Rehearsal Dinners?!

Shakespeare had it all wrong, do Australians do Rehearsal Dinners? is the question.

For Melbourne Lady’s, after we went to the church for a walk through we, as in Mr and Mrs Melbourne Lady, H2B and I went to Mr ML fav restaurant and the rest of the bridal party and people went and did their own thing. That is really the only wedding I have been really involved in and it wasn’t really a rehearsal dinner as such.

Reading the thousands of blogs and websites, they are predominantly American based and well no offence but weddings and Americans are just so OTT and I also noticed it’s mainly church based weddings that do this after their walk through.

I had hoped on having a bridal party (and partners) dinner at The Goose or somewhere nice in Busselton a couple of nights before to give the girls and guys their gifts and get into a stress free holiday mode (or so I hope) but I don’t think that’s going to happen and we were looking at doing a BBQ on the Friday night for when the majority of friends/family will be coming down so they don’t have to worry about dinner, spend some time with us before the big day and again with the unwinding before it all happens.

Again doesn’t look like that’s feasible.

So for something I’ve only really seen on American TV Shows and Blogs – I guess no, Australians don’t do rehearsal dinners.

Especially not this one.

Pretty Writing.

I am tempted to learn how to do calligraphy just so I can address our invites like this......

So pretty, but the more I think about it the most past the idea I get. So from the computer our address labels shall come!

Lightbulb Moment

While boredly browsing last night I came across a post on Wedding Bee from Miss Cola which sums up my situation with H2B. See it here

Me: So should I google for some aqua socks?

Him: Why?

Me: For the wedding moron.

Him: Why?

Me: To wear. Then you get a cute little photo like this *googles sock photo*

Him: Oh. Why?

Me: Cause it's cute and makes nice photos

Him: I thought we were going to wear black cause you do that when you wear a suit.

Me: Ok, how about these socks *googles groomsmen socks* It has Groomsmen on it and you can get the Groom ones.

Him: Ok that'll work. I still don't understand why.

Well you don't really need to understand it, just do it lol!

So reading Miss Cola's post, I felt like she knew what was in my mind. I made him read it, complete with turning the TV off so he had little choice to do what I asked and his response was:

"Hey, they're like us - she said the same thing about sock photos!"

And... by george, I think he got it!!! Bless.

Wish list.

I came across this *post* while randomly browsing at work and it made me smile. It's a list of all the things she is going to do now they don't have weddingness chewing up hard earned $$.

My list looks like this:

• Another puppy.
• Then throw all the money that was going into the "Wedding Account" into a "Europe Trip"
• A fabulous outfit for when I am strolling around the streets of Paris <3

Talk about being a sucker for punishment. but unlike Wedding, Europe doesn't have a deadline date so savings don't need to be so hard core or strict which reduces my stress levels and freaking out about having enough when the bills are due.

May To-Do List

1. Order Wedding Bands!

OMG I just gave myself a panic attack thinking about May and then seeing it's only going to be 6 months out from the wedding. 6 months. 6 friggin months. *has mini heart attack*

The bands won't take 6 months to order in. They will take 8-12 weeks for Marks and then about 6 weeks max for mine. But if we do it now, we will have them and they will be there and we won't have to worry about them until it comes time to pack them in the suitcase for the trip Down South.

2. Order My Wedding Dress.

3. Order the Bridesmaids Dresses.

4. GET BRIDESMAID SHOES TICKED OF THE LIST ONCE AND FOR ALL

I am so sick and tired of shoes. I hate them. I don't even have shoes for me! I am making myself panic, imagining on the morning of the wedding, there I am running around Busselton waiting for Target Country or something to open to run around in a fit trying to find anything to go on my feet. Same with the girls. Arg!

5. Decide on when/where/etc the details of the prewedding photo shooot.

And I am not as pretty as those girls in magazines...

...and neither will be my wedding.

I look at blogs, I look in magazines. I browse photographer blogs. And all the weddings are just beautiful. I don't have a planner as such, I am not very crafty so why hell did I choose to do DIY nearly all of it?! I want everything to be perfect. And I don't think it's going to reach my expectations.

I know a wedding is about the ceremony.

But really, if it was, NO ONE would be doing any of this shit. Face it. Everyone wants everything to look and pretty and fabulous.

I really wish last year we had moved the date. Things are tight as it is but the expiditures are piling up faster than we can. I hate it. I want my old life back, those beautiful pre-wedding days when we had one tiny mortgage and totally disposable income.

Hate it.

I Like You.

My last random wedding google-a-thon was about vowels and ceremony layouts. And despite a majority of the songs from the Juno Soundtrack being included somewhere along the way, this little ditty from Mrs Candy Corn on Wedding Bee really appealed to me.

I need to have this included and I am also waiting for the money to transfer onto my visa debit so I can buy the book of Amazon.

Check out her post here.

And here is what the fuss is all about: I Like You by Sandol Stoddard Warburg