I am so thrilled to finally be getting married in the latter half of 2015. Elated doesn’t even begin to describe how I feel at the thought of spending the rest of my life with my best friend. Someone whom I prayed and quietly waited patiently for.  In keeping up with my traditions I have done things gracefully backwards in life.  First having my kids; working for lucrative companies; being a SAHM; going to school; and now getting married.

 This whole process of planning a wedding is all very NEW and so exciting. Now no wedding would be complete without a generous dose of chaos, but thats a WHOLE other blog post.

I will admit I just wanted to elope with the two of us, I didn’t want a wedding. After all I was more focused on planning for a marriage not a day. This was his second marriage, my first and we have kids. This will entail juggling acts that will need to be done to ensure we can blend as delicately as possible. I have been the CEO of my household and its going to be an adjustment for sure.

Now Two months in and I am ecstatic to be planing for a wedding most of all a marriage.  I love that the Future Hubs insisted that I get a day and not to elope. He wants to watch me walk down the aisle with, my our boys. I will joyfully admit I  love everything that this special day entails, down to the place cards and seating charts. This is where I can put my mad HR skills to work with doing an org chart for my guests, aka seating chart.

Now my newest obsession…..is the B word. Oh I love saying it, the way it rolls off my tongue.  Its the real life pinterest boards for Brides to be….. the word…are you ready?

Now like I said this is all so new and so exciting. Creating and looking at the bridal registry is kind of like the first time your friends introduced you to Pinterest, yeah its like that.

With the exception of my Vitamix, Breville juicer, and the Keurig standard coffee maker, which have  been gifts from my parents. Everything else in my kitchen/ home has been a hand me down or thrift shop finds. I have been ok with that.

Now I entered a whole new element and its fantastic, finding the need, only getting what WE need so we can live happily ever after. Need is relative?!?!?!?

A Bridal registry is amazing and you are positive you need everything on your list, yet others might say you don’t. They keep you being realistic saying you  just need a few staple items and you can build from there. Your definition of what a staple item is, is your interpretation of said, wants needs…..

For example:

One staple I found was this Oggi 5 Piece Cremem Brûlée Set. I love Creme Brûlée and I was trying to tell the Future Hubs how this would be an investment to our marriage if we had this. He wasn’t as enthused as I was. Before I have to delete this bad boy I have to ask;

“What is one unconventional thing you put on your bridal registry that you received, that you love and use often?” 

Remember your honest feedback will spare this item being kicked off our Bridal registry. I am beginning to wonder if he has any spontaneity in him. What happens if for our anniversary I wanted creme brûlée for breakfast….in bed?