My Beach Wedding Jealousy

I have a confession to make.  As much as I absolutely love our venue, I find myself longing for the starfish and shell centerpieces and other decorations that come with the beach theme.  I know I could just do a beach theme even if we're not at the beach, but that idea just doesn't jive for me.  I'm a serious perfectionist and take issue when things are out of place or aren't exactly what they should be.  Hence the fall-ish theme of our October wedding. 

But in all seriousness, don't you just love the beachy wedding ideas that are out there?  Like this cake:

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I love the starfish and the shells.  And the bed of sand underneath?  So cool!  Here comes that jealousy again...

And oh, the centerpiece options!

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Don't you just love the sand dollar table numbers?  Lovely and unique!

Whew!  Well, I feel better getting that off my chest!  I've always thought a beach wedding would be amazing, but the logistics are a little tough for me to swallow.  First of all, I hate sand all over me.  I know they can give you an aisle runner and all that, but sand all in my toes?  No thanks!  That's fine when I'm in a bathing suit covered in tan oil, but not as fine in a wedding dress!  Second of all, it turns out a beach wedding can be pretty pricey!  They're really popular (hence all the ideas out there!) so I guess they can charge an arm and a leg for it.  Thirdly, we live nowhere near a beach.  Closest one is about 5 hours away.  People are already traveling to our wedding.  I can't imagine them having to travel even further just for us to be on a beach. 

Don't get me wrong, I'm EXTREMELY happy with our location!  I love Che'ne Rouge and I know we're going to have a blast.  It's just sometimes I find myself doing the whole grass is greener routine.  Anyone else do this??