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I miss having a legit reason to be on weddingbee.... 
and an excuse to grab up all sorts of cutesy stuff on clearance because "I might use it for the wedding!"
Living with my parents and having my dad do the laundry and the cleaning lady cleaned the toilet LOL
In all seriousness I do miss buying magazines and looking a beautiful dresses and day dreaming about that being me. I am really sad that I will never be able to go dress shopping again and try on all those amazing gowns.
I miss dress shopping. In fact, I'm really tempted to make appointments under my married name and only wear my Ering. But I think DH would have a real problem with that, haha! I loved the VIP treatment everywhere I went because I was engaged. Granted, I only got the treatment from vendors who had dollar signs for eyes, but it was great while it lasted.
@moderndaisy: ditto! I loved being the "bride to be" and having everyone get so excited about the upcoming wedding. Now, I'm just...married, lol. Although being a newlywed is still pretty fun :)
I miss looking for vendors...I started to feel this way toward the end of wedding planning too, though. I loved the beginning, when I felt like all my options were still open and the wedding could go in a million different directions. I loved the way it DID turn out, but I miss that sense of fun, like "I could do anything!".
I miss the extra 20k that used to live in my savings account! lol 
I miss the anticipation and excitement leading up the wedding.
ahhhh @gabrielleelise! SAME! I miss the money that we spent, but the day came together wonderfully! I miss having an excuse to pamper myself, I miss my motivation for working out... the list goes on!
Anyone else feel like more now than ever they want all their friends to get engaged or start having babies or something just so you have more parties to help plan and more big life changes to celebrate?
i miss fitness motivation, my clean house (there's so much stuff everywhere still!), and having an excuse to shop for cute sundresses.
@PaperCrane: YES. I started researching photogs for a friend who just got engaged...even though she didn't ask me to, and doesn't actually know that I've done that. 
I just miss looking through websites and picking out vendors!
I just miss the whole planning process! Planning my wedding was some of the most fun I've ever had, I just loved it!
But now im becoming really into decorating my house and watching decor shows, decor mags, and blogs. So basiclaly went from wedding planning to house decor!
i miss having a creative outlet! i had several small diy projects too (favors, favor tags, programs, escort cards, welcome letters, table numbers...) so i miss that creative part. planning was an excuse to go browsing/shopping online and in stores, and read blogs and magazines, and fantasize about putting it all together, which also used my creative side of the brain. now all of that would just be procrastinating (ie, i need to be studying now but i can't help looking back at the bee!). i really really loved the planning process and i love how my wedding turned out...i can't wait to get our video back so i can watch it all over again!
I miss the anticipation of the big day! I loved finding new ideas and things to incorporate into our wedding, and dreaming of what it would be like. My wedding was absolutely perfect and everything I wanted it to be, but I missing having something to look forward to.
Also, I am never leaving the wedding planning/Weddingbee-type websites. I will stick around forever LOL.
I miss my old last name! Don't get me wrong, I like my new one, too. But it's a big adjustment.
Ditto on the wedding magazines. Part of me really, really wanted to buy the latest MS Weddings, but I had no idea how I'd explain myself when my husband found it.
I was going to say "nothing," because I've been surprised how easily my excited fantasizing before the wedding turned into delighted reminiscing afterwards. But then I remembered the twinges of nostalgia I've had over the past couple of weeks every time I've walked past a bridal gown shop. I really miss trying on gowns. That's what I was doing this time of year, and now it's stamped in my memory as associated with these magical-feeling months right before the holidays. I know some people have negative experiences trying on dresses, but I had nothing but positive interactions with salespeople and really felt like I was stepping into a fairytale every time I went in one of those places. I want to do it again!
Ohmigosh, am I the only one who doesn't miss planning at all???
I'm so glad it's over! Our wedding day was the best day of my life but I never want to go through that again! Way too stressful!
One of the first things I did when we got home from the honeymoon was unsubscribe from a bunch of bridal blogs. I stick to the nesting and NWR posts on the Bee. :)
I am so happy that I can finally get back to craft projects that I had neglected for the entire length of my enagement. I'm planning my best friend's baby shower and already thinking about the holidays.
I'm just happy to finally be married!
I miss my desire to work out knowing I wanted to fit in my dress and a bikini. I miss looking forward to the big day and the honeymoon. And I don't like admiting this but I miss all the attention and what not that comes with being engaged/a bride to be. I also miss having a legit reason to be on weddingbee.
*disclaimer* I also do NOT MISS planning other than what I stated above. Everything else about planning was stressful, annoying and not the magical experience everyone told me it would be. I was so sleep deprived by the time I finally got married and had lost so much weight from stress I almost passed out the day after the wedding from all of it. I think I slept straight the first two days of my honeymoon! So yeah, I don't miss planning at all and I'm really glad it's over.
@gabrielleelise1981: Ditto!!!
I absolutely do not miss planning at all. I'm very glad that my wedding is over, but I do enjoy helping others who are in the planning mode!
I don't miss ANYTHING about planning my own wedding. I miss helping friends with planning theirs, and I'm sure more of that will come along, but doing my own was the most stressful year of my life. I'm *so* happy to be back to normal and can come home after work without going to a gazillion appointments, make dinner and spend time with my hubby without any pressure.
@lilybay: Same here! I don't miss the planning AT ALL. Would never, ever want to go through it again. But I would do it all again just to marry my husband. :)
I must be odd. I have no desire to put on a wedding dress or anything wedding-related. I enjoy reading about other upcoming weddings on the boards and looking at pictures, etc. But I'm so relieved it's all over with!!
@finnaroo...SAME!!! Imiss planning and having a reason to be all creative and artsy!! :p I even planned my own birthday because i wanted to decorate stuff *laugh*
I miss the DIY. I loved having a reason to craft all the time. I actually volunteered to help throw a baby shower just so I can do more crafting.
I keep thinking and thinking... and honestly - NOTHING. Maybe I'll start missing something as time passes... but for now, absolutely nothing. I love being on the other side of the wedding :)
I can't really say I miss anything about planning the wedding. I have moved on to decorating, home reno's etc ... and I wouldn't want, for a second, to have to plan another wedding!
I miss hearing new songs that I would love to have put on my playlist! That's about it though, I am soooo happy that my wedding was great and now it's over! We can pay off the bills and start allocating money elsewhere!
I have another one, I miss spending a ton of time with my MIL shopping for things and going out to lunch. Now that the wedding is over, there's less of an excuse for that :( We still go out and whatnot but it's not the same.
I miss not having to worry about what his family thinks. They were just my boyfriend's parents, so what did it matter then?
Sadly, it matters now. ;/
I miss having the long email chains with all of my closest lady friends. We live so far apart and it gave us a reason to be constantly bugging each other. I miss that.
Glad to hear I'm not the only one missing things from those stressful but exciting engagement days :)
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I miss buying bridal magazines! I have no justification for spending money on them anymore, but those pretty covers with the pretty dresses keep tempting me. I just know if I buy one someone at the checkout counter will say "Getting married? Congratulations!" like they always used to, then they'll see my wedding band and I'll have to make up a lame lie like I'm helping my sister plan her wedding or something.