The shower on Friday was fabulous! Lots of people showed up and it was a blast. They made me wear a tiara that said “bride to be”. We played a bunch of games, the funniest was “the newlywed game” which I guess used to be a TV show in the 60’s. The parents of the brides and grooms, along with CT and I and the other to-be-married couple had to sit in a line and they would ask us questions and we had to guess what the other person said. It was SOOOO funny, my dad had some of the funniest answers. CT and I ended up winning, which I thought was pretty neat because you’d think that one of the already married for almost 30 years couples would have won! Everyone was really generous, we ended up getting several presents and quite a bit of cash. So, we have to decide what to use the cash on, we’ll use it on wedding expenses of course, there’s just so many to chose from! We’ll likely use it towards the photographer since we have to pay off the balance of that cost at the beginning of August.
CT and I went to his friends wedding on Saturday. Wow, was it ever strange. First, we saw that the bride and groom showed up together and we were thinking that’s bad luck for them to see each other before the ceremony! So, we walk in and the place is set up like a reception with tables and salads already on the tables. So, we were very confused. We talked to some other people, and the ceremony had taken place in the afternoon! We somehow had missed it! Our invitation said nothing of the ceremony, so we thought the ceremony and reception were at the same place. I was quite disappointed because I was really looking forward to the ceremony. What makes it even more strange is that we were visiting CT’s parents before the reception and the ceremony was taking place on the next street over while we were at his parents place and we had no idea! I’m thinking it was a problem in the invitation assembly and we were just missing the part with the ceremony info. because a bunch of CT’s friends said they wondered why we weren’t there. Very strange.
The reception was nice, but very rushed. They were clearing things off the tables before we were even finished. So, I think from this wedding, I certainly got a lot of ideas of what NOT to do with my own wedding! Good thing our invitations are very clear about where the ceremony is and what time and where the reception is and what time! No possible confusion there!
Sunday was lj’s half ironman and she did amazing! I’m so proud of you lj! You are an inspiration to us all!
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That's really crummy that there was some sort of mix-up with their invitations. I've been to a wedding where only a certain amount of people are invited to the reception, but everyone is invited to the ceremony... but I believe it was spelled out clearly on people's invitations in that case (it was a budget issue for the Bride and Groom). Good to hear you picked up some "what not to do" ideas!
That's annoying. You'd think that if there was a mistake on the invitation that they would inform people through some other way.
Btw, I got your wedding invitation last week. I haven't opened it yet but my mom told me that it came in the mail. Please count me in! I'll be sure to send you back the RSVP when I get back to Windsor.
To save money, we just asked people to RSVP by email or phone (to my mom). That way we didn't have to do the whole response cards with self-addressed stamped envelopes. So, I will count you in for now, but if you could send my mom a quick email sometime before August 1st just to let her know you're coming (along with P's name), that would be great. So glad you'll be able to come!!!
Sounds great. Btw, I like the idea of RSVPing by email. All the cards can be a little wasteful and be hard to keep track of.
hahaha...i forgot that you didn't know P's identity = Peter
Does your Mom know I'm not coming, or should I send her a quick email. Thanks for the invitation, btw... it's up on my picture board!
JB asked - what is Carlos' nationality (I think you mention it in a past post... I'm too tired to look).
Carlos is Portuguese.
Yes, we know you will not be coming to the wedding, I just wanted to send you an invite anyways ;)
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