Yesterday was a really lovely day weather wise and social-wise too. We went to a friend's wedding and it was a great honour to be included in the whole of their celebrations. I know from experience how costly these events are and with budget restrictions and the restrictions on numbers allowed at the venue it is often the list of friends that has to be tapered....so yes I always consider it an honour to receive an invite.
We didn't know many people there, only bride, groom, groom's parents and some friends but we felt very welcome. The church is modern but small and friendly. The bride looked stunning of course, everyone oood and ahhhhd when she arrived in the horse drawn carriage, the bridesmaids had very summery dresses and looked great, the same fabric as the dresses was used for the pageboy/ring bearer's waistcoat and he (the bride and groom's son) looked soooooo cute at just 2 and a half years old.
Of course then follows the usual long delays for the guests while the photographer did her thing but it was a glorious day for standing about in a church yard. Then onto one of our favourite posh places for the reception, giving a lift to the groom's granny too. There were lots of nice touches that made it lovely like how they had put a balloon beside every child's place setting together with sticker puzzle books (great to keep them amused) and more appropriate chocolates for their age than the adults party favours, plus lolly pops and bubbles on every table together with the disposable camera.....plus the little box that confused us - small square box with the lid taped down, so I inspected it and shook it then turned it over to see the advert sticker showing "www.talkingtables.com" yikes were they recording everything we were saying??? We discussed and debated this around the table for some time until the lady on my left decided to actually investigate and broke the tape and lifted the lid, then possibly to our disappointment we found it was a collection of little cards with general knowledge questions and answers to "get the table talking to each other"!
The entertainment was brilliant. I loved the 'crooner' who sang lots of Sinatra, Michael Buble, Rat-Pack etc songs, there was a disco too and then as a special surprise on came a Blue's Brothers tribute duo who are always amazing and certainly get every party I've seen them at rock!
Then it was time for us to leave, not too late as we had offered to take the groom's granny home on our way. Of course I'd also brought home a piece of wedding cake for each of us as I have to confess in believing in the luck of wishing on wedding cake.......hope the bride and groom ate lots of it.
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