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Mr. P and I are Jewish by birth. How we practice Judaism, however, doesn’t exactly fit nicely into a box that can be defined. We celebrate pertinent holidays, but sort of do it “our” way (maybe we break the Yom Kippur fast a little bit before sundown). Although I identity myself as being Jewish, it doesn’t hold a huge weight over my life. I would say I am more “spiritual” than anything else. I believe in some of the laws of Judaism. Others, I have a hard time putting myself behind. I believe there is SOMETHING out there, may it be God, Allah, or Aladdin—I don’t know. I also think there’s a place good people end up. It’s too depressing for me to think there is nothing out there in that great beyond.
Regardless of my own religious opinion of things, there will be many Jewish traditions that will show up in our wedding. Mr. P grew up a little more “religious” then I did. He wasn’t Orthodox, but was raised somewhere between Reform and Conservative. He didn’t live in a kosher home or strictly celebrate the Sabbath. But, he did go to Hebrew school, learn Hebrew, have a Bar Mitzvah, and quit it on the bread products during Passover. I grew up in a much more lax household. I didn’t want to go to Hebrew school as a kid so no one forced me to. I never learned Hebrew. I never had a Bat Mitzvah.
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The story of how Mr. Buck and I met is fairly simple. My friend and his friend are twin brother and sister. Back in 2002 a big group of us went bowling together one day, and that is where our paths crossed. Our first words were super romantic. As a dramatic ’90s baby makin’ song came on the radio he said, “Oh yay, this is my favorite song.” I responded with confusion. “Oh really? That’s cool.” He responded back, “no, I’m kidding.” And that was that. I don’t think we spoke much the rest of the evening.
Okay so I may or may not have been exaggerating with our first words being romantic. They definitely were not. It did, however, give me insight into his dry sense of humor, which I love oh so much. If I could pinpoint one of the best things about our relationship, it is definitely the humor and laughter.
Approximately 1 month later he asked me out on a date. A real date, as in I had to borrow my best friend’s Abercrombie jean jacket and steal some of my mom’s expensive perfume. This was some serious stuff. We went to see what was apparently the only movie out at the time, The Scorpion King. To this day, I still have no idea what that movie is about. I obviously did not pay attention.
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So I discovered this gem of a Groupon deal last April - a $425 one-hour photo session with Brooke Bready Photography for the low price of $65. That’s a discount of 85!%!! Craziness. I was checking out the amazing deal, loving Brooke’s amazing photography, and ultimately decided it was the perfect opportunity to use for an engagement photo session.
The kicker? I wasn’t engaged yet.
Here was the rationale behind my thinking: we were on track to get engaged/be married, the Groupon was good for a year (and if we weren’t engaged by then, well then, grrrrr), and if for some reason I actually was not engaged by April of 2011, I would get my friends together and have a BFF glam photo shoot. Genius. And no, I did not tell Mr. Foxy about buying this for fear of appearing psychotic.
However! It must have been good luck or something, because 9 days later, on April 18th, he proposed. I was able to schedule a session for September with Brooke, admitted my pre-engagement engagement-photo purchase to Foxy, had a good laugh, and was so excited to get our pictures taken at Brookside Gardens in Maryland.
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The last time I wrote a post squeeing about shoes, they looked like this:
My Anthropologie wedding shoes
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Maybe you know the story: Your best friend is getting married and excitedly asks for your help planning her dream wedding. You pull out all the stops with a surprise bachelorette party, multiple wedding showers, expensive wedding gifts, and you happily buy a bridesmaid ensemble even though you’ll never wear the shoes or dress again.
Fast-forward a few years and now you’re engaged. It’s your turn to navigate planning the largest event of your life and you expect hope that you’ll have help from your married friend.
Guess who doesn’t have the time of day?
That’s right, this post is addressing the disappointment in fair-weather, flaky friends and relatives who enjoyed your help for their wedding and then contributed zilch to your special day.
Mr. Anonymous and I have both helped out with a fair amount of weddings by now, even back in our college years when neither of us had much cash. When we finally got married ourselves, we had anticipated we would enjoy all the usual benefits surrounding weddings.
Looking back, I can’t help but feel let down by some friends and family, not only for myself but for Mr. Anonymous, too.
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Warning: this may not be suitable for work, as there are some photos of some plastic and papier-mâché male body parts.
Otherwise known as a bachelorette in some parts of the world, down here we call it a hens’ night, apparently for some unknown reason? I’m guessing it is due to all the plucking around all us women do, but honestly who knows?
Anyway, after the posh and delicate afternoon tea, the sun went down and the frivolity increased! The PG rating of the night went out the door and the six-foot “big bob” ended up in the toilet to startle the first person who walked into the bathroom—here he is in the spare room while we were getting ready:
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After we snuck outside for a few couple portraits, it was time to get the last formalities out of the way. We were ready to hack into our cake!
Let me tell you something about who I was in high school. I was one of those people who went with the flow. I had my group of friends, most of whom I met in middle school. There was a group of four of us who remained friends all throughout school and even went to college together. Things changed there, but in high school we were inseparable. I was content with who I was in high school.
THEN:
I had my best friend, who I met in the seventh grade when I first moved to Iowa from California. We were more like sisters than friends.
She’s almost ready! I went for the second dress fitting this past Saturday, and it was so thrilling having the dress perfectly tailored for me, looking 99% like it will on the wedding day.
Now that I have an idea of what my engagement-sesh look will be, it’s time to get the makeup down. While Mr. Warbs was busy with football this weekend, I tried out some “war paint,” as Mama Warbler likes to call it. I’ve worn makeup before, but have only recently started wearing it on a regular basis. My main problem is that no matter what I do, I always end up looking shiny after only a couple of hours. I sweat a lot (TMI?) even when it’s not hot out, so I’m constantly feeling self-conscious. I needed to find something that wouldn’t make me look as shiny. A friend of mine recommended MAC’s Oil Control Lotion and swore that it kept her shine free.
Image via MAC Cosmetics
After our photographer suggested we take pictures before the ceremony to save time, Mr. PF had to be talked into the idea. He is somewhat traditional and expressed that he didn’t want to see me before the ceremony. He wanted that element of surprise when he sees me walking down the aisle, which I totally get.
I actually agreed with him, but I knew it would be more logical to take pictures before the ceremony. It would leave us more time to enjoy our cocktail hour and more time with our friends and family. So, I started doing some research on first-look pictures in an attempt to persuade Mr. PF into the idea.
Image via ChocoStudio
I love this shot! I can totally imagine myself sneaking up on Mr. PF.
What is that I hear? Is that the Sound of Music?! I think it just might BEE!
Well hey there, Hive! My name is Miss Doe. It is an honor to meet all of you! I am incredibly excited to be here. As soon as I recovered from the shock of receiving an acceptance email, I instantly called all my friends and family. They all know what Weddingbee is and were so thrilled for me. Except I did not tell my little brother because I figured he just would not understand what the heck I was talking about. I later received a text message from him that said, “I hear you are some sort of bee keeper now?” Oh man, that was my favorite response of the day.
So who are we? We met way back in ninth grade when I was 15 years old and he was 14 years old. Yeah, yeah I robbed the cradle.
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There are countless details when planning a wedding. One of them that I recently decided to fixate on was how our wedding bands would make it down the aisle for the ceremony. You see, we have a ring bearer—Salty’s nephew will be two. In my opinion that is the perfect age for such tasks. He’ll be old enough to walk in a straight line (more or less) and young enough to be a bit of a wild card and promise some entertainment for the guests watching.
The with the “who” settled the next question was, “how?”
I have never really liked the traditional ring pillows (some are lovely, but they’re just not my style). The ceramic bowls are nice, but I wanted something different.
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| Photo via MovieQuotesandMore.com / From Shawshank Redemption |
OK, so ours will not be shaped like a pick hammer but I decided a cut out book would be perfect. It would be fun, unique, and provide a great chance to to really get my craft on. Without further ado, how to make your very own ring book:
Which has led me to become obsessed with MindMeister.
When I first started following Weddingbee, I was stoked to find Mrs. Pencils, a fellow Maryland bride. I decided to go through most of her old posts to get ideas and information about weddings in the DC/MD area since quite frankly, I was still pretty clueless about a lot of things despite living in the area for over two years. During this process, I found a post where she mentioned MindMeister (you can read it here), an incredible map-it-out, list-type website. To which I now have everything related to the wedding mapped out on:
It is amazing because I tend to lose track of what we already decided on and what ideas I have and don’t have; in a word, it’s fantastic for scatterbrains like myself. The best part, though?
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