My Wedding: the Second Time Around
posted on 28 April 2011 | posted in
Fashion
When I remarried for the second time, I wanted my wedding to be special but understated. I was working with a small budget and not much time - so everything had to be on budget - from the wedding shoes to the wedding cake. My husband-to-be was about to be deployed in two months for a six month Navy cruise. So I enlisted the help of some friends and my future mother-in-law to help me make preparations and without them I could have never had a nice wedding. We decided to get married outside at the Pineapple Fountain in Waterfront Park, Charleston, South Carolina. It was a beautiful spot and it was free. I looked up people who could marry us (non religious) and found someone in the yellow pages for a reasonable fee. My dress came from a vintage consignment store my hair and makeup done by my beautician friend and the reception was to be held at the local tavern that we frequented. The day of the wedding started out bad, beginning when I awoke. I had started my "time of the month". It was June and the forecast was 90 degrees plus. We get to the fountain and hundreds of people are there (mainly visitors) and children playing in the fountain. This was not a great backdrop for my wedding or for pictures. The person performing the wedding was late so everyone was literally melting in the hot sun. We had originally written our on vows, but due to time constraints, we never learned them, so we ended up doing the traditional vows. To be honest, the wedding is somewhat of a blur now because of the heat, the meds I was taking to deal with some pain, and my mother-in-law to be who was complaining constantly. We were grateful when the ceremony was over and we could proceed to the reception where the was air conditioning. If I had to do over, I may have just gone to the courthouse and gotten married because my wedding day was very overwhelming.
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