The Happiest Day of Our Lives...

[torsie24]

Aww, your TR is making me well up already!

I'm going to full on sob when you get to the ceremony!!

I haven't been so hooked to anything on the net before!!!

Keep up the good work!!!

 

[Raspberry Bubbles]

Aww, your TR is making me well up already!

I'm going to full on sob when you get to the ceremony!!

I haven't been so hooked to anything on the net before!!!

Keep up the good work!!!

Oh, thank you! I feel so flattered! I hope you enjoy the rest of the day! (and the rest of my report ~ my TR lasts from July 31st to August 24th and we're only on August 5th!)

I'll get back to it....

 

[Skylarr29]

Hi Sara!

I am back and just caught up with everything! It's so interesting to see what was going on 'behind the scenes'.

I loved the look on the ladies face at Goofy's Candy company...she thought we were crazy wanting all those treats!!!

Email you later!

 

[OoDeLally]

I am so sorry to hear about the snags in your special day. I think it is commendable that you are focusing on the good things and trying to let the things that went wrong go, as hard as that might be. I am not as good at that as you seem to be but I'll try.

I already told my Df that when we are down there I want to focus on trying new things like you did. He's already nixed the oyster. I was bouncing up and down when I showed him your pics of the sushi. I mean what could be better... Disney and sushi in one place. Of course being a little smarty pants he told me I'd be eating Nemo.

 

[Raspberry Bubbles]

Hi Sara!

I am back and just caught up with everything! It's so interesting to see what was going on 'behind the scenes'.

I loved the look on the ladies face at Goofy's Candy company...she thought we were crazy wanting all those treats!!!

Email you later!

You're back, you're back! I am so excited, I cannot wait to hear allll about it!

The lady did indeed think we were mad. I felt so guilty making her work so late, but they were delicious

I never got a photo of the two of us in Goofy's ~ I should have!

Anyway, so glad you are back, I've missed you!!!

 

[Raspberry Bubbles]

I am so sorry to hear about the snags in your special day. I think it is commendable that you are focusing on the good things and trying to let the things that went wrong go, as hard as that might be. I am not as good at that as you seem to be but I'll try.

I already told my Df that when we are down there I want to focus on trying new things like you did. He's already nixed the oyster. I was bouncing up and down when I showed him your pics of the sushi. I mean what could be better... Disney and sushi in one place. Of course being a little smarty pants he told me I'd be eating Nemo.

LOL ~ tell him there's no way you could eat Nemo as clown fish are just too small for that! Then stick your tongue out at him!

I thought that if I was going to have any bad seafood experiences then they would not be at WDW and in that case I was very safe in trying things ~ I ate so many things on this trip that I would NEVER eat at home, ever.

I think once you're there, he'll go along with whatever you suggest, just get over-excited about everything and he can't help but follow on I think! Especially the oysters ~ everyone has to try one once!

Thanks for reading ~ lots of things went wrong but I've come to realise that more things went right (and more than right) and so there's no point ruining your memories of the happiest times...

I'll update today...

 

[Raspberry Bubbles]

The Happiest Day of our Lives...

So, a very, VERY small number of hours later, at 3.30am, I woke up courtesy of Mickey and Stitch and my sister and I sprang into action (when I say "sprang", I of course mean slowly and groggily fell into action). I showered, she showered, we were all clean, and I got my new Ann Summers “squeeze me, tease me, please me” dressing gown on over my matching pyjamas. It’s so cute with little cherries and tiny pink diamante bits. I was ready for action (moreso than before). I was ready to get married! The day that I had been waiting for my whole, entire life, was here at last!

Beka and I decided we would make a little video for Gavin to watch later, like a documentary. Probably none of you will get this, but Gav and I watched Seinfeld for quite a while before the wedding trip and got hooked. Gav got the nickname "Pennypacker" and I was "Vandelay". Of course if you haven't seen Seinfeld, you have no idea what I'm waffling on about. Sorry!

Anyway, our video started with the line "Hello, Pennypacker" and we could not stand up for laughing so hard. We were messing around and laughing like little girls. It was just the best time ever. My sister and I have had some very bad arguments over the years but she really pulled through for me on this holiday. I really felt like she was there for me ~ not there for me so that she would gain some benefit, just there because she knew I needed her.

At 4am there was the knock at the door and there were Ana and Lilli and a lady whose name I have no idea of. They chattered and laughed their way into the room and set up.

 

[Raspberry Bubbles]

At that point there was another knock on the door, my mum to check I was awake and okay. I told her fine and she said she would pop back in ten minutes. So the door closes and then knocks again ~ I felt like a doorman! It was Andy and her family! So relieved, I asked her if she would mind having her hair done first and of course she was happy to oblige. She’s a star.

At the same time, my mum reappeared and said not to worry about the nonsense we had had (with the messing around and cancelling hair and make-up and telling me when they would and would not be having their hairs done (er, thank you so much), she would step in and have her hair and make-up done.

 

[Raspberry Bubbles]

Now this part made me so happy. My mum never ever has time to take care of herself and is usually helping people out so much that she never feels beautiful in herself. So when Ana and Lilli got to work on her she was more than a little nervous. I told her to trust Ana and Lilli, and they made her laugh constantly. They also made her so, so pretty. Just like she deserved. My mum was awestruck when she saw what they had done to her. She just loved it. The colours were perfect and her hair looked amazing.

My mum, star that she is, went back to the room to get my dad sorted and said she would be back to check on me shortly.

 

[Raspberry Bubbles]

Andrea finished having her hair done, and so did my sister and my two nieces, Chase and Dylan. Dylan sat like a statue. Her hair is so short and yet they were able to not only curl it, but put it up!

 

[Raspberry Bubbles]

After another annoying incident with a bridesmaid, Lilli was starting to decide where to seat me once my rollers were in and someone else in the bridal party decided that after already having their hair and make-up done, they wanted something else doing to their hair. This had been offered earlier but refused and now, with even less time to go, a change of mind had been had.

Ana was such a good sport and kindly said that she would have to get me done first and then she could try and fit her in. I just breathed deeply. We then had an upset over room service (I ordered some as someone asked for it then decided they would eat in their own room instead, leaving me with the bill) and I was starting to get a little annoyed.

I sat there getting more annoyed and hungry and Andy, my best friend and bridesmaid realised and poured me some Lucky Charms which I ate very carefully as Lilli had applied my make up and was threatening to kill anyone who came near me. The room was complete madness! Ana was screaming “Someone take a picture of her with her Lucky Charms!” she was just great. It was like having a new ally in the room.

 

[Raspberry Bubbles]

Here's Ana and Lilli at work...

Make Up...

Nearly finished...

 

[Raspberry Bubbles]

I love the smell of the setting spray. It's so minty!

 

[Raspberry Bubbles]

...Hair!

I bought a hair piece at a Wedding Show in London, and then I visited my Hairdresser and Colourist at Toni and Guy Southampton and they colour matched my hair to the piece. I love curly hair, I used to have ringlets as a child. Ana was so delighted the colour match was perfect. She said she'd never seen one so close! Thank goodness. I can only imagine what it would have looked like if I hadn't been to the hairdresser and checked....

I thought Ana would just hook it onto a pony tail and that would be it, but she curled all of my hair and wove it in, even I couldn't tell which was my hair and my extra hair! (we took to calling it "the rat" as it was like my pet)

My whole family just adored Ana and Lilli. I even learned how to say "dumb ***" in Spanish! They made me laugh and I forgot all about any nerves I should have. They were fantastic. I owe them my sanity on the morning of the wedding.

 

[Raspberry Bubbles]

Finally.... All Done!

At the end Ana said "Here She is!" and handed me the mirror. I'm not going to lie to you, I was scared. I don't ever enjoy looking in the mirror at myself, and that's not fishing for any compliments from anyone. I'm only too aware of what I look like and I don't need to be reminded, thank you! But this was my wedding morning and I'd wished and hoped for so long (okay, forever) that just for one day I'd be a princess. I know that sounds rather ridiculous at 32, but that was my wish. Just one day when I looked pretty. So I was scared.

Then I got the mirror... and I'm not saying I look beautiful to everyone. I just felt happy. Delirious. I looked like a much, much prettier version of me. I wanted to cry but Lilli threatened me.... So my smile is genuine in these photos. No staging, no "look happy". These are my feelings spread across my face. I have never been so happy to see me in my life.

 

[MrsTigger]

You look beautiful!!!I'm excited for you.....these photos are lovely.... I need more though LOL... I got to the end of the page thinking there was some more pages to catch up on....

 

[Raspberry Bubbles]

You look beautiful!!!I'm excited for you.....these photos are lovely.... I need more though LOL... I got to the end of the page thinking there was some more pages to catch up on....

Ha ha, thank you! I'm trying to update between cleaning and tidying so Gavin won't think this is all I've done today!

 

[Raspberry Bubbles]

..If I get into trouble with Gavin, I'm sending him your way!

Now, just as my make up was finishing, Disney Floral arrived with two large, okay, massive boxes. They loaded them into the room and opened the top one. I saw the flowers and………the colours were NOTHING like I imagined.

Now I spent ALOT of time organising many, many pictures of what I wanted and more importantly DID NOT want and when these flowers arrived they were different.

The colours were completely different shades to what I expected. I just stood there for a moment smiling, dazed. At first my initial reaction was the above ~ shock that they were not what I had thought I would get, but then I actually looked at them. They were perfect. Perfect shades to match my bridesmaids. Beautiful, big flowers. I was so happy.

I had yet to see my bouquet.

My genuinely shocked face above!

 

[Raspberry Bubbles]

The Shield...

Then they opened the other box and there it was ~ my shield of flowers. You'll see why I named it "The Shield" in my wedding pictures. It was the biggest bouquet I had ever seen, it was everything I dreamed of. I knew that I wanted a large bouquet the same shape as Victoria Beckham because of the shape of my dress and the shape of my body, and it was just enormous. It was fabulous. It was bigger than Mrs. Beckhams I wanted to just look at it forever but I had things to do! I thanked Disney Floral and realised that Misty had turned up with her husband Nelio whilst the door was open, and she was already snapping away!

 

[Raspberry Bubbles]

So Misty and Nelio padded down the hallway with us after darting around the corridors as though we were children on Christmas eve along with us towards my parents’ uncluttered, chaos-free room. I had sent ahead the essential items including my dress with my sister and my mum so I knew everything was there ready. There was just me in my pyjamas and what looked like a small entourage behind me.

The first shot they decided to take was of my dress. My beautiful dress. I feel sad now knowing that I might never wear it again. I would have had the chance to wear it again at what was going to be our at home reception but with things as they are (we had problems) we have not felt like celebrating and so I don’t know if I will ever wear it again. I know that sounds ridiculous, I just loved my dress so much. It has so many happy memories and magical hopes and wishes all tied up in the fabric of it. I can remember my mum’s face the first time I tried it on, the feeling I got when I saw that despite the size of me when I first found it, I still felt like a bride in it instantly. I recall my dad’s face at my final fitting and the smile on his face when I came out of the changing room and did a twirl. Then I think of the way I felt slipping into it this very morning, my wedding morning, as I realised this was the moment I had waited for my whole life. My whole, entire life.

Anyway…. Here’s my dress in all it’s window hanging-glory. It’s by Hollywood Dreams and it cost my mother over 3 months’ wages. I wanted to buy it but she was adamant it would be my father and her who bought it for me. That’s another reason I love it so much. It was a gift of love from my parents. They gave me everything they had to make my dreams come true.

The dress makes me smile when I see it hung up because it shows none of the beauty it has when it's being worn. It looks nothing special and that was the way it looked to me when I first saw it in the shop. Nothing special. When I put it on, it came to life. Perhaps that was why I loved it so instantly ~ it was a real Cinderella dress.