Mrs. Cucumber Sandwich | Weddingbee

Mrs. Cucumber Sandwich, Washington, DC/Cape May, NJ Age and Occupation: 28, School Counselor Fiance's Age and Occupation: 40, Collegiate Athletics Engagement Date: March 27, 2010 Wedding Date: October 2011 Venue: Congress Hall Hotel About Me: I am a school counselor who spends my day wrangling children and my nights attempting to be creative with wedding projects. My enthusiasm for each of these activities far surpasses my skill. Thank goodness Mr. Cucumber Sandwich is there to pick up the pieces and be the voice of reason about my DIY tries. I have an obsession with terrible romantic comedies (‘From Justin to Kelly’ anyone?, anyone?!?), competitive Scrabble play, and hot dogs. I could eat astronaut ice cream for every meal and can’t seem to resist buying more shoes. Our wedding is going to be a true hodge podge of semi-destination, tradition, Yuengling, New England charm, with just a dash of ‘Jersey Shore’ thrown in. It has been six years in the making and I can’t wait to marry my best friend.

What a Difference a Day Makes

June 29th, 2011 @ 3:43 pm by Mrs. Cucumber Sandwich

Picking our wedding date turned out to be a happy accident. Originally when Mr. Cuc Sandwich and I first thought about getting engaged (many, many, many, many years ago), we imagined a fall of 2010 wedding. Sadly, the time frame we talked about for him to propose came and went. He did not put a ring on it.

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Stand By Me

June 29th, 2011 @ 11:26 am by Mrs. Cucumber Sandwich

I have two Sammie sisters, so I knew I would always have at least two bridesmaids. Of course, I asked them immediately after getting engaged. This was before I discovered DIY wedding crafts and the hive. Now I have seen so many adorable and crafty ways to ask your ladies. I wish I could have a do-over.

I wanted to ask them in a cute way instead of just blurting it out over the phone, but the cards I DIY’ed were atrocious. Thank God I don’t have any photographic evidence of the cards, but even if I did I would be too embarrassed to show you. I sent them a card (let’s just say it was on computer paper folded a couple of times and handwritten) and two different books on being a bridesmaid.

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Some Kind of Miracle

June 28th, 2011 @ 5:00 pm by Mrs. Cucumber Sandwich

I have the best aunts in the whole wide world. The other day I came home to this:

What could it be?!?

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Winning a Battle, Losing the War: Part II

June 28th, 2011 @ 12:18 pm by Mrs. Cucumber Sandwich

We last left off with our difficult (for him, not for me) decision of where to have our wedding. Having it in Cape May, New Jersey felt obvious when we looked at our criteria for our wedding location. He wanted something by the beach, and I wanted it to be at an obtainable destination for our guests. Almost everyone will have to travel to our wedding, but I don’t think it will impose a huge burden on our guests to get there. (Time will tell, though, I am sure.) Since we are having our wedding at a beach town, it seemed natural that our theme would be beachy or nautical. Even though I had always imagined getting married at our venue, never in my imagination were seashells or sand a part of our decor.

Beautiful! But not us. / Image via The Knot

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Winning a Battle, Losing the War: Part I

June 27th, 2011 @ 5:58 pm by Mrs. Cucumber Sandwich

I always thought the theme of a wedding was “wedding”! At least that is what I wanted for my wedding theme. Now, after being completely absorbed into the bridal blogosphere, I realize how naive I was/am.

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I Say Cucumber, You Say Sandwich

June 27th, 2011 @ 1:01 pm by Mrs. Cucumber Sandwich

CUCUMBER………….!

CUCUMBER…………….!

You know that feeling when you have something super exciting happen but your day needs to continue as normal and you kind of forget about it? But then every once in a while you remember and you do a spastic little dance while grinning like the Cheshire Cat? That was me all day after I got the news!

Why was I breaking out into dance and maniacal laughter? Bee-cause I am a bee!! I got the email from Pengy at 11 PM. Thankfully I am a dork and was fast asleep by 9 PM; otherwise I never would have gotten in my full nine hours.