Weddingbee Blog

A few months ago we decided to try and tackle the Priest (sorry for the football pun) and the tuxes. We have an extensive checklist that we made (which is taped to the wall in our dining room) and have been slowly checking off all the items. One very important item on the list was tuxes for the groom and groomsmen.

We went to Men’s Warehouse and picked out the tuxes for Mr. Dolphin and his groomsmen. Mr. Dolphin was so sweet and modeled the two combinations for me (since I’m a very visual person).

Mr. Dolphin is wearing the Groomsmen’s tux.

The Groomsmen will be wearing an ivory shirt (since my dress is ivory), and a pool vest and tie to match the bridesmaids’ dresses, along with a Calvin Klein tux. The tux is specially made to be as cool (temperature) as possible, which is good, considering our wedding is outside in May at 5 in the afternoon. Can you say hot?
*Note: The jacket is way too small and Mr. Dolphin needs a haircut and to shave his face. Don’t judge Mr. Dolphin’s hotness from these photos.

Mr. Dolphin is modeling what he will be wearing when we tie the knot. I originally wanted him in a color, since we are both very cheerful and bright people. But, the saleslady some how convinced me to go with all ivory. I was skeptical but once he had it on I was pretty happy. Boy, does he look sharp.

*Yes, Mr. Dolphin is wearing khaki shorts. It is Gainesville. It is hot… and it is game day. What can I say?

Men’s Warehouse also had grey suits for rentals, which I would have LOVED for Mr. Dolphin and his groomsmen (check out my inspiration for it here) to wear… or even khaki suits. But, Mr. Dolphin would not budge on wearing a black tux. Which, in the end, I’m very pleased with.

We also dropped by the mall to check out some wedding bands. We found one that matched my engagement ring PERFECTLY! I couldn’t believe it. The round diamonds and baguettes lined up perfectly with the ones on my engagement ring.

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Mr. Dolphin ruled it out and said we should continue looking and take a trip to Orlando to some jewelry stores. One problem with the wedding band is that you couldn’t specify the clarity of the diamonds since it was a ’stock’ setting. Mr. Dolphin says he wants the diamonds to be as perfect as possible. We always noticed that with my engagement ring, the side diamonds are not as sparkly (it was a stock setting) compared with my center diamond (hand picked by Mr. Dolphin). He always says to me that he wants to make sure we get exactly what we want, which makes sense since I’ll be wearing the ring for the rest of my life. That is a long time to wear something we’re not happy with.

Did you and your hunny disagree on his attire? Who ended up compromising? You or your Boo?