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I vividly remember walking up to our venue. We were late and my heart and feet were moving quickly. I planned to run in, and straight upstairs to the bridal suite, but there was a surprise waiting behind those big Victorian-style doors.

“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!” I screamed! Literally, I screamed! Mr. Brooch says he heard me from all the way out in the garden; he says that is when he knew that I must have seen the surprise chiavari chairs.

Photo by Meredith Perdue & Graham Terhune

Still quickly walking through the Manor, I searched for Pavaune, our planner, and when my eyes met up with hers, I yelled, “What are those doing here?” She grinned.

I. could. not. believe. it.

I mean, do you remember the agony? The whining?

Well, if not, you can easily revisit my many expressions of grief that began back in September of 2010 here, and came back up in late December here, and still here—in January—I could not let go.

In the weeks and days leading up to the wedding, I would talk about how disappointed I was that we weren’t going to have these chairs. My maid of honor and bridesmaids knew, my mom knew, and I even told our photographer—the day before the wedding—when I met her for the first time in person!

Meredith, do you remember me sulking about this?

Well, my groom did a very special thing and apparently, somewhere amidst my whining, he decided to secretly call up our planner and finagle a way to fit the chiavari chairs in the budget. This is love, y’all. <3

Seeing those chairs lined up alongside the walls of our venue is an image itched in my mind forever. It’s a memory I hold dear to my heart, and hello! I was obviously marrying the right man; a man that really must love me… It was the surprise of a lifetime!

Oh, and just as I suspected, it really did complete the look of our reception! Win!

My heart seriously melts when I think back on it.

Did you groom surprise you on your wedding day? How?

*All photos by Meredith Perdue & Graham Terhune

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• We took pictures, rehearsed, and gave out presents.
• We ate snicker’s cake and there was a special reunion.
• Wedding morning was finally upon us.
• The bridesmaids dressed in fancy robes.
• I get a makeover.
• My mom and me have some time.
• Meanwhile, the groomsmen hangout and take some pictures.
• My bridal suite and special things await me.