Well, today I got back my wedding day pictures and had some mixed emotions. I love the Salt Lake Temple in the background and I love my family and friends in the pictures. The thing that I don't like, is me! I wish I would have done my hair the way I originally wanted to, I wish I would have worn the dress I originally wanted to, and I generally wish I would have followed my own intuition instead of listening to every one's opinions. I don't look horrible in the pictures. They are really nice. It's just that I'm not representing the genuine me in the pictures.
I originally wanted to wear a two-piece suit (with a pencil skirt) that was really old fashioned and classy. I had a vision of me wearing a white cap with a net that would go over my face. I had already bought the suit and everything, but when I showed it to some friends they all said that I would regret not wearing a "real" wedding dress. After enough friends said that, I gave in and borrowed my friend's mom's wedding dress. It was really beautiful, but not me. I also wanted to wear my hair braided to the side with cascading curls in a side pony tail. I was ready to do my hair that way the morning of the wedding, but my mom stopped me and persuaded me to just wear it up. I did, and it wasn't me.
In the end, the wedding was wonderful and the most important things were performed. As far as the pictures and other little details, I would tell every bride-to-be that they should follow their own vision and not listen to the opinion's of others. It really is your day, you only get one. Those people who give you their opinions either already had their day or will eventually have their own. The things I was happiest with at my wedding were the things that I didn't budge on and stayed true to my vision, even with all the nay-sayers!
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