This weekend the two mothers will meet for the first time. Can you feel the excitement in the air?
Kelli will be heading out to go dress shopping with both mothers for a fun filled day of frill and lace. (Has anyone ever seen “Say yes to the dress?“)
I imagine it will go something like this:
Should be a whirlwind experience for them! (The only thing I know is that I will not be tagging along on this trip!)
I’m a list-maker. Maybe planning a wedding seems exciting because of all the lists I know I’ll be able to make. Maybe I’ll even have a list of lists…I can’t wait!! Here’s the first list of the wedding.
Things I’ve already vetoed:
anything ORANGE
fishbowls with real fish (inevitably dead by the time of the reception) or LED lights in the bottom
a Halloween costume party
swords – anywhere, but specifically walking down the aisle
ceremony on a roller coaster – but I’ll never veto a roller coaster on the honeymoon!
Vegas (but give me a couple months and I may reconsider)
turquoise suits
doily snowflakes
air travel in the winter
carnations
kilts
pictures on every post to jkbergin.com
karoake
while I do love the Wizard of Oz , it’s not hard to veto a yellow brick aisle, monkey ushers, cowardly lion best man, Glinda MOH OR a tin-man groom … sorry everyone
pumpkins, gourds & Indian corn
when have I ever been a nature-lover? NO outdoor ceremony. NO reception in a tent.
So all of those magazines they sell at CVS? Have you ever noticed how half of them are geared toward tweens and the rest have some sort of “wedding” related content?
Under the guise of going to procure sinus medication for me Kelli slipped out of the hotel room only to return with an overflowing CVS bag. (Yes, she is amazing enough to have remember my pills – I was miserable with sinus stuff)
In this bag was a 300 page magazine called Brides. It had a total of 500 words of editorial type content. This magazine is effectively a Nascar race car. It is plastered with ads and product placements in every conceivable spot.
Did I mention that these bridal magazines multiply? On the coffee table right now there is a stack a tad over one foot high of bridal magazines. A few are decent (Apparently Modern Brides is a winner – but the one issue of Victorian Brides is still hanging around…) but on the whole this entire thing is a little bit nuts.
Well I can’t say it was a quick process but after explaining how I proposed a few dozen times it came out pretty quickly. If you are curious take a look here.