Rescheduled Weddings | What you can do to celebrate your original wedding date
Lily and Simon pretty much sum up all our feelings towards Coronavirus. It’s been a really forking shirt time for all of us. People are feeling the repercussions of the virus everywhere and it’s been felt hard within the wedding industry. I think I speak for everyone in the wedding industry when I say it’s been quite a testing time for us, I currently have no weddings until August now which has put me in a sticky situation financially and I will most definitely feel this until the end of 2021 and maybe even the beginning of 2022 but I am safe, well and everyone I know is in good health so I cannot complain too much. I also genuinely miss working, I miss weddings, I miss spending the day with people making friends and dancing to everyone’s wedding playlists. Enough about me though, this blog is about YOU! If you’ve had to reschedule your wedding and you’ve got a brand new date to look forward to then I do think it’s important to still do something on your original date to mark the occasion and celebrate it anyway. Plus, what’s the harm in an extra celebration and date night? So I thought I would put together a few ideas for you to do!
Prosecco for breakfast
Get that fizz popped when you wake up and have prosecco in bed followed by a lovely little breakfast, still in bed I would probably opt for and then stay in bed all day drinking prosecco. I mean, you don’t have to stay in bed ALL day but the option is there. Also, if you feel fancy you could step away from the £5 Aldi prosecco (which I personally think is the best) and treat yourself to some BOLLY DARLING!
Do some wedding admin and creativity
Still got some emails to send or the table plan to do? Why not use this day as a day to do some of this admin or create some of your wedding decor together.
Get your wedding decor up
If you’ve bought lots of decor or made it yourself then put some up in your house and make it feel like a much smaller version of your wedding day. Or if you haven’t got anything then get a small amount especially for this day!
Share the day
Have an online party with your family, friends or bridal party and lift each others spirits about the rescheduled date. It won’t be long until you are all reunited and celebrating the day properly.
Wedding gifts
If you already have each others wedding gifts (if you were going to do this tradition) then why not give each other the cards and gifts anyway? Or get some things especially, I personally am a sucker for a card so if you’re saving money then the card is the cheaper and more personal option.
Cook your wedding menu
If you enjoy cooking together or even if you don’t but fancy it anyway, you could give cooking your wedding menu a go and then have a moment to marvel at the caterers who manage to do this for 100+ people. If you go for this option I will not be held responsible for any cooking induced arguments.
Go for a walk
If we’re still in lockdown a nice walk is still allowed! Most of my couples will live in Yorkshire so access to the Peaks or the Dales is pretty easy and a drive up to your favourite spot followed by a walk and a picnic (weather dependent) would be a lovely thing to do. If your wedding venue is accessible by walking to then you could do that and say hi to your future wedding venue! Or if you don’t fancy a walk in the countryside you can walk to your local shop and buy more prosecco and snacks. Either option is a great option.
Quiz night
Get all your friends and family together on a group video chat and do a quiz! You can either be the hosts or ask someone to host for you. You could make it wedding related or just go completely off topic and make it about Disney or Geography!
Order takeaway
If you genuinely don’t want to cook together then getting your favourite takeaway is most definitely the better option. A lot of you will have caterers for your wedding that are street food vendors or where you can order food from so why not order food from them anyway and live your wedding day through the food.
Cocktail hour
Or cocktails all night? However long you want cocktails for, do it. Master that espresso martini and the margarita.
Get dressed up
You COULD wear your wedding attire? Or you could still save it, I’ll leave that decision to you. Personally I would love to float around in my wedding dress all day, however if your dress doesn’t really allow the action of “floating” then maybe best to leave it in the wardrobe. But it would be a lovely idea to get dressed up, get your make up on, do your hair and brush your teeth for the day.
Don’t get dressed up
The alternative is to stay in pyjamas all day, when can you ever say you celebrated your “wedding day” in your pyjamas ever again? If it was me I would opt for pyjamas but red lipstick. Best of both worlds.
Kitchen Party!
Why not put your first dance song on followed by your wedding playlist and have a little kitchen party. You can either have it just you 2 or invite your pals in via group chat. I reckon the hangover the next day will feel pretty similar to the hangover you’ll feel the day after your wedding.
Do nothing
Can’t face it? Would much rather stay in bed all day and mourn your wedding day? Fine! If that’s what you want to do then you bloody well do it. It won’t be long until all your favourite people are throwing flowers in your face.
