(in no particular order)
1. Throw a bouquet
2. Throw a garter
3. Wear a garter, for that matter
4. Have a big cake
5. Cut the cake
6. A first dance all by ourselves (or with our parents)
7. A big entrance into the reception (No "Join me in welcoming, for the first time, Delaney and Austin Gray!")
8. Have a DJ
9. Have a band
10. Stay in separate places the night before
11. A traditional registry (we're only registering for our honeymoon)
12. Leave the reception before everyone else
13. Have a ringbearer or flower girl
14. Wait to see each other before I come down the aisle
15. Have photographs taken of our left hands stacked on top of each other
16. Make anyone wait in line for anything (if we can help it at all)
17. Feel rushed in any way
18. Hire a florist
19. Have a full bar
20. Serve butter that is too cold to spread on cornbread
21. The Chicken Dance, the YMCA, the bunny hop, the German Wedding March (much to my dismay) or any other coordinated group dances
22. Wear uncomfortable shoes
23. Listen to anyone telling us what we "have" to do
You wouldn't believe how many people have opinions about some of these things... I've been to so many lovely weddings with some (or all) of these features, and of course they were beautiful events that resulted in a newly wedded couple, which is the whole point. I'm certainly not issuing judgments. We're just tailoring our wedding to our personal tastes and the general vibe that we're trying to share. We'll have a fairly traditional ceremony (in the sense that we stand up at the front with our wedding party on either side of us, and exchange vows and rings and then kiss) and then we just want to have a big delicious dinner party with all our friends and family, which culminates in dancing and dessert. We're going to take a cab home at the end of the night and sleep in our own bed. And we're going to spend the next day with our visiting families, and then get up Monday morning and fly to Ireland (via Boston).
Or at least that's the plan. The catch to long engagements: too much time to change our minds. I've picked a different song to walk down the aisle to at least six times. Maybe if I'd only had three months to plan I could have made some decisions stick the first time around. As it is, we've still got plenty of time to work out the details and to get over the small stuff and to stick to our guns about the important parts (like cold butter. Unacceptable).
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2 comments:
YEAH GIRL!
But what about the conga line? Hilarious.
really? i thought the chicken dance was on your un-veto-able list. :) it's a wonderful list. you have a superpower regarding plans involving butter. and for this i am grateful. and p.s. INGRID!!!!!!! gah.
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