| Planning a wedding can be a wonderful experience, | | | | mind will find it much easier to let the small stuff |
| but it can also be maddening. Between trying to | | | | go without stressing. |
| figure out finances, please family members, and | | | | Rule Number Two: No one will be scrutinizing your |
| coordinate a large and emotionally charged event, | | | | wedding with the same intensity that you do. |
| the whole thing can turn out to be incredibly | | | | Trust me, if the linen service delivers ecru napkins |
| stressful. What do you think turns all those sweet | | | | instead of ivory, no one will notice but you. Don't |
| ladies into bridezillas, after all? Find out how to plan | | | | ruin your day throwing a hissy fit over minor |
| a wedding without losing your mind in this helpful | | | | glitches. They are not a big deal unless you make |
| guide. | | | | them one. This also means that you should not go |
| Rule Number One: Always remember the reason | | | | horribly over budget because you are worried |
| behind a wedding is a marriage. In the midst of | | | | that your guests will think your wedding is a flop if |
| trying to plan the "perfect" wedding, many brides | | | | you don't have your monogram projected onto |
| lose sight of the whole point of the occasion. It is | | | | the dance floor or a celebrity baker. Your guests |
| not to feel like a princess for a day or to see | | | | are your family and friends; they like you and are |
| how many gifts you can squeeze out of people, it | | | | not there to nitpick every last detail (and if they |
| is to celebrate the union of a couple in love. Brides | | | | are, frankly you will never satisfy them anyway, |
| who can keep the significance of their weddings in | | | | so don't drive yourself nuts trying). |