Overwhelming Information

So I'm engaged! How exciting!


Now the planning begins. And I'm already overwhelmed. I'm the type of person that likes to attack tasks as they come up. Generally, I'm balancing more than 1 at a time wanting to get them done. I recognize that I can't do everything but I thought it wouldn't hurt to start looking through some magazines and websites. My first mistake!


I've never really been one of those girls who had a clear idea of what her wedding day would be like. As I grew up, I had some thoughts but these didn't really come to me until I was already graduated from college. Perhaps I was too independent or just thought I'd never find the right person for me that I never envisioned "my wedding day." I think if I had an idea of what I wanted, it would be easy to sort through all the stuff I didn't want.
Hence when I went to magazines and the numerous website available, I became overwhelmed. Color scheme, invitations, wedding theme. The more I looked, the more ideas I got without really knowing what I wanted.

My fiancee and I talked and we know we want a simple beach wedding somewhere in the Sarasota area. Without the luxury of rich parents or winning the lotto, I can't afford half of what they advertise in magazines or online. I have yet to find "how to have a simple, inexpensive (but not cheap) wedding on the beach" website or article. I figure this will probably take more digging so I must be patient (which is unfortunately not a virtue that I embrace well).

My fiancee and I talked further about our beach wedding ideas and we came to our first "wedding" disagreement. Well, not really a disagreement but rather understanding each other's full interest in having a beach wedding. He wants to have a beach wedding because..it's on the beach. I want to have a beach wedding for the sunset. We are figuring out the details of how to have an early enough dinner but still enjoy the sunset with everyone at the reception :)

We've set a tentative date (Oct. 10, 2009) but this will, of course, depend on the venue we find and it's availability. We are still searching.....