Wedding Wisdom from a Bride

Well, after months of planning and hours of getting things together, Adam and I are officially and finally married. Mr. & Mrs. Jones, has a nice ring to it! :) After some short contemplation, I have a few words of advice for upcoming weddings that I learned from ours. If you're getting married... hopefully it will help and if you're already married, just nod your head in agreement b/c you know its true!


1. Undercover Cops are always a good idea, whether you have a crazy mother who may or may not show up, or if just for the reason that some random guy shows up during the ceremony and tries to walk his dog through the area. "Sir, we are not asking you to leave, we are telling you." SOO classic and worth every penny!


2. When picking our your bridesmaid's shoes, make sure they are cute, functional and wearable. Who cares if they are 5 inches tall, made by Penthouse and your bridemaids sink in the ground? they'll end up barefoot by the end of the evening anyway.


3. Bug spray, bug spray, bug spray. (Bonus if your Groom likes the scent better than perfume, like mine did!)


4. When possible, rescue your awesome photographer from drunken single men who all think she's hot and want to hit on her. She's there to work and have fun, not to take care of drunken wedding crashers. Also? If she's basically pointing to you and fanning you over, that really means she needs your help during said situation. Bonus points if your bring her a drink after all that!


5. Play Vanilla Ice. Apparently, this brings out the inner dancer in all of your guests. (Kudos to Andy for making this one of the most memorable and greatest moments of our wedding reception!)


6. Hide cupcakes from the 2 year old ring bearer. AND? Don't let the dj show continuous photos of cupcakes on slide show b/c ringbearer will want cupcakes all night!



7. When your sister-in-law hands you a tiny dvd of your ceremony, don't think it would be a "cute" idea to put it in the limo's dvd player on the way to the hotel b/c it WILL get stuck and you WILL spend the next hour of your life trying to get the thing out! Long story short, dvd may never be recovered.


8. Let your groom's cousin videotape the entire ceremony... it will be funny later when you're watching and you hear his commentary. I guess Eric forgot there was sound on the video as well. haha


9. And last, but certainly not least, enjoy the day b/c tomorrow it will all be over!! :)