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Docsgirl
06-05-2009, 04:52 PM
Yep, there's a reason for the title. We'll get to that later. This is going to be my attempt to tell our wedding day story with pictures included. Many funny parts. Some not so funny parts that turned out to be funny the next day....and lots of other stuff stuck in there. So, here we go!

I woke up at about 7:30. Couldn't sleep. Kind of bummed because I could have really went for a bubble bath in the jacuzzi in our suite, but the girls had all stayed there with me the night before and I'm pretty sure none of them wanted to see my business. ;) Got in the shower to do the whole shaving deal and then went out into the hotel lobby to get some breakfast with my MOH and DH's little sis who had woken up while I was showering. Best continental breakfast I have ever eaten in my entire life. They definitely got an A+ on that one.

Woke my snoozing little sis up so we could make it to the mall and our hair appointments on time. Got undies, earrings (the same exact ones that I lost! Woo hoo!) and my something blue at the mall because I didn't have anything. (settled for a blue sparkly tongue ring).

My hair stylist was awesome. I kind of went in there having no pictures (all on the laptop with no way of printing) and explained what I was looking for and she did her thing. Made it even better when the receptionist said it reminded her of the classic hair Dita Von Teese always wears. SCORE! She was one of my original inspirations. :D
(Back of hair after 5 hours of dancing...)
http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq169/talymon/wedding/34.jpg

We stopped off at Taco Bell to get some food because we were starving by 2:00pm. :)

Then I went to MAC to my make up appointment. This is one of those things that was funny.....the next day. Got there and the girl that I personally know that was supposed to do my make up switched shifts and didn't even tell me. Grrrrrr. So they asked if I was okay with someone else doing it. I said sure. She asked what I had in mind and I said that I usually wear lots of eyeliner, so if we could make the eyes a little dramatic and smokey to have the focus on them, that would be great. Also told her about the false lashes I had originally discussed with the girl that was supposed to do it and she said she could definitely do it..........and then everything from there was a big mess.

#1. She put bright blue and silver eyeshadow on me. BRIGHT BLUE and SILVER. Awesome if that's what you're going for, but I asked for smokey and lots of eyeliner. The words bright blue never even came close to my mouth. She then took an hour trying to fix it.....but it was still bright blue and silver.

#2. The falsh lashes she put on me where HUGE. Like, seriously ridiculous. I looked like a really really bad drag queen when she was done with my face. WTF?! My little sister was even trying her best not to laugh, but it was so bad, you just had to. So, I told her I had to go, since my 45 minute appointment was already going on an hour and a half and I wasn't going to be late to my wedding. At least I got free lip gloss out of the deal, right?

As soon as we got to the car, I texted the MOH that I looked like a clown and needed scissors and make up remover. She said she was on it. When I got back to the hotel room, I walked in with my sunglasses on (which made it so I couldn't blink with those crazy mile long eyelashes) and wouldn't let the other girls see it. I locked myself in the bathroom, came out 15 minutes later with my make up looking like how I usually wear it and minus the insanely long eyelashes. I didn't even need the scissors. Just ripped those babies right off. Was soooo not funny at the time and I didn't want anyone to see me like that, but totally wishing that I would have taken a picture of it now. It was BAD. And would have been awesome inspiration for Halloween. Hahaha.

Next, I got into my dress and realized that I had my vows written on the laptop....with no way of printing them. So, to the front desk it was for some paper and pen to copy them down.
http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq169/talymon/wedding/vows.jpg

While I was copying my vows down, my mom told me a limo kept driving by the hotel and she thought it was ours and that the driver was lost. So, the photographer went to go flag him down. He finally got there, we all started piling in:
http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq169/talymon/wedding/limo3.jpg
http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq169/talymon/wedding/limo4.jpg

I was the first one in, so my back was to the driver. He started up the car and then says "Ma'am, I'm not sure how to get the TomTom in this car to work, could you get me to your wedding venue?" I turn around to talk to him through the little window and see all this smoke coming out from under the hood and my exact words to him were "Sure, I can get you there, but did you know that your limo is on fire?" The poor guy started freaking out and asking us to turn things off and you could clearly tell that he hadn't done this before.
Broken Limo:
http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq169/talymon/wedding/limo5.jpg

Goin2thechapel
06-05-2009, 04:57 PM
LOLOLOLOLOL....OMG, that is sooo funny! It's a good thing you had such a good personality and can laugh at it :)

Docsgirl
06-05-2009, 05:08 PM
So, I called Miguel to tell him we might be late, since we had no idea what to do:
http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq169/talymon/wedding/limo6.jpg

The limo driver called the owner of the company and they said to drive us to the ceremony location in the limo and that they would be trailing us with a new limo, but it would be 15 minutes behind. And if it broke down on the way, that we'd only have to wait 15 minutes for the other limo to pick us up from the side of the road. I thought that was a pretty bad idea and got prepared to drive myself there in the mini. But, we all piled back into the limo with the temperature gauge on the red and the car beeping at us the whole time. I kept cracking jokes about the limo blowing up and nobody thought it was as funny as I thought it was.....lol.

Anways, we got there and the fun started. The bros walked me down the aisle:
http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq169/talymon/wedding/CIMG1256.jpg

We said our vows:
http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq169/talymon/wedding/vows2.jpg
(I totally turned into a leaky faucet when it was time for me to read mine, but it's okay, because everyone else just cried along with me. Ha!)

Did the whole smoochy thing:
http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq169/talymon/wedding/kissy.jpg

And then had the coolest recessional ever to Goldfinger's cover of 99 Red Balloons, complete with 99 special biodegradable red balloons so they wouldn't hurt the environment or animals:
http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq169/talymon/wedding/9.jpg

Took some fun pictures:
http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq169/talymon/wedding/jump.jpg

And then we were greeted with our replacement limo. Their brand new purple cadillac escalade.
http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq169/talymon/wedding/escalade.jpg
So, it was actually kind of cool that our limo started on fire.

Mrs.Goff
06-05-2009, 05:11 PM
When I saw your pics I was wondering what happened with your makeup. I thought you just decided against your inspiration pic. It's crazy that she got Blue and Sliver from smokey. How crazy your Limo caught fire! You may not have had a smokey eye but there sure was smoke. ;)

Keep it coming ... waiting patiently.

gwenshack
06-05-2009, 05:12 PM
I love it - every word. :) Sounds like a blast.

Ninedays9
06-05-2009, 05:16 PM
Yay for the story and pictures! You looked very lovely! I'll have to admit I haven't been a fan of birdcage veils in the past, but yours made me change my mind very much so. It looks great! And I love the picture with the balloons.

As we get closer to our date, the more stories I read on here about peoples' days, the more emotional I get... I'm probably gonna be bawling on our day, haha. :)

f77g4
06-05-2009, 05:28 PM
Wow Tara I can't believe the makeup story or the limo catching fire! Pretty crazy for sure!!

Sounds like a lovely day with a few slight missteps but in the end you guys are married....again! LOL

Great pics and I love the one of all the red balloons in the air!

Docsgirl
06-05-2009, 05:41 PM
"Hey, look.....we arrived without the limo starting on fire! Time to eat!"
http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq169/talymon/wedding/CIMG1288.jpg

Me and my lovey at our head table:
http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq169/talymon/wedding/loveys.jpg

Then we cut the cake:
http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq169/talymon/wedding/CIMG1292.jpg

Had the first dance:
http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq169/talymon/wedding/dance.jpg

Did the garter toss (Best man wanted to make sure he was doing it right....lol!):
http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq169/talymon/wedding/28.jpg

And the bouquet toss:
http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq169/talymon/wedding/CIMG1299.jpg
For the bouquet toss....haha. Another funny story. The florist made me a toss out of real flowers, so I left the one I made at the hotel. We then left the box of flowers that had the toss in it at the ceremony location....by the time someone ran back to get it for the toss, the building was closed. So our officiant ran to her house and made a little toss bouquet for me to use. She was so awesome all day, that we gave her a pretty big tip!

Then we danced the night away with our guests (I'm dancing with my niece, Eden):
http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq169/talymon/wedding/dancingwitheden.jpg


And my favorite picture from going out afterwards was with my older brother who flew in all the way from Korea to be there.
http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq169/talymon/wedding/38.jpg

Then we went back to our hotel, did husband and wifey type of things, and slept.

THE END

Oh...and as for the title......we had more than one person say that to us throughout the night....ironically they were all guys....ahahha.

jamt
06-05-2009, 08:17 PM
i loved your story an your photos glad you didnt let the little bumps of the day ruin your day you managed to see the funny side of it an thats a great quality to have

alli816
06-05-2009, 09:14 PM
Wow is all I can say....you made such a beautiful bride....sorry for the little blocks in the road...but you made it and your pics were awesome....hope to see more pics.....

~MrsTyson~
06-05-2009, 09:50 PM
You were stunning !! I love, love, love your dress !! Great story! and CONGRATS!!!!!!

WebLady
06-05-2009, 10:37 PM
Love the way you told the story, glad you didn't let the little snags ruin it for you ... the pics are great, you were beautiful, love the dress on you!

Congrats to you and your hubby!

lilmsjess
06-06-2009, 05:13 AM
oh that is SO awesome!

and you guys matched so cute, with his Johnny Cash's and your black and white gown! awww....

as for the hiccups, sounds like everyone was prepared! i'd SO trade the chrysler for the purple limo ;) very p*mp and my FH would love it, though he hates purple, hehehe......

that's so great that your bro flew from korea! the tix are SO expensive, that's so good that your close like that!

aw, i'm gonna cry! round 2, cut, and FANTASTIC, huh?!

ChristineLS
06-06-2009, 08:45 AM
You were really gorgeous, like you could have been in a magazine. I like the way you did your own makeup better! (But wow, I wish I had seen the look before, sounds nuts).

I can't believe you found biodegradable balloons (the rep was supposed to have a ?! in it but my fingers aren't used to this keyboard and it sent early). Everything looked like it was perfect, despite the snafus! (Limo on fire?! WHAT)

You'll have a heck of a story to tell your kids (if you have them in the future :) )

Docsgirl
06-06-2009, 11:07 AM
Thanks everyone!! We had a blast, despite all the curve balls that were thrown at us. It rained that morning too, so everyone kept saying it was good luck. Hahaha. By the end of the night, we were all cracking up at the little things that happened.

I really wanted to do the balloon release, so that was one of the major things we focused on. Finding a way to do it, without doing any harm. So I googled up a storm and sure enough, when they do balloon releases for cancer fundraisers, they use the "special" biodegradable balloons. It came out a little expensive to get the balloons, but it was totally worth it in the end. A few of them started deflating and disintegrating a little too fast and didn't quite make it up in the air, but it was all good. ;) It looked even better than we had imagined.

MrsFuchs09
06-07-2009, 09:00 PM
I would have been panicking if any of that happened to me. Great quality to have!

Brian's Bride
06-08-2009, 02:31 PM
That dress looked killer on you! Congratulations!