Wedding Weds: The OOOPS Files

Yes, you read that correctly. Today we are talking the oooopssies of the wedding day.

Bride-to-be's TRUST ME, when I say something will go OOPS on your wedding day. Don't try to prevent it, just own it and the day will be that much smoother, I promise.  The more you stress about making the day perfect, the less you will enjoy the actual day. Remember, what really matters is the fact you are getting married to the love of your life. The end. Finite. Period.

Revel in the day, because it goes by all to quickly.
 [waaaaaaaaaaay too quickly for my liking]

I went into the day excited about getting married to my best friend, surrounded by those I cherished and trusted that everything would work out the way it should. I had no stress or worries and I rolled with the whoopsies that came my way.

But, I thought it would be fun and worthwhile to look back at those oops wedding moments that just kind of happened on our wedding day.
Because, let's keep it real, I'm the farthest thing from perfect ;)!

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1] Altar flowers boogie on down - I have to preface this one saying how much I adored, loved and was blown away by all of our flower arrangements and bouquets. Our florist was amazing and he did an incredible job. People had so many comments on my flowers and I know at least a few guest already have them bookmarked in their mind for their 'future' wedding. ;)

But, back to the subject at hand, our Altar flowers. The arrangements were breathtaking and I loved all of the vibrant and beautiful colors I saw when I walked down the aisle. It provided a beautiful back drop in my gorgeous church and made the pictures pop.

Gorgeous right?!!?

I'm not sure if you noticed in any of my previous posts, but the flowers seem to disappear from view. That's because they boogied on down to the floor. Literally, they fell down. Both of them. At different times, during the service. Leaving me with pictures like this.

And in the end, this.

I could have chosen to cry, or get upset or get flustered but I didn't. My pastor is incredible and very witty, so as the first arrangement tumbled down he turned, looked back at the audience and said "Don't mind him, he just had too much to drink last night celebrating". Everyone chuckled, including myself and the groom and we continued with that part of the service. 

When the other one toppled, my pastor didn't even turn but just commented "Him too", to more giggles. During communion, my music director [and friend] walked to the alter and put both arrangements behind the altar so everything looked normal, which is something I was incredibly grateful for as the "kiss the bride" pictures turned out beautifully with the bare backdrop.

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2] The case of the missing wedding rings - That's right, our wedding rings were MIA for that all important moment. The morning of the wedding, our wedding planners were at my parent's house bright and early to pick up things for the reception. C had given me the wedding rings as they had asked to hold onto them, instead of worrying about the best man keeping track of them. Made total sense to me, so I handed them over and didn't think anything of it. 

Cue the "May I please have the rings" moment. I looked at the best man and his face of "I don't have them" was priceless. I, of course, thought he was kidding and then he and C exchanged a look and C said to me "You gave them to the planners right"?!?! Yes, yes I did. Guess they weren't given to the best man after all [more on why in the next ooops].

During this moment you can imagine the restlessness of the guests, because they didn't know what was going on, but knew something was wrong. We were all just looking at each other going "Okay, where's the planner and if they aren't here, now what?!?!"

And then all at once my pastor, all the groomsman and my dad started to take of their rings, so we would have something to exchange. My heart was so touched and I thought "Well, let's just roll with it". 

Luckily, the planners realized what was going on and quickly walked them down the aisle. Again, our witty pastor broke the 'tension' by saying "Fedex, they deliver on Saturday too". Everyone joined in laughing and I'm 99% sure this is when my photographer snapped this shot, which is one of my favorites.

After the wedding, everyone kept asking me if I was 'freaking' out when the rings weren't there, because everyone was watching everything go down. I can honestly say I wasn't in the least. It was just a 'oops' moment and having everyone near reach for their rings is a moment I'll keep forever. Honestly, C and I can't seem to do anything without laughing or doing something silly, so it was perfect to have that moment in the wedding.

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3] Groomsman socks and my flower clips joined the MIA club - Yes, yes, another MIA moment. Both have a slight bit of a back story, so please forgive the length [and lack of picture] here. 

Part of C's gift to his groomsmen [along with paying for half the suits, the shirts and the tie] he bought them pink and green argyle socks, to match the wedding colors. We saw cute picture on Facebook in the beginning of planning [wow, that's so long ago] and wanted to recreate it on our wedding day. 

During the week before the wedding, he and I spent time packing everything up, labeling back so nothing would get missed on wedding day. Since we catered our rehersal dinner [which I need to blog about because it was amazing] there was a lot of back and forth and bags being shifted from car to car and so on and so forth. 

Cue the morning of the wedding while the guys are getting ready and the socks are NO WHERE to be found. C checked his apartment, his car, the suite his brothers car, but no dice. Well, since they groomsman were told not to bring socks, all of a sudden they don't have ANY socks to wear with their dress shoes. RUT-ROH!

Of course we had the best wedding planners ever, and one of them went to the mall by the hotel and purchased socks for all. And didn't let on about it at all when she came to see me. I wasn't told until after the ceremony by C, which made me laugh. Which also figures into how the rings didn't get presented to the best man, as she was buying socks.  Selfishly I'm glad C didn't forget his socks as the pink socks picture is one of my favorites!

The only oops that I was really upset about [but not too upset] was the fact that my hair flowers were misplaced for the reception. Since my aunt made my veil, I knew I didn't want to have it on at the reception so we didn't have to worry about it falling or getting ruined.

A friend of mine, owns a consignemnt wedding dress and designer accessory shop, so I went and looked through her merchandies and found a set of beautiful flowery hair clips. They matched the whimsy of my gown, without being too big or too much in my hair. Once they arrived, I put them in a bag for the big day and gave it to our planners the day of the wedding.

Well, at the reception when I asked for them, they didn't know what I was talking about. It was my fault for not explaining, but I had thought since it was marked on a bag we would know what to do with it. So, they brought me the bag and no hair box in it. I was bewildered and a bit crushed becuse I was so sure I had planned and packed them before hand. My sisters improvides and put some wedding flowers in my hair and in the end it didn't really matter. 

Cut to the end of the night, when we are moving things out of the reception hall and I walked by the presents table. Wouldn't' you know, there was my hair clip box. Since the set had to be created, the designer wrapped it in a beautiful box and wrote Congrats Pinky on the tag, leading my planners to believe it was a gift. Honest mistake, of course, so I just put them on for the after party at the hotel bar.

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Looking back, the day was still perfectly us and I can honestly say it was the best day of my life. Things weren't 'perfect' but the day was incredible.

Wives: what was your oops moments on your wedding day?

Bridestobe: Repeat after me "My wedding day will be amazing, even if it isn't perfect". Now remember that on your day :)!

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