Whew, We Dodged a Bullet.... or rather a Blizzard!

Did I ever mention to you all what Mishka and my original plan for our wedding was? We had a fun idea about a Halloween wedding? We'd have a masquerade reception and our wedding colors would be black and orange. And what better weekend to take place than the Saturday before Halloween? My mom pointed out that a weekend in October would be ridiculously difficult for my busy college student sisters to attend so that idea ended almost as quickly as it began.

So, of course, I took notice when that particular weekend passed and thought to myself "wow, we could be getting married right now". However, it was less sentimental and more in shock that Mishka and I dodged a serious weather bullet by choosing a wedding date in the middle of January. Of course, for those of you who live in the Northeast, you already know where I'm going with this...

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Yup.. October blizzard. I didn't actually take that picture, but it very much resembles our front yard. There were tree branches down, power outages, dangerous driving conditions, broken windows... you name it really.

I've told several people (mostly my family) about the Halloween blizzard wedding that could have been and I got some mixed response:

"Well you know that means you're going to have beautiful weather at your actual wedding"

"Oooooh, it's a sign you're going to have snow on your wedding day!"

"Oh, wow, well I'm glad you went with New Year's Eve..."

For my part, I'm torn. Do I believe that the blizzard was sent to warn me of future weather problems? No, not really. But am I much more concerned about inclement weather than I ever was before. Because if we can have a blizzard in October, who knows what we could have in December...

But it also makes me feel prepared for the worst. Because I know people who went to weddings during that blizzard. And if they still got married during power outages and "states of emergencies" then so will I. Because really, all I need is myself, Mishka, and someone to marry us (and probably a witness or two). It's not the wedding I've been planning for over a year, but I know that in the end, no matter what, Mishka and I will get married.

And that's really all that matters.