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Mrs. Seal, San Francisco Age and Occupation: 25, Personal Assistant Fiance's Age and Occupation: 29, Sales and Support Specialist Engagement Date: December 12, 2009 Wedding Date: November 2011 Venue: Sts Peter and Paul Church/The Bently Reserve About Me: I am a goofy, wannabe crafty, well-intentioned Renaissance Woman (OK, perhaps "aimless wanderer" is a more aptly suited term for me, but hopefully you get the point)—basically I dabble in just about everything and pride myself in such. Without warning, I occasionally breakout into soulful improvised songs and interpretive dances and there's just no stopping me! As so many others before me, planning our wedding has unearthed a deep, intense passion for all things bridal and I secretly fear the day it will come to an end. Mr. Seal and I are quite the pair and life with him by my side is extremely rewarding—I am so thankful to have found him. Together we are planning a black-tie San Francisco affair for 250—light on the stuffiness and with lots of extra Seal-y flair.
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You know what wedding-day thought gets me all antsy and giddy inside!? Other than marrying my Sealman and spending lots of time with all the people I love most in this world, I am uncontrollably excited for the morning of the wedding.

This is about how I think it will go down. (I’m interested to see how this vision matches up with the day’s actual events, but I suppose we’ll have to wait quite a few months to make that comparison.)

  • I will spend the night in the bridal suite with my bridesmaids and will get an insufficient amount of rest. I never sleep well the night before big important days—first day of school, interviews, presentations…you name it. I can only imagine that this will be exponentially more difficult with the presence of my ladies and our established ability to chat well into the night.

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  • My alarm will sound, and I will curse my existence for not getting more rest the night before. This awakening will be followed by a mild panic attack upon noticing some nasty bags under my eyes.

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  • Said bridesmaids, who will now be joined by other female family members (i.e., Mama Seal, FMIL Seal, and my aunties), will assure me that my eyes look beautiful and well rested. Eager to believe them, all will easily be forgotten, and we will enjoy some breakfast and mimosas while awaiting the arrival of our hair and makeup entourage.

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  • While listening to a customized playlist for that very morning, our makeup and hair will git did.

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  • Via a trusted courier, Mr. S and I will exchange cards and gifts from our respective rooms. This will be a widely photographed occasion, which I will immediately regret once I start blubbering like a baby—Mr. Seal’s cards always make me cry.
  • The makeup artist will touch up the mess Mr. Seal’s sentimental words made of my face.
  • I will then skip to track 12 on the wedding-day playlist, and my sappy tears will morph into “I’m ready to get hitched” excitement! Enter Bruno Mars:

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  • The florist will arrive with our bouquets, and all will simultaneously squeal in floral merriment!
  • Mama Seal will help me get into my wedding gown (which will fit absolutely perfectly).

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  • After three more hairspray and perfume showers, the ladies and I will head down to the lobby. When done posing for a few pictures, we’ll hop on the cable car to the church where my groom awaits.

If I’m a big nerd for daydreaming about this so often, then…color me some super-nerdy color.

Am I the only one? Do you ever think about the morning of your wedding and how you’ll spend it?

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27 Responses to “Visions of Mimosas, Makeup, and Music: The Wedding-Day Morning”

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future.mrs.awe
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future.mrs.awe (message)  90 posts, Worker bee

LOVE!!! this is SO how i picture my morning to go too. :)

 
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BrightYellowGaloshes (message)  250 posts, Helper bee

I just got married, and my wedding-day morning was so perfect! My girls and I had a lingerie shower/sleep-over the night before and spent the morning eating breakfast, taking fun pictures, relaxing, laughing, getting ready together…

Hope your morning is just as wonderful! May this daydream of yours come true! : )

 
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Mrs. Trail Mix (message)  6,328 posts, Bee Keeper

I think it’s pretty safe to assume that this is how your morning will go but maybe remember to build in a few “options” just in case it doesn’t quite go down exactly this way, just so you’re not disappointed! (EG Photographer runs late, florals aren’t perfect, etc) But yeah, getting ready for your wedding is a pretty exciting, giddy couple of hours!!

 
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future.mrs.awe
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future.mrs.awe (message)  90 posts, Worker bee

sorry i got excited in my reply and didn’t double check to see if i was combining sentences lol. i mean this is exactly how i picture my morning going also.

 
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Miss Snow Cone (message)  1,026 posts, Bumble bee

I love this! Normally when I think about the morning of the wedding day, all I do is come up with a list of 100 things that can go wrong or run behind schedule. Thanks for the positive spin on things!

 
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Courtnee (message)  153 posts, Blushing bee

Take a couple Advil PM’s the night before and you should sleep a lot better

 
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Miss Pony (message)  4,171 posts, Honey bee

This sounds perfect. I hope this is how your wedding morning goes!

 
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Miss Candy Apple (message)  1,465 posts, Bumble bee

Ha, love it, Seal! I think about it too, although mine is more along the lines of how stressed I will be (’where the eff is _______,’ ‘where do I need to be now??’ etc. etc.) ;)

 
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Mrs. Meerkat (message)  3,216 posts, Sugar bee

I loved the morning of our wedding. There was good food, good music and lots of laughter. ;)

 
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GirlyGirlBead
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GirlyGirlBead (message)  18 posts, Newbee

I don’t think you’re crazy at all! It sounds amazing and I hope it all goes just as you have dreamed. It sounds like a wonderful and memorable way to begin your wedding day.

 
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jneden (message)  634 posts, Busy bee

That is how I’m picturing it too!!! I hope everything goes perfect for you!!!!

 
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Miss Ostrich (message)  1,948 posts, Buzzing bee

i heart you, Miss S. Mimosas, Music and my favorite gals - every wedding morning should have all of these! And that Bruno Mars song? FAB.

 
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ninerz113
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ninerz113 (message)  387 posts, Helper bee

I haven’t thought the morning with my girls until reading your post - and it kind of freaked me out a bit! I feel like I need to put together a fun playlist…

I hope my day goes like your dream!

 
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Kcoleybear
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Kcoleybear (message)  683 posts, Busy bee

Okay this sounds perfect. I am going to steal your ideas of the bridal morning and share them with my lovely ladies, so I can have a dream morning before the wedding and there will be no sign of bridezilla.

 
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LittlestBirds (message)  2,605 posts, Sugar bee

I spent a lot of time daydreaming about my wedding morning/early afternoon… those hours with my friends having fun and drinking mimosas were very important to me.

 
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wareaglebride (message)  14 posts, Newbee

You are not a nerd! I’m totally excited about it too… especially since I just found someone to be my DOC and I will just get to relax!

 
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Miss Pain au Chocolat (message)  1,698 posts, Bumble bee

Can you plan out my morning? I haven’t thought about it much other than to know we’ll get ready at the venue in the morning.

 
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Miss Sparkler (message)  423 posts, Helper bee

I LOVE YOU. This entire scenario plays out in my head way too often, haha I thought I was the only one! Bruno Mars song included! Love it, Seal :)

 
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Miss Seal (message)  1,179 posts, Bumble bee

SO HAPPY TO HEAR I’M NOT ALONE! Dream on, ladies. Dream on.

@Mrs. Trail Mix: Oh, you betcha Mrs. TM. These are my hopeful daydreams—I am definitely going to attempt to mentally prepare myself for mishaps, hehe. Thanks for the head’s up :D

@future.mrs.awe: No worries, lady! I run sentences together like it’s fun ;)

@Courtnee: Advil PM’s to the rescue! I should probably invest in some as a fail safe, eh? Good lookin’ out!

@Miss Candy Apple: Oy vey. I’m such a worrywart! I am so surprised that I don’t have the same fears for the wedding day…hopefully all that anxiety won’t hit me like a ton of bricks and Godzilla-like destroy my fantasy! Eek. (BTW-you are going to be so well-prepared that your morning-of is going to be CAKE. CAKE, I TELL YOU!)

@Kcoleybear: Steal away, KC! I like to fantasize about this as I lay in bed—it’s almost an illness.

@Miss Pain au Chocolat: You betcha, PaC. I better get on it though—your morning is rapidly approaching! Eeeek! SO excited for ya :)

 
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Miss Tartlet
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Miss Tartlet (message)  3,207 posts, Sugar bee

I’m SO looking forward to the morning of the wedding! Now I’m daydreaming about it, too. ^_^ Yours sounds so fab, Seal!

 
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Mrs. Seal, San Francisco Age and Occupation: 25, Personal Assistant Fiance's Age and Occupation: 29, Sales and Support Specialist Engagement Date: December 12, 2009 Wedding Date: November 2011 Venue: Sts Peter and Paul Church/The Bently Reserve About Me: I am a goofy, wannabe crafty, well-intentioned Renaissance Woman (OK, perhaps "aimless wanderer" is a more aptly suited term for me, but hopefully you get the point)—basically I dabble in just about everything and pride myself in such. Without warning, I occasionally breakout into soulful improvised songs and interpretive dances and there's just no stopping me! As so many others before me, planning our wedding has unearthed a deep, intense passion for all things bridal and I secretly fear the day it will come to an end. Mr. Seal and I are quite the pair and life with him by my side is extremely rewarding—I am so thankful to have found him. Together we are planning a black-tie San Francisco affair for 250—light on the stuffiness and with lots of extra Seal-y flair.

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