S.'s Wedding

Meet S., the next bride to be profiled here on WedTO.

Who are you: I'm a 27-year old elementary school teacher. My fiancé is a software developer. He's 32 years old.

When’s the wedding: Aug 8, 2009

Where is it: Tower Garden, Mississauga, Ontario. This is a banquet hall on the twelve floor of the Civic Centre in Mississauga. We get the whole floor to ourselves and there are windows all around.

What will it be like: There will be approximately 150 people there. The "wedding colours" will not be very obvious since we are using the decorations that are already at the hall. On top of that, we will be bringing in some flowers....although we haven't figured out those details yet! The bridesmaids dresses will be a shade of violet. Since our cultural backgrounds are Chinese and French-Irish, we are just taking what we like out of each set of customs and making it our own.

Why are you having that type of wedding: Honestly, we're just looking forward to having a big party with all of our friends and family. We're paying for it on our own, so we're trying not to spend too much money on anything that is not important to both of us. I'm not very picky about flowers, or the decor of the hall. We just wanted to make sure that the most important things were taken care of: Good food, good music, and good company.

Any advice for other couples who are busy planning: I guess I could offer two pieces of advice:

1-- Set out your priorities and work from there. Focus on the top three things and let the other details just fall into place. I keep catching myself on the verge of stressing out about something that usually doesn't matter to me (for example, what colour will the linens be? What kinds of flowers will we have for the centre-pieces? etc.) just because other people expect me to care about those details. I think it's important to step back frequently and keep everything in perspective.

2-- People will not miss what they don't have. No one will notice the fact that I did not have an extravagant sweet table with 60 different types of desserts and cheeses. When they see a platter of fresh cut fruits, it is fresh cut fruits that they will want to eat.