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Yoohoo! I’m back! The Lobsterlette Party was this weekend. And it. Was. A. Blast!
The weekend started with a VERY early morning wake-up call (4:00 AM) to catch a flight with Lobster gal pal L. I was happy to have a travel partner and may even have sneaked in a nap on her shoulder (I was sans Mr. Lobster after all) on our 2.5 hour flight to Nassau Bahamas.
Upon arriving at the airport, we met up with one Lobsie Twin, one L’maid Big D, and one very mysterious cardboard box marked “Fragile”. (All pics from me or Lobsterlettes)
What the deuce?
I was told they would be bringing snacks but not to this extent:
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On Sunday night, Mr. Scissors and I had a massive dance-party with ourselves and the kitten––we finalized our choices for “the big ones”, as I like to call ‘em. I thought I’d share ‘em with you all, as well as our runners up, just because we had so much fun doing this. Also, way to put this off until the last minute, us. What can I say? Music was super important to us, so choosing it seemed virtually impossible—we didn’t want to cut any of our favorites!
First up, is the song for the bridal party intro. This… well… I lied. This we haven’t decided on. There are two options. One is the cover of “With a Little Help from My Friends” by Jim Sturgess and Joe Anderson from Across the Universe.
Our other option for this is “Time Warp”.
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Mr. Starfish and I had talked about marriage numerous times before he proposed. He had given me a promise ring during our first year of dating, during college. We both knew we would get married, but wanted to finish college and start our careers first.
Mr. Starfish wanted to pick the ring out on his own. He tends to pick things out I would never buy for myself and end up loving. I actually like his taste in clothes and jewelry for me better than my own… 99% of the time. My favorite coat and earrings were Christmas gifts from him, and my favorite dress was a birthday gift. So when it came time to choose a ring, I knew he’d find something gorgeous.
That’s not to say I never showed him any rings I liked. If I had a magazine in front of me, I’d show him something I liked. I tended to show him halo rings. I noticed a pattern after a while, and so I was surprised when he proposed with something completely different from anything I had shown him.
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I had to. There it was, at Victoria’s Secret. I saw it a few days before the wedding and Bridesmaid CH snapped it up for me. I couldn’t let the day go without immortalizing…
… my wedding underwear!
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Mrs. Sunbeam is selling some of the decor from her wedding. This includes:
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One of the most common questions people ask about my engagement ring is, “what kind of wedding band can you wear with that?”
Uh, good question. As you can see in these two pictures, the “basket” that holds my ring’s center stone is really big, and set really far off from the band itself.
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The St. Lawrence Market Sunday Antique Market is definitely one of my favourite places in the city. It starts at something like 5AM, which is apparently when all the vintage clothing store owners and interior designers get there to snap up all the best deals. I am still always asleep in my bed at that point, but I’ve still managed to find some lovely stuff. I’m such a frequent visitor that I’m pretty sure I’ll be finding many items for the wedding here.
Here are a few of my favourite finds (I apologize for my lack of photography skills):
A gorgeous little clutch I picked up for $5.
Recently, Meg at A Practical Wedding brought up (hesitantly, I was amused to see) name changing.
This has been something of a struggle for us. Changing our name - sharing a name - has felt important to me during this entire getting-married/becoming-a-family process. We aren’t planning on having children, and without children to unite us to the public as a family, the shared last name feels like a big deal. Otherwise, we could just be friends or roommates or coworkers you see hanging out a lot. Who hold hands. And kiss on the mouth. Okay, so maybe not just friends, but still - without children or a name, it feels like a mistake that could be easily made. We will be family and I want that to be obvious.
Okay, so let’s share a last name, no big deal, right? Except, have you met us? Why would we do something that would be simple? When my parents got married, they both took each other’s names, so my parents, siblings, and I all have the same, hyphenated last name; it’s DadsName-MomsName. Let’s say it’s Sea-Horse, for simplicity’s sake. So my siblings, parents, and I are the only Sea-Horses in the whole world. If you look up Sea-Horse online, you’ll get hits that are only people in my immediate family. I am the only Seahorse Sea-Horse, and I think that is really cool.
Fancee’s last name is McGirlfriendLady.** This is not the last name she was born with, nor is it the last name she grew up with. It is her third last name, and it is one that she picked out, and it is very meaningful to her.
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The last time I was in David’s Bridal, I was on the hunt for accessories for prom. I’m among the first to wed in my group of girlfriends, so I haven’t had the pleasure of popping in to try out a bridesmaid’s dress or shop with a friend. It would seem that my rubber necking drive-bys did not prepare me for what was beyond the window display:
[images from David’s Bridal and The Knot]
Luxe-looking fabrics with thoughtful embellishments and the fluffy chiffon-tulle trend strumming my heart strings. That’s what awaited us beyond the DB franchise doors. It’s like they KNEW I had zero expectations and had made it their mission to prove me wrong.
My mom and I told the girl at the front desk that we were just looking at bridal party dresses—no need for a consultant or a dressing room. And within minutes we were back, tails between our legs, apologetically asking for some help with bridal gowns in the busy pre-spring Sunday rush.
Sigh.
[ahem]
Sigh.
Oh man I’m sad and I haven’t even really started this post.
So hive, now that I’m at the end of my Weddingbee journey, maybe you’d like to hear how I got here and what I think of this whole operation? Oh you do? Please read on. Oh you don’t? Meh.
How I found Weddingbee:
I was searching for NYC makeup artists long before it was necessary for me to even think of having a trial (like, summer of 2008 for my March 2010 wedding—before we, um, picked a California venue), and I came upon posts by Mrs. Peony and Mrs. Canary. When I clicked to see the next posts, it was a post from another character. What the…? I was confused and slightly ticked off.
It took a few times circling back to Weddingbee to figure out the site, but once as I did, I was absolutely hooked. I distinctly remember becoming a consistent reader in October 2008, and like many of you, pored over every bee and the archives to see what I had been missing!
Applying to Weddingbee:
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If you’re reading this, it means I’m currently in a Mazda somewhere on I-70, eating Swedish Fish or licorice, singing along to the Eagles with my almost-husband. If we’re not singing, we’re likely debating the nuances of a Jon Stewart rant or wondering aloud what the Kitty is doing. We’re going places.
We have a packed four days ahead of us — first meeting with our officiant, my one and only hair trial, reuniting with friends we haven’t seen in months or years, and the last minute details every couple deals with before their wedding. While the stress of planning may be high, I feel so calm and okay knowing what lies before us.
Marriage was always the inevitable for us — I knew this as soon as I met Ribs. I think at the very beginning of our relationship I resisted believing this because it felt too easy and too right. Three years later I know it isn’t easy, it’s just a willingness to change for each other, to understand each other, give when the other can’t, and take the moments as they come.
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I can’t believe it’s been almost 7 weeks since we got married! In the almost 2 months since we said ‘I do’, Mr. N and I have actually been pretty busy…
First off,
We’re under contract!
(picture it white, we’re gonna paint it)
Yep, we’re moving to the ‘burbs and I’ll completely miss the city, but we found a quad-level, 4-bedroom/2-bath house in Glenview that we fell in love with during our search, and bonus, I’ll be closer to my parents.
Mr. Pudding and I have been completely clueless about our first dance song. We have been talking about it for months, and haven’t been able to make up our minds. The problem is that while I would be content with any old romantic song, Mr. Pudding wants to dance to something sentimental, but not gushy.
Yesterday we had our first dance lesson. Since we didn’t have a song picked out, we asked our instructor to teach us to Waltz. To our surprise, we picked it up quite easily, and really enjoyed ourselves! We came home and began searching the internet for songs that we could waltz to - which is no easy feat!
Suddenly, Mr. Pudding stumbled upon a song that made him choke up. Mr. Pudding does not get choked up easily, so I knew that he must have found something good. What he found, was this:
Oh hey there hive! Guess what!?!
Chicken butt!
OK, OK… I swear I’m not 6 years old. But I’m oh so happy to return to you as a MARRIED woman! Woo hoo! It feels good… it feels really good!
Mr. Buttons and I have been pretty busy in the past week (moving into a new apartment is exhausting!). And, as I am (im)patiently waiting to see our pro photos, I did want to take some time to complete some of the posts that I didn’t have the chance to share with you in the weeks before the wedding! I was a busy little bee, constructing a good deal of DIY projects, having a lovely bachelorette party/wedding shower, and the like!
And, I wouldn’t leave you hanging without at least ONE teaser of the fun we had at our wedding!
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