Wedding Planner

My best friend told me last night that she's engaged. Yay! I get to be the wedding planner. My mind started racing immediately. So many things to talk about! We're meeting for lunch tomorrow -- margaritas & Mexican food ought to start us off nicely. She told me tonight she just wants to show up -- to the wedding, that is. Funny stuff. I know her better than that; girlfriend knows what she likes and she's not about to not have a hand in it. I think she just wants someone to hold her hand. No problem. Wedding planning, to me, is really simple -- it's the tight rope that everyone tries to walk with their friends and family that causes all the stress! Oh -- and the money part, of course, but I firmly believe you only have to do what you and your groom want to do, and not anything others expect you to, in putting on your wedding. So it's all a matter of what she wants.

Well, I've been racking my brain this evening, remembering all the vendors we used and resources I consulted and all that -- it was only a year and a half ago so it's not really a stretch but I haven't thought much about all that stuff since the wedding. I've also been darting from web site to web site to print some information that might be helpful for her -- check lists, marriage license info, etc. I just need to sit down with her and have her tell me what she envisions for her wedding, then I can put a bunch of options in front of her so she can pick & choose whatever she likes. I can't wait to get started!

I feel mania coming on. Gotta pace myself -- the wedding's a year out. I'm like Ed Grimley right now.