Didn't Do

Here are a few things I didn't do.

*I didn't put any announcements in the paper. Saved time and money.

*I didn't have a bachelorette party. Its tacky to throw your own and no one offered. I ended up spending the day before my wedding with my best friend, my mom and her fiance. My mom bought us lunch at the Melting Pot and her fiance treated us to see Wolverine. Lots of fanboys complained about the movie, but I liked it. I'll give you three reasons: Liev Schreiber, Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, in that order for me. Then after dinner, we watched Bride Wars on dvd.

*Engagement pictures. This is one of those things that are completely unnecessary to me. It's expensive enough for just the wedding pictures, but now you're adding another session? The pictures are cute but don't scream "Hi, we're about to get married."

*Save the date cards. Didn't bother. Again, something else that requires more money I didn't have. It seemed a bit redundant with the invitation and all.

*No flower girl, no ring bearer. Didn't have anyone age appropriate in the family.

*Only had one person each stand up with us. We toyed with being traditional, but decided it would be easier to coordinate with less people.

*No registry. The FH and I had lived together for almost 6 years at this point. We had everything you could think of by this point. You may argue that we could ask for better versions, however we planned to move out of state by the end of the year and wanted less things to take with us. I asked for nice cards from everyone, given the economy (Not that anyone listened - they all gave us cash to put in our moving fund.)

*No Bridal shower. I didn't need an extra party and I didn't have time to plan one.

*No rehearsal dinner. None of the party was in town when we had the rehersal, so there was no point. Also it was more money that we didn't have to spend.

*Didn't cover my tattoos. I thought about it. FH had it easy, wearing a tuxedo jacket. Not me in the strapless. I decided I wouldn't be me if I did cover them up.

*No garter/bouquet toss