Wedding Cake!

Photo Credit Emms's blog

(NOTE: This is not my wedding cake. My wedding pictures are not yet available and I am unable to post my own pictures. Photo sources will continue to be credited until I get my own)

As long as I've been gone, I don't think it's hard to determine that I already got married. I put the blog on life support during the wedding planning because I underestimated how difficult it would be to jump start a blog, plan a wedding and finish an MBA. Now that I got 2 out of those 3 things done, I think I am ready to breathe life back into this thing. Back in March, I made this post about the cake selection process. But I was not able to finish it due to time constraints. Now that I have all this "free time" on my hands (don't tell my husband) I can tell you about all my woes and victories.

I booked an appointment with the GB and rushed there with the then-fiance on a cold raining afternoon. Many things were as expected: personalized attention, delicious cakes, wide selection of flavors and tons of fancy decorations. Other anticipated circumstances included the high prices and they certainly delivered. GB's price for what was essentially the same design, since we picked our own, was $600 more. Not a $600 cake. An additional $600 on top of what IB was quoting before the 10% discount.

Four words: I don't think so.

Wedding planning is not a race to the poor house. I couldn't get out of there fast enough to call IB and confirm my reservation. It was just that simple. As much as I was wishing I made this update earlier, I realize that maybe after the wedding is a better time after all. Now I know that the cake was delicious, it was beautifully decorated, they executed our vision perfectly and I still saved over $600. Maybe I would have boasted about all saving a good chunk of money and found out I was dissatisfied with the cake. Instead, I can now confirm that going with IB was very worth it.

My take away from this is that sometimes the most popular option is not the most ideal. Things can be popular for all the wrong reasons and we need to make our own choices. Even if it means taking the road less traveled.