How I survived my wedding (and you can too)

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After months of strenuous planning, I can finally announce that we’re married!

Everyone warned me that the wedding would go by really fast. They weren’t kidding.

So much happened in a short span of time that my husband and I have had a hard time remembering it all.

We have been piecing together the events of the day, like two amnesiac detectives. We’ve recovered our lost guestbook, but we still can’t figure out where all the glitter came from. (It’s on EVERYTHING.)

I do recall some secrets to our wedding-day survival:

1. Know that the stress will go away. The days leading up to our wedding were much more stressful than the day itself.

2. Make sure you have lots of photographic evidence. In addition to our fabulous professional photographers, we had disposable cameras on every table.

3. Don’t forget to add the bride and groom meals to the final headcount. (Almost happened to me!)

4. Keep busy. The worst moments are before the ceremony, when you feel like you have nothing to do. I kept re-reading my itinerary, expecting to uncover some major oversight.

5. Gentlemen, don’t get your formal attire mixed up. My dad wound up wearing my husband’s shoes for an hour, and he also had to lend several groomsmen undershirts.

6. Be prepared for people stepping on your dress, especially your new husband. It’s tradition.

7. Savor every last morsel of food, because you’re not going to be able to eat a lot.

8. Cutting the cake is more complicated than it seems. We couldn’t get the slice to come out, and had to settle for a tiny, incomplete piece. I think it was all that delicious buttercream holding it together.

9. Wedding dresses get hot. Everyone thought that I was swishing my dress as a dance move, but it created a nice breeze.

10. Have fun, and know that the crazy, unexpected things make the best memories. So if it seems outrageous at the time, just roll with it.

How did you survive your wedding day? Email me at unbridledbride@gmail.com.

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