About “...the best choice” from my previous post. It’s a thorny issue. One of the things we did early on (probably on Ariel’s advice) was look at the various line-items of your typical wedding budget and put priorites to them. It should surprise no-one that we put photography pretty close to the top of the list.
This week we talked about our various options. All of them are capable. It’s clear that we’d be satisfied with any of them. But each of them is very different. Of the original three there were two front-runners, and one probable winner. The rub, of course, is that said winner is more than our original budget for photography. Probably (once you add up every little itemized thing) quite a bit more.
That’s ok, we’ve prioritized. Photography was pretty close to the top, so we just need to rebalance everything, right? But wait, do we really? Is the photography the number one priority? And then I had an epiphany. To be honest, the number one priority is not having the stress-filled, abbreviated, cookie-cutter event in a country-club reception hall.
The number one priority was having a whole-weekend event, surrounded by our circle, our tribe, in a laid-back atmosphere at the locations we’ve chosen. This is obvious, given that we’ve allocated over half our budget to said locations (and already committed a sizable chunk of change to reserving them, so it’s a bit late to reprioritize too much), but it still feels better to frame it that way.
I think that part of the allure of Jerry Yoon, apart from all the things I’ve already mentioned, is that he also gets us (me) out of a jam: that prospect completely side-steps the danger of feeling like we’re “settling” for our second choice.
This week we talked about our various options. All of them are capable. It’s clear that we’d be satisfied with any of them. But each of them is very different. Of the original three there were two front-runners, and one probable winner. The rub, of course, is that said winner is more than our original budget for photography. Probably (once you add up every little itemized thing) quite a bit more.
That’s ok, we’ve prioritized. Photography was pretty close to the top, so we just need to rebalance everything, right? But wait, do we really? Is the photography the number one priority? And then I had an epiphany. To be honest, the number one priority is not having the stress-filled, abbreviated, cookie-cutter event in a country-club reception hall.
The number one priority was having a whole-weekend event, surrounded by our circle, our tribe, in a laid-back atmosphere at the locations we’ve chosen. This is obvious, given that we’ve allocated over half our budget to said locations (and already committed a sizable chunk of change to reserving them, so it’s a bit late to reprioritize too much), but it still feels better to frame it that way.
I think that part of the allure of Jerry Yoon, apart from all the things I’ve already mentioned, is that he also gets us (me) out of a jam: that prospect completely side-steps the danger of feeling like we’re “settling” for our second choice.
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