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We scheduled our rehearsal partway through our set-up. We knew we’d need a dinner break, and we didn’t want to call people in for a rehearsal at 9PM, plus we also weren’t really sure when we’d finish all our decorating. Cinnamon Buns’ mum was in charge of our “rehearsal dinner.” She brought in some lasagnes and a couple salads for everyone, plus paper plates and utensils (and cream puffs for dessert!). It was great to tuck in to a hearty meal after working all day!

We’d also let our photographers, Fotograffika, know when we’d be rehearsing in case they wanted to come in and scope out the venue. They showed up, which was great, but even more exciting was that they included some of the pictures they took that day with all the rest of our wedding photos! I thought they were just taking test shots to try out the light in there, but it’s so much fun to see our rehearsal documented by professionals.

Waiting to process in with my dad and my ladies. This is about where we realised it’d be a good idea to put up curtains in this hallway/storage/closet space, as it was also the guests’ main entrance too.

We had a friend who was our DOC, although she couldn’t be there while we were rehearsing. It didn’t make too much difference because we gave her a script of what should be happening when. We picked her because she’s a stage manager, and stage managers have all the same skill set that wedding planners do. How we got through the rehearsal without her? I’m a stage manager, so is Cinnamaid A, so is Groomsman L. We had it covered.

It’s fun for me to look at these photos of us in our scruffies and then compare them to very similar shots from the next day! You’ll see those soon too.

This was actually one of my favourite moments of the whole weekend. Our officiant Paul had asked us who was going to read their vows first. He had copies of both in the script we’d given him, but there were no notes about who was first. Immediately and without speaking, Cinnamon Buns and I did rock-paper-scissors to decide, then cracked up when everybody else burst out laughing because it was such a reflex movement on both our parts. I beat Cinnamon Buns, so he went first.

Then we kissed, processed out, and got back to work with the decorating. We finished up around 8PM, and by this time my brain was a bit fried. I took no part in the very confusing conversation about who was driving which car where and dropping off/picking up what/who on the way. I told them to figure it out, and then tell me which car to get into. We drove home, I gathered all my stuff (overnight bag, toothbrush, shoes, DRESS, flowers) and got picked up out front by Groomsman E and my two bridesmaids, us ladies were dropped off outside the hotel, and we went to find our room.

We ran into some of my relatives in the foyer, and it was nice to see them before the actual wedding day—these are people I hadn’t seen in 9 years! Then we found our room and ordered nachos—very important.

We were impressed by the fancy cart the nachos came on. And yes, after I took this photo with my phone we moved the nacho cart very far away from the wedding dress you can see hanging up in the background.

The one awkward thing about our hotel was that we thought we were getting a room with a pull-out couch. There wasn’t one, just a king-sized bed and a couple armchairs. Awkward, as there were 3 girls who needed to sleep in there that night. We phoned and asked for a cot to be brought up, but all cots were in use. They phoned neighbouring hotels, and all their cots were in use. We decided to make a bed out of extra blankets and pillows and the two arm chairs, so we settled in, ordered our nachos, and let my family know what room we were. After we’d done that, someone came by and said they’d found a room with a couch, so we could move in there. But because we’d settled in and sorted out who got the chair-bed (Cinnamaid K, as Cinnamaid A has a bad back), plus family would look for us here, PLUS THE NACHOS…can’t let those get lost in a move! We decided to stay where we were. It wasn’t ideal, but we all survived and K said she slept fairly well when we got up the next morning.

Did you relax the day before your wedding, or was it go-go-go?

Unless otherwise noted, all photos in this post are by Fotograffika.

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