The Wedding
One wedding down, two more to go. I was honoured to be asked to be in three weddings this year, but man...that is a lot. Not just a lot of time, but money too. However, still an honour.
I think it was the year of the weddings because we actually attended one more also. (I just wasn't in that wedding party).
In any case, for this wedding, I picked up the grooms sister on Thursday night and headed to Barrie. Friday was packed with wedding prep adventures.
I couldn't have been happier with my pedicure and manicure. I have these cute little flowers that I absolutely love with beautifully painted nails.
Very relaxing as well.
We did the rehearsal that night and could now understand the grounds that were only previously described to us as...you will have lot of stairs to go down. There were about 30 or so stairs to climb down as an aisle and they got married at the bottom. The guests stood on either side of the stiars beside us and the wedding party stood with the bride and groom at the bottom in front of the lake. I am hoping Brian got some good shots of that. Hopefully they won't show the goosebumps from the chilli temperatures that came on Saturday.
Speaking of Saturday we got our hair done in the morning, which I loved, the hairstylist did a great job! Then we went to the reception site to check on the details. We spent a little bit of time there setting things up before heading back to the house to do make-up and get dressed. Shortly before leaving we took a few bridesmaid photos and then were off for the 2pm wedding.
The wedding... It was cool, but there was no rain, so we were all grateful.
We got there on time but there were some VIP late guest arrivals so we waited and started about 20 minutes late.
After shivering at the waterfront we headed to a park for pictures where the sun came out. With three hours ahead of picture taking I sent Brian on a mission. Only a short while later, he came back with chicken nuggets and fries from McDondalds which were devoured in seconds as most of the wedding party skipped lunch. Brian was our hero!
The recption location (south shore centre) had huge windows that showed the water with the sun setting. It was lovely.
The usual wedding speaches, dinner, and dancing occured. I think some ejoyeded a little too much wine but that is their story to tell.
Me being the dd, drove home 4 people before finally getting back to the hotel at close to 4am. Let me tell you that at 4am corset style dresses are not fun to deal with. Not to mention 600 million bobby pins.
After taking care of all of this and showering I fell asleep almost instantly.
Today, we got up around 11am and met with Shaye for brunch. It was so nice to catch up. At 2:30pm we left and headed for home. Ahhhh, home sweet home.
The couch called my name with a good finals US Open tennis match on TV.
Comments
If I ever get married, I'll serve Chicken McNuggets. hehehe
I guess to add to the above I should congratulate the bride and groom. All the best to the new couple!