So I'm a sample size...

[jethrien]

When we went to look at engagement rings, we did so expecting that we'd find something I liked and then we'd order it and it would come in a month or two later. When we found the actual ring we both liked, though, I tried the setting on and it fit perfectly. So they took Chuckro and the ring and the stone into a mysterious back room while I loitered around the diamond district and half an hour later he came back out with a box in his pocket.

When I went to look at wedding dresses, I did so expecting that I'd find something I liked and then I'd order it and it would come in five or six months. But when I found the actual dress I liked, I tried it on and it fit perfectly, and they gave me the chance to buy the actual sample (for considerably less than the tag price.) So my dress has been in storage for the last couple of months instead of not made yet.

This past weekend, we went to look at wedding rings. We weren't actually planning to buy anything, just doing reconnaissance. Again, the rings are supposed to take one to four or five months to be made and come in. When we found one for me that we liked though...well, you know where this is going. And when they came up with one for Chuckro that worked with the one I was looking at - that fit him perfectly, too. So we walked out of the store with two boxes.

Apparently I am the official sample size. And so is Chuckro.

Comments

[lyriendel.livejournal.com]

What I'm really tempted to do is do a wedding-vacation. Coordinate with my closest friends and essential family members to see if we can travel together someplace fun for a week, a few days, however long they can make it... have a simple, stock ceremony there, or even just get a certificate at City Hall before we leave, treat everyone out to dinner at a nice restaurant, and just go sightseeing and stuffs. Maybe Hawaii, we were talking about doing our honeymoon there anyway.

[jethrien.livejournal.com]

Lots of people do destination weddings. It's a great idea, if you don't want a big fuss. The only key, I think, is not being upset if people can't come because they don't have the time/money. If you want to go somewhere with a resort, a lot of them even have wedding planners who will set up everything for you long distance. You get there, and there's an officiant and a place for the reception and some flowers and everything.

Just make sure you check the legal stuff ahead of time.

Oh, and make plans for rain. I was in Aruba over New Year's two years ago, and they were setting up for a wedding at our hotel. Unbelievably gorgeous place, outdoor restaurant on the coast. It rarely rains on Aruba. But that night, we had a freak, out-of-season monsoon. The locals were totally freaked out - the sky was vaguely greenish and the water was falling so hard it hurt. I felt so bad for that couple... (but this, of course, can happen to anyone anywhere).