I'm starting this blog to give a more personal taste the ups and downs of planning my own wedding. Let me start off with the title of this blog, "Bridezooookie". Behind every wedding is the fear of the bride becoming the dreaded Bridezilla. I don't know how many people remember the Godzilla cartoon from the late 1970's. There was of course, the giant lizard creature, Godzilla... but there was also his silly, cuter, counterpart of Godzuki. So I'm hoping that if I start to go on the crazy path, I will be more of a Bridezookie than a Bridezilla.
That being said, it's been pretty stressful especially with the lack of support emotionally and financially. My family is all for the wedding, it's just hard getting them to participate to help me plan. And I work at Walmart, so "budget" is definitely a big word for me.
So far, I've found a place, an officiant, wedding cake toppers, and have made my own save the dates.
I've been stressing over finding the perfect location for a wedding. Like I said, my brain is constantly screaming, "BUDGET BUDGET BUDGET!!!" Yet everywhere I look is $2000 or more. Some places that are cheaper, like $1000, but require a $5000 minimum catering fee. Weddings are a ridiculous event that I don't understand why people spend so much money on them with the economic state in which we're in. Of course Price Gouging Bastards are going to put their price on it and demand you pay it.
Fortunately, a co-worker who is also a great friend overheard about my stressful situation and offered to have our wedding on her property. I was ecstatic. She invited me out and it was beautiful. With some decoration, it can only get more gorgeous.
For the wedding officiant, I went to www.weddingwire.com and did a search on local officiants. I read the reviews on plenty and started calling. The first woman I called was in McMinnville. This is why she was prime choice. She said that she will write the ceremony, print our vows out on nice paper, and take care of all the legal stuff afterwards for us with the state. Which would be fantastic because I have no idea how to deal with any of that. I'm sure I'd figure it out, but it would be so much nicer to just have someone help me along the way. I then asked her price and she said $50. I thought this was a little steep, but at least I could afford it. I called around for hopefully a better quote. I didn't realize I was kidding myself.
I called the Wedding Judge next. He had wonderful reviews online and apparently gave beautiful ceremonies. I asked his price and he quoted me at $155. Oh.
There has to be a better price out there, right? I called Melissa Coe. She claimed herself not only as an officiant, but something spiritual in which I don't remember. I asked the general rate. $600.
Yeah, I'm sticking local. I called the first woman back and set up for my wedding date. Hopefully things will go great with her.
For my Save-The-Dates, I took a photo from the internet in which I've loved for quite a while. I wanted my Save-The-Dates to have the same style. So I took the photo, put it on photoshop, swapped things around, changed some colors, put the date and time, and voila! Save-The-Dates.
Cake toppers! I'm currently working on them, but it shouldn't take too much. I bought two dinosaur figurines from Walmart for $1 (plus my Walmart discount, so each one was only $0.90. SCORE!) and I bought some fabric to dress them up. Now I'm going to make a veil and dress for one and a suit and top hat for the other. Set them upon my cake and call it good.
So yeah, not a whole lot done for planning since July, right? But at least I'm now getting somewhere.
Hopefully I'll keep this updated and be able to get word out to people and stay connected with everyone on a personal level.
Only 199 days...
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