Ten ways to treat post wedding blues syndrome (PWBS)

PWBS is a very common phenomenon. Women spend months, sometimes years, planning their weddings and once the celebration is over slide into a depression.

PWBS tends to be short-lived, but is very real. Symptoms include: obsessive reviewing of ones wedding photos, incessant discussing of wedding events, cutting your hair inappropriately short for your face, changing your look drastically (e.g. from classic chic to grunge chic), feeling like your life is over, singing your wedding song over and over, trying on your wedding dress just to be sure it still fits, and fighting with your in-laws.

Here are a few ways to combat PWBS:

1. Plan your best friend's wedding. Engaged or not, she will be grateful that someone did the planning ahead of time.
2. Write a wedding blog. These are insanely popular and require new content everyday. See here and here. Wedding planning can live on, you see!
3. Start a wedding planning business and start consulting for other women. One or two clients later and you will be grateful that your wedding is over.
4. Start a PWBS support group. Post fliers in your neighborhood featuring a picture of you in your wedding dress. A great opportunity to utilize the picture titled group 5804. Seriously how many photos did you photographer take!
5. Research the history of marriage and write a book.
6. Travel around the world filming wedding traditions of different cultures. Make a documentary about it and submit to the various film festivals. Wait - I should really do that. Hmmm.
7. Plan a party for a friend. You get to plan a party and make someone feel special. Do it.
8. Practice laughter yoga. I don't know about you, but I love to laugh more than anything else - who doesn't? Plus laughter helps create social bonds, which make us happy. Click here to read about the science of laughter.
9. Contact the NY times and suggest they start a wedding critic section. Volunteer to be the Michiko Kakutani of weddings. I should do this too. Ignore this suggestion.
10. Write a song about it. I've got the PW bluessss.

Speaking of sparklers

Has everyone seen this gorgeous wedding photo? Clearly I'm obsessed with things that sparkle.

If I were in a Freudian psychoanalytic free association session, all my responses would be things that sparkle.

For example:

Psychoanalyst: Family
Me: Sequins!

Psychoanalyst: Comfort
Me: Crystal!

Psychoanalyst: Childhood
Me: Glitter!

Psychoanalyst: Trees

Me: Sapphires! 

(Photo by A Bryan Photo)

My wedding is featured on Rent The Runway's blog

Click here to see the post and scroll down to number 8! They love Antigua, Guatemala as much as I do. Small victories here.

If you aren't familiar with Rent The Runway, they are a fashion company that allows you to rent and borrow designer dresses, outfits, and jewelry. One of my bridesmaids actually rented her gown for the occasion.

Thanks Rent The Runway!

Guatemala bound!

If all goes well and the Nor'easter(!!) passes, I will be Guatemala bound tomorrow at 5:30 AM! I want to thank everyone for their support and for helping me plan my dream wedding. I can't believe it is almost here.

In no particular order, a big thank you to...

Eric, Erica, Mrs. P, Mom, Jake S., Kate K. Gladys Santizo, Olga Santizo, Kate at Pronovias, style me pretty, flight attendants on flight 611, pilot on flight 611, Pocahontas, Kate N., Beth C., Lizzie T.A., Christina C., Alex Z, Candice D., 100 layer cake

...wait a minute...

This isn't going to work. The list could go on and on like a bad Oscar acceptance speech.

Thank you everyone! You know who you are!

... Why would "B.B.Q at Best Man's" be weird? [Doorbell Ringing] Oh, my God, Greg. ...

This is a picture of Eric and I when we got engaged (I promise, more on that later).

With less than 24 hours before I leave for our wedding, I've contracted wedding fever. Please keep your distance; wedding fever is contagious. Symptoms of wedding fever include: giddiness, excitement, bouts of crying, excessive smiling, and an inordinate amount of thinking about your future husband.

It all started last night when, instead of sleeping, I lied in bed and thought about all the funny movies that had wedding themes (Meet the Parents, Father of the Bride, My Best Friend's Wedding, Bride Wars, The Wedding Singer, amongst others)and the funny one liners from them. I laughed over and over (in my head of course, because Eric was sleeping) at this scene from Meet the Parents:

...Why would "B.B.Q at Best Man's" be weird? [Ding Dong].
Oh, my God, Greg. I was sure I told you.
Kevin is Bob's best man. This is his place.
Kevin, your ex-fiance? Hey! Welcome, everybody.
I don't understand. How does he know Bob?
[Grunting]
Well, they-- they went to lacrosse camp together, and Kevin was the one who introduced Bob to Debbie.

AWKWARD!

Great delivery Ben Stiller, thanks.

Weddings are a great backdrop for funny or unusual situations. I can't wait to share some funny stories from our wedding.

First, I have to find a cure for this fever!