Wedding season is upon us. This spring/summer I have (had) three on the calendar, two were in May and one coming up in July. I had to miss the first one because of Grandma's funeral, which was a big disappointment, but was able to enjoy the second in June and am getting stoked for the July ceremony. The thing is, I love weddings - getting dressed up, food, dancing, celebrating your friends, toasts, seeing old friends and acquaintances, meeting new people, and looking to the future. So as I get ready for my last round of the season, I thought I would share a few of my lessons for surviving the wedding season!
In June I made my first trek up to NYC for M&M's wedding. After a few days hanging with L. - drinking too much wine and watching an overdose of Disney Channel Original Movies - we met up with M. and headed up to Hudson Valley for the ceremony. It was a perfect single girl trio to enjoy the wedding as we are all looking for the same thing from the wedding: booze, dancing, and celebrating. We had a blast getting up there and getting ready. When we got downstairs, we did pictures, and I turned around to discover someone in the same dress as me. Luckily, I had a back-up dress and within 5 minutes I made the full change - including shoes and accessories. Lesson #1: Always bring a back-up dress.
After the ceremony, we zeroed in on the drinks and apps at the cocktail reception - where we got to enjoy dole whip cocktails, Disney music, and a surprise appearance by a dinosaur (yep, a dino was at the cocktail reception). Dinner was a blur of dancing, food, and wine spritzers (yes, you read that right, we got spritzers). The food was fantastic and we got second helpings and enjoyed the homemade desserts from the bride's dad. Lesson #2: Water down your drinks - seriously - seltzer and white wine is refreshing, keeps the hangover to a minimum, and keeps you from making an ass of yourself on the dance floor.
We piled into the van back to the hotel and changed for the after party. At the party, we drank more spritzers, gossiped, and played games. As the night wore on the group started splintering off into smaller sets, L. made friends with the front desk attendant and kept us in seltzer for the spritzer, I ended up in a deep conversation with the best man, M. sneaked off to bed, and the next thing I knew it was the wee hours of the morning. Lesson # 3: Be prepared for no sleep and lots of coffee the next morning.
It was a truly fabulous wedding and I can't wait to do it again for D&J's big dya in a few weeks - I've got my two dresses, a taste for spritzers, and 5 Hour Energy in my medicine cabinet. Hopefully, you are ready for your wedding season as well!
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