she loves blogs..

i've been addicted to blogs.. specfically wedding blogs for the past two ish years.. and just in the last 2 hours i've realized that i'm planning a very unusual wedding.
i have two favorite blogs- www.snippetandink.com and apractialwedding.com .. one focuses on the cute details and lovely pictures of a wedding, while rarely talking about how many millions they spent and the other focuses and feelings and the why and budget (while sometimes going just a tad too liberal for me). throughout the last monthish of planning, i've been comparing myself to just about everyone. the cute bride from that post i feel in love with two years ago, that wedding 3 weeks ago that i'd literally vomit if my wedding turned out like, my siblings weddings that i remember, friends who've recently tied the knot.. it goes on. today on my practical blog they took a plunge and talked about budgets, inviting all the wedding graduates to anonymously post and talk about their budgets. i started skimming through and it seemed like everyone was between 12-40K.. i was expecting more around 5-10K with those DIY indie brides.. some of them spent my budget on their dress. a lot of them had their budget all split up so you could tell what went where and i realized something. i am so lucky. with a bit of simplifying and a few reality checks, i can probably manage everything i want to do on my budget. this is in great part to the generosity of a lot of people- nate's aunt and uncle, my loving sister heather amd her amazing talents, her brother and sister in-law, my other loving sister trina and her amazing talents, my other loving sister tammy and her amazing talents, my generous old boss, my sweet friend kyla and her hook-up, .. and thats just the beginning. how am i ever supposed to thank them all?