Mrs. Penguin, Sacramento
Age and Occupation: 26, Video & TV Producer/Director/Editor
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 29, Doctor of Physical Therapy
Engagement Date: January 29, 2007
Wedding Date: June 7, 2008
Blogging Since: September 14, 2007
Venue: Winery in the Gold Country
About Me: I'm a silly mess of a girl who, above all else in this world, LOVES the Spice Girls. I eat sushi at least 3 times a week, and feel guilty about how much it costs the other 4 days a week. I love designer jeans and cheap accessories. I don't like sweets, but I love the UCLA Bruins!
Give Me A “C”!
October 9th, 2007 @ 12:26 pm by Mrs. Penguin
I’m really trying to restrain myself from shoving the Penguin’s Alma Mater down our guests’ throats.
Okay, okay, no I’m not. The above was me attempting to portray myself as a normal human being and not a crazy obsessed die-hard Bruin fan and UCLA alum. Truth is, Mr. Penguin and I plan our lives around UCLA sports. His parents are scheduled to come into town from Minnesota this week, simply because its a bye weekend for Bruin Football. We didn’t choose June for our wedding simply for the mild weather and sunny skies, but rather because it’s a dead month for the big NCAA sports.
So, obviously, the design for our groom’s cake will no doubt reflect our love for UCLA.
Mr. Penguin, please refrain from reading any further.
2007 marked the year that UCLA won its 100th NCAA championship, more titles than any other school in the nation. In celebration, the color of the “C” in the end zone of the Rose Bowl was reversed, as “C” is the roman numeral for 100. Clever eh?
image courtesy of “therealmindshed” at flickr.com
It’s left many people scratching their heads, as in “did they forget to color the “A” blue as well?” but for those in the know, it’s something that brings a smile to your face.
I think Mr. Penguin will be thrilled to receive a surprise “C” grooms cake at our wedding, covered in light blue fondant or frosting, and piped with the “old school bruin” on it as well. I was thinking of going with the standard “basketball jersey” cake or “football helmet” cake, but, thrift seeker that I am, I know that the “C” cake will cost significantly less because the design is simple, all the while still being a sweet surprise for him. 
I’m kind of a sucker for the abstract, and I realize that most guests won’t get what the heck it is. My name happens to start with a “C”, so perhaps they will think that’s what it stands for. But the true fans will know. And so will Mr. Penguin.
…and who knows? Perhaps this year’s promising Mens Basketball team will mark title 101, and I’ll just have to add a big fat “I” to the cake. 
How are you incorporating you and your Fiance’s shared loves into your wedding?
20 Responses to “Give Me A “C”!”
We went to different schools and now reside in the city of his Alma mater, however, I will have an equal cheering section from my school. We have hired a mariachi band and they are going to play both of our fight songs during cocktail hour. We are crazy enought to get married during football season (next fall), but the football gods are working with us, the 2008 schedules show that both of our teams have bye weeks! But we’ll still have a tv set up and a lap top so our guests can check their teams scores!
After I read Miss Magnolia’s posts about her awesome e-pics at Sanford Stadium and STD magnet with Bulldogs schedule, I started thinking more seriously about how to incorporate our love of the Cubs (currently manifested as intense frustration and sadness after the awful playoff loss) into our wedding next April. I’d love to do an STD magnet with a calendar graphic of the month of April, identifying both the Cubs opening day and our wedding day, but I don’t think the 2008 schedule will be out in time, b/c I want our STD’s out early next month. Bummer. We haven’t chosen a photographer yet, but we’d consider trying to do e-pics around Wrigley, and if the Cubs are in town over our wedding weekend, I’m hoping we could do a Cubs game outing with our guests on the Thursday before the wedding. I wasn’t even thinking about a groom’s cake, but it would be the perfect excuse for a cute Cubs cake…hmmm.
GO BRUINS!!! I just got married last month and incorporated UCLA into our theme: blue table overlays, gold orchids in our centerpieces, and a die-hard UCLA alum/Bruin Fan as our MC who kept everyone pumped up about the homecoming game that was going on simultaneously (we couldn’t get the venue on any other date). Awesome idea on the groom’s cake!!! I can’t wait to see more of your wedding plans unfold!!!
Some of our pics are up on our photographer’s blog under “Anna & Alex”: http://www.leighmillerphotography.com/blog
The man and I are both UCLA alums as well. We’re taking our engagements photos on campus (which is where we met and he proposed). We are also thinking about playing the fight song when we enter the reception too. It would have been awesome if the UCLA Marching Band played the fight song as we entered (he was in the Marching Band but quit after 2 years) but unlike the Trojan band they don’t whore themselves out to every person that wants them to perform. (Perhaps if you were member all 4 years.)
Love your idea!
We are entering to the song we buckeyes loose our voice to screaming/singing, Hang on Sloopy! Then, cause we’re goofballs and have always done our version of script Ohio with all our friends before each game (no, we were not in the band…we were just slighty un-sober), my bridesmaids have declared we *must* do this, so we shall!
chicagosarah - have you tried contacting the cubs’ community relations department? you might want to try there and see if you can maybe beg your way into being let into the stadium to take a few pics. it’s worth a shot!
while the bf and i went to the same college, we had vastly different experiences, i.e. i LOVED it and he, well he enjoyed it but i’m sure he wouldn’t want to have constant reminders everywhere on our wedding day. plus, the sports thing is really just a me thing so i wouldn’t go that route. i’m not sure what i’d do to incorporate both our loves…since we don’t love the same things at the same level.
unless someone can come up with a nice theme of napping [for me] and website design [for him]…
Mr. Jasmine and I went to different colleges, but we’re looking for a way to incorporate an ode to Notre Dame (our law school alma mater) into our wedding. Go Irish!
I was in a HOKIE wedding the weekend before mine. It had been planned the entire time but was even more special because it was the Sat following the tragedy last April. From bridesmaid dresses, to grooms vests, the cake, the flowers, the songs - it was all HOKIE. They even looked into getting the HOKIE BIRD to make an appearance at the reception - I forget why it couldn’t happen. I’m sure you crazy fans could look into your mascot showing up to add some fun to the reception
I surprised my groom with a golf cake in the flavor he liked best at the tasting That way he had something that felt like him My mom made my garter in my wedding colors (purple) and added Hokie Birds to it It was very special to me!
FI and I are both Nascar fans, we travel to races out of state often and we both wear Nascar gear regularly. We have stickers on our cars, and my car even has a personalized license plate for my fav driver # 48. However, FI’s favorite is # 20. He is going to have an orange # 20 grooms cake at the wedding. I
We too LOVE our shared alma mater. So much so that we’re getting married on campus (though we graduated years ago and now live out of state). We’re also having university-owned charter buses transport us and our guests to/from the ceremony site. We’re arranging tours of campus for our guests too, to keep them entertained during the day before the ceremony. Fortunately, most of our guests and wedding party are also alumni so they’re just as thrilled as we are about all of this!
YAY BRUINS! that’s a CUTE cake idea!
i want to take our engagement pics on campus also and i was thinking of doing the table numbers as UCLA buildings but the FI shot it down (jerk.)
i do want to enter the reception to the fight song being played though.
That’s awesome, Miss Penguin. Mr. Dahlia and I are trying to figure out how to incorporate our favorite baseball team- maybe with pictures in front of the stadium?
My FI and I are Bruin alums too! Though we didn’t meet in undergrad, we’re thinking about taking engagement pictures in the Sculpture Garden (though we’re both South Campus geeks!)
Our grooms’ cake for our 11.10.07 wedding is a mini-Rose Bowl, with the UCLA logo on the field! My FI has no idea- he is going to be so surprised! And we also took our engagement pictures all around the UCLA campus, I love how they turned out.
Cindy - That’s so refreshing to hear a South Campus major say that. We North Campus people always new our side was prettiest (with the exception of Bunche). 
Go North Campus Bruins!!! Okay, okay, south campus Bruins are alright too 
Miss Penguin - I just paged you on the board
I got married on 07.07.07… my husband and I are both UCLA Alums as well! He proposed at UCLA on the top of Janss steps… our engagement photos were taken on campus… and Joe Bruin performed at our reception ;)!. He ran out, led the surprised crowd in the 8-clap, and did an awesome dance performance. Totally great. Also, our officiant went to UCLA :).
GO BRUINS!
Stephanie - My finace proposed on top of Janss Steps as well in the afternoon. The best view on campus if you ask me.
My boyfriend has already asked, “Can the groom’s cake be a pie?”
