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Mrs. Green Tea, Sacramento Age and Occupation: 30, Tea Analyst Fiance's Age and Occupation: 31, Coffee Critic Engagement Date: November 17, 2006 Wedding Date: August 23, 2008 Blogging Since: June 10, 2008 Venue: Vineyard on the Delta About Me: I'm just your average obsessive compulsive, arts & crafts loving, funky-on-the-inside/boring-on-the-outside girl, who dares to say 'Hey! I can make that!' Nerdy professional by day, goofy won-ton by night. The won-ton sometimes comes out during the day when I'm fed the dollar breakfast at Ikea. Since our engagement, wedding planning has put me on high alert for bargains and I've been pushing my nimble fingers through callous building experiments!
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360 ‘Round the Sun

August 23rd, 2009 @ 4:05 pm by Mrs. Green Tea


A year ago today I put on a silly poofy dress, high fived a stud, did my own stunt, lip synced to Neil, got smashed with cake, and danced like no one was watching.

It was off the hook! But contrary to what people tell me, it was not the best time of my life, by far.

You see, ol’ Miss Independent here was a non believer in marriage ’til not too long before walking down that aisle. “Didn’t need some title or piece of paper to define what I’ve got,” so arrogantly I thought to my ignorant little self.

But holy crap y’all, marriage is the best thing since was always better than sliced bread! I now recommend it like it’s Shamwow, tooting how you’ll be saying, “wow.” A good husband is great for the house, the car, the boat, the RV, and can hold 12x his weight in liquid!

Married life has been a blast, and the simplest days sitting on the couch enjoying it totally beat the excitement of a wedding. Not to put down the big party, of course, but I hope brides-to-be don’t lose sight of the wonders ahead, especially in those stressful hours of tissue paper fluffing and such.

And to my husband - thanks for all the wows.

Photo: 1st in the series of anniversary bouquets that is my endless wedding present.

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24 Responses to “360 ‘Round the Sun”

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Mrs. Yorkie (message)  1,013 posts, Bumble bee

Happy anniversary, Mrs. Green Tea! :o)

 
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ScotIrishGirl
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ScotIrishGirl (message)  307 posts, Helper bee

Congratulations! Happy anniversary!

 
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mary-alice-me
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mary-alice-me (message)  1,870 posts, Buzzing bee

Happy Anniversary, Mrs. Green Tea!

 
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leslie

Happy Anniversary! BTW, I loved your wedding recaps…

 
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thefuturemrsjewell
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thefuturemrsjewell (message)  1,531 posts, Bumble bee

Happy Anniversary Mrs. Green Tea! I hope you have a wonderful day celebrating!

 
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fiftyfootbride
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fiftyfootbride (message)  3,688 posts, Sugar bee

Happy Anniversary! I loved reading your recaps. :)

 
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Mrs. DG (message)  4,227 posts, Honey bee

Happy anniversary! I wonder if it was our low expectations or something else that leads independent women like you and me to think that marriage is the best thing ever! I’ve been shouting that from the mountain tops for the past month…

 
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Firefighter_Prazs_Girl (message)  819 posts, Busy bee

Happy Anniversary! I feel the way you did, that it is just a piece of paper how is going to chance us. I love my life now and how is one day going to change the way I see and feel about Mr. FF. You make me wonder?

 
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pvaulter718
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pvaulter718 (message)  1,594 posts, Bumble bee

I love that you compared marriage to the Shamwow!!!

 
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Miss Mouse (message)  3,302 posts, Sugar bee

Beautiful post! Congrats, Ms. Green Tea!

 
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kmattso2
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kmattso2 (message)  990 posts, Busy bee

And you’ll be saying “WOW” everytime! hahah so funny. Happy Anniversary =]

 
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Miss Bruschetta (message)  5,553 posts, Bee Keeper

Happy Anniversary!

 
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mkat88
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mkat88 (message)  154 posts, Blushing bee

Thank you so much for this post. It was absolutely wonderful. I’m a little sad I wasn’t actively on weddingbee when you were blogging b/c you’re hillarious. I was pretty excited to read that you guys hi fived b/c me and my husband did too!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats to a happy year of marriage!

 
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Mrs. Sea Breeze (message)  912 posts, Busy bee

Wow-wow-wee-wah!! Happy anni, GT.

 
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Mrs. Quiche (message)  2,175 posts, Buzzing bee

Happy anniversary!!

 
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D.Marie
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D.Marie (message)  1,372 posts, Bumble bee

AWW how sweet is this! Happy Anniversary! What a beautiful post.

 
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Mrs. Espresso (message)  1,064 posts, Bumble bee

You are so Awesome GT! Happy Anniversary and I totally agree!

 
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Mrs. Green Tea (message)  705 posts, Busy bee

thx everyone!

@Mrs. DG: *light bulb goes off* low expectations! that SO it! lol
@Firefighter_Prazs_Girl: i can’t quite put a finger on it myself, and it didn’t exactly just happen that one day, it’s more of a slow (maybe just me) realization of what it all means. can’t wait til you hop over to my side ;)
@mkat88: aww what a sweet comment! i know i’m past my prime here but i still got some blogging left in me. i’ll be back when my summer work assignment calms down a bit :)
@Mrs. Espresso: i KNEW you’d feel me!

 
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completelyrandomsally
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completelyrandomsally (message)  155 posts, Blushing bee

Happy Anniversary! I can’t wait for this.

 
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Mrs. Taffy (message)  2,598 posts, Sugar bee

Happy Anniversary, Mrs. Green Tea!!!! :)

 
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LatteLove
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LatteLove (message)  4,094 posts, Honey bee

Happy Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. GT!

Thanks for keeping things in perspective…I can’t wait for what’s to come!

 
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alishaneva (message)  1,524 posts, Bumble bee

Happy Anniversary!!!

So exciting - and now, looking back at your posts - I got all excited. Loverboy and I were talking about how we’ll kiss at our wedding … and ended up deciding on a high five!

 
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Sage (message)  398 posts, Helper bee

Happy anniversary - what a perfect post. :)

 
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MissKiss (message)  15 posts, Newbee

Thank you for this GT!

As much as I know I know what having a wedding is all about, it’s nice to get a little reminder from time to time to set things into perspective ;)

Felicidades!!!

 


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