The story

[Mrs.Goff]

I'm going to try to get all of this out. haha There are so many things to tell you all I'm sure I'm going to forget something. So bare with me. Sorry in advance for it being long and for any typos.


Thursday, April 2 ...

There wasn't much that had to happen on Thurs. but we had to buy all the perishable food and a few odds and ends. It went smoothly. Storing the food was interesting though. haha We brought it home thinking that maybe we could "make" it fit, but there was just no way. We ended up with food at both of our mothers houses. haha

Friday, April 3 ...

OH, Friday was just one of those days. We got up early knowing that we had a TON of stuff to do. We called the best man to ask when he was going to be ready to go pickup the tuxedos, we were suppose to leave at 11am. Well, he said he'd be over at noon. At noon they called saying they would be here at 130pm!! DH was POed. He told him he needed to get here now. So he came over and was here at 1230ish. We left heading to the tux shop on the way we had to stop and let my dad follow us. We didn't get to the tux shop until almost 2pm. We walked in and had to wait, no big deal. We were told that picking them up wouldn't take long at all. It took nearly 2 hours. They gave each of the guys a bag that had their name on it. But DH ended up with my dads clothes and vice versa. There were broken ties, missing buttons, wrong shirts all together among other things. No one got upset we just hung in there and let the guy fix what needed to be fixed. Then the guy started telling me how they didn't have the exact shirts that I wanted and that he gave us an "upgrade" for free.:bbrolleyes: Like I was going to pay because they messed up.

After leaving the tux shop we came home gathered everything and headed for the hall. Once we got there everyone jumped right in. We were hard at work for a few hours before I realised that the bread store was going to be closing in like 10 minutes. We needed the bread for our sandwiches. So my dad took me to get them we walk in as they were about to lock the door. Thank goodness we weren't late because she told me they were going to be closed Sat. After getting back we got right back at it. Man there were a lot of little details that had to happen. haha Everyone managed to pull it all together. We also managed to get in some rehearsal time, before having to leave for the night.

Once we left there we headed to my parents house to finish some of the food that had to be cooked like a million deviled eggs. haha That's a funny story. When we bought the eggs we knew that we wanted to plan for each person to have 2 deviled eggs each. So we were like 70 people, that's 140 eggs or around 12 dozen. we got to the store and bought only 10 dozen. Once we got them home, I thought about it and told DH that we had made a mistake, that 1 egg makes 2 deviled eggs. We had SO many eggs and didn't need most of them. haha We had a good laugh about that. We finished everything, before he came home.

Just about 30 minutes after he left I called the DJ (who didn't show up for the rehearsal.:irked:) just to make sure that he was in town and ready. Well, that sparked my a major melt down. I was on the edge just from being so nervous and he tells me that he got in town at 530pm but didn't think he "had" to come to the rehearsal. But that he needed to get into the hall at 8am! I lost it! I told him that there was absolutely no way that he could get in before 1pm. He told me that if he didn't get by at least 9am that I wouldn't have music!:bbeek: WHAT? It was midnight and he's telling me this NOW!?!?!? I called DH freaking out. After some really harsh words from A LOT of people he said that if he HAD to make 1pm work he would.

When I went to bed, I laid there crying from the drama with the DJ for a while then for nerves. I was up til 4am, I even woke myself up a few times wondering if I was just asleep. haha I just couldn't sleep at all.

[Mrs.Goff]

Saturday, April 4, 2009 ...

So after getting a little sleep I woke up at 8:30 am to check the time, when I seen my mother standing in the doorway. haha She said "Oh, you're awake! I've been up since 3am." I just laughed. I told her that I was going to try to sleep a little longer because I was so tired. But I never could go back to sleep. I got up and had some powdered doughnuts and milk and waited. I masked my face, showered, done my nails, called the JOP and the cake lady. Then I got dressed gathered my things and we all left. We were driving to the grave yard to give my grandmother the memorial piece I had made for her. When we got there I started crying, and as soon as I placed the flowers a funeral came in, so we had to rush out.

We arrived at the hall, were our DJ was unloading all of his equipment. He apologized for what happened the night before and said that he would do his best.

Once we got in I was trying to do everything that needed to be done before DH got there. I didn't care about a lot of things but not seeing each other was important. Once DH arrived, I was rush back stage where my staging area was. I was all alone back there for a while. I could hear that people were driving DH crazy and there wasn't a thing I could do about it. I felt so bad for him.

I was stressing out because my cousin that was reading for us was also suppose to be doing my hair. But she was late really late. Our friend and photographer told me not to worry that some one would be there in 10 minutes to do my hair. Sure enough her daughter was there to do my hair. My cousin showed about the same time and was able to do my mothers hair, as well as my flower girls hair.

In the mean time our cake was a little late and apparently arrive in less the perfect condition. Well, some of you know what kind of stress went into picking that cake and the baker. I'm not sure what happened but I know that DH was less the polite to the lady (something that isn't like him). It was so bad that his dad made him leave just to calm down. He left her with a warning that she better not ask for money until he got back and approved that cake. When I walked down the aisle it was there looking perfect so I guess she took what he said to heart. haha

So back to me. My hair was finished about ten minutes before it was time to start. I had to rush into my dress and then rush to put some makeup on. As soon as I finished it was time. The JOP came up to meet me and to go over the ceremony that I wrote. I told him that he was free to change anything that he needed. We were ready. We were lining up when I hear my ring bearers yell, "Oh, we forgot our pillows!" I'm really glad because I didn't have my veil on and I had gum in my mouth. I spit out the gum and my MOH put my veil on. We lined back up, I was holding on to my dad for dear life and shaking like a leaf. The music started and I watched as all my planning came together as my beautiful wedding party march exactly the way the were suppose to. My MOH left and I knew that we were next. My music started and we were off. My dad had to remind me to slow down. haha I forgot to pause for pictures the photographer had to step in front of me. I reached the front and was SO overwhelmed. I wasn't crying but I was shaking couldn't catch my breath . I was sweating, my knees were weak. I didn't know it but everyone even DH thought I was going to pass out. haha I was just so nervous. Our ceremony was perfect, the JOP changed some stuff just to lighten the mood and to try to relax me a bit and I must say it worked.

What I didn't know was that in the other door (where DH was) there was some chaos. His mother had been preaching that everyone needed to pee before walking. She said we can't have anyone doing the pee-pee dance up there. DH told me that as soon as the JOP said lets go, MIL said "OH wait I have to pee!" hahahaha Then he said that one of our ring bearers freaked out. He said that he was saying "I can't, I can't do this, I don't want to go!" DH said he told him that he was on this ride and there was no turning back now. He gave him some words of encouragement and sent him down the aisle.

Oh, I forgot. Some of you know that we have a dog and that I wanted her in the wedding but we decided against it. Well, she was there at rehearsal and done such a good job that DH said that she earned her place. So he gave her a bath, put her in her insanely expensive black patten leather and rhinestone collar, and she walked with DH. She done such a great job, she made me so proud.

After the ceremony, well that part is a little blurry. It flew by so fast. We were pulled from person to person. We took a million pictures. I honestly had the time of my life. Our time line went out the window, which was fine with me. The DJ ended up doing a fantastic job. Some of you might remember that I never wanted to do a first dance, well I went to DH because it was time to dance. He looked at me and said "Would you be mad if we don't?" I told him no and he said "Good, because we're not." haha I made him tell his mom and he said that she was fine with that.

All in all it was my fairy tale.

My only regret is. Now that I've got the pictures back I've realised that I have no "Bridal" pictures and almost no pictures of just DH and me. I was SOOOOO upset last night because all night at the wedding I was begging for time with DH and just couldn't get to him. I was POed at myself and everyone else because those pictures didn't get taken. I just can't believe that A) I didn't make sure they were taken and B) that no one else (ie: the photographer) made sure that we had time to take them. I'm still waiting on the film photos from the photographer but I know that there can't be too many more of FH and I alone because we simply didn't post for them. Oh well, nothing we can do about that now.

So that's our story. I loved every moment of it and had the time of my life.

Thanks for reading and for all the support.

[Mrs.Goff]

Oh, I wanted to tell you all how my DIY stuff turned out.

The lottery ticket favors were a HUGE hit! Almost too big of a hit. We had people complaining that some people got more then one and then there were left overs that FIL scratched. People were angry that he scratched the extras without sharing. It was so bad that people we seeking out DH and I to complain. We both gave them the same answer, "I don't care." haha

Our favor candies were also a huge hit. There were three flavors and people were actually trading them. :D

My centerpieces were well received also. I had so many compliments about those alone.

Everyone really liked the fan programs as well, they also were really handy, I seen a lot of people using them and it wasn't even hot. haha I was hot but dang that dress was heavy. :)

The cry packs, well, everyone liked them but no one really used them. I seen more people taking them and keepsakes then using them.

[Mrs.Goff]

Dang it, I almost forgot to tell you all that I never even had time to bustle my dress. All of that stress was waisted! I kept telling people that I needed it pined but it just never happened.
Oh well. haha
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One last thing I swear. My poor father I felt so bad for him. He doesn't show emotions at all. When I turned to leave the alter I looked at him and he was crying like a baby. Once we got back stage he was still crying, like he could not stop. He hugged me so tight. It took him 45 minutes to stop and even then he still cried on and off. Now ever since the wedding he has told me that he loves me more then he has in my entire life put together.

[savepaws]

Congrats!! It sounds like everything worked out & I'm so happy you had such a wonderful day despite a few minor glitches along the way. :) :D

[f77g4]

What a great story - sounds like a great day!

I'm glad everyone complimented your DIY projects!

[Qtpie]

congratulations, I wanna see pictures.

[Mrs.Goff]

congratulations, I wanna see pictures.

I had the pictures and the story together in the wrong place so they were moved. Here's the link to the pictures.

http://forums.onewed.com/showthread.php?t=25483

[amisteratwisterandme]

One last thing I swear. My poor father I felt so bad for him. He doesn't show emotions at all. When I turned to leave the alter I looked at him and he was crying like a baby. Once we got back stage he was still crying, like he could not stop. He hugged me so tight. It took him 45 minutes to stop and even then he still cried on and off. Now ever since the wedding he has told me that he loves me more then he has in my entire life put together.

That is so sweet.

[Micah's bride]

Great story, sounds like you had an amazing day! Congratulations, again!!

[Nekochanpurr]

Awww!!!! Congrats! :D

[Brian's Bride]

Loved the story, thank you for sharing! Those lottery tickets do sound like a hit, but really... people complaining?!? Too funny! Congratuations!

[NOTKT]

you make such a beautiful bride! Congrats and welcome to the Mrs Club!