What all has gone wrong with your wedding so far?

Okay...so hopefully I'm not the only one that has been having some unfortunate things happen with the planning of their wedding. So far all that hasn't gone quite right:

I wrote down the wrong directions on the direction cards for the wedding invitations (screwed up North and South)

Bridesmaid complained about dress being too big (mind you it was her measurements she sent me that I went off of)

1 Flower girl isn't coming (we still have 1)

One of our readers declined coming to our wedding (via his response card...and not a phone call)

They double booked the church where we were having my shower this Saturday...now trying to figure out where to have it

1 bridesmaid not making this shower or the bachlorette party (but it's also understandable with the cost of everything)

But hey...we still have the church and the reception site. And as long as there's a priest....we'll be getting married in 34 days. I can't believe the time has flown soo quickly.

You have the right attitude Sorrill....all that matters is that you, FI and the priest are there.  I know it's frustrating, but there's no such thing as the "perfect" wedding.  I had to change my reception site about 3 weeks ago and our date is 10/11!  Other than that (knocking on wood) I have not had any major issues.  I DO however agree to the fact that your reader should have contacted you by phone prior to sending back the response card. Good luck and I hope everything else runs smoothly.

Wow...I am sorry.  Usually things happen to me like that so I can totally relate.  But keep the positive attitude and your day will turn out beautiful.  I am a believer that things happen for a reason.  Keep your eyes on the prize....your husband!  lol

...oh but so far, and we are just starting with the nitty gritty...

1. My MOH backed out

2. Our invitations were not ready on the 4 different days they were promised

3. My uncle has a serious illness and will not be able to sing at our ceremony

4. They sold out of the candelabras for our centerpieces and we had to scrap that idea and head back to the drawing board

5. There was a marathon the day of our E-pics and we were an hour and a half late, stressed and screaming at each other.  Man that sucked.

but I just let it roll off my back, you can't force people to do what you want, you can't heal the sick but you will be left with those who care for you the most standing by your side.

Wow....I'm sorry to hear some of the other misfortunate things.

Oh man this is going to be a long post!

1) FI and I were planning about 220 to come, but we went to a baptism for the newest baby in my large family and now we think its going to be more like 400! With all people we know!

2) For many reasons we are not having alcohol at the reception, only the afterparty.

3) We are way over budget :(

4) My parents are really iritating me!

5) I might end up having like 20 junior BMs because I have a lot of really close cousins, about 7 of them are all 15yo (my family has babies in groups) I grew up with them and want them to have some part of teh wedding.

6) There probably wont be enough places for my family to stay at the location we are having the wedding at.

7) The food is becoming a big issue because I think we will need way more than I have planned (seeing my family eat this weekend)

um, as long as i dont or fh doesnt get in a life-altering car accident or die - we can count our blessings and just take each "problem" that comes our way witht he same lax attitude we take with life... we're in the "make lemonade" frame of thought:

- we've taken having to reschedule our huge wedding into eloping then still having the larger celebration one year later

- i've severed a decades-long friendship (my moh) and she and her kids are no longer in my bridal party - but for mental clarity and more importantly, for the sake of my marriage - some relationships are not worth keeping and should/must be let go of

- money is just money - fighting over it and about it is a real true exercise in communication and dealing with our different saving/spending styles BEFORE we get married and finding a middle ground and something that works for the both of us

- money is just money #2 - once we got over the original sticker shock - we sat down and decided what we were willing to give up and more importantly, what we were NOT willing to sacrifice to save the $$$ to make this shindig happen

- eloping is for us; our larger celebration is for everyone else

My dog stole my FIs wedding band and I had to find it in the backyard!
My dress was ordered wrong and they had to order a whole new one!
One of my BMs stood me up for the millionth time and she is no longer in my wedding because she is always taking advantage of me!
My Bridesmaids are lazy, they haven't planned anything for my shower or even ordered their shoes yet, I feel like I'm inconviencing them to come to my shower, rehearsal dinner, batchelorette party... etc.

1.  my moh is not very supportive..so i decided not to have a bachelorette or bridal shower..also have to pay for the BM dresses and MOH makeup and hair--which is fine..i just didn't plan for it  2.  i didn't like my TWO trials with the MUA i contracted for based off of reviews, but optimistic that day of will be good  3.  our daytime wedding is not really saving us any money..we have to book a separate photographer for our tea ceremony a week prior to actual wedding  4.  ritz carlton won't let us take photos on their grounds even though we'll be guests there  5.  father and brother got laid off..so we feel alot of guilt having a wedding this year  6.  did not reach 95 lb goal on time for dress fitting last friday  7.  parents were really disappointed that they won't get a typical 10 course chinese/vietnamese banquet, but my FH hates those types of weddings  8.  we aren't crazy about all of our vendors..some of them make us feel like we are working for them rather than them working for us..i don't know how that happens???

but overall i'm generally still pretty excited about the wedding..alot happens over 9 months of planning..we really just can't wait to be married at this point.

It went from a court wed to a church wed!

      I'm happy about that change. Now we can share our day with everyone we love.

Our date was changed 3, no 4 times!

       We had to schedule it around when FI's grandma would be visiting in late Sept. AND around my     

       time of the month!

I only had about 5 months to plan everything!

       I think I've done a great job so far (pat on my back!).

My necklace I ordered online was a disaster.

      But I went shopping w/ my cousin/BM and found the perfect one! I'll return the 1st one.

I was so stressed about the candy for the candy buffet.

      My FI and I agreed on tossing the CB idea and we decided to put the money towards flowers.

      I had to return all the jars and ribbon , but I had an extra 100 dollars in my pocket!

My FG and 2 year old niece fractured her knee going down a huge slde at the park.

       I'm still having her in the wedding even if we have to wheel her down the aisle in awagon.

       The doc said she'll be ok in 7 weeks. Poor baby!

The shoes I wanted were the last pair in stock. Even in the warehouse and the ones the store had in my size were dirty!

      So I bought them for 17.00 and brought them to a cleaner and paid 8 dollars! Now they are

      good as new, so pretty and most important very comfortable!

  I've had a few other things go wrong but nothing to completely freak out about , yet. I dont wanna jinx myself! This wedding is a handful some days and some days so much fun planning! I just can't wait for the big day!