we wanted but as he was saying the words, I had the realization that I wasn't going to get to say them. :(

I would have insisted on the photog getting more detail shots, I would have brought flip flops for myself to the reception.

One thing I DID do and highly recommend to every other bride, I got all of the planning finished the week before the wedding. I had nothing to do the week of the wedding and really got to enjoy spending fun time with my family and friends. Plus, it let me get lots of sleep and be nice to people because I wasn't stressing about anything.

beatie...i was thinking the OPPOSITE about the dancing....we hardly danced AT ALL!!!!  we spent most of the nite chatting with people..i feel like i missed out a little on that....

we did the same for our vows...said "i do" but we did the "repeat after me" thing for the exchanging of the rings...

Beatie, thanks for sharing your views on the vows.  I never would have thought to ask.

These are good girls thanks...anyone else?

that's the thing...we only got to say "i do" after HE said the vows and we said "take this ring as a symbol of my love and commitment" after the exchange of rings.  but we didn't get to say the actual vows.  i REALLY wanted to!  i even remember telling him that we liked the idea of saying the same words that my parents, his parents, and other couples for generations have said.  guess it didn't sink in.  so now i know...never assume that people know what you're thinking....SPELL it out!! :)