Thursday, May 8, 2014

Writer's Workshop- That problem with my wedding dress

1.) List your top 6 biggest fears, choose one and tell us why.
2.) Whose fault was it?
3.) Share a favorite recipe.
4.) Something you’re reading.
5.) Write about a wardrobe malfunction.

Nearly 5 years ago, I took a boy and decided to shape him into a man married him. FIVE years next month. Holy cow. It really seems like yesterday.

My wedding went pretty well. I wouldn't say "it went off without a hitch," because we had some moments. One of them being a Bride's Wardrobe Malfunction.

For starters, I have to say that I LOVED my wedding dress. I'd picked a similar one when I planned my dream wedding in college. You know, before I was even dating my husband.... oh, what I could have done with Pinterest then....
It was by Alfred Angelo and I loved it. My only beef was that the girls at the Alfred Angelo's store ordered it a size too small, so I have to pay to have it let out. (They also tried to order my bridesmaid's dress in a 24 when she needed an 18. So, apparently, you've got to watch them.) I was really excited about the eggplant trim and the embroidery on the front. It also had a beautiful corset style back in eggplant.



My wedding theme was a Disney Fairy Tale, so I was really excited when I found a Mickey and Minnie garter set on Ebay. The problem was, that it was too small for my leg, so my BFF's mom took the bride's garter and the toss garter and opened them up and sewed them both together again, so that it wold fit my leg.

(You can't bend over in a corset dress, FYI)

So, we were in the middle of our Unity Sand thingy-ba-do and I felt my garter start to slide down my leg! No fear, I had a floor length dress on, so I'd just casually kick it off.... 

It would have probably worked too, if my bridesmaids wouldn't have busted out laughing, which make me explode in laughter. So, I did the only thing I could think of when I was staring out at a church full of confused faces...

I loudly announced: 

"I'm losing my clothes!"


I walked away from that day with the best wedding advice I can give to a bride-to-be: Things will go wrong on your wedding day, but just kick 'em off, laugh loudly and have the best day of your life!


Mama’s Losin’ It

9 comments:

Unknown said...

Coming over from Mama Kats..love your post and I understand the wedding malfunction, I thought my dress was not going to zip since I been stress eating the week of!

Unknown said...

Stepping over from Mama Kat's. So funny!

Dyanne @ I Want Backsies said...

It could have been your underpants falling off, so there's that.

Your dress was gorgeous! Love the eggplant trim! It's good to know in advance that you cannot bend over in a corset, because, you never know....

And happy 5th anniversary!

kayerj said...

great advice and great story. Stopping by from mama kats kelley at the road goes ever ever on

Amy McMean said...

It rained on my wedding day so we had to move the wedding inside and do the ceremony in the loft at the ski lodge. There were A LOT of steps. So before i reached the steps I kicked my shoes under one of the reception tables. And went barefoot.

Tinne from Tantrums and Tomatoes said...

Visiting from Mama Kat! I love your dress!
And yes, bending over in a corset... don't even think about it. Mine was stitched unto the wedding dress, making bathroom breaks a challenge.

KatBouska said...

It's like a modern day version of Cinderella...but you started falling apart before midnight. ;) Gorgeous dress!

Kathy said...

I absolutely love your dress! It's gorgeous!

You have the best attitude possible. Don't sweat the small stuff; find a way to laugh at it instead :)

Robbie K said...

That is hysterical!!