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How was your wedding?
How was your wedding?
What was involved? Brief details... Did you do anything special? How was your wedding special to you? If at all? How crazy did your folks drive you? Overall, how much did your wedding cost? Who finally paid for it? If you have yet to be married, how would you do your wedding??? |
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I had two ceremonies... The elopement done by a Judge and a formal religious ceremony in Sedona, Arizona... My now husband planned the elopement. I filled out the application you get on line, get is stamped by a Notary Public, he found the Judge to sign all the paperwork and the Judge had a little spiel for us, then we were married... For the religious ceremony, more was involved. My now husband put down the $$$ to save the date. Coordinated with the wedding coordinator. Then the ladies HAD to take over... I was assured only a few bouquets of flowers... That would not do... So, I had to purchase more flowers. Then my mother wanted a banquet. We had a sit-down dinner banquet at a Sedona Hotel. Then we had a post-wedding lunch at another Sedona Hotel. I paid for that. My parents paid the rest. Total cost for the religious cermony--~$9000 dollars... No including Honeymoon. I never have had a honeymoon... :( For the most part my folks were fine. It was my MIL that was psycho... (See my other posts on that issue) The separation from the time we eloped to the formal religious ceremony was about 2 months... A well organized wedding without full planner's capability takes at least 1 year... But that is for the measily 100 person wedding... With more people, it takes longer... I really didn't do any cultural things other than "Jumping the Broom"... (Google Search if you don't know)... So that is about it for my wedding... What about yours? |
I would just show up to anything I was asked to show up to, nod my head in the greatest of sincere attention, and give vaguely worded but intellegent sounding comments that would offer her reassurance enough so that she could feel good about going forward with the plan she had already fantasized about.
I would let her pick out my clothes. I would keep my check book open for all expenses her parents would undoubtedly find some way not to pay. And I would do all this in with the knowledge that for that day, one of the single most important days of MY life, I am merely an accessory to a fanatasy she has had as a child and added to over the years. (This is all assuming one of my friends didn't stage an intervention and save me. Hint Hint Hint. |
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One ceremony - traditional Lutheran service, big party afterwards. What was involved? Brief details... We were engaged for 18 months so I had a lot of time to plan. I did pretty much everything mysef as far as calling and reserving and deciding things. I made our invitations, my mother made all the bridesmaids dresses. Everything else was taken care of by "professionals" (cake, flowers, etc...) We had a buffet style dinner and dance afterwards at a local reception hall. Did you do anything special? How was your wedding special to you? If at all? Well, it was special because it was my wedding. Our wedding favors were mix cds we made ourselves with our favorite songs, people really liked those. How crazy did your folks drive you? We both have great parents. They let us do pretty much what we wanted, how we wanted, without butting in. They only time they would speak up is when they were concerned about costs. Overall, how much did your wedding cost? Who finally paid for it? I'd say just over $10K which is pretty average for this area. My parents paid for most because they paid for my sisters' weddings. IL's helped out some and Mr. ISUKappa and I paid for some, too. |
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We had a Jewish wedding. Our wedding ceremony was very Reform and egalitarian, none of this bride-circling-the-groom nonsense, and an equal exchange of rings instead of just the groom giving the bride a ring. I made sure of that. :p Our reception was at a beautiful resort that put together a wonderful cocktail hour and meal, and we had an amazing band.
My father refused to participate in the wedding, and was close to refusing to attend at all, as he disapproved. :rolleyes: :( It's Jewish tradition that the bride and groom are each walked down the aisle by both parents... he had his mom and dad... I had just mom. I also didn't get a father-daughter dance (not that he knows how to dance anyway...) My mother-in-law was Momzilla. Among other things... SHE wanted the wedding in HER city. SHE wanted all HER friends to be able to attend without inconvenience, and didn't give a rat's patootie about OUR friends, who were mostly poor starving college students and recent graduates who did not have the financial resources to travel. When she found out we were planning to hold the wedding where we lived, she requested information packets from the reception venues we were considering, and then went to the Holiday Inn in her city and priced them out. The Holiday Inn offered a chicken-and-steak dinner. So she made up a cost comparison spreadsheet comparing the Holiday Inn chicken-and-steak dinner to each of our top three venues where she added up the cost of a chicken dinner and a steak dinner for each guest, and tried to convince us to get married in her city because it would be less than half as expensive as our city. Yeah, of course the wedding will be twice as expensive if you serve everybody two meals!! I didn't talk to her for a while after that....... (Edit: We put our foot down and had our wedding in our city.) We paid for our own wedding, with a generous gift from his parents. My parents did not contribute a dime (thanks Dad :rolleyes: ). They did get us a nice gift, though. :confused: To do over again... I would have a very small family-and-close-friends-only wedding. |
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DO NOT HAVE A HUGE 500 SIT DOWN DINNER WITH FULL ON CRATE AND BARREL GIFTS (Unless you want those items)... I thought Home Depot had a Groom's Registry--how's that for powertools... You might also be suited for either a destination wedding or a wild weekend wedding... Any woman that would marry you would have to not have princess fairytale ideas about getting married--unless that was what you wanted??? Hmmmm :rolleyes: |
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So many things went wrong that day that it was pathetic (including the groom!), but as we still tease, "It was a beautiful day!" My veil (with flowers matching my bouquet) was delivered three hours prior to the service, and the glue wasn't dry (this I realized when I tried to take it off, and it was stuck in my hair!). Two hours prior to the service, I found out that my future inlaws were NOT letting us use their pink Caddy, so I was at the carwash... :rolleyes: What was involved? Brief details... Four bridesmaids (oddly, 2 ADPis and 2 Phi Mus) and a flower girl all in pink with violets in their bouquets; it was on a Friday evening (only time we could get the club); one friend's present was the flowers, another's was the cake (which I really don't suggest doing, as I found it impossible to say, "That's NOT what I wanted!!" to either of them); 125 people at a buffet dinner at the local club with wine & cheese first; open bar; GREAT disc jockey!; lots of dancing! Did you do anything special? How was your wedding special to you? If at all? If I believed in omens, I would have cancelled everything, as somebody I knew (2 friends & my favorite aunt) passed away each time I was given a shower. My gift to each of my bridesmaids was a Waterford pendant (we are all Irish), which they loved having, and I loved seeing! My sisters also formed a Friendship Circle & serenaded us at the reception. How crazy did your folks drive you? Mine could not have been better, but his parents just wouldn't give an inch on a thing. While my then MIL was getting a manicure & her hair done, my mother was arguing with the guy in charge of setting up the seats at the club. Overall, how much did your wedding cost? Who finally paid for it? I don't believe in spending a lot on weddings, but I think this went to about $10K, which my parents insisted on paying for. Sidenote: My crystal pattern went on sale for the two weeks prior to the wedding. Guess who has service for 16 in every imaginable style of crystal glassware? Hope that helps! |
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One ceremony - we had a formal but civil ceremony at the Canterbury Chapel at the Excalibur Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas What was involved? Brief details... We were engaged for almost 2 years. As soon as we were engaged we looked at each other and said "Vegas". My family is mostly Baptist or AME (ya know the sistahs in the Amen corner type). His mother is Pentecostal. I am pretty much agnostic and he is atheist (his mother is still in denial about that). :) We did NOT want a religious ceremony. My family was in VA and other parts of the East Coast, and his were spread out in British Columbia and Quebec. In Vegas, we didn't have to worry about keeping folx entertained. In January 2001, we went to Vegas to pick out the wedding chapel. The Excalibur was last on my list because I wasn't crazy about the hotel...too many kids running around. But I learned not to judge a book by its cover. We saw the chapel and it blew us away...it kinda looked like an Old English Church. We did one additional trip before the wedding to nail down the planning. I pretty much did everything myself (Mr. 1228 was travelling on business a lot) Everything else was taken care of by "professionals" (cake, flowers, etc...) We had a buffet/family style dinner/reception at one of the oldest Italian Restaurants in Las Vegas Did you do anything special? How was your wedding special to you? If at all? Well, it was special because it was my wedding. Our wedding favors were personalized playing cards (which were a big hit). Folx loved our Save the Date letters. I had a friend make us a broom to jump (more on that later) How crazy did your folks drive you? Not too bad because I didn't let them. If my mom had her way, it woulda been 300 guests and a huge church. (my parents have been divorced for AGES) I wasn't having that. Besides, if you ain't putting dime one into the wedding, you can't say jack! :D Mother in law was cool, she was just glad that we were getting hitched. (His father died in 1976). Mr. 1228 was previously married and has a kid from his previous marriage. The kid didn't take it too well at first but he got over it pretty quick. (He was 10 at the time). My sister couldn't come because of work (I was fine with that because she wasn't gonna be in my wedding party anyway). This is the tough part, cause one of the things my "sperm donor" (who I now refer to him as) did was the straw that broke the camel's back. Long story short: 3 months earlier, I chatted with the SD and he said he was looking forward to it and to find him a good rate. (I wanted both parents to walk me down the aisle) I called him a week later and I got Mr. Attitude, who made up a whole bunch of excuses and finally said: "You and I haven't had the best relationship. I will let you know by the first of October" That was 9/01 and I ain't heard from his ass since. He was not at my wedding and to add insult to injury, Mr. "I don't like to travel" drove 6 hours south to stay with my 37 year old sister (who didn't want to be alone while my mom and brother were in Vegas). I didn't get a call, card, nothing from him. I haven't spoken to him since and don't intend to. (that was the short story...I can tell you the long one via PM) Overall, how much did your wedding cost? Who finally paid for it? Our wedding was under 10K including everything except the rings and we didn't have a honeymoon :( That also included flight, hotel and reception, dresses and all that SNAFUs: I left the rings in the hotel room safe of the previous hotel we stayed in (we got them the next day) but had to use my e-ring for the ceremony My bouquet fell apart in the pix before the ceremony. I called the flower shop and got medieval on their ass...they refunded me I forgot the broom so we didn't jump the broom :( Other than that, everything was wonderful |
I forgot: As per chapter tradition, all the Kappa girls that were at the wedding (about 20) serenaded Mr ISUKappa (including my older biological sister and my little Kappa legacy niece (who was 3 mos old)).
SNAFU: Most of them were really minor: we did pictures beforehand and ran out of time on some of the family ones I would have liked, the flower shop never ordered boutinnieres for the ushers but we had enough taking them from other people who didn't really need them but we had one MAJOR one. 10 days before the wedding, my husband was playing flag football and popped the tendon off the top of his right ring finger. He had to have hand surgery 4 days before the wedding to reattach it and had to have a full forearm brace on for 7 weeks afterwards. In our wedding pictures, it looks like he has a sock puppet on (there are pictures floating around on here somewhere). We laugh about it now but it wasn't quite as funny at the time. |
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We had a sort of religious ceremony in a hotel ballroom in DC. We had a rabbi officiate, but he was a VERY liberal rabbi (I'm not even jewish). While we used a number of jewish traditions, I didn't really think of it as a jewish wedding. I actually wrote the ceremony myself. What was involved? Brief details... My best friend (and sorority sister) was my maid of honor. Another very close friend was my "man of honor." His brother and his best friend were his groomsmen. It was a fairly traditional reception - about 100 people for dinner, drinks and dancing with cake and lots of flowers. Did you do anything special? How was your wedding special to you? If at all? Well it was my wedding so of course it was special. One of my favorite things was the fact that after the reception was over, my whole extended family and close friends (basically everyone staying in the hotel) all ended up partying in the hotel bar until about 4am. My wedding had an after-party. :cool: How crazy did your folks drive you? My folks were fabulous and pretty much let us plan everything the way we wanted, (but they live on the other side of the country so it's a little more difficult for them to be overbearing.) His parents live in the area, unfortunately. His mother was fine. I hated his father by the end of the whole ordeal. His father's only responsibility was planning the rehearsal dinner and he kept insisting that it be held at a steak house, despite the fact that pretty much my whole family are vegetarians. :rolleyes: We finally settled on a nice, inexpensive Italian place that served steak and he spent the entire evening glaring sullenly at the rest of the table. We also had several guest list arguments - short version is that he kept trying to add people at the last minute and didn't care that we were already over budget. Overall, how much did your wedding cost? Who finally paid for it? Well. . .it was over budget. Weddings in DC are expensive, but we managed to keep it under the average. We were very fortunate to have my parents pay for most of it. His parents paid for the rehearsal dinner. Snafus Well other than the rehearsal dinner from hell. . .the hotel where the wedding was decided to re-tile the lobby floor the week of my wedding. Despite repeated assurances that the tile would be done by the actual wedding day, it wasn't and the lobby vaguely resembled a war zone with yellow caution tape strewn everywhere. There were other issues with the hotel too and I have to say, the only time I went bridezilla during the whole planning process was dealing with that stupid hotel. But we managed to get some of our money back from them. Despite all the problems, we still had a great time though, and that's all that matters! |
Oh, yes, my wedding snafu: On the night before the wedding, I decided to stay at the hotel where the reception hall was. (Reception hall was lovely, with very professional staff. Hotel - not so much.) I booked my room well in advance. They tried to stick me in a tiny little room with a twin bed! Other guests (paying the same rate) had much nicer, larger rooms with king, queen, or 2 double beds, and the hotel was definitely not full. My out-of-town bridesmaid offered to switch rooms, which was sweet of her, but I was on the warpath, since I knew they had better rooms available. And they did... they handed me the key to a different room. I got to the room, unlocked the door, and discovered a couple of suitcases. The room was occupied! :rolleyes: After I went medieval on the front desk staff (do not upset a bride), they offered me a very nice room in the hotel's tower at the same rate (these rooms are normally quite a bit more expensive).
So I got up to the room and checked over all my things. Dress, check; slip, check; hose, check; makeup, check; jewelry, check; shoes - OH SH**!!! My poor husband had to drive all the way back into the city, late at night, to retrieve my shoes from our apartment. Yet he married me anyway :) |
My wedding SNAFUS
My elopement was perfect. I didn't havta plan at thing so everything was a wonderful suprise that I wouldn't trade anything for in the world...
The formal religious ceremony... Well... We should have paid for that "vortex tour" in Sedona, Arizona for my MIL... How one can be bitchy in such a spiritual place is beyond me... But we were ready to send his mama towards some kind of Epiphany... Any kind... David's Bridal my have inexpensive wedding dresses, but they you have to wear 2 sizes higher than your own... And they rip you off with alterations... At least the "buy off the rack" dresses are in many locations--coast to coast... And I chose a dress that was a two piece. Not a fanciful, debutante dress I wore back when I was 16... Mind you once we had the wedding ceremony in the "chapel" in Sedona--when I wanted the "Chapel on the Hill"--a Roman Catholic Church that only catholics were allowed--then later to find out they let other folks of different denominations or religions use the chapel... And I wanted dinner in the Enchantment Resort, but the dayum planner would not plan that for us... (Another story)... All this to say: I FELL DOWN DURING PICTURES!!! I scuffed by $200 sandals... Didn't mess up my dress. Ruined my head bouquet... Oh well... But, we were already married which didn't make a difference... We paid the photographer too much money when my sister in law took better pictures to begin with... And there were side arguments I didn't find out till recently between my mom and my MIL... Oh well. At least my husband and I are happy... :D |
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Mr. KR and I were married twice and both weddings were just dandy :) What was involved? Brief details... Wedding Number One Took place about 4 months after we met. We were already planning our upcoming church wedding, but the ever-practical Mr. KR was concerned that I didn't have health insurance through my job. He suggested that we just go in front of a JP and get married so I could get my military ID. Wedding Number Two Took place at the Naval Academy Chapel with a reception afterward at the Officers' Club. It was a small affair, around 75 people, but it was wonderful because we were surrounded by all of our favorite people (including one of my DZ sisters who flew in from Europe to be in the wedding) Did you do anything special? How was your wedding special to you? If at all? The sword arch was pretty cool, as were all the tourists standing outside of the chapel waiting for us to come out. I guess we're in some folks' home movies! How crazy did your folks drive you? My folks were awesome! His folks, his mom in particular, was a manipulative bitch who literally broke into tears whenever Mr. KR would try to explain that it was a small reception room and we wouldn't have the space to invite people he hadn't seen since he was 8 :rolleyes: Overall, how much did your wedding cost? Who finally paid for it? All told, my gown and accessories, reception and honeymoon cost around 12K. Not including the rings. We paid for it ourselves; mostly him, though. |
OK I am not married yet and don't know if I'll ever BE married. With that said, I do know how my wedding WILL be.
How will your wedding be? * see question about how crazy your parents will drive you What was involved? Brief details... * Ceremony ~ I will have the ceremony in February at The Poinsett Club in Greenville, SC (it's a really swanky country club), and it will be outside under white Christmas lights and draped shear cloth that makes a tent like thing. * Reception ~ The reception will be INSIDE The Poinsett Club. As people enter, a string quartet will be playing classical musical to welcome them. As people proceed into the dining area, tables will be set up around the room with the food and tables to sit at. The tables and another string quartet playing classical music will be all that's in that room along with the open bar. ~ Then, there will be two more rooms for dancing. One room will have a beach/shag band playing for people that like music. The second room will have a DJ for people like the most popular music at the time. Did you do anything special? How was your wedding special to you? If at all? * I will find my late granddad's Rolls Royce and have that drive us back to The Poinsett Hotel in downtown Greenville, SC. How crazy did your folks drive you? * My Dad ~ Remember Steve Martin's character in Father of the Bride. OK that's exactly how my dad will act. * My Mom ~ She will be a controlling, sneaky control freak. It will go to her head and if everything doesn't go HER way then she'll go bazerk. * My Mom's Mother ~ Will do the same thing my mom will do. * My Mom's Father ~ Will give God-awful advice * My Father's Mother ~ Will insist on my loser, jacka** uncle be invited and I will have to be firm about making sure she realizes he's NOT invited and if he shows up he'll be arrested. Overall, how much did your wedding cost? Who finally paid for it? * I don't know how much it'll cost by the time I'd get married but I'll probably end up paying for the most of it because then I can just throw the fact that I am paying for it in people's faces that want to add their 2 cents. I know, I know throwing the fact that I am paying for the wedding in people's faces is a bit conniving and obnoxious but these people will send me to a psychiatric ward in no time flat if I let them pay for it. |
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Not saying you can't have your dream wedding, just to be open to changes when the time comes! :) |
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Wow! Reading how much some of you paid for your entire wedding, you got off lucky! I don't know if it is because I live in L.A. but our wedding will probably be close to 30K. We are having 200 guests but the place I chose had probably one of the best deals on wedding packages (one hour open bar, eight different appetitizers, meal, and parking) and that right there is half of the budget!
And no Trideltagal, doesn't have a Vera Wang dress! :D Yeah, don't count on most parents in law for much! We got along fabulously for the six years we dated and then as soon as the ring was on my finger, it got very tense between us but trying to rebuild some bridges! I would post more but his sister might be rushing soon and might be reading this so trying to be anonymous! |
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Rudey, Don't be sad, I haven't sent out the invitations yet!;)
But, you can only come if you bring us a really cool gift...I'm registered at Tiffany! ETA: Rudey, you will also have to stand up and serenade me and my sisters/bridesmaids a AEPi song! |
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It was pretty good... There were some minor problems. The groomsmen and I did not get along. Some of them tried to talk my husband out of going through with it that day. They were all drunk. One of them (in college) hit on my 13 year-old sister. My matron-of-honor bounced a check she wrote me. She was so embarrassed that she didn't show up... But, once I told off her (over the phone when I realized she wasn't showing) and every last groomsman, the wedding went beautifully. What was involved? Brief details... We had the church decorated with candles, cream tulle, and christmas trees with white lights. The 10 bridesmaids wore black satin dresses and carried red roses. I wore a cream and cafe au lait dress by Maggie Sottero and carried red roses. My something blue was my Sapphire pointed badge. My sorority sisters drove in from Mississippi and Michigan to be at the wedding. We had over 200 people at the wedding. My cake was custom designed (at no additional cost) to match my wedding dress. My husband had an amaretto cheesecake for his groom's cake. Did you do anything special? How was your wedding special to you? If at all? Well, it would have been more special to me if my sisters had sang the traditional ZTA songs like they do at the other weddings. But, they told me afterwards that since the reception was at a church, they felt odd about breaking into sorority song. My husband saw me before the wedding. When my matron-of-honor didn't show up, we both had to go and finish the decorating she volunteered to take care of. I actually LOVE the fact that we had that time together to clear our heads and just enjoy the day. How crazy did your folks drive you? It was not my folks as it was my paternal grandmother. I do not speak to my bio. father. Yet, she forced me to invite him. He told everyone I never sent either of the 2 invites... He refused to show up because his name was not on the invitation as my parent. So, to show her contempt, she skipped the wedding photos. We had the photographer chase her down at the reception so that we could have at least one picture... SHE LITERALLY HAS AN ANGRY LOOK ON HER FACE in the photo. Overall, how much did your wedding cost? Who finally paid for it? My wedding costs ended up at $17,000. That included a sit down buffet with service for over 200 as well. My maternal grandparents that raised me paid for most of it. My mom and step-dad also helped. If I had it to do over, I would have invited less people. I was forced to invite a lot because of both of our families' social status. I also would not have had some of the bridesmaids I chose. And, I would have been less concerned with having every detail looking just perfect for guests. I would have focused on making myself happy. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../wedding20.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...k/wedding1.jpg |
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Very special, and a lot of fun. What was involved? Brief details... We had a Catholic ceremony in my hometown and invited about 250 folks. Our reception was very crowded, which kind of disappointed me, but we ended up having plenty of room to dance. The decorations for everything was very simple - I wanted to be the main attraction that day, not my centerpieces. ;) We had terrific food, and it all culminated with an awesome Jamaican honeymoon. Did you do anything special? How was your wedding special to you? If at all? One reason our wedding was special was because it was my brother's 21st birthday. He's in the military (station in ND!), so it was wonderful to have two celebrations in one. How crazy did your folks drive you? My dad & stepmom were terrific, and my mom had her moments of being slightly annoying. His mom made a few comments that hurt my feelings, but it all ended up okay in the end. Overall, how much did your wedding cost? Who finally paid for it? It was surprisingly inexpensive as far as wedding go. We did everything we wanted (we aren't extravagant people), and still were able to go on a great honeymoon. My mom & dad paid for food & liquor; his parents paid for the photographer, and Mr. Mox & I paid for the rest ourselves. We were so incredibly proud to have had such a great day *and* have no debt after! |
Tippie, you have some gorgeous pictures! I feel ya about feeling you had to invite so and so. I hate having my hand forced. Had I had our wedding back in Virginia, I would have been going thru the same thing.
Which is why I was so glad I did the Vegas ceremony! :D And gurl, I feel you about the bio father (ie sperm donor) issues! ALL TOO WELL |
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I'm entirely not married and entirely not dating anyone. But I'll tell you all about my wedding anyway. Which will be ridiculously tacky but you know you want to come. (1) I'm wearing a dress, but it probably won't be big and white. It might be. But I might wear the dress my mom wore in her wedding, which she got for $15 at Sears in 1977. :) It's hot though. Pale green and very graceful. (2) Bridesmaids, wear whever you want. It's got to be a dress though. And if you're Phi Mu I'm making you wear your badge. (3) Small wedding. VERY small wedding. Close family and veryvery close friends. (4) Cookout. You think I'm joking but I'm not. I'd way rather wander around the backyard eating my dad's burgers and watching my little brother and his friends sneak Coronas than to have a sit-down where I don't get to talk to people. A traditional wedding sounds beautiful -- don't get me wrong, if I won some sort of sweepstakes that paid for a huge wedding with all the trappings, I'd take it! But realistically I know I won't have a lot of money by then, and neither will he, and if we did -- well, it's more my style to have things kind of low-key anyway. |
One of our girls who was AI'd last fall wore her badge on her gown...the sistah wore the hell outta it, too!
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Our wedding went well. There were a few minor issues (too much wind at the lake where I wanted to take pictures and the candles that were the favors partially melting in the sun). What was involved? Brief details... The ceremony was held at the Lutheran Church where I was confirmed. We had 6 bridesmaids and 5 groomsman. The reception was held in my parents backyard. They live in the mountians of S. California. We're both really low key people, so this worked out great for us! We had great food served buffet style, and an open bar. The music was great, it seemed like everyone there had a great time! There were about 100 people there. Did you do anything special? How was your wedding special to you? If at all? My mother in law, and grandmother in law did all of the flowers and church decorations. They are both florists, so it was great to have them involved (especially since they live in IL, and the wedding was in CA). It was also special that so many members of my husband's family were able to attend. My nephew served as the ringbearer, who was the cutest ringbearer I've ever seen. I wish I would have been serenaded by the ZTAs that were there. How crazy did your folks drive you? Both sets of parents were pretty good. I wanted an outdoor ceremony, my mom really wanted us to have it in the church. We had the church ceremony and the outdoor reception. She tried to convince me to wear gloves with my dress, I refused. Overall, how much did your wedding cost? Who finally paid for it? The total cost was between 6,000-8,000. My mom and stepdad paid for the reception rentals, food, alcohol, and my dress. My father in law paid for the flowers (total cost $300...gotta love in laws that are florists!), my aunt paid for my cake. We paid for the photographer, the dj, the decorations (favors, centerpieces etc), and the invitations. |
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Your wedding looks soooooo beautiful... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Another question, for those of you who had a reception: Did you eat at your reception? What was the meal? |
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The main course was a combination, chicken breast and filet mignon. Salad to start, don't recall what the veggies were, and a dessert plate in addition to the cake. We offered pasta primavera to our vegetarian guests. We also made sure to choose the best hors d'oeuvres we could. The salmon plate evaporated within 15 minutes (we ordered a second one on the spot) and, years later, people still rave about the baby lamb chops :D Oh, our coordinator at the reception hall made a very interesting suggestion which we followed: cut the cake before the main course. This way, the cake is taken away and sliced into portions during the main course, and the guests get their cake shortly after the meal, instead of having to wait, and wait, and wait some more. |
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which reminds me, I need to defrost our top layer this weekend! :) |
This was our menu
Appetizers Antipasto Fried Shrimp Shrimp-Stuffed Mushrooms Fried Mozzarella and Marinara Sauce Caesar Salad Entrees Sliced Prime NY Strip Steak Pizziola Shrimp Francaise Veal Osso Bucco Meat Lasagna al Forno Chicken Marsala Sides Tortellini Alfredo Penne marinara Italian Bread with Roasted Garlic or Butter Roasted Potatoes Mixed Vegetables Dessert Wedding Cake (marble cake with Bavarian filling and whipped frosting) |
My cake suukkked
My wedding cake sukkkeddd BIGTIME!!!
1) The hotel charged us for cutting the dayum sucky cake--it was only 2 tiers... 2) The cake I wanted comes from The Grove Bakery in Lemon Grove, California... But since I had my 2nd ceremony in Arizona, NO WAY was The Grove Bakery gonna guarentee their cake--and they make the BEST Butter Creamed Icing in the city--In my opinion... 3) So we had to go thru some non-descript bakery in Arizona--and the cake TOTALLY SUKKKEEDDD!!! And my husband is allergic to chocolate... But, I guess the food at the hotel was OKEY... It wasn't all that... But, the good food takes careful planning... And the Yavipai Restaurant in Sedona at the Enchantment Resort was the best the next day... |
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