Every bride hits the wall at some point. All of the outside opinions, the pressure, the financial stress...it all piles up, and even if you LOVE your wedding plans, you might think about how great it would be to just pitch the entire thing, run away to an island somewhere and just get married alone. I definitely hit that point this week...not over anything in particular, but rather a pileup of either too-fast activity or obstacles that just threw my well-oiled plans into chaos.

If you're used to keeping a pretty controlled rein on the speed at which things happen in your life, you're going to 'hit the wall' a few times as your wedding approaches. The plans are going to get away from you, so to speak. So if you haven't hit the wall yet, it's coming soon, and you get a great gift from it...

Can you be serene one moment and then want to elope the next moment? Of course. Weddings whip up emotions, and they will take you on quite a ride every now and then. Even the most together bride has thought about throwing her wedding folder out the window and just running away for a simple wedding with no complications. This fantasy is quite common -- and it's also a sign that you're on the right track...

It shows that you're aware that underneath all the wedding activity is that one most important thing...your relationship with your fiance....and by expressing the wish to just run off and honor THAT, you have your values in line. You know what matters most.

And that, I've found, is why we all have that 'let's run away' moment...we want it to be All About Us. Plural.