Weddingbee

Mr. Eggplant is a marketer by profession, which just happens to be quite helpful for our wedding. Why, you ask? Well, he views our wedding as one giant marketing campaign with one cohesive message. It’s a benefit to me, because he’s actually quite involved in the whole planning process, down to the tiniest details. He’ll even give me an honest opinion on what kind of candles he prefers with our candy buffet.

Before I was introduced to the wonderful world of marketing, I never quite thought of having a themed wedding before (e.g. beach wedding, Disney wedding, etc). But as I’ve been dreaming up ideas about how to label our dinner tables, I decided that I didn’t want to simply use numbers. I dabbled with the idea of using places that Mr. A and I have visited, but it still didn’t seem “us” enough. Recently, Mr. A came up with the idea of using restaurants that we’ve been to. We LOVE eating out. We’ll eat anywhere from taco trucks to fine dining establishments. Dining out is one of our major pastimes so I think it’ll be a great idea. I’m thinking of creating cute picture frames for each table with a description of why the particular restaurant is meaningful to us, and suggest some of our favorite menu items.

Also, as wedding favors or place cards, I’m thinking of attaching heart-shaped cookie-cutters to this recipe that Mr. Eggplant wrote to me during the first month of our relationship:

The Recipe for Love and Marriage.

— ingredients —
1 1/2 cup Humility (broken Humility preferred)
2 Whole Hearts (hearts may not be reused)
3 tbsp. Chemistry
10 cups of Forgiveness
2 Short Memories
1 can of Patience filling
2 tsp. Thyme (can use Time as substitute)
300 lbs. of Sacrifice
700 lbs. of Respect
1 dozen moments of Happenstance
1 tsp. of Moolah
1 common Desire
1 Savior

— preparation —
1. Set oven to Certain degree. Butter up pan before mixing ingredients. Use Happenstance when available.
2. Put in 2 Whole Hearts and Chemistry in pan. Mix carefully. Gently stir in Humility.
3. Sprinkle in Thyme as things solidify. Continue adding Thyme as needed. (Caution: too much Thyme my ruin the dish) Massage in with Patience.
4. When things start to heat up, add water, Forgiveness, and Short Memories. You may also use up any remaining Happenstance.
5. Add Moolah when needed. No Moolah makes the dish harden and difficult to swallow. A dab of Moolah usually suffices. Too much makes everything go sour.
6. Lay out Desires over Serving plate. Remove any unwanted Desires.
7. Mix Sacrifice and Respect in separate bowl. Pour over Desires creating a layer of pie Trust. (Caution: Contents may be heavy.)
8. Take pan contents and distribute over pie Trust and Serving plate.
9. Cover with Savior.

Serves: a lifetime.

I like the idea of incorporating moments into our wedding that are meaningful to us from the first months of our dating. We’ll have a chance to give our friends and family a deeper idea of what our relationship is all about.

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