Ok. You all inspired me to find my wedding pictures and scan them. I'm going to post some of them, and I apologize in advance for the yellowing. I guess 17 years in a photo album will do that, huh?
Anyway, the background: Alan and I got engaged at roughly the same time my sister and her (now) ex did. She and I decided it would be neat (and save some money) if we had a double wedding. Sounds good, huh? NOT!!!! My sister became quite the dictator. We didn't realize it at the time, but her fiance was quite the abuser, and she was only marrying him because I was her younger sister, and she'd always been the first to do anything. Weird, I know, but there you are! So, technically she planned the entire thing. We also did most of the prep work ourselves since we didn't want my parents to pay too much. We made all of the refreshments for our reception (finger sandwiches, mini cheesecakes, mints, pastel M&M's). My sister designed our dresses, and she made hers and a cousin made mine. I was ok with it, not really what I wanted, and my cousin didn't put the boning in the bodice, so it sits funny on me. Oh well. So, here are my pictures:
Alan and I just married.
The two "happy" couples
Heading to the reception