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Miss Doily, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Age and Occupation: 25, Autism Paraeducator/ Student Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, Freelance Writer/ Publisher Engagement Date: August 27th, 2010 Wedding Date: March 2012 Venue: Father’s Vineyard Church/ A Touch of Class Banquet Center About Me: I’m an Iowan girl with a deep love of Harry Potter, classic movies, cardigans, and Post-Its. My type-A Virgo tendencies often cause me to drive my laid-back college sweetheart fiance batty with lists and PowerPoint presentations. I love to be crafty and do things myself, which explains why my two crazy kittens often will prance around the house covered in glitter and ribbons. When I am not bogged down with work, school, or wedding planning, I like to travel to visit my expansive family and have wild adventures with my best friends. After a rollercoaster ride of a love story, I’m ready to take that final plunge, marry the love of my life, and become a Mrs.!
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I decided that making you all wait much longer would be very, very mean of me. I’m not a mean person, so I’m back to give you a rundown of our Dance Madness. Okay so I’m a little mean, because I’m only going to give you a run-down to the final round. Please don’t hate me too much?

Anyways, Mr. D was thrilled by this idea, he threw himself into his research. There would be times that I would call him and he would try to rush me off the phone because he was in the middle of a youtube-a-thon and could not be disturbed. He was determined to find a song that was perfect for us (and he also wanted to beat me at something for once). So after we had our seeds picked and bracket laid out, it was time to start the process.

ROUND ONE:

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As you can see by all of the pink, I won the majority of this round. Mr. D conceded that I am an excellent song picker. Though I must say that I was pretty impressed with his choices. Some of them were exactly what I pictured him picking, but some were not. One general theme with his though, was that they were all rock. I was feeling pretty smug that I was going to be the one to find “our” song after all. And then we moved on to round two.

ROUND TWO:

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Three of his songs made it through, only one of mine did. And it wasn’t even my first seed. Mr. D is a smooth talker, I’m still not even sure how he talked his way into getting me to put aside my first seed for a fourth seed, but he did. In fact, I’m not even sure how he talked his way into three of his songs making it through. Hrmph. However, I will admit that the songs that made it through really represented us the best. I was going to be really disappointed however, if Mr. D got both of the final spots.

ROUND THREE:

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I was not disappointed. It was down between his first seed and my underdog fourth seed. I was ready to fight for that song. Mr. D let me know that he had something up his sleeve. I knew that this would be the one that we could not let friends vote on, in the end, this round took the longest—almost a week. But I will tell you this, we reached the absolute best decision for us. It really is “our” song.

Up next: And the winner is…

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19 Responses to “Save the First Dance for Me: Battle Royale”

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Mrs. Prairie Dog (message)  400 posts, Helper bee

fleetwood mac, rilo kiley, peter gabriel? you have good taste, lady!

 
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Mrs. Hyena (message)  1,882 posts, Buzzing bee

HA! I love that ya’ll made a bracket for this.

 
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Mrs. Hyena (message)  1,882 posts, Buzzing bee

HA! I love that ya’ll made a bracket for this.

 
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Miss Doily (message)  643 posts, Busy bee

@Mrs. Prairie Dog: Rilo Kiley is my favorite band of all time! I get so sad when people have never heard of them or of Jenny Lewish. So sad!

 
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Miss Cannon (message)  457 posts, Helper bee

@Miss Doily: Didn’t they just break up? I thought I read that earlier this week.

 
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Miss Doily (message)  643 posts, Busy bee

@Miss Cannon: Yes :( They’ve been on hiatus for four years, but now that Jenny Lewis is working on a new album and and Blake Sennet just put out a new album with a new band, they most likely are done after one more album. The album is really just going to be unreleased songs. It makes me sad :(

 
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Miss Cannon (message)  457 posts, Helper bee

@Miss Doily: Boo! But, on a completely unrelated note, I LOVE that you did a bracket to pick the song. I didn’t get a chance to comment on your last post, but this is such a cute idea!

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

“Better Together” was our first dance song! I will say that it’s easy to dance to. And “In My Life” was a prominent song as well! So many beautiful songs in your list.

 
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Miss Pony (message)  4,177 posts, Honey bee

I’m surprised you let Mr. D ‘win’ so many :)

 
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Mrs. Tartlet (message)  3,207 posts, Sugar bee

Digging your song choices, Doily! And, interested in seeing what Mr. D had up his sleeve. ;)

 
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Miss Doily (message)  643 posts, Busy bee

@Miss Pony: Honestly I’m surprised he won so many. That man is just too much of a smooth talker ;)
@Mrs. Pain au Chocolat: Thank you! I love that song too!
@Mrs. Tartlet: Oh boy, you just wait!

 
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Miss Honey (message)  1,072 posts, Bumble bee

Ooo my vote is in the final round, Better Together!! I’m horrible at sports (and not the most versed in music) but I tend to rock it in brackets :) Can’t wait to see what you end up with!

 
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merrylee (message)  13 posts, Newbee

I almost wish that FI and I didn’t have a song already because this would be so much fun to do.

I look forward to seeing which song won

 
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Miss Ladyfingers (message)  1,119 posts, Bumble bee

I told the mister about this and he was like, “Oh, now that’s cool.” I just keep reeling with how awesome this is. Can’t wait to see what you picked!

 
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Miss Winter (message)  260 posts, Helper bee

Better together is our top contender! This bracket idea is genius!

 
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linguo42 (message)  3,563 posts, Sugar bee

I walked down the aisle to The Book of Love :)

 
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Miss Teacup (message)  621 posts, Busy bee

This is such a fun and interactive way to make the decision :)

 
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MsJeep23 (message)  1,375 posts, Bumble bee

Wooo! Led Zeppelin made it into the final 4!! It’s a long one though, I can see why you went with either the chili peppers or Jack Johnson…:)

 
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weddingstars2012 (message)  430 posts, Helper bee

Lol I really love this.

 

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Miss Doily, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Age and Occupation: 25, Autism Paraeducator/ Student Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, Freelance Writer/ Publisher Engagement Date: August 27th, 2010 Wedding Date: March 2012 Venue: Father’s Vineyard Church/ A Touch of Class Banquet Center About Me: I’m an Iowan girl with a deep love of Harry Potter, classic movies, cardigans, and Post-Its. My type-A Virgo tendencies often cause me to drive my laid-back college sweetheart fiance batty with lists and PowerPoint presentations. I love to be crafty and do things myself, which explains why my two crazy kittens often will prance around the house covered in glitter and ribbons. When I am not bogged down with work, school, or wedding planning, I like to travel to visit my expansive family and have wild adventures with my best friends. After a rollercoaster ride of a love story, I’m ready to take that final plunge, marry the love of my life, and become a Mrs.!

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