Lawyergirl to finally marry her Plantguy PJ: Now with a bonus pity party!! (05-14)

[lawyergirl]

Yep. You read the title right. The day we finally tie the knot in July 2009, we’ll have been together for 12 years.

*question from the back of the room*: “Uh, honey, that’s crazy! Why did you put up with that?”

Long answer: ‘Cause it didn’t really matter that much to either of us (just a piece of paper, yadda yadda). Plus, I was in school and I refused to get married until I would no longer be a burden to him. And then it was more important to start our lives together and buy a condo once we had accumulated a bit of cash!!

Short answer: ‘Cause he’s got a FANTASTIC butt!!

All joking aside, PG is my best friend, my confidant, my biggest cheerleader, my snugglebunny, my other-things-that-would-get-deleted-by-the-DIS-filtering-program. Plus, in my home province (Quebec) getting married has actually fallen out of style, so livin’ in sin is not only acceptable but totally normal. We’re the freaks ‘cause we’ve decided to get married.

Correction. We’re the freaks because we refuse to get married UNLESS it’s at Disney World!!

*another question*: I think I get why you’re Lawyergirl, but why is he Plantguy?

Answer: He works in a tropical greenhouse – they export to all kinds of stores in Eastern Canada. He gets to go to work in shorts in January.

I, unfortunately, work either tethered to a desk all day, or in a windowless courtroom (to say nothing of the cab ride to the Courthouse when there is two feet of snow on the ground). I never get to wear shorts to work. Them’s the breaks.

*angry mob shouting*: Enough with the blah-blah-blahing!! GET TO THE DETAILS OF THE WEDDING, DANGIT!!

Bu… bu… but, I was going to talk about how we met… It’s a really funny story involving my mother, a country bar and Chicken McNuggets…

*angry mob*: WE DON’T CARE!! THESE ARE THE DISBOARDS!! DIS AS IN DISNEY, NOT AS IN DISCLOSURE OF YOUR LIFE STORY!!

Fine, people, fine! Put down the pitchforks… It’s coming in the next post…

 

[keenercam]

I cannot wait to read this! You have me ROTFLMBO!!!

 

[lurkyloo]

We TOTALLY care how you met!!! You wanna see an angry mob? Just keep sitting on that how-we-met story....

 

[DisBride2007]

Hi! Your first post was hilarious! Keep it coming!

Oh btw I love how you said "Dis"closure... only a lawyer would say that... I'm married to one.

 

[lawyergirl]

Disney-Specific Planning Deets

So far, after a planning trip about two weeks ago with my Mum (more on that in future posts), here’s what we’ve got:

10:00 AM - Morning ceremony at the WP. Something relatively Catholic in feel in order to placate the relatives.

11:30ish AM – Buffet brunch reception at Narcoosee’s. It has to be a buffet if you have a reception there, which works out perfectly for us. It’s a gorgeous space too, with lots of natural sunlight, and a view of the MK without hitting people over the head with all things Disney. Pictures at: http://www.wdwinfo.com/Photos/Narcoossees.htm

Besides, Mickey waffles AND Mimosas on my wedding day? Please AND thank you!!

3:00 PM – get kicked out of Narcoosee’s (them’s the rules).

8:30ish PM – Illuminations dessert reception at Lower French, with a possibility of DJ/dancing once the park is certified free of guests. I don’t know whether I’ll still be wearing my wedding dress – it will depend on how annoyed I am with the thing at that point.

Non-scheduling-related deets

Dress: I’m getting married next July. I ain’t shopping for dresses until this July at the earliest…*coughonceI’velostatleast20lbscough*

But I find this one REALLY purty...

Colours/flowers: Seeing as we’re getting married on our anniversary, when the ridiculously hot Florida summer sun is at its most scorching, I decided to embrace the sun motif and go with “hot” colours – mostly red, with gold, orange and yellow accents (so it doesn’t look too much like Ronald McDonald threw up all over the alter) and some dark green foliage as a nice colour accent (read: cheap filler) in the arrangements. I absolutely adore Gerbera daisies, and they look like happy little sunshines, so they will be a big part of my floral that day.

Some pictures of what I’m talking about. I'd search around for more pictures, but I'm sure that many of you can bust out the Google-Fu like nobody's business!!

Photographer: I was a bridesmaid for one of my bestest friends last November. She lives in Ft. Lauderdale. Her photog was Tony Schreiber and he not only takes some of the most breathtaking wedding pictures I’ve ever seen, but he’s also a great guy and someone I would genuinely like to be around all day. Trust me, this is a step up from simply “not actively homicidal”, which is what I am around most shutterbugs. He also already knows how much I HATE getting my picture taken (and teases me about it in his emails) so I don’t have to break him in! ;-) His website: http://www.tonyschreiber.com/

Bridesmaids: *sigh* this is the part where I’m really conflicted. I’m kind of going for a slightly less formal feel for my wedding and bridesmaids/groomsmen kind of add to the formality, IMHO. Plus, I have a lot of really good friends and I DEFINITELY don’t want a dozen bridesmaids! Picking between them would stink, especially seeing as I don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings. I’m still on the fence, although I’m inching closer to having them as the days go by… I already know the four that I would pick. I just don’t know whether I want to do it.

That being said, if I do have bridesmaids, I’ll probably do what my friend did for her wedding – pick a colour and ask everyone to order any dress from Alfred Angelo’s line of bridesmaid dresses, provided it’s in that colour. It worked out REALLY well for her wedding.

Groomsmen: PG has a list of guys already made, if we decide to go with attendants. Don’t know what we… who am I kidding, I would make them wear, but is it wrong that I want them to wear Montreal Canadiens jerseys with nice pants, shirt, tie instead of a normal tux??? (What? They’re red…) A definite possibility for at least some of the pictures – PG and I are HUGE Habs fans!!

Any other wedding stuff I’ve missed/should be thinking about at this stage of my planning? I bow before you, Goddess Brides of all things DIS!!

Next post – the Mother/Daughter planning trip!!

 

[lawyergirl]

I cannot wait to read this! You have me ROTFLMBO!!!

Glad that someone other than my cats (or PG, when he wants something) finds me funny!! It's a pleasure virtually meeting you!

We TOTALLY care how you met!!! You wanna see an angry mob? Just keep sitting on that how-we-met story....

OMG, lurkyloo! Your PJ/TR gave me so many ideas!! Thanks for posting, and I promise I'll give you the gory details of how we met.

Hi! Your first post was hilarious! Keep it coming!

Oh btw I love how you said "Dis"closure... only a lawyer would say that... I'm married to one.

My condolences. I'm not quite sure why PG has put up with me all of these years...

I'll get right on the "how we met" story. It's either that or fold laundry, and a girl's gotta have her priorities right??

 

[IndyBride]

Very excited to hear what's coming up next!

 

[Wazzo]

Yay! I'm excited to read more!

But I'm sad because I couldn't get the link to your purty dress to work...

 

[lurkyloo]

Since you read my trippie, you know how I feel about this, but let me reiterate the bucketloads of hassle you will save yourself by not having bridesmaids... (and I can say that 'cuz I've been one! )

 

[accountingbabe08]

I'm subscribing for this one

 

[lawyergirl]

Very excited to hear what's coming up next!

Thanks IndyBride!!

Yay! I'm excited to read more!

But I'm sad because I couldn't get the link to your purty dress to work...

I just fixed it! Merci Wazzo!!

Since you read my trippie, you know how I feel about this, but let me reiterate the bucketloads of hassle you will save yourself by not having bridesmaids... (and I can say that 'cuz I've been one! )

I know. I'm trying to avoid the hassle too but, at the same time, the 4 friends could also act as an all-important (and very necessary) buffer against some of my guests. Gah - I'm really quite conflicted about this one.

I'm subscribing for this one

Thanks!! (Hee! I have subscribers!!)

Edited to add: I give up! How do I reply to multiple people without cutting and pasting text/entering names manually? I can't get the little references to the initial posts to work and the smilies are missing. Wah!!

 

[DisneyBrideToni]

This is a great PJ so far!!!! I can't wait to read more! You have a great sense of humor!!!

 

[Wazzo]

I just fixed it! Merci Wazzo!!

De rien! And it's a beautiful dress!

 

[PrincessBride010103]

That dress is really pretty...what color were you thinking about getting it in?

 

[lov2b@disney]

Great start! and very entertaining! Looking forward to hearing more!

 

[hiwaygal]

Edited to add: I give up! How do I reply to multiple people without cutting and pasting text/entering names manually? I can't get the little references to the initial posts to work and the smilies are missing. Wah!!

Great start!!

To mulitquote...use the little " quotes" and "plus" sign button (there is a button that says quote, so the one just to the right of that) at the bottom right of each post you want to quote. When you are ready hit the "post reply" button on the bottom left and all the quotes you wanted should be in your message box.

I hope that makes sense...

And Congratulations!

 

[BelleBride2011]

wow what a great PJ! and it's barely even begun! I am so looking forward to hearing all of your plans! congratulations!

 

[lawyergirl]

And now, by popular demand (okay, one person’s request, but I’m shameless), here is the story of how we met.

July 1997 – I had just come back from going to school for two years in a city near Niagara Falls, Ontario. I had a pretty serious boyfriend while I was there, but it was a ridiculously toxic relationship, one that ended badly. To put it mildly, I had ZERO interest in even looking at a guy, let alone dating one. I was going to start school in mechanical engineering at McGill in September, and, while I was none too thrilled to be living at home again, I figured it would put up with it for the prospect of graduating without any student debt.

PG had gotten out of a toxic relationship as well, 9 months prior. Girls were at the bottom of his priority list, probably just below scrubbing out his cat’s litterbox with his toothbrush.

At the time, my mom’s boyfriend had a hobby of playing in a country band. Country music in Montreal is about as popular as elevator music, so it was hard for them to find gigs. For about 8 weeks that summer, they had a gig playing every Friday and Saturday night at a tiny little bar in St. Eugene, Ontario. It’s a tiny little speck of a town right on the border between Quebec and Ontario, about an hour’s drive from Montreal itself.

One Sunday morning, Mom is looking all giddy. I mumble what she’s so frickin’ happy about, and she proclaims, “Honey, I found a guy for you!!”

I almost throw something at her.

I said, and I quote: “Ma, I don’t need this [censored]. Please don’t fix me up.”

Her: “Don’t you use that language with me. Besides, he’s perfect for you! His name is [insert somewhat geeky, old-fashioned sounding name here], and he loves to read. He’s so sweet, he even takes his mother out dancing sometimes. Oh and he looks like a Backstreet Boy!!”

Me: *crickets chirping* You can’t be serious. And I hate the Backstreet Boys, Ma.

Her: What? He’s perfect for you! Besides, I’ve already given him your number and made him PROMISE that he would be there to meet you next weekend!”

Me: Mom, if you hated me so much, why did you let me move home? Why didn’t you just poison me in my sleep or something? It would be quicker!

You can see that it went well… In the end, I told her I would go meet him, but that I had sole possession of the car for that night (couldn’t afford my own wheels yet), that I would bring a friend and that I would leave whenever I wanted.

Meanwhile, in a small town (that is ostensibly a suburb of Montreal), PG was working that Sunday when he gets a phone call from my Mom, who had tracked him down with the name of the greenhouse where he worked. She confirmed that I was going to be meeting him at the bar the next weekend. He promptly hung up, and made sure that his buddy was going with him, in case he had no choice but to gnaw off his arm to get away from the coyote girl whose mother had to force her onto men in order to get her a date.

Fast forward to next Saturday night…

I’m driving to B. F. Nowhere with my friend, and we are killing ourselves with the descriptions we’re making of PG. I’m wearing ratty jeans, no makeup, a t-shirt and a jean vest (a la Shania Twain in the “Any Man of Mine” video, only several, okay, exponential sizes bigger). In order to delay the inevitable, we stop at the McDonald’s rest stop on the way to this frickin’ village. We make cracks about how my Chicken McNuggets will likely be more attractive than this doof that my mom is trying to get me to date.

We show up at the country bar, and walk in. I see a whole bunch of tables filled with total hick rednecks, but I also this ridiculously cute guy sitting at a table near the stage. Mom is walking back in the direction of these tables… and she walks over and sits down next to the cute guy!! I realize that, my God, CUTE GUY IS PG!!

I panic, and go rummaging through my bag to find makeup (none there), so I walk over and say hi, praying that the lights are dim enough that he can’t really see my lack of effort. As we're walking over there I keep thinking: "Whoa. He's way hotter than that McNugget. Maybe I'll dip him in honey instead..."

We talk for the rest of the night, and it just clicks. We start dating four days later, and we are inseparable for the next month…

… the next few years…

… and now we’re working on our next few decades!!

 

[Lizby]

Awww, such a cute story!

 

[lawyergirl]

wow what a great PJ! and it's barely even begun! I am so looking forward to hearing all of your plans! congratulations!

Thanks!! I'm looking forward to making my plans!!

Great start!!

To mulitquote...use the little " quotes" and "plus" sign button (there is a button that says quote, so the one just to the right of that) at the bottom right of each post you want to quote. When you are ready hit the "post reply" button on the bottom left and all the quotes you wanted should be in your message box.

I hope that makes sense...

And Congratulations!

WOO HOO!!! Thank you hiwaygal (for everything)!!!!!

This is a great PJ so far!!!! I can't wait to read more! You have a great sense of humor!!!

Yay! Someone else who finds me funny!! Can I hire you people to follow me around? Seriously, though - thank you very much!!

De rien! And it's a beautiful dress!

Thanks!! I wanted something with a bit of colour in it, plus I like the fact that Alfred Angelo doesn't charge more for those of us who need to use a bit more fabric to look like princesses!!

That dress is really pretty...what color were you thinking about getting it in?

The colour that you see onscreen. I think it's claret, but I'm not sure. If I bite the bullet and get bridesmaids, they'll be wearing the same colour (but, again, in whatever style they want).

Great start! and very entertaining! Looking forward to hearing more!

Thank you very much!!