Working up to this date was such a headache for us. If anyone had told us it would be a nightmare, we wouldn't have done it. We would have just sent out invitations to vegas, and done it there. But we both wanted the experience, so we decided to just take it with a grain of salt. We went to a bridal expo, and picked out our bridesmaid dresses. We picked out the perfect pool blue color. When they came in, they were the wrong color!!! Not pool blue, but periwinkle!! that's like a purple!! I tried so hard not to turn into a bridezilla. They wouldn't let us return them, or exchange them, so we just had to deal with it. It kept bugging Thomas, so he went to the BBB website and found out that this company had lots of bad reviews.. He added one of his own, and we wished we wouldn't have jumped on such a "great deal" so fast and should have just kept looking. So, a majority of my bridesmaids had the same dress. My maid of honor got one herself, it was the perfect blue we wanted, just a little darker and a little more revealing in the back, but she could pull it off. So I didn't mind. My Jr bridesmaid's dress was a nightmare to find as well. But we found one. We also had issues with our flower girl dresses. they ended up being the wrong color sash and flowers. Instead of waisting them, we just gave them to our flowergirls for another occasion and got them some new ones from a different store.. We had very bad luck with dresses. AND groomsmen suites and even Thomas' suite!! But in the end we got everything figured out, and we had a beautiful wedding.
We had a traditional Catholic wedding, with just about a hundred guests, though most of them left before the reception. I don't really blame them as it was scortching hot! If I recall correctly it was probably about 115degrees outside for the 4th day in a row.. Don't quote me, I'm not for sure. I wore my mom's dress, my dad walked, well more or less rolled me down the isle. Since my dad didn't dance, I had my first dance with my grandfather. When it was time to arrive at the reception, Thomas and I came in singing "from this moment" It was perfect!! If we could do anything over again, it would be just the attire choices and places we chose to get them.. That's about all we'd change.. We can't wait to do it all over again when we renew our vows in about 8years from now. It'll be our 10th wedding anniversary.
We're even more in love as we were when we got married. Our love and bond continues to grow each day.
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