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Because our wedding is only a week after my favorite holiday, we decided to incorporate some “spooky” Halloween fun into it.
We’re starting off by having a ghost tour after the rehearsal dinner for any interested guests. We secured a group rate with Old Town Trolley Tours to go on their “Ghosts and Gravestones Frightseeing Tour”. The tour is about an hour and a half long and is (according to their website) “an evening of fun, scares, humor and ghost stories as you are guided through America’s Most Haunted City.”
But the fun doesn’t stop there! For the wedding day, we’ve let our guests know that we are “Thrilling the Reception”! I linked up the website “Thrill the World” to the guest update page of our wedding website so our guests can learn the ever popular Thriller dance. So far, we have most of the wedding party and a few of the guests committed to reenacting the dance in its entirety on the dance floor! I’m especially proud of Mr. Lab for taking an interest in rehearsing it and surprised at how quick of a learner he is (especially for someone who claims he can’t dance!).
Photo from our personal wedding website!
I can’t wait to see how our practice pays off. But even if we don’t perfect the dance in time, we’ll do as the instructor says and play it off by acting like a ghoul for a few dance counts. No harm, no foul. 
By the way, I figured I’d share a photo of Mr. Lab’s and my costumes! Special thanks to the hive for helping me decide on an costume!
Mr. Lab was a nerd and I was his mail-order bride! Pay close attention to his name and address on the shipping label. 
And nevermind our friend “Heidi” in the back. It’s just one of our wedding guests who flew all the way in from Germany! LOL 
If your wedding is close to a holiday, are you incorporating it somehow?
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That thriller thing is awesome!! I cannot wait to see video of that.
that is so fun! love that you are doing a thriller dance! so awesome. great halloween costume by the way!
Fun! I went to a wedding on Halloween. I was worried it would be silly, but it had just the right mix of just being a nice fall wedding with a little Halloween thrown in. The centerpieces were hollowed out pumpkins with pretty flowers in them. Then they had trick-or-treat candy around and a dessert buffet with spooky treats. They also invited the kids to wear costumes to the ceremony. That ended up being really cute.
Awww that is so awesome! And ghost tours in Savannah are SO fun! Many fond memories there. Your costumes are adorable!
Haha fun! I’ve always planned on getting married on valentines day but the parents didn’t agree so hopefully I
can incorporate something in august that’s valentines related
All of this is so fun. I’m sure the thriller dance will be amazing.
your costume turned out fabulously! i heard about the ghost tours and always thought that would be fun. if i were a guest i’d totally join in on that!
I think the Ghost Tour idea is a brilliant rehearsal dinner activity that totally captures the excitement of Savannah (I love that city!).
Your costume is hilarious. I think the thriller dance sounds awesome — can’t wait to see video of it!
Lab, I confess, I totally stole your costume idea! Sadly, yours is much better than mine bc although I did wear an entire brown box as my “mail”, underneath it I had my Yankees t-shirt (HOLLER!) and jeans, whereas your little white get-up was super cute and so bridal! I did rock a veil tho, which was ironic since I’m not wearing one for the wedding!
PS LOVE LOVE LOVE LOOOOOOVE the thriller dance idea!!!!
I LOVE the Thriller dance idea — can NOT wait to see the whole thing come together! It’s getting so close!!!!!!
Also love your costume! I’m thinking I’ll steal that for next year!
Love your costumes and the ways you are incorporating Halloween into your big day!
My wedding is the Saturday before Christmas so the church will already be decorated. We have a few small things tied in, like our pics will probably be in front of Christmas trees, and we have ornaments to mark table numbers and show people which table is theirs. We’ve got other winter stuff too though, like snowflakes on a few things…just bits like that.
The ghost tour sounds like so much fun! And I can’t wait to see your thriller dance! I hope you share a video with the hive!
That is so awesome! I can’t wait to see the Thriller dance!!
I cannot wait to see the video of your Thriller dance…that is such an awesome idea!
OMG Thriller dance!!! We wanted to do it but our wedding party wasn’t that into it, and a change of venue meant no dance floor.
Mail order bride! LOL that’s hilarious! Sizzling hot costume though
Miss Lab, why does it say “South African office” on the sticker? Just curious cos I am South African
I can’t wait to see the Thriller dance! And I love your costumes!
@Adriana26: We randomly picked a place in Africa for me to be “from”. But the ship “TO” address is Georgia Tech’s stadium address. Just poking fun at the Techies!
@maisymay: So cute! I bet that’s going to be gorgeous!
OMG! your costume is freaking funny! and it’s so funny because most of Mr. Poodle friends that never meet me before joked about how I was his mail order bride, So funny.
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Mrs. Labrador Retriever, Athens/Savannah
Age and Occupation: 24, Student/Sports Reporter
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 29, Physical Therapy Assistant Student/Future Dr. of PT
Engagement Date: December 31, 2008
Wedding Date: November 2009
Venue: Whitfield Square/Savannah Station
About Me: I'm working on my second degree from UGA (Go Dawgs!). I'm a self-proclaimed attention-w****. If it involves a camera, I'm in front of it! You'll never meet a girlier tomboy than me. I can go toe to toe with any guy on the subject of college football, and lift more than any girl in my gym, all without chipping a nail. I hope to someday be the only person you want delivering your sports news. My FI and I are the loving parents of three Labrador Retrievers (one of each color) and are planning a "Southern Romantic Charm" wedding in the beautiful, historic city of Savannah. I'm not extreme in anything except moderation... and wedding planning.
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