Since Calla Lily Dude and I are fairly nontraditional folks having a fairly nontraditional wedding, you might think we are doing away with the traditional rehearsal and rehearsal dinner. But we still plan on having a rehearsal and meal afterward–a rehearsal lunch instead of a dinner, so we are calling it the rehearsal “dinner.”
We figure, all the key players need to be on the same page, so we need to do a rehearsal and what better way to thank folks than to feed them and enjoy each others company before the wedding.
We had planned on just eating pizza at his parent’s house after the rehearsal, but his mom has taken the reigns because “the groom’s parents traditionally host the rehearsal dinner.” At first, I said that we would plan it, but I can’t deprive his mom of this opportunity to plan her first rehearsal lunch, can I?
We requested it be laid back and casual, after all, the rehearsal can’t be fancier than the all-you-can-eat-BBQ reception. The plan has changed from a simple lunch at his parent’s house to a fun get-together at a local restaurant.
She settled on Zza’s Trattoria and Enoteca, a lovely little Italian place with a gorgeous view of Lake Merritt, my favorite place in Oakland and also within walking distance of our venue (where the rehearsal will be held).
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I thoroughly apologize to the Bridal Buds garden for being MIA for a while!!!!!! Since my last post, I have gotten a new job, finished my first year of graduate school, moved to a new city, and pretty much ignored the wedding…
Ignoring your wedding is a no good, very bad idea! Worst. Idea. Ever.
Now I have just over a month to go and there is still SOOOOOOOOOO much for me to do! I am a little scared of all that I need to check off my wedding to-do list, but it HAS TO get done. Among other things, I still need to:
- Print and send out DIY invitations
- Find a new salon and do a test run of my wedding day hair
- Have a few minor alterations done to my dress
- Go ring shopping with Calla Lily Dude
- Book honeymoon accommodations
- Meet with my DJ
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It’s official, I have reached the stage in wedding planning where you start to have nightmares about the big day. I’ve heard tale of such a time from friends and Hydrangea Bud, but I never thought it would happen to me.
For the most part, I have had mild dreams like not being able to wear my gorgeous 4-inch pumps, forgetting my vows, crying so hard I get the hiccups, and DIY makeup gone bad.
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I am a fan of educating your Dude, but I’ve discovered a website for grooms that I find totally heinous and offensive, yet incredibly funny and I even think it offers some accurate insights… And that gem of a website is Doomed Grooms.
 From doomedgrooms.com This website is not for the faint of heart or hopeless romantics, according to their mission statement, Doomed Grooms is meant to paint a bleak picture of married life in order to help men develop a more realistic expectation instead of the overly romanticized version many folks might cling to.
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I am very upset with Google right now, so I am vigorously shaking my fist at them in frustration and burning anger!
Why am I so mad? Because I am in the process of manually moving all of the content from our wedding website–some 80+ pages–from Goggle Page Creator to Google Sites. I decided to go with Google to create our wedding website because I had more control and technical ability than other web-based wedding websites, and it has been great… until now…
And, I love my Google Page Creator-based wedding website! Here is a screen capture:
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Calla Lily Dude and I decided to have a alcohol-free wedding, also known as a “dry” wedding, very early on in the planning process. And let me tell you, I have had some pretty strong reactions to the news…
While most people have been neutral about it, a select few have said things like “can I bring a flask?” “but you have to have alcohol!” and “you’re kidding, right? No, really, you can’t be serious!”
No, you cannot bring a flask, we do not “have to” do anything, we are not kidding, and we are very serious! No alcohol means NO ALCOHOL! There will be no drunk guests at our wedding, no drunken speeches, or other drunken mischief to be had.
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Time and time again, I have heard other brides recount how important their pictures are, as they are one of the only records of your big day. And I love the photographer we choose and can’t wait for our wedding just to see the photos afterward!
But, I have some concerns… I love my friends and family, but there are a few folks I am concerned about what they might wear to our wedding. Yeah, it’s a little (or a lot) shallow, but I’m paying good money for wedding photography, and I just want to be happy with the pictures for the rest of my life. Is that too much to ask?
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