I'll admit it: I'm addicted to wedding magazines.
I didn't spend my childhood dreaming about my wedding. I didn't traipse around the house in a veil as a kid, vowing to love and cherish my favorite teddy bear. I never had the white dress fantasies.
Which is why when he proposed, I was completely unprepared, other than the "yes" part.
Ahhh! Once happily immersed in my career, I'm now drowning in a pile of satin and bows. I needed to bring myself up to speed, and fast! Lost in a world of wedding protocol, I've been devouring every bit of wedding-related information I can find. With a busy career, I don't have time to be combing through Barnes and Noble -- I need my info now! Thank goodness for the online glossies. Modern Bride, The Knot, InStyle Weddings ... my email inbox is a hurricane of wedded bliss.
Some of the best features of these sites are that they have online wedding checklists. Sign up, enter your wedding date, and the site automatically generates a monthly, weekly, and even daily to-do list to bring you closer to the wedding of your dreams. They'll even email you weekly reminders to keep you on task and virtually stress-free.
It's a demanding job, being a bride. There's so much planning to do, all crammed into a whirlwind of a few months. Guest lists, seating arrangements, finding a dress, negotiating vendor fees, engagement parties, scouring for a DJ, invitations -- ah, the Wedding Machine!
What's in a name?
Dress of the day: Anastasia by Maggie Sottero
Unusual wedding cakes from Dragons and Daffodils
