You See, Where I Come From, It Is Very Wet. All The Time.
January 24th, 2008 @ 10:57 am by Mrs. Shortcake
At first, the idea of running away to get married, to somewhere not only far away, but far away enough to be warm and DRY, was very appealing.
Mr. Shortcake and I met at and both went to the University of British Columbia, where the average October - April day is spent sloshing through the rain, shivering in your wet, seasonally-inappropriate clothes during class until you can’t stand it any longer, then sloshing back to your room, changing, and repeating the cycle ad infinitum.
However, as cute as my cheetah boots were,
( see, very cute)
I couldn’t stand the thought of mucking through puddles while wearing them and a latex-coated, gortex-lined rubber wedding dress -and so we started thinking of getting married in Hawaii.
( these are strangers, in Paradise)
Hawaii was warm, dry, and beautiful. Mr. Shortcake was really into the idea of dressing informally (i.e, swim shorts
Unfortunately, due to shaky health and old age, Mr. Shortcake’s grandparents wouldn’t be insured to fly to such a fete.
And that’s why I will end up wearing these.
My sweet, sweet, wedding rain boots. I will wear you with pride…….because we’re getting married in Vancouver!
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11 Responses to “You See, Where I Come From, It Is Very Wet. All The Time.”
I am having such a love affair with rain boots at the moment…in fact, these (in gray and white) should be arriving on my doorstep today!
http://www.ninewest.com/n/browse/product.s?source=search&productId=2896752
Very cute! At least you have a back up plan, but I hope the sun shines on your wedding day!
Do you have centerpieces yet? I saw the most adorable rain boot vases that could make a theme out of potentially wet weather.
Ahahah, I LOVE it!!
hello fellow vancouverite!!! i LOVE your love for vintage elements! your writing is fantastic, and you’re my favorite bee next to miss lovebug!
i walked all around ubc for like 3 years without discovering just how good an umbrella can be. i was all soggy and soaking wet and cold. and the classrooms were always muggy with all the rain evaporating off the students.
so here’s what i bought in third year: http://www.plasticashop.com/mm5/graphics/00000001/wellipets_frogboots.jpg
aahhh i had wedding rain boots too! i love how so many of the bees had them 
Hey, they say rain is lucky on your wedding day! October may not be rainy, yet (I’m in Tacoma, WA)–my cousin got married the last weekend in September and it was a beautiful day–they had all the tents and back-up plans, though. 
Great photo op. I was always thinking about that when I was planning. 
I did a post about rain on your wedding day in my blog, if you click on my name and click the “rain” tag.
yay for vancouver! i’ve lived here all my life and i’ve learned to embrace the rain. it’s what gives us the forests, after all.
what do you think of having a winter wedding in vancouver? i’m beginning to have second thoughts on the idea. 
I love the white rain boots. I am actually searching for a cute pair as I suspect I might encounter rain on the wedding day (Scotland in February)!
If there were any chance of me looking anything other than utterly ridiculous wearing rain boots in Arizona…it. would. happen.
Mrs. Shortcake, Vancouver
Age and Occupation: 24, Marketing Manager/Children's Lit Writer
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Master's Student/Personal Trainer
Engagement Date: August 7, 2007
Wedding Date: October 2008
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Venue: Ceremony in a historic church, tented lawn reception at a golf and country club
About Me: 1950's housewife sent to the future, reborn as crafting-obsessed, jill of all trades. I enjoy decorating, writing, baking sweet things, singing show tunes/dancing in public, wearing pearls, and knitting sweaters for my furbaby, Harvey, to chew upon. I heart pink, and believe that sparkles are the new black.
I had cute pink rain boots all ready just incase it rained on our wedding day. I thought it would be cute with my short dress — but it turned out to be 82 degrees and sunny on Sept. 8th in Vermont — what are the odds?! I’m sure the sun will shine for you, and it it doesn’t you’ll get some cute photos with your boots and your HUSBAND (that will be fun, just wait) holding your umbrella for you!