Diary of a Crazed Bride-to-Be (Entry 2)
Good God. On Wednesday the 13th May I had my first meeting with a florist. Flowers ... how expensive can they be, right? Well, it turns out... VERY . Very as in over 3 x the cost of the actual venue we had in mind!!!! For a bunch of plants that are just going to wilt and die after a couple of hours anyway! What the HELL?! Thank God I've planned to get hitched in a forest - hopefully nature can just sort itself out and be pretty. * Here's my top tip this entry: Figure out if your desired flowers and plants are in season during the month you plan to get married. I jumped at the chance to set a date, making it for late February next year... but now my dream of an enchanted forest theme covered in moss is pretty unrealistic because in South Africa, February is one of our driest months. Moss likes moisture... so my little dreamy vision may always be just that... a dreamy vision. Talk about crushing your dreams. * I've started looking at little wedding favors and gifts for my m...