The. Dreaded. Guest list.
You know it’s called that for a reason, right? Yeah, because it’s…dreaded.

I thought I had avoided that monster, but apparently the other day I was proven wrong. Sure, we’d had a few hiccups in the early stages of wedding list making, but we pretty much smoothed them out.
The problem with knowing so many people is that we just know too many people. I want to invite every single person I’ve ever met that has brought me through this journey called life all the way until marriage (and I know Mathew feels the same way). Sadly, we can’t do that though. We could easily invite 400-500 people (well, if we weren’t thinking about a budget), but it’s just not possible for us. We had to make our decisions wisely and really think about who we wanted at the wedding.
We had to go over our guest list Friday night because we were going to start working on invitations Saturday morning and needed our “for sure” final count. Let’s just say, it wasn’t easy calling up my parents (or talking to his parents) but we got it done. We have a great guest list and we’re excited to share our special day with everyone.
With only 2 months and 7 days, we’re so close to the wedding! Things are starting to get a little bit hectic, but we wouldn’t have it any other way!
Yuck! I hate the guest list too. Just too many hard decisions to consider!
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I hear you about the guest list! It’s tricky to have to leave certain people out and feel obligated to have to invite others. I’m glad you were able to work it out and know you’ll have a blast with everyone who shares your day!
shardi- thanks for the heads up! checking it out!
heather- it definitely IS tricky! i did not have any fun making the final list. but you’re right, it feels good to have it all worked out!
Ugh making the guest list is such a chore! I still need to transfer mine to a spread sheet. Right now its still just a bunch of lined paper with names and address’ all over the place lol.
Oh yes this is the part that I dreaded too! And invitations!! You are so close Steph!
One of the toughest parts no doubt! You will make it through 🙂 I promise!
yea i think most people hate this part, it’s def. not easy esp. cause it’s something that involves talking to both sides of the family and figuring out all together – almost there!