It's only 10 weeks tomorrow until we fly to our wedding destination and i'm getting SO excited! In one sense it still seems such a long time away, but when you say '10 weeks' out loud it sounds like nothing and i know it will be here in the blink of an eye!! Before i know it i will have a new name and will be considered an 'old married woman', I can't wait!
The more i think about the wedding the more i imagine what it will be like-a small, relaxed, private affair is how i see it, celebrating with those closest to us, and a day we can both enjoy and remember forever. Never once have we regretted our choice not to have a big wedding, or a wedding here at home, in fact the more i think about it the more terrifying a prospect that would be!
I've nothing against the traditional big, white wedding. I can see why people would want that, after all it is the bride and grooms one day to be centre of attention and why not make the most of that? I like the idea of all the little things you can plan and choose for a big day of that sort-there would be much more scope for getting the details right and having things in a particular sort of way, colour-schemes, themes, extra little touches. Things that i haven't really put much thought into because Italy has done it all on my behalf!
Mind you, there is also plenty of scope to stress yourself out! As i've talked about in an earlier post-you can decide to stress as much or as little as you want to! But i suppose i feel that kind of wedding just wouldn't suit us-much as i love to be the centre of attention! I do prefer a smaller audience when all comes to all! And HWSRN would most certainly hate it!
At this point i feel so chilled out that i worry i am missing some massively important detail! I am telling myself that i was just ultra-organised from the beginning and in fairness i did get everything done pretty early with a view to being stress-free when the time came. Of course the list of things to do seems to get bigger each time i visualise it but nothing sitting on it is life-threatening so i refuse to worry!
Last week HWSRN and i spent a night away together to get away from all the plans and the stress and saving (any excuse!) and had a lovely time. We looked at wedding rings (i have chosen mine, it's quite simple but a little bit unusual) and he decided he actually quite liked the weight of it and might even wear one! We'll see! We talked to some travel agents about honeymoon ideas although we still didn't decide anything! We looked at some shirts to see what might look good with his suit and we enjoyed the whole thing. This weekend i am spending a day shopping with the two mother's. Again we plan to take it easy and relax. Have a girlie day trying on dresses and stopping to reflect over a glass of wine...or three! All these things are what make the build-up to the wedding an exciting time! And with all the organising done by internet it's nice to have ways of involving others in the 'big day'.
While away for our 'romantic' weekend we ate lunch in 'Carluccio's' Italian cafe (i am a big fan! He's a grandfather-like Italian celebrity chef who opened a place in Dublin last year) and eveything was soooooo Italian it made me even more excited about going back there for the third year in a row! The coffee's we're a touch stronger, the olive oil on the pasta deliciously aromatic and even the relaxed atmosphere induced my such good food and wine made me long for my second home (one day!!!here's hoping). It really got me thinking more about Italy! If that's possible i hear you cry!
Another reason i've been thinking about Italy this week is the terrible earthquake which struck L'Aquila on Monday! I have been watching those poor people on the news all week and my heart goes out to them all. So many are now homeless and have lost their families and neighbours-it makes you wonder how small villages like Onna,-which has lost a fifth of it's residents,-will ever get over such a thing, and seems especially hard to believe because it has occurred in such a beautiful part of the world, and so close to us. My thoughts are with them all.
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