Brave enough for an outdoor wedding?

I have always loved outdoor weddings, even had one myself, but the closer I got to the “big day” the more I was obsessed with all things weather. I tuned into to every newscast a week prior to the wedding, logged probably 40 hours on weatherchannel.com and had to many “what if” conversations with anyone who would listen.

I would advise anyone who is planning an outdoor wedding to get with the site coordinator well in advance to learn what your “back-up plan” is. I learned (after putting in my deposit) that the rain plan for my wedding was a hallway in their offices. Not ideal. I had nightmares about it actually. But, I got lucky. It rained the morning of, but sunny skies by 2 p.m.

Some are not so lucky. Did you see the “Bachelor Wedding” recently? They got drenched and all I kept thinking was how long she probably spent in hair and makeup only be ruined in two seconds. Of course, she had a hair and makeup team that fixed her right up, but mostly likely you won’t have that luxury so you will have to play the “what if” game about a thousand times. And really trust your weatherman.

Are you brave enough to have an outdoor wedding? If so, please let us hear from you. Where are you going to host the wedding and what is your “back-up plan” in case of raining weather. Or if you have had an outdoor wedding, let us know how it went for you.