Good planning and organisation are just crutches for those who can't handle stress and caffeine

[triskellian]

For benefit of cuthbertcross, so she can go ahead and point here when she needs to (she seems to have this idea that I'm doing all the LJ-wedding-writing for the two four of us...)

The latest on the wedding planning

One night a couple of weeks ago, I had a vivid dream that we'd forgotten to pay the remaining money we owe on our wedding venue, and lost it. This rather scared me. So, having allowed a couple of post-essay recovery days, smiorgan and I are now starting to investigate suppliers and think about decisions. We have lists. They mention the areas where one of us is happy for the other to make the decision (flowers and alcohol), and the areas we think we can delegate the job to a hapless attendant or parent (several ;-), and some of them have priority numbers next to them. Most of those numbers seem to be '1', which suggests to me that we're not very good at this planning malarkey.

Productive stuff accomplished since deciding to start organising:

1. Honeymoon destination chosen: Venice
2. Catering brochures ordered: three or four
3. Venice holiday websites looked at: about five

Looks like progress to me ;-)

Comments

[unknownid.livejournal.com]

womph! just noticed your animated icon. too excellent. I am glad to see that you intend to incoporate the ancient English tradition of being propelled from your cake at blinding speed.

[triskellian]

al_fruitbat animated it for me - I think it's pretty cute ;-)

[cuthbertcross.livejournal.com]

*eek!* Planning! Scary scary girlie!!!
(rushes around to try and conceal the fact there's not a brochure in the house*
Y' don't fancy planning ours too, since you seem so good at it....

[triskellian]

Hah! We're really not at all organised. These are tricks to make my subconscious think we're organised, so it stops bombarding me with anxiety-about-being-disorganised dreams.

Anyway, <whispers> if I were you, I'd get lathany to do lots of organising. She apparently enjoys it. It's called 'getting your bridesmaids involved' - you say 'will you organise the x for me?', and they feel all important and special, and you feel all relieved that you've just unloaded a job on someone else ;-)

<looks around nervously in case secretrebel, blondeccgirl or kauket are within earshot>

[blondeccgirl.livejournal.com]

the whispering thing doesn't work you know ; )

I'll remeber this conversation, next time you think of asking me to do something for the wedding - it won't mke me feel all important or special

[triskellian]

Don't care as long as you do it anyway ;-)

[blondeccgirl.livejournal.com]

Not fair!

BTW - I really like that animated icon - it's like a mch better version of the stripper jumping out of the birthday cake thing?

Ooops did I mention strippers....

[triskellian]

Look, if you don't behave, I'll set secretrebel on you.

;-)