Weddingbee boards

I know it's a long shot, but are there any other LDS Weddingbee readers out there?

I'm here:) I just got married May 17th in San Antonio, but I'm still addicted to the site. When is your wedding (and where?)

I know that after I get married I will still be checking obsessively every day as well. I am getting married in the Seattle temple on October 11th.

allibug-other brides would be astounded to learn that you were able to book your "ceremony location" only 3 months before on the lucky date of 7/7/07. Gotta love it. I don't think I had the nerve to suggest it because I assumed that there weren't a whole lot of us out there. We sure are creating a lot of activity on the Christian board though :)

elizzard-I read your blog! Or at least until you weren't engaged anymore, but it sounds like that might be back on again someday so I will resubscribe. You know how it is with wedding blogs, I have so many I want to read I have to unsubscribe if people aren't updating consistently. I totally know what you mean about inviting the entire ward, we are actually going to have an open house to solve this problem. That way I can have my smaller more intimate wedding but the ward where I lived my entire life until college won't feel left out of things.

elizzard- we invited over 250 people to our first reception, and had a small open house up near where I live, and we did it all on an extremely small budget. I haven't finished all the math yet since it's only been a couple weeks, but it's under $3000, including my dress and his suit. We had a buffet with plenty of food, and a 6 foot cupcake tree for the cake. We were engaged for 7 months so I had time to bargain shop, but it can be done in less time!

 And, I was extremely opposed to the cultural hall reception before we got engaged, but it came down to picking my battles. Our reception was actually quite gorgeous, and I know if I had the time I could have made it even better. Everyone commented on how beautiful the room was. The biggest trick was going with a small church, rather than a stake center. So, it can turn out well, I promise. I was dreading it too, but I loved it, and what matters is we got married.

and allibug, this is Christine, in the Capital Ward forever ago:)

Thanks allibug:) 

 and elizzard- I bought my dress off craigslist, but I bought it off the SLC one, and I live in Dallas. Since it's free to list, why don't you try listing in some major cities and say you'll ship it? I was able to try on a dress by the same designer very similar to mine to determine sizing, but then just had mine shipped. Unless it's against craiglist rules, you might get a few bites that way. Good luck! 

Woot! Me and my hubby were married 6/7/08. Due to our living choices we weren't able to get married in the temple. BUUTT...we are working our way to being sealed in the temple so we can be together forever. Yay!

It's good to hear that I'm not the only married, weddingbee stalker!

I still hang around from time to time, but my wedding was quite awhile ago. I can help if you need any ideas or anything!

July- why are you having trouble finding a bishop to marry you? Is it because you are having it at a golf course instead of the church? One option is they can officially marry you in their office (kind of like if you went to the courthouse or something) and then you could have a ceremony. Sounds like something like that would not fly with your mom though! Is your fiance a member? One way to incorporate being LDS is to talk about eternal families or how we believing in the sealing power of the priesthood. That is what my BIL did for his ring ceremony for all the non-member family members. It will probably be tough to strike a balance that won't upset your mom too much though. If there is someone in your ward you really like who is a good speaker, perhaps have them do a type of reading- lots of converts families are surprised to realize our religion isn't as crazy as they think it is, and it can help to hear it from someone not related to them! Ask your bishop about weddings not at the church buildings, find out what the rules are and if that is what is keeping them from being able to marry you. Good luck!

kireos- I thought I recognized your story from your post a few days ago about it being the worst day- I was having serious deja vu and had to find out where I had read it before! Sorry it took me so long, since this is rarely posted on, I never see it in the new posts and forget to check!

July, I hope you were able to get everything figured out and had a fabulous wedding. Congratulations on your goal of getting sealed next year!