So, time for a bit of fun and reflection. Things you’re not meant to know:
• Evelyn shared the Honeymoon suit with Fiona the day before the wedding to break in the bed. Awesome.
• Ev and Fi woke up with sore throats so they took tablets on an empty stomach. They both vomited and Ev was nauseous most of the afternoon. I felt fine.
• The fire alarm went off in the honeymoon suite after boiling the kettle. They got tired of boiling the kettle and decided to fill it with water and boiled the water instead.
• I forgot to buy cufflinks, so I asked Paul to get them, and he forgot too. It worked out well.
• Ev said she almost fainted when the roses ‘I’ sent came in (thanks Rob). My wonderful gesture was too much to take in. (I get that a lot)
• 3 glasses of wine were spilt in the car on location shots. One by Ev, one by Fi, and one from myself. Luckily it was white wine and dried clear.
• Emily had blisters on her feet. She’s an avid fire walker.
• Fi had no shoe gels in her shoes – how did you do it? Although, comfortable, flat dress shoes are no picnic either. :P
• Ev bought 7 pairs of wedding shoes (returned 2 pairs and another was a pair from a friend). The final pair was found 2 days before the wedding and was the right colour, a good height and matched the dress perfectly. Ev’s OCD side shining through.
• Ev had gold beads added to her dress.
• Ev’s new matching handbag was never found once it was taken down to the Reception room. Goodbye Ray Band sunglasses. She still doesn’t know I sold them on Ebay.
• Ev had sand in her shoes and stockings for the rest of the night after the beach shot, but it was worth it. For some reason I had sand in my underpants. I didn’t mind.
• Steve slapped me on the arse to stop me sobbing as my Bride walked down the isle.
• Steve enjoyed it. I liked it more.
• I asked Ev during the wedding ceremony if she was from out of town and what she was doing later.
• Steve also secretly enjoyed Roland’s kiss. Roland thought he was in with a shot.
• Grandad Harrold individually hole punched two hearts in each bonbonniere bookmark for ribbon to thread through. It took him and Ev 3.5 hours to do 85.
• Fresh calla lily flowers arrived to Ev’s room so two could be laid on each table, they never left the honeymoon suite so fake flowers were used instead. Still, beautiful and handy because Kayla played with them all night and may have eaten the real ones. They, with the roses, made perfect gifts for our Mothers.
• All the girls wore hand-crafted glass-blown beads with 26% carat floating gold inside. The swirls were complemented with swirly earrings. I have no idea what this means but it sounds great.
• Every chance he got, Roland was fixing my, tie, belt, corsage and jacket. I thought that was pretty cool. Not gay at all.
• We ate subway in the wedding cars on the way to the photo shoots.
• The Groom and Groomsmen all had beer steins with ‘Groom’, ‘Best Man’ or ‘Groomsman’ on the mug. We weren’t sure whose was who.
• Belinda nearly crapped herself when Sam asked if she wanted to make a speech. Chicken!!! :)
• The Bride and Groom didn’t eat any wedding cake on their Wedding night.
• I got slapped and pinched on the butt during the Guard of Honour more times than I care to count but again, I didn’t mind.
• Our hotel key didn’t work after we left the ceremony and one of the staff sprinted up to unlock our room. She then carried us both over the threshold.
So there it is. A little insight as to what went on behind the scenes that people didn’t and in hindsight shouldn’t know. We both had an awesome day. We’re glad everyone there was able to share it with us.
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