"US"

As the wedding creeps up, I am getting more excited by the day! This is because finally, everything is nearly complete. The escort cards are ready, programs are designed and printed, gifts are purchased and wrapped, centerpieces are packaged up, etc etc... there are only tiny things left to do which means I get to sit back and enjoy these last couple weeks before the wedding!

The other night I was looking over all my decorations and all the things I've done. I realized that I am very excited to show everyone a true reflection of ourselves through everything from the stationery to the centerpieces. 99% of things were done by myself, with barely any input from anybody else. That means that the things you will see on our wedding day, are things that WE like and that WE had the creativity and ability to create them. Nothing is over the top, but it is US. WE are not over the top about anything! It would be unfitting to have an elaborate wedding with hundreds of flowers (I like flowers, don't get me wrong, but I definitely don't believe they are worth the price!) and chiffon hanging from the ceilings... it's not us. We are simple. Our house is decorated simply with just enough warmth to call it "home." So I am excited to share with our friends and family US. Our style. Our desires.

21 days :)

Wedding Woes

26 days. 26! In 26 days, I will become Mrs. McKenzie Rude. I will become a wife. I am so excited, but so nervous. Not nervous to commit myself to 1 person for the rest of my life, but to throw a major event. I love planning parties - I always have. But planning a wedding is so much different. You never truly know all of the little things that go into a wedding until you start to plan. And I'm not even sure that with 26 days left to go, that I know of all the little things that are required to make a wedding run smoothly. Thankfully, this is my first time. I plan on it also being my only! So how am I to know everything that I need to think about to make the day a success in other's eyes?

Thankfully I have a wonderful mother who has helped to remind me that it's not the little things that make the day special - it isn't the flowers, the centerpieces, the food (although I can confirm the food is excellent!), the drinks, etc... it's about the love between two people. If it's about the love Gary and I have, I think we can knock everyone out of the water. I like to believe that our love for each other is written all over our faces - and I imagine it will be even more so on the most important day of our lives. But impressing others by the decorations and the little details is also an important thing to me. People are taking the time out of their day, and spending money for their drinks (we simply can't afford to pay for alcohol) to be at our wedding, and I want to make sure it's worth their while.

This wish has taken emotional and physical tolls, but I am hoping everything I have done will pay off on October 2. At the end of the day, no matter what goes wrong, I need to remember that I will be MRS. McKENZIE RUDE... which is such a gift! I am marrying not a perfect man, but the perfect man for me.

So 26 days to go. I am so excited to become Gary's wife, and am looking forward to have our closest friends and family there to help us celebrate this major milestone in our life. I just hope I can do everything right, because I will only have 1 wedding day in this life!