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I recently ordered my garter, and I can’t wait for it to come in so that I can ogle it. If you remember, I was set on doing a garter toss, and found some beautiful garters that didn’t make me gag. In the end, I chose none of those garters that I drooled over, but a different (set!) entirely.

Mr. Scissors, if you’re reading now, which I doubt you are, stop. You’ll get to see this soon enough!

Everybody else may continue reading after the jump…

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The garter I chose was one by Julianne Smith, aka The Garter Girl. Why this and not the others? Wellllll, I had some reasons…

1. It’s a garter set. I was set on having a set because I wanted to have both a tossing and a keeping garter. I didn’t want to invest all of this money just to have my pretty wedding garter taken by a clueless bachelor. (Sorry, guys.) None of the garters I’d considered previously were a part of a set.
2. It’s just so pretty, sweet, and simple. My dress has so much shazam going on that I was ready for some minimal accessories.
3. They also look more durable. I know that this sounds stupid, but I’m going to be wearing this on my thigh, and while I imagine I’ll only don it for pictures and for the toss, I don’t want to have to walk like a monkey so I don’t crush the poor thing with dress and legs. Grosgrain ribbon? Sturdy McPractical.
4. Julianne is awesome, and her blog was one of the first that I started reading when I stumbled into wedding land.

Hooray. One great thing about having a garter set, which I learned at our meeting with our awesome DJ, Mike Zarin, last week, is that it sets you up for some pretty awesome shenanigans.

SO! There is a bouquet toss and a garter toss, or at least in our wedding-reception-plan. (I also have a tossing bouquet. I’m not so good at sharing.) If it’s appropriate, i.e. not a crazy age difference or some strange situation, the dude that catches the garter puts said garter on the bouquet-catcher.

While some brides may be horrified by this, I think we have many many many hilarious/awesome possible situations with this. After the catching happens, we’ll give Mike the thumbs up or down as to whether or not to call forth this “tradition”. I’m hoping we get the ‘nads to do this. I am a fan.

What factors played into your garter choice? Are you doing a toss? Anybody else heard of this add-on tradition?