Wedding Planning Breakthrough

oh my... Does wedding planning REALLY have to be this stressful? Seriously I'm gonna walk down the isle to my amazing blue eyed fiance, we're gonna say some sappy stuff to each other, and we will be husband and wife. Why does there have to be food? My invitations are going to say BYOF (bring your own food) I'll supply the alcohol & music to dance to Sincerely, Bridezilla

    I have not turned bridezilla...yet I keep telling myself this, and I just keep pushing things to the side that stress me out about planning our wedding so I don't become bridezilla. God bless my fiance, my parents, my friends and those who are in my bridal party. Especially my maid-of-honor(s) I'm what they call a control freak who stresses a lot, I also care way too much about everyone beside myself. NEVER expect someone like me to plan your wedding, or plan my own By the time I get to my wedding day, everyone will have a stomach full of food, and go home with a puppy because those stupid box favors weren't enough for all the people who wanted to come.   I took a break after getting stressed out going through wedding planning stuff and I was online checking out some wedding gift ideas and I came across this

  I laughed so hard! and then this...

  and then I realized, there is only ONE thing ANY woman should even care about for her wedding. That man at the end of the isle you're about to say "I do" too. The guy you're going to get pissed off at, but love even more the next day The guy that's worth fighting with, because you don't fight to win, you fight for each other. That guy that came into your life and fixed every heartbreak you've ever had The guy that made you realize why it didn't work with anyone else The easiest relationship you've ever had, because you're not forcing anything The cheese to your maccaroni and the cherry on top of your cake The only thing I care about, is that John is at the end of that isle waiting for me In his gray suit, beautiful blue eyes, and that sexy mullet I love. Those who we love, are there celebrating with us and that I leave that wedding as Mrs. Jessica Kirk   However, I do have some advice for those who are starting to plan a wedding HIRE A WEDDING PLANNER & RELAX! That's all :)  

and so it begins....

Every girl dreams about their BIG day

the flowers

the dress

the grooms face when you walk down the isle

the cake

the "I dos"

the celebration

the dancing

the bouquet tossing

....and everything else

Here's what they don't warn you about...

THE PLANNING

I've talked to a lot of women, and everyone says something different

they liked planning it

they hired someone to plan it

they loved planning it

they wish they would have just eloped

I don't know how you could LOVE planning a wedding. I used to think I wanted to be a wedding planner but after the last few months, I think I'd go insane.

Women, let alone BRIDES are so picky, and high maintenance!

We have to have the most beautiful, the most fun,
 and the greatest day in history for our Wedding Day.

If I have a little girl, and she comes to me and says "I can't wait to get married!"

I'm going to hand her a planner and tell her to get going...of course in that generation she'll just have Pinterest and have already started pinning her DREAM wedding. *yikes*

Is it just me, or does everyone have three types of weddings in their head when they're planning

Their ideal wedding

Their Pinterest wedding

and the wedding everyone is talking them into having.

It's exhausting!

and living in a small town makes it a lot harder, there aren't very many options here.

Why is there so much stress put on Wedding Days? 

I've told John several times, lets just go to the courthouse and then have a reception the day we were planning on getting married. Luckily he knows how important that day is to me, so he's not letting me get out of it. Also most of my friends are married, and I have advice from some of the pros but I still wish I didn't have to do it.....