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Honestly, I wished this part of my life was over and I have already picked it. i do not look forward to choosing a dress AT ALL.
Oh gosh, all the time!!! I drove by Voletta Couture last week and wistfully looked at the gowns in the window. I would love to get married (to hubby) again and again just to be able to plan it a different way each time. We have 3 weddings this year and I wish I could help them all plan!!
I posted this elsewhere earlier, but today I was in looking at BM dresses when I turned around and saw the most beautiful wedding dress. I walked over and almost started drooling over the dress. The salesperson walked over to me and gently reminded me I had a very pretty dress already ordered and removed me from the area! If I could have snuck that thing into a dressing room, I would have. I have no idea who the dress is by, although I know I've seen photos somewhere, but I think it be best if I don't let it go any further!
Crebre- I hated it at the time, but now there are so many new dresses out there that I've never tried on that I love... I just got very wistful!
Like Crebre I hated it whilst I was doing it, but I'm sure next year I will look on the experience with rose-tinted glasses and say how lovely it all was and wish to do it again as well! :o)
I'm afraid to look at any dresses for fear of changing my mind :) but alas, I would love to be dress shopping again.
while in the wedding planning stage, and before we decided to elope i remember walking into one bridal store, walked around, looked at a dress and burst out in giggles and when a lady asked if she could help me i just said no thanks, because this seriously is NOT me and walked out
i never once tried on a wedding dress but i love looking at pretty wedding things - i guess thats why im still here on WB
@mrs dg: i seriously could skip this. give me monograms and paper and decor anyday. This dress crap sucks. :(
Crebre- you're going to find the one and totally rock it... I'm not worried for a second :)
I both miss it and am so unbelievably relieved to have it be done with. I keep offering to help my friends with their weddings, and I don't think they realize it'd be a treat for me. (Wonder why I popped back up on the boards about a month ago?)
And I wish I could re-do the dress shopping thing. I loved my dress on my wedding day, and the pictures make me love it again, but mostly, I really hate my dress.
@crebre I was afraid of the dress task, thinking I'd never find one I liked, but it clicked. It could happen for you too, don't lose hope!
Honestly I found the process of trying on wedding gowns and being waited on by bridal shop attendants with my best friend to be a lot of fun and very ego-boosting, since those dresses are insanely nice! I found myself thinking several times that it might not be a bad idea to do it just for fun again after the wedding. :)
I don't wan to plan the wedding again but if I could choose a wedding like dress every year in a color to wear to a fancy ball, it would be fab.
I have those moments...and I still have moments where I see something and think that will be great for the wedding. Then it hits me "the wedding" has already happened!
@ms. dg: i totally wish someone else could do this portion of it for me. lol!!!
but i read a great veil tutorial that you did on a mantilla and am glad i can pm you or call you out if i have issues!! lol lillindy directed me to it yesterday so rest assured you won't have envy because i'll be screaming your name all the way :D
I do! I'll often see things here or passing by a store that make me think, wow, I would so use this for my wedding if I could plan another one! :)
When it was my time, I hated the dress shopping, but if I could go back, I'd spend way longer on it so I could try on more of a variety of dresses because there really are so many beautiful ones out there.
@Erin Marguerite - same for me. I am so glad it's over and all went smoothly, but I miss it so much. I love to plan. So I'm helping 2 of my girlfriends with their planning. Last night, I saw a family of women who were in the city looking for dresses...sigh...made me miss those times with my mom and sisters and all of the excitement and anticipation.
I have these moments! I really miss planning my wedding, especially when I see other people planning their wedding. I love when my friends get engaged so I can help them plan!
I don't have envy for things like picking dresses and stuff, but whenever I see that someone had a really fun band performing, or some really cool action station for food, i wish i could use those ideas for planning a friends' wedding or even a future vow renewal or anniversary for us!!
Absolutely NOT! Although we are pleased by how the wedding turned out, I found wedding planning to be stressful and WAY too much work. I'm glad, glad, glad, it's over!
I haven't really had any of those moments yet, but we've only been married a month! I'm sure those moments will come.
I'm having a teensy bit of wedding planning envy as my sister is planning her wedding....
This is the year of weddings for us...and I wish I was helping more! But due to physical distance and closeness with the friends, I've not been too involved.
But i'm hoping to get my fill over the next few months...so far we have weddings on 6 wedding between march and july!
I already answered this by my friend is in the midst of planning now - I dont have envy per say but more of nostalgia. I just enjoyed planning my wedding so much that its hard to not have something big like that to do. PWD I guess? :)
I am going to have that for sure!
Last night my mom asked me what I will do with my time when the wedding is over. I have no idea! :( What did I do before? I can't remember now....
A little, but then I'm trying to plan a "Meet the happy couple" party in May - so I have a few more months to indulge in my planning (I get my cupcakes!!)
I'm sure I'll be sad once it's over, but since I'm the first of my friends to get married, I'm sure I'll get to do alot more planning that will be alot more fun since it's not my wedding or money!
Even though my wedding is not yet here (almost!), I am starting to get a wee bit nostalgic over planning. Its weird to see all the new Bees with far off dates and not being able to take any inspiration from them anymore.
Some friends of ours are planning their wedding and I went dress shopping with the bride recently. I definitely got a little jealous because her ring was (I'll admit) bigger than mine, and very beautiful, and well ... new :) She couldn't stop looking at it, and I was reminiscing about that feeling of being newly engaged.
Also, while I was planning our wedding, I gave up on dress shopping because the gowns I wanted were way over my budget. I settled on a tea-length dress that I loved and was very "me" but never gave me the "This is MY dress" feeling." While out dress shopping with my friend, I found a dress that would have been THE dress for me. It was exactly what I was looking for, in my price range, and surprise, part of a new collection that wasn't out while I was planning. I was upset for all of five minutes before I realized that I felt beautiful on our wedding day, dream dress or not.
Every time I get jealous of newly engaged couples, I think about how stressful planning our wedding was, and how after it was over, I was so happy I didn't have the stress in my life. I quickly get over it :)
I do! I think I just miss the pure event planning. It's not even missing my wedding or weddings in general. I just want to plan a fun party and go all out on details. I'm hoping I can throw a baby shower or bridal shower soon or just talk Mr. Ducky into having a party for fun.
Hi Ducky! I miss your wedding too... and all your details!
And thanks Chapstick for the reality check... You are definitely right!
Hi Mrs. DG! Recaps are coming soon. It's nice to hear you are looking forward to them! It helps my motivation! I have some projects posts I need to organize because pictures are spread across 3 computers after my personal one crashed. And then I have to start reformatting all my pro pics for recaps so they aren't too big.
Do you have a post wedding blog? I feel like I need to catch up!
TOTALLY!! And I miss ALL aspects of planning - I think I am a party planner at heart!
About 6 months after my wedding I started to get kind of depressed (post wedding blues if you will) about not having my "hobby" anymore! After all, I was engaged for 23 months - so wedding planning became a major part of my life :) Honestly, the best thing that got me through it was planning a big baby shower for a friend of mine. I hosted it and got to throw a party for about 40 people. I collected decor ideas and favors and took great pics! The other best part was that I got to use all my beautiful wedding gifts for serving dishes and made it look awesome!
I'm 100% thrilled with how my wedding turned out - and DH always tells me what an amazing job I did. But I found that I truly love event planning and those kind of events are what get me through the year! :)
I actually don't... I'm so occupied here and transitioning to baby stuff. I also had a few difficult situations associated with my wedding that made me not want to recap, but I do slip in a picture here and there when relevant!
No hurry on your recaps... I totally understand!
Oh sigh. I have wedding planning envy for a completely different reason....
I'm not yet engaged. Oh but I look at stuff online like crazy. I'm worried I'm going to jinx something...I recently e-mailed a venue and they wanted to talk to me on the phone. I can't do it though....I'm okay with the planning up until I have to say anything out loud.
hehe....Do any of you "yet to be engage ladies" have the same tendencies?
I honestly feel like I suffered from a bit of Post Wedding Depression. I love my husband, and my wedding was perfect, but i miss being able to add pictures to my Wedding Idea Folder on my computer. I miss googling for hours to find the perfect invitations, and Flower Arrangements. And more than anything I miss people asking about the wedding and not "Hows Married Life?" or even worse "Will there be a Baby on the Way?!" Wedding planning became a need, an obsession, and Addiction! I admit I still buy each new Knot and other wedding magazines. I flip through the pages and remember what it was like to be at that stage of my life, in nervous anticipation. What I can tell you that I honetly dont miss are the arguements over budget, Guest List and "Why don't you care about the Hydrangeas!" To be able to sit back and relax and enjoy the string of weddings I'll be attending this spring with my Husband, no planning necessary!
I definitely have those moments. I think planning a big wedding would be really fun. But since it's not in line with what I value as far as spending, I never could bring myself to do it. I loved my wedding and am glad we went that way, but if someone had handed me $20,000 that was exclusively for a wedding, I'd have been ALL OVER the color swatches and cake tastings and hairtrials. You can bet on it.
I'm not married yet, but when I see other dresses, I wish I could pick a couple to wear! I have to stop myself from looking at ANY dress because then I start to doubt mine!
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Today I passed by a local bridal salon. There were gorgeous wedding and bridesmaid dresses in the window, and I had a tinge of wistfulness. I wished for a second that I could be picking wedding dresses again.
Anyone have those moments? Care to share? :)