The Wedding
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sakon76LJ-Cut to save people's sanity.
The wedding went very smoothly. I finished my dress around 1am the night before and went to bed (my head covered in curlers). I slept fitfully, which I mostly attribute to the curlers. Work up around 7:30 (alarm not to go off until 8:00), showered, put together overnight bag and emergency kit, my sister Lisa packed the car while I grabbed a bowl of cereal and a glass of juice, and at 9:00 we departed for the Queen Mary. No traffic even if we hadn't been in the carpool lane. We got there right on schedule at 9:30 and ducked into the bride's room where my sister took the curlers out and pinned and sprayed and curled some more and made me look decent. Sent Sionna to fetch Sandy, who hadn't been able to make it to the rehearsal dinner, and gave her TTT:Extended from Douglas and I for all her work (70 hours, gah, it's gorgeous!) on embroidering our ring pillow. Took a quick dash to the ladies' room, where I ran into Aunt Cormae and, just outside, Uncle Bill. My dad's aunt and uncle, actually. We hadn't received their RSVP! Grr. E-mail bad. Fortunately had table space for them, so not a problem. No painted fans, though. :(
Finished getting dressed (yay for easy access side-zip wedding dress!) and got the veil pinned on. Sionna had spent so much time on the veil clip that it was a relief that it had no problems whatsoever all day except for gravity slowly pulling it down, which only needed one adjustment. It was gorgeous! Three white fans, painted blue and gold with irises, wisteria, and cherry blossoms, with beaded gold netting below and a spray of feathers, flowers, and pearls above to match the pearls on the side panels of the dress. Something old: my grandfather's handkerchief in my hand with the roses. Something new: the wedding dress, sleeveless, sewn by myself. Something borrowed: the marquisite jewelry my mother wore at her wedding. Something blue: garter belt made of the same fabric as the bridesmaids' dresses.
Finally, wedding time! Everyone left me alone for a few minutes wherein I had a quick crying jag and then splashed cold water on my eyes. Walked down the aisle with my father, who has never before worn a suit as long as my mother has known him (32+ years)... not even to his own wedding. Then was standing before the captain and the service began, my veil pulled back and all. It was very surreal. Everyone knows from movies exactly what it's going to be like, and there it was. And I stumbled over one line in my vows, and then we were married (ring stuck slightly on my finger going on... should have lotioned hands beforehand). We kissed. We beat a hasty retreat, then went back in for pictures while everyone else went upstairs to the Verandah Grill, where the reception was held.
The pictures were definitely an area where cosplaying experience came in handy.
Then came time to go upstairs ourselves, where we all made our grand entrance to Bolero. We dined, and Douglas and I mingled between courses. Fortunately it was a small wedding so we got to say hi to everyone! The tables were nice... bowls of blue and white flowers in the centers, matching the bridesmaids' bouquets (mine was four dozen cream and white roses), folding fans that I'd painted everyone's names on for place cards, cranes scattered everywhere, and white Chinese take-out boxes with stamped silver and gold interlinked hearts (matching the silver and gold interlinked hearts embossed on our programs), containing blue, cream and gold M&Ms as well as small bags of candy hearts. Each box had three chocolate roses tucked in one side, white, gold, and red to match the roses on the invitations and programs. Kyri ate his red rose, discovering that it had the tendancy to turn teeth pink. Bright pink. Not an intentional side-effect.... ^^;;;
Our Best Man, Sergei,'s speech was well-written, with humor and only a touch of humiliation scattered throughout. My sister, on the other hand, kept breaking down through hers but it was lovely as well, quite humorous and obviously heart-felt. Douglas and I also gave our thanks, to guests, to parents, to wedding party, to Sandy for the pillow, to Morag for *everything*, to the Queen Mary both for venue and for the get-away Russian submarine parked just outside, and, of course, to the US Immigration Services. :)
After a bit (and the aforementioned veil adjustment) it was time for the first dance and though we only know a few waltz steps, we got through "Come What May" fairly well. And a few more dances as well. My sister had to quickly grab her best friend's fiance when the rest of the wedding party was invited to join us. Kyri and Cyndie danced together with candy roses in their teeth! Unfortunately as so many had come from out of town and had to leave early, we did the cake-cutting (no, no smashing of cake, only feeding to one another), bouquet toss (I hear my sister made rather an impressive leap to snag it) and garter toss quite close in to one another. Then it was a fairly early wrap-up and we gave the Queen Mary our pew bows (we don't need them any more and theirs were a bit worse for wear), then went to our cabin with a few friends, where we changed clothes and headed out to an early dinner before several of them had to depart. It sprinkled lightly, so good thing I was using my cloak as a transportation wrap for my dress rather than a garment bag! (Lucky is the bride the rain sprinkles on.) Then, at last, our final farewells for the night and into bed (big bed, much bigger than I am used to... woke up a couple times during the night and almost couldn't find Douglas) and a well-deserved exhausted sleep.
The wedding went very smoothly. I finished my dress around 1am the night before and went to bed (my head covered in curlers). I slept fitfully, which I mostly attribute to the curlers. Work up around 7:30 (alarm not to go off until 8:00), showered, put together overnight bag and emergency kit, my sister Lisa packed the car while I grabbed a bowl of cereal and a glass of juice, and at 9:00 we departed for the Queen Mary. No traffic even if we hadn't been in the carpool lane. We got there right on schedule at 9:30 and ducked into the bride's room where my sister took the curlers out and pinned and sprayed and curled some more and made me look decent. Sent Sionna to fetch Sandy, who hadn't been able to make it to the rehearsal dinner, and gave her TTT:Extended from Douglas and I for all her work (70 hours, gah, it's gorgeous!) on embroidering our ring pillow. Took a quick dash to the ladies' room, where I ran into Aunt Cormae and, just outside, Uncle Bill. My dad's aunt and uncle, actually. We hadn't received their RSVP! Grr. E-mail bad. Fortunately had table space for them, so not a problem. No painted fans, though. :(
Finished getting dressed (yay for easy access side-zip wedding dress!) and got the veil pinned on. Sionna had spent so much time on the veil clip that it was a relief that it had no problems whatsoever all day except for gravity slowly pulling it down, which only needed one adjustment. It was gorgeous! Three white fans, painted blue and gold with irises, wisteria, and cherry blossoms, with beaded gold netting below and a spray of feathers, flowers, and pearls above to match the pearls on the side panels of the dress. Something old: my grandfather's handkerchief in my hand with the roses. Something new: the wedding dress, sleeveless, sewn by myself. Something borrowed: the marquisite jewelry my mother wore at her wedding. Something blue: garter belt made of the same fabric as the bridesmaids' dresses.
Finally, wedding time! Everyone left me alone for a few minutes wherein I had a quick crying jag and then splashed cold water on my eyes. Walked down the aisle with my father, who has never before worn a suit as long as my mother has known him (32+ years)... not even to his own wedding. Then was standing before the captain and the service began, my veil pulled back and all. It was very surreal. Everyone knows from movies exactly what it's going to be like, and there it was. And I stumbled over one line in my vows, and then we were married (ring stuck slightly on my finger going on... should have lotioned hands beforehand). We kissed. We beat a hasty retreat, then went back in for pictures while everyone else went upstairs to the Verandah Grill, where the reception was held.
The pictures were definitely an area where cosplaying experience came in handy.
Then came time to go upstairs ourselves, where we all made our grand entrance to Bolero. We dined, and Douglas and I mingled between courses. Fortunately it was a small wedding so we got to say hi to everyone! The tables were nice... bowls of blue and white flowers in the centers, matching the bridesmaids' bouquets (mine was four dozen cream and white roses), folding fans that I'd painted everyone's names on for place cards, cranes scattered everywhere, and white Chinese take-out boxes with stamped silver and gold interlinked hearts (matching the silver and gold interlinked hearts embossed on our programs), containing blue, cream and gold M&Ms as well as small bags of candy hearts. Each box had three chocolate roses tucked in one side, white, gold, and red to match the roses on the invitations and programs. Kyri ate his red rose, discovering that it had the tendancy to turn teeth pink. Bright pink. Not an intentional side-effect.... ^^;;;
Our Best Man, Sergei,'s speech was well-written, with humor and only a touch of humiliation scattered throughout. My sister, on the other hand, kept breaking down through hers but it was lovely as well, quite humorous and obviously heart-felt. Douglas and I also gave our thanks, to guests, to parents, to wedding party, to Sandy for the pillow, to Morag for *everything*, to the Queen Mary both for venue and for the get-away Russian submarine parked just outside, and, of course, to the US Immigration Services. :)
After a bit (and the aforementioned veil adjustment) it was time for the first dance and though we only know a few waltz steps, we got through "Come What May" fairly well. And a few more dances as well. My sister had to quickly grab her best friend's fiance when the rest of the wedding party was invited to join us. Kyri and Cyndie danced together with candy roses in their teeth! Unfortunately as so many had come from out of town and had to leave early, we did the cake-cutting (no, no smashing of cake, only feeding to one another), bouquet toss (I hear my sister made rather an impressive leap to snag it) and garter toss quite close in to one another. Then it was a fairly early wrap-up and we gave the Queen Mary our pew bows (we don't need them any more and theirs were a bit worse for wear), then went to our cabin with a few friends, where we changed clothes and headed out to an early dinner before several of them had to depart. It sprinkled lightly, so good thing I was using my cloak as a transportation wrap for my dress rather than a garment bag! (Lucky is the bride the rain sprinkles on.) Then, at last, our final farewells for the night and into bed (big bed, much bigger than I am used to... woke up a couple times during the night and almost couldn't find Douglas) and a well-deserved exhausted sleep.
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