TheHallowedBride
Earning My Ears
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- Jul 13, 2013
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So, looks like I was posting in the wrong forum so I will just have to copy my PJ and post it again. Hope I got it right this time! 
Hello Everyone! My name is Brittany and I'm new to this forum and decided to give this whole planning journal a go considering my DH is hardly one for hands on planning. There seems to be a great group of people on here to share my enthusiasm so that makes me happy!
I suppose a little backstory is in order. Jerry and I are actually planning a vow renewal. We share a passion of all things Halloween and can't think of a better way to do this. We have been married only since 2011 but here's the thing, certain circumstances happened to where we "settled" for a wedding and forfeited any "dreams" we may have originally planned. Let me go back a couple of years.
We met in 2009 at a local Starbucks. I was on my way to work and he asked if he could take me to lunch that day and we just clicked. Needless to say, we were together ever since. Forward 6 months later on our 1st trip together in Savannah, Georgia (With my Parent's blessing) he pops the question after dinner. Of course I said yes and the planning began immediately.
At the time, I was working in retail that was very Halloween oriented and blacked out October for any associate wishing to take off so my dreams for a Halloween themed wedding was out. We chose the next best thing for us and chose a fall date in November 2010.
Everything was coming along and several months went by then my biggest nightmare happened on June 15th of 2010. My sweet Mother was murdered. The last thing I could even think about was the wedding and Jerry was very understanding and patient to the fact the wedding needed to be postponed. I had developed severe anxiety and I knew a crowded celebration was something I couldn't do at the moment. Jerry never waivered. He was completely attentive to what I needed and he did everything that was necessary to make sure I got the help I needed to deal with everything.
Fast forward to December and my head is clearer and we decided we just wanted to be married. Although I was better with crowds, we still opted for a very SMALL ceremony with only immediate family and close friends and just had a celebratory dinner after...nothing formal. We knew deep down it was something we were "settling" for and not what we necessarily wanted. I even "settled" for my dress and bought it used.
February 18, 2011 came and the day ended up being actually great. The ceremony was very intimate and special and everyone attended the dinner we set up and we all even came back to our house for "Game Night". It was ALOT of fun. We left for our honeymoon the very next morning which was a surprise to me by my sweet DH. I was shocked and very giddy when we pulled into Orlando! It was something we toyed around with but never thought it would happen. The entire week was AMAZING and I was having so much fun that the crowds didn't seem to bother me very much. On our last night, we were walking around Downtown Disney and I said if we were ever to do a vow renewal, this is where I wanted to do it.
So here we are, only 2 years into our marriage and we have decided to plan our "dream wedding/renewal" after all.
I'm hoping some of you out there will be able to give me feedback and tips or even share some experiences with me because I'm not even sure where to begin. Our ideal date is of course October 31st of next year but I'm sure that date fills up fast. I've even played with the idea of have the ceremony at the Swan/Dolphin to offset some of the cost. I will keep this journal updated and welcome any comments!
Thanks for reading!
Hello Everyone! My name is Brittany and I'm new to this forum and decided to give this whole planning journal a go considering my DH is hardly one for hands on planning. There seems to be a great group of people on here to share my enthusiasm so that makes me happy!
I suppose a little backstory is in order. Jerry and I are actually planning a vow renewal. We share a passion of all things Halloween and can't think of a better way to do this. We have been married only since 2011 but here's the thing, certain circumstances happened to where we "settled" for a wedding and forfeited any "dreams" we may have originally planned. Let me go back a couple of years.
We met in 2009 at a local Starbucks. I was on my way to work and he asked if he could take me to lunch that day and we just clicked. Needless to say, we were together ever since. Forward 6 months later on our 1st trip together in Savannah, Georgia (With my Parent's blessing) he pops the question after dinner. Of course I said yes and the planning began immediately.
At the time, I was working in retail that was very Halloween oriented and blacked out October for any associate wishing to take off so my dreams for a Halloween themed wedding was out. We chose the next best thing for us and chose a fall date in November 2010.
Everything was coming along and several months went by then my biggest nightmare happened on June 15th of 2010. My sweet Mother was murdered. The last thing I could even think about was the wedding and Jerry was very understanding and patient to the fact the wedding needed to be postponed. I had developed severe anxiety and I knew a crowded celebration was something I couldn't do at the moment. Jerry never waivered. He was completely attentive to what I needed and he did everything that was necessary to make sure I got the help I needed to deal with everything.
Fast forward to December and my head is clearer and we decided we just wanted to be married. Although I was better with crowds, we still opted for a very SMALL ceremony with only immediate family and close friends and just had a celebratory dinner after...nothing formal. We knew deep down it was something we were "settling" for and not what we necessarily wanted. I even "settled" for my dress and bought it used.
February 18, 2011 came and the day ended up being actually great. The ceremony was very intimate and special and everyone attended the dinner we set up and we all even came back to our house for "Game Night". It was ALOT of fun. We left for our honeymoon the very next morning which was a surprise to me by my sweet DH. I was shocked and very giddy when we pulled into Orlando! It was something we toyed around with but never thought it would happen. The entire week was AMAZING and I was having so much fun that the crowds didn't seem to bother me very much. On our last night, we were walking around Downtown Disney and I said if we were ever to do a vow renewal, this is where I wanted to do it.
So here we are, only 2 years into our marriage and we have decided to plan our "dream wedding/renewal" after all.
I'm hoping some of you out there will be able to give me feedback and tips or even share some experiences with me because I'm not even sure where to begin. Our ideal date is of course October 31st of next year but I'm sure that date fills up fast. I've even played with the idea of have the ceremony at the Swan/Dolphin to offset some of the cost. I will keep this journal updated and welcome any comments!
Thanks for reading!
I'm so sorry you had to go through such a tough time before but it's lovely that your husband was so wonderful during that time 
