I'm assuming that if anyone is reading this, that whoever you are you probably know me and know that our wedding is planned for a Thursday. I'm going to explain why here bec when anyone asks me in person, I'm no longer going to explain. Ben and I originally wanted to have our wedding take place in the Outer Banks of NC. Our idea (or rather my idea, bec Ben is very much male in the fact that he really doesn't care what we do) was to have our very close friends and family (envisioning about 20 people tops here) come to the OBX for a full week and towards the end of the week (probably on Thursday) have the ceremony. This didn't work out due to several reasons (biggest two being that we are both in grad school at night and working full time jobs during the day, which makes for planning a wedding in another city extremely difficult AND we suddenly didn't want to wait a year and a half to be able to marry each other...we wanted to do it, well, as soon as possible). So, we started looking around Chattanooga, found a wonderful location and decided to stick with the Thursday idea. Why? Because we want to. I've heard about how inconvenient it is for people to come, and to be horribly honest, I (or rather we) do not care. Having the wedding on a Thursday evening is completely convenient for us...and we are who matters bec it is OUR wedding. Additionally, we feel that whoever really loves us will come to our wedding no matter where or when we have it. Therefore, this Thursday eve thing is really helping to weed out those people who really don't want to come thus leaving only those that are ecstatic about our nuptials. These are the people that I want to witness my wedding. This is what a wedding should be about. It most definitely shouldn't be about sharing your vows with 350 people, 300 of which you've not spoken to in 6 and a half years, but you went to their wedding so they should come to yours. I don't think I'll ever understand people that have huge weddings like that. If only 3 people come, then so be it...at least I'll know that I was surrounded by 3 people that love me very much.
Having said all of that, there is apparently another non-conformist aspect to this wedding but I didn't think this one would be a big deal. However, after showing a pic of the cake I love to someone the other day and waiting while she finished laughing at it, I realized exactly how backwoods Chattanooga is. No, this cake looks nothing like the very traditional, perfectly swirled, pearled or rose adorned white circles that most everyone around here is used to. In contrast, it's lopsided and extremely colorful. It is beautiful and I love it, and I only hope that someone in this hillbilly town can make it for me. I don't mock those that aren't willing to think outside the box, but expect them to not mock me either. However, I do feel sorry for them. I would hate for my wedding to look exactly like everyone else's wedding....that would be such a shame. I am unique...and my wedding will reflect my uniqueness.
Finally, I complain about the lack of cutting edge vendors in the area...again. I went to the Bridal Show here a few weeks ago and encountered one photojournalism type photographer. Just ONE. Hello, people...what is wrong with you? Don't you know that you could be making crazy money if you artistically photographed weddings??? Additionally, I'm getting a little worried that no one in this area is going to be able to make my aforementioned non traditional wedding cake. Let's keep our fingers crossed that I'm worrying for nothing here.
I should have started a blog long ago...what a catharsis without annoying my friends, fiance and family.
Anyway, having said all of that I guess I should run.
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