ENJOYING wedding planning... All thanks to TAMMY!

Most girls have had a vision of their dream wedding since they were a young girl.  For me, I didn't start thinking of what my wedding might look like until the day I got engaged and had no clue what was involved in the process.  For those of you who know me well, I like doing things myself because it's hard for me to trust others to complete tasks either on time or correctly.  So when Marc asked me if I would consider a planner, my first response was, "pshh! I got this! I've planned a bunch of events!  What could be so different!?"

Within the first couple of months, I was stressed, freaking out, cross eyed from researching online for hours, growing pimples the size of Mount Everest, etc... on top of work stress, personal stress, and trying to not take everything out on Marc.  So when my co-worker told me that his wife, Tammy, was a wedding planner, I convinced myself and Marc to at least meet her.  After the meeting, we instantly hired her.  We would have been idiotic if we didn't.

Blah blah blah, so Marc has mentioned some of this in a previous post. But today during the hair trial with the stylist we're hiring, I learned so much about Tammy and how she got into the business which made me appreciate her so much more.  I mentioned to our sylist that we didn't want a videographer, but Tammy persuaded us into getting one.  Then Tammy told me about her personal experience.  She was young when she got married.  Therefore, she didn't really know what she wanted.  They ended up hiring a videographer that was a pervert where a lot of the shots were, and I quote, "a lot of women's tadonkedonks."  Despite that, she is able to look at the video and see people on video that are not alive today.  Also, her father now has a bad leg.  During the wedding, she is able to see her father walking perfectly as he walked her down the aisle.  That is the reason why she wants to make sure we have video of our special day because of how special her wedding video is to her.

Because Tammy would have done a lot of things different on her wedding day (i.e. different videographer), she became a wedding planner because she wanted to make sure other brides did not have to go through some of the things she went through.  She wanted every bride to have "her perfect wedding."  She is so creative, has a lot of connections, she treats our money like it's her own money in order for us to save as much as possible (she refuses to pay anything at full price), is open and honest with me and Marc, AND she is just as excited for the big day as us! She has plain out told me that I can contact her at ANY TIME if I start stressing out about the wedding or if I am unsure about anything.  That has been so reassuring. One time she called me and her words were exactly what I needed to hear that she got me in freakin' tears!

Like I've told Tammy, when she's excited, I get super excited.  And Tammy says, "Happy bride means happy planner!"

So today, we have hired my stylist and know what my hair and the bridesmaids' hair will look like. Shout out to my line sister/one of my best friends/bridesmaid CANDICE for driving out to Bolingbrook to get her hair styled 5 different ways! You are such a trooper. Thank you, and I love you!  Tomorrow, we get to meet a wedding designer that could potentially design our entire reception.  Spring will take part in that extravanganza and I'm looking forward to it!

As of Monday, April 2nd, only 5 more months until the wedding!!!!