December 4, 2012
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Wedding of the Year
Delightful December #4
On the 28th April 2012 I married my Ben. It was one of the best days of my life so far. Becoming his wife and having everyone that I love (and that he loves) all together in one room to celebrate with us was incredible. Whilst the planning of this day had driven me half insane and I would never EVER plan anything on that scale ever again, the results were worth it. We had a fairly relaxed wedding, which had next to no organisation on the day… it was pretty much along the lines of ‘shall we do the toasts now… I don’t mind, whenever you like… should we tell everyone we are doing that or just start talking and hope they listen…‘. But as I tell everyone, that lack of organisation is very representative of our personality’s. The whole day was fun, it was the complete opposite of formal and designed for us to enjoy ourselves – which we did (Though my husband wishes that he danced more rather than talking to people. I just ignored all the people that weren’t dancing and just waved my arms and legs around like a crazy person).
We got married in a church, and though it was an Anglo-Catholic church we had possibly the most relaxed Reverend in the world which suited us down the ground as it meant we could have Footloose and Tiger Feet playing while we signed the register and one of the readings could be Us Two by A.A.Milne (author of Winnie the Pooh). One of the best moments was during the last hymn when we were facing the minister and she was making up the words because she didn’t know them causing us to laugh through most of the singing.
And we had our own thrones!
Our amazing cake made by my brother’s fiancé
We had a Christmas Tree for people to hang messages on…
And a very yummy hog roast (which we had to queue for outside in the cold wind and rain)…
There was a bouncy castle which was greatly enjoyed despite the fact that it rained all day…
And then there was the dancing…
Plus also, I had a CAPE!
It was a Wonderful Day.
Oh and there was haribo! Which I felt should be mentioned since it is in my username and the world is definitely a much happier place due to the existence of haribo.
Comments (19)
That looks like it was such a fun wedding. People put too much emphasis on their weddings being “perfect” because its the “best day of their lives” but I think weddings should be a lot more relaxed.
Looks like an amazing time was had by all! And a candy bar? Ultimate win.
I loved reading about your wedding, sounds like an amazing day!
Your wedding day sounds amazing, and beautiful. Looks like you had a great time, and you can’t forget about the gummy candies!
That looks like an amazing wedding! That would make happy too!
Oh that looks awesome! We didn’t do a church, but we did have a hog roast. The bouncy thing is a great idea. Love the red Chuck Taylors!
That looks like so much fun. Especially the bounce house! What a great idea
Wishing you good things and fruitful love through happy years.
I love weddings… and the photos are so beautiful.
@SimplyNita - It was very fun and it was one of the best days of my life so far despite it not being what some people would call ‘perfect’
@Garistotle - @Foodhog @babybug329 @BohemianLotus - - It was amazing, thank you
@oceanstarr - Hog roasts are awesome! Many people disapproved of his red converse but we were very proud
@firetyger - thank you, it was a lot of fun
@Rainboxx - thank you very much
@angys_coco - thanks!
@happyworld_ofharibo - It’s your wedding! I didn’t invite any disapprovers to my wedding. They just missed the party. lol
@oceanstarr - oh we ignored most of the disapprovers. No one disapproved to the point that they didn’t come and if they disapproved while they were there I didn’t notice because I was too busy bouncing up and down and dancing like a crazy person!
@happyworld_ofharibo - That’s good
Of course you would have a cape. Is there no end to your fabulosity? I mean, c’mon Claire… spare a little awesome for the rest of us, please!
You looked absolutely beautiful on your wedding day. So happy for the both of you!
@MyxlDove - I am not sure that there is an end to my fabulosity I’m afraid. But you can totally have a cape too! and thank you very much, we are happy for us too
Sweet! Love the pics. Looks like you had the perfect day!
That’s so sweet.
I’m gonna do a wedding post next time I get married.
HAHA. I still feel lame saying “Next time” cause there’s supposed to be only one time and all of that. WHATEVER. IT’S GONNA BE AWESOME.
Man, we got married in a typical Roman Catholic church and they were really strict about readings music and such. The church was the one part I hated about my wedding. I would rather have had no religiousness in my wedding at all but our parents probably would have killed us. Sigh.
A bouncy castle, candy, AND the groom wore red converse shoes? AWESOME. Your dress and cape were quite lovely too
So much fun…I love Ben’s shoes! Love all the photos, thanks for sharing!