27 Weddings

As you most are well aware, I like weddings. Sometimes I dont like them as much (like right now) but generally conversations or movies or pictures about weddings tend to make me happy. One of my more favorite wedding movies is "27 Dresses" and I was thinking about it the other day and thougth to myself, I should do a blog post about my past 27 weddings or if I've done that many in 2011. So I went into my work email folders to see how many I had in my "past weddings" folder (this was last week). I had already deleted the weddings from Jan & Feb, but since March 5th I have done exactly 27 weddings, how freakin crazy!

Now I have to do this post today because I have a wedding tomorrow and will no longer be at 27, so here goes (while Im sitting at work waiting for their 8pm rehearsal to start anyway). Actually, let me 1st say, I thought to myself "27 weddings, that doesnt seem that bad" but then I thought about the fact that since March 5th there has only been 23 weekends and to be honest, weddings are exhausting. If you thin 27 weddings is nothing you have never delt with a bride for over a year planning her dream day or been the one left to pull it all together and deal with her bridesmaids, mothers, friends, etc...

So here is my recap of my past 27 weddings

3/5 - indian wedding for 300 ppl, 3 day celebration
3/12 - another wedding for 300 ppl, very young bride & groom but super nice
3/19 - super great couple and parents of the bride, they were very much in love, the groom kept kissing the brides forehead :)
3/26 - super normal & easy wedding, need more like this one
4/1 - beautiful bride and her navy groom, so nice and such great photos
4/16 - older couple, she was a dancer, fun night for everyone
4/20 - i think the date says it all (it was a wednesday if you are curious)
4/23 - groom was very active in this one, he was an engineer, i dont have the best track record with engineer grooms
4/30 - was supposed to be 300 ppl, ended up being 150 :( they were from england and got married the day after kate & william, i was really hoping to see hats but sadly enough didnt see any
5/6 - beautiful wedding & couple, mom was a little emotional
5/7 - super down to earth and easy going, the bride looked super cute & kinda retro, loved it!
5/14 - this one started out shaky, dad wasnt my biggest fan, but i won him over and he danced the night away
5/20 - i looked up at one point to see the pregnant bride all alone eating at the head table, but she didnt care so thats all that matters
5/21 - one of my favorite families (on both sides), beautiful wedding, but the band was 2 hours late and didnt even give a crap, this was a long night!!
5/28 - loved them and found out at the reception the brides family was from Carmel, IN
5/29 - no words
6/4 - another 300 person one, didnt meet bride until wedding day, super easy going groom, but did burgundy velvet linens in june?
6/11 - another super great family, bride & groom both went to college on sports scholarships, you could tell by their guests, a fun night!
6/17 - the mother of the groom owned her own party supply store and dabbled in wedding planning
6/25 - a nice quiet wedding, expect when i had to repremand the bride & groom right before intros for bringing in outside liquor!!
7/2 - another beautiful bride & her man in uniform, they had a marachi band!
7/8 - another older couple, had 6 kids between the 2 of them, one of the girls did flips down the aisle after the ceremony, i loved this wedding, i even gave them a nickname "Kendy"
7/9 - got a 1 day bug and paid for it for about 3 weeks
7/15 - another dad who wasnt my biggest fan but loved me at the end, had casino tables at the wedding, a 1st for me
7/16 - 36 extra guests showed up, 259 guests drank enough for 340 guests, it was a fun night :)
7/28 - one of my all time favorites ever, i bet she is even reading this now!!!
7/30 - this bride should have been a wedding coordinator, i think she might even be more organized than i am

technically these are # 28 and #29, but i am just going to include them since it took me too long to write this post

8/5 - 3rd of 4 daughters to get married, they knew the drill and put their own little twists in it too
8/6 - one of my favorite moms, i dont think ill ever forget this one. the dad died unexpectly a few weeks before the wedding but they went on with the show. it was a beautiful and emotional day. she always made me laugh, called me "my melanie" by the end

that leads up to #30 tomorrow, but you dont get to hear about it because its not done yet! and in honor of this blog post, i did watch the movie yesterday as i attempted to have a day off.

here is to weddings!