(And, um, thanks for pretending that this is different from any other day.)
As most of you know, B and I made our way to a destination wedding this weekend. The desination being Bumfuck, Virgina.
(I keed, I keed. It was in Lexington, at Washington & Lee University, and I was actually quite enamored with the town- it reminded me of a smaller Chapel Hill. Positively quaint, in a word or two.)
So, yeah, once we got there, it was delightful.
Catch that? Em-fah-sis on “ONCE WE GOT THERE.”
Our plan looked good on paper. B is a groomsman, and needs to be at rehearsal at 5pm. We take half days and leave at noon, meet at Reagan to pick up the rental car, and hopefully beat the weekend traffic out of the city.
Easy peasy puddin pie, right?
Yeah. Not so much.
At approximately 11:45, my office blows up with requests. Requests that I cannot put off til Monday because it just so happens that I work at a Very Important Place (thank you, thank you), and I am still relatively new and in the “trying to prove myself” phase. Read: I am a chump.
Meanwhile, my cell phone is ringing off the hook as B discovers that A) it is taking him forever to get through the car rental place line so I should just metro out to Ballston and meet him there, B) the car rental he non-refundably purchased through Priceline will now not give him a car without an airline ticket, C) No, really, they actually won’t, so I need to find a car rental nearby and make it happen (keep in mind I haven’t driven a car in two years and don’t have insurance of any kind), D) Okay, he found a different service who will give him a car, so back to the metro to Ballston plan. (Did your head just asplode??? Cause MINE DID.)
And the whole time, my ass is being handed to me at work with request after request… WHILE I’m trying to get out the door with my entirely overpacked and too-heavy suitcase. It’s how I do. (“How” being foolish.)
After finally escaping and schlepping myself around town and the metro, we get into our sweet little Hyundai rental. It is after 1 now and we have approximately 3.5 hours to make the alleged 3 hour drive, so we kick the Elantra into high gear… (by the way, an Elantra in high gear = oxymoron).
And promptly spend an hour in bumper to bumper traffic. Not even endless MJ on the radio could make us feel better.
Finally free of the clusterfuck, we haul ass to Lexington, and I plug the address he has written down that is not the hotel into the GPS, assuming it is the site of the rehearsal.
We get there at 4:56…
And realize it is the country club, where the RECEPTION will be held in about three hours.
Thanks to Bernadette, my BBerry (Bernie for short), we find the address for “Lee Chapel” and make it across town in five minutes flat, showing up at 5:01, two steps behind the bride. We are sweaty and smelly in our wrinkled work clothes… but more importantly, we are a whole lotta WIN.
We make it through the rehearsal and dash to the hotel to shower and change before the dinner. B rips open his suitcase to locate one of the TWO brand spankin new white shirts he has brought. He pulls out shirt 1…
To find it covered with shoe polish. Shiny shoes FAIL.
Annoyed but not yet beaten, he digs for shirt 2… at which point, he realizes it requires cufflinks.
Which, of course, he did not bring.
“It’s okay,” I said. “We’ll use the crappy pins that came with it, and just wear your jacket… and, yanno, try not to stab yourself when they’re taking pictures. You don’t wanna flash an O face that will be in their wedding album forever.”
Fresh from a two-second shower, I reach for my $15 yet-super-cute Forever 21 cocktail dress, tug it on, and turn to be zippered.
Halfway up, the zipper jams. The cloth is being eaten by the teeth and there is no Up, no Down, no Passing Go and Collecting $200. This. Shit. Is. STUCK.
I twisted. He yanked. We prayed. I made a sacrifice of our hotel room toiletries to the Goddess of cheap dresses. Nothing doing.
Fifteen minutes later, both of our index fingers were blistered and bloody, and he ripped the goddamn thing off me [insert skanky hotel sex here, if we'd had time] and I pulled on a Paris Hilton pink J Crew sundress that all the girls at the wedding probably A) own and B) wear to the BEACH, not, yanno, REHEARSAL DINNERS.
Whatevski. Wine- I mean, the blood of Christ (it was a SUPER religious wedding- the Mother of the Bride actually converted me to Quakerism, I think. I’ll have to check my pamphlets) fixes all, no?
Nevertheless, as soon as we actually MADE it to the dinner, the rest of the weekend was a blast. Despite the fact that I have never, ever seen so much seersucker/bowties/Lilly dresses in my life, everyone was just freaking delightful and I couldn’t have asked for a more fun crowd of complete strangers to hang out with.
The highlight of the actual wedding for me, I have to say, was far and away the best man’s speech. The groom’s twin brother is the kind of guy you take one look at, and decide that A) He is a CHARACTER, and B) It is my life goal to be that guy’s best friend by the end of the night. It may be because I was a little tipsy, but this made me laugh so hard I almost peed a little bit. And, he was kind enough to provide me with a copy of it for your amusement… I only wish you could see him deliver it, but this shall have to do.
Best Man’s Toast
Twins have a special bond.
Sometimes we’re best friends.
Sometimes we’re mortal enemies.
But we are always twins and mostly, best friends.
Let me tell you a story.
When we were eight, our parents shipped us off to summer camp for two weeks. The first night, I was too scared to get out of my sleeping bag and I wound up peeing in my bunk.
I slept in that wet sleeping bag for the next two nights.
Eventually, I couldn’t stand it anymore, so I crawled into my brother’s sleeping bag with him. He didn’t object, and so we wound up sleeping together for the rest of the two weeks.
The thing is, the other kids in the cabin began calling us “homosechuals”…
We didn’t know what that meant, so we asked our parents when they picked us up, and they told us…
We were surprised.
Now I’ve gotten over my fear of the dark, and he has chosen someone else with whom to share his sleeping bag.
To my brother and his bride, I love you both and I wish
you the best that life has to offer.
Beautiful, no? It’s okay, I know you’re chopping onions right now. Let it out.
The other highlight of my weekend?
Happy freaking Monday, y’all… at least we have Friday off! Look, it’s Tuesday already! Magic!
(Btw, ladeez, don’t forget to enter my Hello Kitty vibrator giveaway if you haven’t yet! Thru 11:59 PM tomorrow.)
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torture is to priceline as heat is to dante's 10th circle.
that made sense in my head.
Ugh, sounds horrible, but your adorable pictures make up for it.
I can do a little better. Remember that wedding Matt and I went to a few weekends ago in the most southern tip of Virginia, ya know where Virginia connects to Tennessee?
Yeah well THERE WAS NO ALCOHOL at the wedding.
Also, you two look adorable!
I found myself reading that in super sonicspeed. I imagine that had you been telling that story IRL, you'd be speaking REALLY fast.
At least you are cuties and fun! That makes up for the horrendousness of the trip, right? AND you got to get coffee from Bible places!! Win all the way around!
The bow tie is fabulous!!
I believed your story right up until you said it was busy at work on a Friday, hello? Who works on a Friday?
I always wondered what happened to Tucker Carlson.
[insert wicked cackle]
Yeah, I'll pay for that tomorrow.
Squeeeee!
Is that a clip on? Or does Ba ctually know how to tie a bowtie? I don't know what is worse.
I'm tired just from reading that.
I hate it when I forget cufflinks. That's why I always carry a smaller backup travel pair.
Well that started off with chaos. Glad to see things calmed down once you got there! Did the best man do his best impression of a child when he said "homosechuals?" Hahaha! Cute speech
What a GREAT story for a Monday morning. And, like always, you reminded me of another case where I might have blocked out an embarrassing story – about showing up to a wedding the weekend BEFORE it actually happened – true story – and I'd flown in ;(
I think I might be missing two eyes by the time I got to the rehearsal because I would have poked them out somewhere between the bumper-to-bumper and the MOOOOOOO cows you Twittered about! You guys are the cutest things on the planet despite the silly bow tie!
The speech was awesome. And you and B are adorable!
Tell your "other" to lose the bow tie… Looked like a tall Pee-Wee Herman…
Great toast and the pic you two is so cute!
Great post. The story of your trip out there sounds like something that would happen to me. Boy ties are awesome.
~ ???? I'm confused. (keep in mind I haven't driven a car in two years and don't have insurance of any kind)??? Your a Masshole, since when would any of that EVER matter?
~ This is probably, bar none, the best wedding toast I've ever seen…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy1uWAm4SnI
I hate that you had to go through all of that to start off with … But you and B looked great!
You have outlined why I do not like traveling for weddings. Something, such as the shoe polish, always happens. I must learn to tie a bowtie.
My one qualification in life is that the man I marry (when and if that ever happens) looks incredible in a bowtie. I'm a Southern girl, what can I say.
awww you both look bootiful!
Gotta love men in bowtie. Haha. Your picture looks super cute!
That is too funny!
Laugh at your misfortune? Nah. Laugh at the clear preppiness of the wedding- SURE!
I hate being rushed and I hate feeling wrinkled and icky. Did you get to have skanky hotel sex later, though?
hahaha omgggg hilarious. what's funny is that Lexington, VA is where I went to a wedding last weekend and it was totally the opposite… no religious people, just totally drunk crazy mountain people. sounds so fun though despite the mishaps, and pretty pictures!
I once went to a wedding in Hanover, Indiana. Wondering where it is? Don't bother…
On the upside, you two look amazing. Great picture.
My god that trip sounds like it came from a movie. You should try to sell the rights to someone. I think everyone here would love a Lilu and B movie.
Everything about this post made me laugh or smile.
I'm glad y'all got down there in time!
That speech was so cute! And it was sort of like TMI for kids. Sounds like a fun weekend over all.
My favorite part of this post is that B is standing in front of an ABC store (for you non-Virginians, they're the state-run liquor stores). It's just perfect.
Glad you had fun in my homeland!
Looks how you had so much fun!! =) You && B look sooo cute. hehehe.
Ballston.
Best. Town name. Ever.
That bow tie is pretty killer. Me thinks someone has a future in bow tie tying tutorials on YouTube.
Me also thinks I won't write/say "me thinks" ever again.
oh god, ive had the same forever 21 dress experience. so cute on the rack (no pun intended), but not always a win on the bod.
ps- last weekend at the wedding i went to, the gents also referenced youtube for proper placement of a hanky thingy in their pockets. such DOODS!
you look beautiful, ps.
Well played all the way around! Next time try and include a quick-change in a tiny car though, I like those.
People still wear seersucker?
And that is the best speech ever.
This reminds me of many a Mr. Toad's wild ride to a wedding that I've experienced… Late, lost and not at all dressed and ready for the occasion… But it all works out in the end.
Nice toast and you guys look very nice! Why does B remind me of Mad Tv' Michael McDonald? This one looks nicer though : )
Nice pics you guys.
I'm not ashamed to admit that that speech has me still teary because it's basically the cutest ever. But dear god, the rest of that weekend sounds stressful as fuck.
But at least you got converted!
Wow that is an amazing speech. And sounds like a crazy ass weekend!
Hahahaha, that speech.. omg it reminds me of how I once peed in my pyjamas at camp .. Sadly, I didn't have a twin into whom's pjs I could just hop. I wish. Damn it was cold and wet.
B in a bowtie is really almost cuter than Axe Murderer ! And you guys are the most deliciously adorable couple eva' !
Dear God. I would have given up before leaving the city. You, my friend, are a trooper.
LOVE that bow tie. Do we call that salmon or coral? Classic.
Your babies are going to have big beautiful eyes!
ew, torture. especially since they made you drive a HYUNDAI!
but you guys are adorable. the bow tie makes me want to pinch his cheeks. really, it does.
At least the rest of the weekend went well, and you have adorable pictures of you and B to prove it!
The toast was good. The best man always does it better than the maid of honor.
However, no matter which way you spin it, wedding suck.
Especially when you can't benefit from the open bar.
Isn't that the only reason we go?
I'm tellin ya, I have never been to a wedding where you just slide in sleep thru the ceremony then hit the open bar and end up puking in the toilet the rest of the night from too many champagne toast on top of too many grey hounds with out MAJOR drama. (sorry that sentence was two days long)
oh wow, i kept thinking surely it can't get any worse, but alas, it did. the forever 21 dress just about put me over the edge. glad you had fun though, lilly dresses and all.
You looked beautiful!
You two are a fantastic looking couple! The best man speech was top notch.
That speech was priceless. lol
I just want to say- I think it's awesome that B rocked the bowtie.
I got stressed out just *reading* what you had to go through to get there.
But that bowtie picture…well, that's just priceless.
Haha- awesome! I especially enjoyed the urine soaked sleeping bag part. Oh, the memories of Bible camp, they come flooding back in…
I'm waiting for that wedding when the maid of honor has the best toast.
1) Priceline is not the bizness.
2) Your chaos and my chaos are besties. (This is another reason why I am convinced we were separated at birth)
C) Fuck forever21.
*) That is such a cute story.
You are officially my FAV!!
You make me LOL all over!!
Good lord, your travel mojo is as bad as mine. Glad you finally made it and had a great time.
You mean the vibrator contest is just for the ladies?
I'm upset now.
Thanks.
I always wanted a twin brother. (Cute pics BTW).
lol
that toast was epic
When it rains, it pours. I have those kinds of days at least once a week. And you're right, drinking does make it all better.
That bow tie is the bee's knees.
Great speech. Perfect. I once co-wrote a best man speech limerick.
There was a young man called Ray (the groom)
He decided to get married one day
It came as a shock
As likes to wear a frock
And we all thought he was just…happy
Crazy journey. Two weeks ago we were driving through France and congratulating ourselves on our good time when we came off the motorway to get fuel. Got stuck in the city Le Manse for two damn hours in traffic!
Oh dear, could anything else have gone on that trip?! I consider it taking one for the team. At least the bride showed up. At least the groom made it through the vows. Ya know?!? BTW, I went to a wedding in Lexington, too. Was the ceremony in the chapel on campus? If so, too quaint – pretty!
B rocks the hell out of a bowtie. Lucky girl, you!
Lexington, VA is one of the prettiest places on Earth. We honeymooned there.
Funny story…
But oh man, are you serious?! A hello kitty vibrator? Do I want Hello Kitty down on my hot spot?
LOL
I never fancied bowties coz they remind me so much of cartoons. lol.
Bigass AWWW to the speech!!
i can't believe B had to rip a dress off you but DIDN'T get to parlay it into crazy dirty hotel sex. that's just unfair.
i'll assume he made up for it later.
i went to a wedding toooo! Only mine went off w/o a hitch. except where the wedding skank, charity (her real name, cus she gives it away) showed us all her top and bottom at my manfriends house, after makig out w/his brother who wasnt her date.
Crazy things ALWAYS happen when your on a tight schedule. Glad the weekend turned out great though!
I'm sorry that you had to suffer for our amusement, but holy shit that was hilarious.
Um… sounds like it was the road trip from Hell. At least you had fun after you got there. Don't you hate feeling rushed?
Nothing like making a dramatic entrance!
I am amazed you guys made it in time, considering Friday afternoon traffic headed south out of Washington, DC is well beyond hellacious. In fact, they should think up a word specific to how hellacious Washington, DC's traffic really is…
If someone is actually stupid enough to marry my twin, I'm sure something will end up in there about how people thing we are "lesbinin twins". We do MOSTLY everything together but guys still fantasize. pervert mother fuckers LOL
I twisted. He yanked. We prayed.
best quote ever.
awww and that was an awesome speech! dont think it trumps my hubs drunk ass little brother completely fucking up his speech at our wedding……. happy thoughts. happy thoughts
you guys are a gorhjas couple!
If I had to go through all that chaos to get to a wedding, I probably would have been pissed off the whole weekend! I don't do well with stressy situations…so I'm glad you really enjoyed the wedding!
I just Googled 'how to tie a bowtie' just in case I ever need it in the future. And by 'future' I mean, when I get home tonight and practice.
The bowtie is very cute. So that does help.
Now that you're converted, does that mean you'll stop drinking? Because that sounds boring.
I LOVE bowties!
cavy: You know I get you, babe.
Lil' Woman: Thanks, love! We tried.
Marie: Oh my lord. This was open bar the whole time, thank goodness.
andonetime: You imagine correctly, my friend.
Jules: It was so very, VERY Bible-y.
Girl OAJ: Undeniably.
Snay: My office is BUSIEST on Fridays. It blows chunks.
Fearless: I just told him you said it, just to make sure.
Lemmy: Post amended to include the fact that they got INSTRUCTIONS off youtube…
inkpuddle: Me too. Sigh.
Eric: I think he might, from now on… the next day we actually found a nice pair in an antique store for $3! Major score!
lovelila: YES! It was just like that, and oh so very cute!
BigSis: Oh, I will definitely take 1 minute late over a week early… you poor thing!
Sassy: You mean, ESPECIALLY the bowtie, right?
liferehab: Thanks, love.
buffalodick: Oh, gross. Now we can't bone when he has it on…
BE Susan: Thanks!
Chris: Boy ties? I don't wanna know… (I kid, I kid.)
Svaha: Oh my lord, that is HILARIOUS! Hahaha!
Megan: We managed to pull it off, somehow
justjp: I'm not sure he knows without youtube helping him…
BEAT: Fair enough- the party did look dashing, I have to say!
pinkjb: Thank you!
Andhari: Cute = drunk, yes?
Katie: NOW. It is funny NOW.
Dmbosstone: As long as you're laughing, my dear.
Kate: OBVS. I put the dress back on and let him rip it again. (Am I kidding? Who knows…)
Olivia: Oh, this was open bar… they were very religious about their booze, you could say.
iihtpf: Thank you so much… somehow it came together.
Steph: It'd be like The Newlyweds, but with brains… and more poop!
Deutlich: ME TOO. Talk about cutting it close…
Cyndy: I bring the TMI out wherever I go, it seems
K @ BG: I'm sure he planned that, too…
Nickie: Aw, thanks! His bowtie makes me laugh, too.
moog: Of course you gravitate to THAT.
f.B: I say methinks on the reg. I should probably stop saying "the reg", huh?
brookem: The thing is, the dress was super cute on… if ONLY the zipper hadn't broken! Sigh. And thanks, darlin!
Miss Tricky: Actually, he did change in a WalMart parking lot. How did I forget that?!
Kristina P: Oh, they do… and LOTS OF IT. Like, matching suits.
Kate CH: Mr. Toad! Oh, man, you just took me back…
PorkStar: Thanks, love! You're too kind
justatitch: It IS the cutest speech ever. I laughed, I cried, I choked on my champagne.
Lacey: It's how we do, apparently.
Aritza: CUTER than Axe Murderer?? I don't know…
Racquel: Believe me, if I'd had a choice…
Nikki: It was coral. Definitely coral. I know because there was also a ton of salmon there to compare it too…
SLG: Consider them pinched.
Wonderful: Aw, thanks. Very true, at least there's that!
Dolce: YES. I don't know how you do it, woman. I'd probably boycott weddings if I was preggers…
Gladys: That sentence was two days long… or that wedding was two days ago?
d&o chic: I actually don't hate Lilly dresses… they're cute enough, it's just when EVERYONE'S wearing one, you know?
Kristin: Why thank you!
SkylersDad: Thanks, and yes, it certainly was!
Tee: Truly, it was.
Matt: He totally pulled it off- I concur.
Liebchen: It made it all worthwhile.
Jill: I know, right? I think we've all been there… what?
Miss Scorpio: I'm sure it happens, occasionally… they're just always so MUSHY.
Courtni: 1, 2, C, *? I freaking love you.
Erika: Aww, you are MY fave for saying that!!!
Wendy: Travel mojo: I has none.
Mike: Not at all, my dear. How could I NOT enter you for something like that??
Herb: If I do have kids, I really, REALLY would love to have twins. And thanks!
Hanako66: The only word for it, really.
BeckEye: It is the cat's tuxedo.
mo.stoneskin: At least you were in France! <— JEALOUS
Nilsa: It was Lee Chapel on the campus! So very, very cute… though Robert's sarcophagus was a little creepy…
verybadcat: I don't blame you- it was positively lovely.
TP Chick: You know you want it. Don't front.
Nashe: They are cartoony! In a fun way, though.
Alice: You know it, sister. Rawwwr.
Fizzgig: CHARITY = "cus she gives it away"?? LOVE IT! I am so using that!
RCaitlin: We definitely had to 'go with the flow'… but it worked out!
Hopers: The things I do for you people…
Jaime: I do. I really, really do… but at least there was wine at the end of the road.
hannahjb: Dramatic entrance! Yes, let's go with that…
BS&BC: Oh, of course they do. Men…
Julie Q: And I'm not even a prayer! Thanks, love.
Loys: Well, it helped that I had taken the week off from drinking, and they provided an open bar…
JoLee: It looked pretty durn tricky, from what I could gather.
Kim: NEVER. You know me better than that, woman!
Kate: I kinda do, now, too!
Hehe you should have gotten B one of those bowties that spin around! Or a polka dotted one like in problem child!
Bowties are the best. I think seersucker and bowties is my version of heaven.
Bowties are the best. I think seersucker and bowties is my version of heaven.
dad bought bowtie for baby bro, for him to attend my grad ball. he looked like an underage waiter that night.
so funny that the boys had to youtube bowtie. lol.
It is my LIFE'S GOAL to be your first comment! One day lilu, one day!
Damn him and his pulling off a bow tie. He is now in the exclusive company of pee-wee herman.
i once heard of a small wee little boy who called his clip-on bow tie his "strap-on."
i still snarf water up my nose everytime i think of that.
This is like some zany romantic comedy! Complete with bow ties! Love it!
Is it my imagination or are you B beginning to look alike?
What is it with car rental companies being twatwaffles? Mr.POSSLQ had a nightmare car rental experience on Friday.
The bowtie is superb. I got a chuckle out of gathering to watch the bowtie YouTube tutorial. LOL!
And you could wear duct tape and paper towels and make it rock!
Ok… that weekend has 2 b one to remember for-ev-er! But your pics totally show u guys did fabulous living through it
BTW, I just NOW watched the freak out video and that shit is HILARIOUS!
That is a GREAT picture of you 2! How can you guys be so stinking cute after rushing around like that?!?! I would have been all sweaty pink flushed face and my hubs would have had to find powder to dry off his sweaty sticky ball sack from running around! How's that for a visual?
You guys are totes cute.
Since gabby she wrote is my twin, I'm going to have to keep that speech handy. It's inspiration!
i heart bow ties, mainly at tailgates, preppy weddings, and on capitol hill. but bow ties on people who are "trying to hard?" woe is them bc they will immediately be labeled as d-bags.
i heart bow ties, mainly at tailgates, preppy weddings, and on capitol hill. but bow ties on people who are "trying to hard?" woe is them bc they will immediately be labeled as d-bags.
Open bar, ok, that probably would have helped me too.
I've got the Amazing Post Award waiting for you by the way.
this post just brightened my otherwise terrible day. your writing tends to have that effect.
thanks!
I usually hate bow-ties…
…but it works for B! haha
I'm glad the wedding was a success–you both look great in the picture!
You have to love a man in a bow tie! I love that speech!
I hate hit when zippers get stuck in the fabric! There should be some kind of fashion law in order to prevent it.
I loved that twin brother story! What a great toast. My dad has a twin brother and I always think its hilarious when they aren't speaking to eachother over something ridiculous. Frenemies for sure. Twins are special. I can tell you if my brother peed in his I would have said that sucks for you!
Forever 21 clothes are cute, but crappy. Good thing you had a back-up (even if it wasn't the perfect back-up). Snazzy bow tie.
laaaaaawd have mercy !!!
Lilu .. the highlight of my day is seeing what new funny-ism you have created for this world …
Do your pamphlets say if Quakerism is the same as Amish ? =)
Holy smokes, girl, you're like wicked famous!
Thanks for stopping over. I work in a hotel that does a ton of weddings and we get asked all the time if we know how to tie bow ties. Um, I still don't know how.
I love his bow tie. Too cute.
Boys in bowties.
Presh.
Wow, the way it started I imagined it was going to be the wedding from hell too but at least the it turned out to be a good time.
Oh God. I'd be all sweaty and grosshhh after that hassle!
LOVE that they all gathered around and watched how to tie a bow tie on youtube! Sounds like a fun time minus the trip there.
The best stories come from the adventures along the way to what is actually planned.
okay that ordeal sounds ridiculous beforehand but luckily there weren't any other snafus the rest of the weekend. and love that best man speech and love that pic of you and B, so cute.
holy ordeal batman! I'm glad y'all made it well enough. I loved the speech too
Lexington huh? You weren't far from my hood.
that sounds like one of those bad dreams that youre trying so hard to get somewhere and it just wont happen.
except your was real life.
i cant believe forever 21 failed you-gotta love it. and hate it.
B doesn't know how to tie a bow tie? (Hell, I know how…but that's from when I had to wear a bowtie as a waitron at Bullfeathers.) Good thing is he adorably hot.
And yes, most of VA is bumfuck. I can say that being from the most bumfucky place, if that's a word.
Cutestttt. Sorry everything was brutal, but it sounds like you guys survived pretty well.
PS: Negative points for saying "easy peasy puddin' pie. Who the eff are you?!
glad you were able to get thru your weekend with all of the trouble that you had in the beginning…sounds like a very good wedding…your a very cute couple.
Oh wows — it seems like everytime I read a road-trip entry, getting there is usually the hardest part! Shame about the shoe polish — can you get it out at all? But B pulls off a tie very well! And I'm glad the rest of the weekend was great
you two are cute!
i think we might have the same travel agent……(i hear crickets chirping???)……
the bestman's speech made me cry *sniff sniff* that's so sweet !!
wait– no copy of the voice note for everyone to hear? It was the highlight of MY weekend.
How ironic that the last comment you put on my blog was about you having the same experiences traveling as me! Then this happens. I love ya!! Sorry if it jinxed you…I'm told I tend to do that:) BTW…I just read your last post and that video was freakin' awesummmmm!!!
I'm so impressed by a) how adorable you two look, b) that YouTube was able to provide such good instructions – that tie looks great and c) you were sober enough to relate this story – after all your trials and tribulations, I don't think I would have lasted past the "I dos" without black-out inducing libations.
I'd do almost anything to see my man in a bowtie.
This comment has probably already been made 127 times but I can't read all the previous ones to find out. My head would explode. So here it goes…
I felt like this post was one of the awesome choose your own adventure stories with all the a) b) and c) options. I always choose c.
Aww, you guys look adorable!
You're a better person than I – I'd have cracked under all that.
OK, so your misfortune is kind of funny
Sounds like it ended up being a whole lot of fun though! x
ahahaaaaaa. classic!
but my best part is the BOWTIE!!!! <3 dapper
you two look magical!
Holy Hell, just reading that stressed me out for real. Haha, LOVE the bowtie!!
awwww how sweet
you guys are so super cute. but yeah. i have 2 southern weddings this year, and i'm vaguely anti that idea because i only own FAKE pearls from… wait for it… forever 21.
Ok, he is workin' that bow tie. Fabulous. And I drove 12 hours yesterday with a screaming one year old. Feel better about you trip from hell? AH ha ha ha ha
the events trying to get to the wedding would have left me needing a bottle of xanax. i'm glad you guys made it through it to the good parts!
Wow – you guys handled all of the craziness much better than I would have. At the point of the dress zipper breaking, I would have just played hookey from the rehearsal dinner, stayed in the hotel room, and gotten drunk in my underwear.
Glad you ended up having a good time, despite the chaos! Lexington is quite charming. I spent an afternoon in that town and would love to go for a weekend.
Thanks for your kinds words about my Dad. My blogger pals have been so sweet through all of this. You guys' comments bring a smile to my face even when I'm feeling blue.
Best Man's toast made me pee myself a wee little bit too – too fricken funny! I imagine I will be picturing this as I curl up in my sleeping bag while camping this weekend.
Toasty warm!
I know your pain all too well. Anytime I make any sort of plans involving travel, it goes horribly wrong. Always.
I am lovin the bowtie. You guys are too cute. The speech was priceless.
AhahahahahhHAHHAHAHHA
"(by the way, an Elantra in high gear = oxymoron)"
Tell me about it! That's what I drive and you can't even MERGE in that car!!
Hopefully this was a weekend where "the end justifies the means" or whatever that cliche is, ha.
That was a great speech he gave. Almost makes me wish I had a twin instead of a crappy little brother. I lose.
Wow! Definite hilariousity! (Not sure if that's a word, but since it gets the point across, we'll pretend it is)
That bowtie is awesome!
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