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Finally! My husband and I were married on August 14th, and after waiting and waiting, all of our photos are in. Here's a link to the ones we've posted on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2118165&id=33205431&l=b5c47ba6c2

Back when I was still planning the wedding, I'd scour the internet for post-wedding advice & tips from brides who'd been through it already. So, here's my 2 cents:

What I would have done differently:

• Spent less money - we ended up spending around $12,000. I would have liked to have kept that closer to $7,500. But, there's almost no way with catering, the DJ, etc. So, I don't regret it too much, but if you think about it anything more than a couple thousand dollars is a huge amount to spend for just one day.
• I would have made the wedding night and next day more private. We were surrounded by family and friends the night of and day after. It would have been really nice to have had that time to ourselves.
• I wouldn't have had so many strings attached. Lots of people did us lots of favors for the wedding day. I feel like there was and still is some tension. 
• Invited more family - I left some family members out because of budget reasons, or because I didn't think they'd be able to make it, only to find out that they were really disappointed afterwards.
• I would have drank less. I wasn't wasted or anything, but if I could do it over, I would have limited consumption to 3-4 drinks throughout the entire day instead of 6-7.
• We would have better prepared our speeches. Oops. :)