💍 Aug 9, 2025 · He proposed at the lake where we had our third date. I said yes before he finished the sentence.
Ten months to "I do"
🥂 Aug 2025 · Two weeks of just being engaged. No planning, no spreadsheets. Highly recommend this part.
📊 Aug 24, 2025 · The Spreadsheet is born. Budget: what we can actually afford, not what Pinterest thinks we can.
📅 Sep 2025 · Picked the date: June 6, 2026. Summer, outdoors, golden hour. Now everything has a deadline.
🏛️ Sep 2025 · Venue hunting, round one. Toured five places. One smelled like a gym. One cost more than a car.
🌳 Oct 4, 2025 · Found it: a small vineyard barn an hour from the city. Walked in, looked at each other, done. Deposit paid the same day.
👗 Oct 2025 · First dress appointment with mom and my sister. Cried in dress number three. Bought dress number seven.
📋 Nov 2025 · Guest list negotiations. Started at 180, survived three family diplomacy summits, landed on 95.
🍰 Nov 2025 · Cake tasting day — objectively the best day of wedding planning. Went with lemon and almond. Took a box home.
📸 Dec 2025 · Booked the photographer whose work made me cry on Instagram. She's shot at our venue before. Fate.
🎄 Dec 2025 · Engagement photos in the snow. Frozen fingers, one hot chocolate break, three frames that belong on a wall.
💌 Jan 2026 · Save-the-dates out. My grandmother texted back a single rose emoji. Perfect response.
🎶 Jan 2026 · Hired the band after watching one wedding video. If the dance floor is empty, nothing else matters.
🌸 Feb 2026 · Florist meeting. Learned the difference between garden roses and regular roses. My wallet learned too.
🤵 Feb 2026 · Suit fitting. He picked a deep green over classic navy and honestly? Best decision of the whole wedding.
😬 Mar 2026 · The caterer we loved doubled their quote. Two days of panic, then found a family-run place that's somehow better AND cheaper.
✉️ Mar 2026 · Invitations mailed — 95 envelopes, two paper cuts, one trip to buy more stamps. RSVPs already trickling in.
💃 Apr 2026 · First dance lessons. Week one: stepped on his feet six times. Week three: something almost resembling a waltz.
🍷 Apr 2026 · Menu finalized at the tasting: burrata, braised short rib, and the lemon almond cake. Wrote it down like a treaty.
📝 May 2026 · Wrote my vows at 1am on a Tuesday. Turns out I had a lot to say. Cut it from four pages to one.
😱 May 18, 2026 · Three weeks out: the barn's roof got storm damage. Venue called before we even saw the news — fixed within the week. New rule: trust people who communicate.
👰 May 30, 2026 · Final dress fitting. It fits like it was always mine. My sister took a photo of mom's face instead of the dress. Right call.
🗒️ Jun 1, 2026 · The final week: seating chart tetris, welcome bags, a 47-item checklist. Delegated half of it. Growth.
🌦️ Jun 4, 2026 · Forecast says 30% rain. Ordered 40 white umbrellas. If it rains, it'll be beautiful anyway. (Please don't rain.)
🍽️ Jun 5, 2026 · Rehearsal dinner. Dad's toast destroyed everyone. Went to bed at 10pm and stared at the ceiling, smiling.
☀️ Jun 6, 2026 · It didn't rain. Golden hour delivered. The band kept the floor full until midnight. I married my favorite person.
💌 Jun 7, 2026 · Woke up married. Read our vows again over breakfast. The umbrellas never left their box — keeping one anyway.
🏝️ Jun 15, 2026 · Honeymoon week in Portugal. Phones on airplane mode, pastel de nata count: 14 and rising.
📷 Jul 3, 2026 · The photos arrived. The one of grandma dancing with him is already framed.
💛 Jul 2026 · Ten months, one spreadsheet with 11 tabs, zero regrets. Advice for future planners: pick your three non-negotiables, relax about literally everything else.