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the wedding disasters
| Mon, 04-06-2009 - 12:40pm |
i guess we can laugh about it all now, but while we were living through it it was horrible.
first of all when the bride and her daughters tried on their dresses her's and the youngest's did not fit. so, i looked up online and found the address of david's bridal in savannah and they went on sunday. the dresses were altered by 7 on monday night. the woman that was supposed to bake the wedding cake backed out and so after church on sunday i bought cake mixes and peach preserves and whipped vanilla frosting at a local grocery store. they had also just told us that they didn't have food for the reception so i got some tuna, peanut butter and jelly and pimento cheese. then after lunch made a run to wal-mart in statesboro and bought cake pans, special icing, coloring, bag and tips a plate for it and platters for the sandwiches a sectioned platter for the fruit tray. dd had one for the veggie tray.
the night before the wedding dd baked the wedding cake and dh leveled all the layers. we put the peach preserves between the layers to hold them together and put it in the fridge. they decided to ice it at the church the next day.
ds2 waited at the house for the florist delivery while we all went early the next day to set up for the reception before the wedding and start the coffee, make the punch and various other little details.
he arrived at the church and most of the flowers had not been delivered. ds1 calls and was told that was all the order they had. so dd and the bride head out to find a florist, they did and he did a very good job at a moments notice with the boutineers and her bouquet.
since dd was with the bride and i was running around putting the rest of the reception together dh and ds2 decorated the wedding cake. dh did the decorating and ds2 told him what he needed where and which was the good side. it turned out really good i thought, there was never another one like it and never will be again.
i was highly allergic to the corsage they ordered for me, so i could not wear it and had to carry it in.
the wedding was an hour and a half late but they got married and that's what counts.
they will be here wednesday to say goodbye as they leave thursday to return to kuwait for four and a half more months.
first of all when the bride and her daughters tried on their dresses her's and the youngest's did not fit. so, i looked up online and found the address of david's bridal in savannah and they went on sunday. the dresses were altered by 7 on monday night. the woman that was supposed to bake the wedding cake backed out and so after church on sunday i bought cake mixes and peach preserves and whipped vanilla frosting at a local grocery store. they had also just told us that they didn't have food for the reception so i got some tuna, peanut butter and jelly and pimento cheese. then after lunch made a run to wal-mart in statesboro and bought cake pans, special icing, coloring, bag and tips a plate for it and platters for the sandwiches a sectioned platter for the fruit tray. dd had one for the veggie tray.
the night before the wedding dd baked the wedding cake and dh leveled all the layers. we put the peach preserves between the layers to hold them together and put it in the fridge. they decided to ice it at the church the next day.
ds2 waited at the house for the florist delivery while we all went early the next day to set up for the reception before the wedding and start the coffee, make the punch and various other little details.
he arrived at the church and most of the flowers had not been delivered. ds1 calls and was told that was all the order they had. so dd and the bride head out to find a florist, they did and he did a very good job at a moments notice with the boutineers and her bouquet.
since dd was with the bride and i was running around putting the rest of the reception together dh and ds2 decorated the wedding cake. dh did the decorating and ds2 told him what he needed where and which was the good side. it turned out really good i thought, there was never another one like it and never will be again.
i was highly allergic to the corsage they ordered for me, so i could not wear it and had to carry it in.
the wedding was an hour and a half late but they got married and that's what counts.
they will be here wednesday to say goodbye as they leave thursday to return to kuwait for four and a half more months.








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Hi Ellen, first of all - my very best wishes to the bride and groom.
Wow they will certainly have some fun stories to tell their children, but as you say- they are married and that's all that counts.
I was remembering my own first wedding - my cake went to somebody else - I got a pure white cake - I ordered yellow roses on mine - and my then husband said 'with this finger I thee wed'.
Granny to Caleb and Scotia
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