About You Two;

Now, How did you two meet?

Our story is actually so sweet! Mitch and I met 9 years before we got married. We both worked at McDonald’s but at different stores and when I first saw Mitch I was obsessed (haha). He came and worked at my store and got my number straight away and we started dating not long after. We dated for about 3 months but at the time, it wasn’t meant to be. After not speaking for 6 years, I decided to add him back on facebook and he instantly accepted and messaged me saying “Hey, what’s new”. The rest is history!

So we were celebrating our 2 year anniversary mid Covid. We literally couldn’t do anything or go anywhere so Mitch said don’t worry, we will have a picnic at home, out the front. I was working from home and had just finished an afternoon work out outside, it was a really hot day and I was all sweaty. Mitch came home from work early, which I remember thinking was so sweet because he never leaves work early. He had also gone and bought a picnic basket, blanket and fairy lights to put in the hedges out the front. When he got home I finished my workout and we had agreed to go and get takeaway pizza from our favourite restaurant in Surry Hills so I said straight away that I was ready to go. He looked at me funny and said “aren’t you going to go and freshen up, get changed out of your sweaty clothes?” and I replied “No, we are just sitting on the grass out the front, aren’t you going to change from your suit” to which he also replied no. I was very confused. We drove to get the pizza, came home and he set up the picnic blanket and lights. I felt so bad because I hadn’t done anything special haha. He barely ate any food and I got angry at him because he told me he had a late lunch but he knew we were eating pizza, so I ate all of it and then afterwards he was like here I bought us some chocolate and handed me a kinder surprise. I was so full and said no but he really insisted so I opened the kinder surprise and hiding inside the toy was my ring. He got onto his knee and proposed and I was so shocked. It was such a nice night.

Why did you choose your venue and how was the venue choosing process?

We chose Worrowing for its connection to nature, and the jaw dropping scenery of course. it had so many options for ceremonies and we loved that our nearest and dearest could stay on site with us and be with us the entire weekend. The process was quite quick for us – we spent only 2 days looking at 5 venues from the hunter valley down to the south coast and as soon as we walked into Worrowing, I got goosebumps and we looked at each other and said this is the one.

How many wedding guests did you have?

116

Sit down of Cocktail Style?

Cocktail canapes and sit down mains

What month?

April

 

Planning The Wedding;

Was planning the wedding stressful or did you enjoy the journey?

I do not get stressed very easily so for me it was so enjoyable and seemed quite easy. Booking in all of the vendors fell into place really quickly. I booked them within about 2-3 weeks of getting engaged lol I think the stress comes a few days before the wedding and even then it was just making sure I wasnt forgetting to do anything little or bring anything to the venue.

How involved were you both in the wedding planning, did one of you take more of the lead on certain aspects than others or were you both equally involved?

I was making most of the decisions, I would get Mitch’s opinion every now and then with his response “do whatever makes you happy” haha not sure if that is supportive or not. I did give him little tasks throughout but I had a certain vision in my head and I knew what I wanted so I was fine to plan it 🙂

What was the top couple of non-negotiables or important must-have’s at the wedding for you both?

My non-negotiable was to have a stylist. I knew I wanted to use Rychelle before I was even engaged so she was absoloutely a non-neogitable. We both wanted our guests to enjoy the day so we wanted to do cocktails at some point in the night and so glad we did because everyone said it was such a good highlight.

Tell us about your dress and that dress-finding process?

My dress is from Made With Love. I only visited one store before I went to Made With Love, you often don’t know what you want until you tries things on that you definitly dont like. When I saw my dress on the made with love site, I loved it but when I tried it on, I knew that was definitly it for me. I paid for it on the day. I think beacuse I had to wait 9 months for it to get made, I did get nervous wondering if I rushed into it but I am so happy with it and so glad I went with my gut.

My dress is a v neck line and very simple, with small embroided detailing with a side split up the dress. I wore wings instead of a veil as it had a more modern feel.

I was sooo calm – the most calm I have ever felt in my life which kind of scared me because everyone was asking if i was nervous and I was thinking no, should I be?

Mitch on the other hand, couldn’t sit still all morning and vomited 3 times hahaha

Ahhh so hard to choose – I think definitely the moments right before I walked out – it was such an emotional and special moment. All of my closest people just feeling so happy for me and I really felt the love. I also loved the ceremony – that was so nice to hear the vows for the first time and just be surrounded by pure and raw emotion. And also just being that it was the start of the celebrations, you have such an idea in your mind of what everything will look like and how it will go and when it is 20x better than you could have imagined, it just sets the tone for the rest of the day.

Absolutely nothing!!! We were so lucky – there was not 1 thing that went wrong. Even looking back now, there is nothing I would change. The food was amazing, we had time to talk to everyone and have a few drinks, the photos didn’t drag on and they were fun. We enjoyed ourselves and it was the best day ever!

Mitch and I wrote each other notes to read on the morning of the wedding along with giving a gift to wear on the day. I think the notes were so special. We also both wrote notes for our parents which was so nice too 🙂

Describe newlywed life in a couple of words?

It is exactly the same and also completely different all at the same time. The same in the fact that nothing really changes, you still love each other, we were already living together so nothing changed in that regard but then at the same time, its like a whole other level of love and respect that you realise you have for each other. It’s weird to describe.

Also post wedding depression is a real thing. After planning and thinking about a wedding for a whole year… its hard to adjust so a piece of advice would be to find a new hobby pronto!

Money definitely well spent – I wouldn’t change anything and we weren’t disappointed with anything. We didn’t go crazy with anything and I did some things myself where possible. It does seem like a lot of money to spend on one day, but that one day signifies so much more, and creates such amazing memories for so many people. We were the first to get married in both of our families so the joy our parents were filled with is second to none and we wouldn’t change that for the world.

Oooh – verryyy over budget lol. But in saying that, I think it was a bit unrealistic in the beginning and we were a bit niave in what things cost. As I said, we didnt go crazy and spend stupid money on anything! Everything was reasonable and things just add up. That is all there is to it. But we had the best day and wouldnt change a thing!