WEDDING MISTAKES & REGRETS

Although much of what didn't go to plan on and leading up to our wedding day was out of our control, we did make some mistakes and have some regrets throughout the lengthy 11 month engagement . If we could do it all again there would be only a few things we would change. These are what they are:

Feeling as Though We Had to Plan Everything Straight Away

Once we were engaged, I felt like I had to plan everything straight away. I was completely overwhelmed even though I had 11 months before the wedding and had been researching wedding venues and decor the months leading up to our engagement. It lead to us buying some things we didn't end up using and changing our mind on some things we had already booked. So give yourself time to think and meditate on decisions before you make them and know that you don't have to stress about having every element of the wedding planned ASAP.

My Husband not Being as Involved in the Early Planning Stages

My Husband regrets not being as involved in the early wedding planning stages. I guess at the time he was happy for me to make the decisions and go with the flow yet if we could do it all again he would try to be involved more.

Not Trying on Engagement Rings

I really wish my husband and I had gone into jewellery stores and tried on engagement rings so I could really gauge what they looked like on. I thought I knew what I wanted and had looked online yet what you see online looks very different in person and on your finger. It's just like wedding dress shopping, sometimes you find a dress that you think will be perfect and then you try it on only to realise it doesn't look how you imagined.

Impulse Purchases

Although we did not make many of these we did make one costly mistake... purchasing our wedding bands a month into our engagement. Because it was Christmas time there were great sales on in all the jewellery stores. My Husband and I were convinced we needed to shop for our rings straight away otherwise we would risk missing these great sales. It meant however, that we hadn't had as much time to research and decide which kind of band we really liked and wanted to wear forever. It lead to us being easily persuaded by a sales lady in a very fancy jewellery and purchasing a ring for Jacob that was indeed nice, but not really what he had wanted. We later found out the ring that was originally quoted to us for over $1000 (we bought it half price) was worth less than $100 in gold weight. Thankfully I did not regret the purchase of my wedding band and we were able to sell Jacobs and get him another, yet the lesson still remains... think wisely before you make large purchases, sitting on the decision is okay!

Focusing on Things Going Wrong During the Reception

This is undoubtedly one of my biggest regrets. There were a few things going wrong such as meals coming out late, being short on meals and wrong meals been given out. I couldn't help but focus on these things and think 'oh no I should go talk to the venue about this' when in reality I should have let it go and enjoyed myself.

Hopefully you can learn from the few regrets / mistakes we made to ensure they won't also become yours.

Thanks for reading, have a blessed day!