Postby Kinokokao » Sat Feb 28, 2009 11:14 pm
@wave of peas
A very Zeta-esque reaction of XD
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Details you shall have! (and photos, etc...whenever I actually start planning) XD I've looked at some locations around town and discussed the time of day/menu with the Boy, just general What Sort of Wedding do we Want? questions so I can start getting some concrete plans in place.
I'd like to wear my mother's dress, if possible. She needs to drag it from storage so we can see how well preserved it is. It's a very beautiful dress... classic, but simple. (High neck, lace bodice. Sleveless, with a dropped natural waist in delicate satin and a small train. You'll definitely get photos at some point)
I think a wreath of greenery in my hair would be beautiful. We probably won't have an outdoor ceremony since we plan to be married in January, very shortly after I graduate (this December). There's a small, beautiful A-frame chapel on campus, the same chapel in which my parents were married, that I've inquired about. I've also looked into having the reception in the Student Union on campus, but I'm still investigating other, inexpensive locations.
It's going to be a small, simple ceremony. Just friends and family, so about 80-100 people invited, maybe 60-70 attending. The reception is going to be "Punch and Cake" style, very simple, possibly on a Sunday afternoon.
I don't have my attendants selected yet. I was able to pick very easily; there is a girl I've known online since I was in high school whom I am very close to that I asked immediately after the Boy proposed. I asked Nathan to be my "Honor attendant" (basically, my maid of honor, except... male), so he'll be helping me plan and all that.
>_>; I, uh, actually don't have any close female friends, so I'm a bit at a loss as to who else I will ask. I have female cousins, but none that I'm especially close with geographically -- or socially, I guess. My cousins Emily and Leslie are dear to me, but they're 3 year older than me and were always "too cool" for their dorky little cousin growing up; they preferred to hang out with my brother, leaving me to try and find a place within the posse of boy cousins that are in my age bracket.
I didn't think I wanted a flower girl, but I'm thinking now that maybe I should ask my youngest cousin, Abigail, with whom I share a middle name (we are both named for my father's mother; her great-grandmother, my grandmother) ... but she has 2 older sisters, and several cousins, that I'd feel weird "playing favorites" like that with.
-____- I'll figure something out. I might just ask The Boy's bestman's fiance, since they'll be married by the time we get married. I'm not especially close to her, but she's always been nice to me...
Let's see. I really haven't planned much out. I know that I want the colors to be purple and green, since purple is my favorite color and green is the Boy's. The Boy says he wants a multi-tier, traditional looking wedding cake. He also wants a reading from Corinthians; he was able to quote it for me. I think I would like my brother to give a reading that is historical and secular in nature, perhaps something from a military general or a philosopher. I feel obligated to include him in the wedding -- maybe I'll ask him to stand with me, and just have a wedding party full of dudes. -____-;;
I'd like to use some selections from Sappho somewhere in the ceremony, perhaps on the programs. I have a book of her complete works (mostly fragments) in original greek with translations.
Oh, and since Nathan is a ceramicist, I want to incorporate lots of pottery into the decorations. I'm not big into flowers, so I'd like to use live plants/greenery instead.
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holy crap TLDR
KKINO I FUKKIN LOVE YOU MAN
I DO have a small problem with my skin, though, and I don't mind the pale look and have little to no interest in tanning. >_> I have a small pigment problem with my skin. I have these tiny patches of deep white blotches that mar my legs. -_-; Have had them since I was a kid. Doctors gave me some cream but it only helped a little. At least it has never spread, though doctors remind me to always try to wear sunblock whenever I go out for prolong periods of time.
