I am so excited to introduce you to my friend, bridesmaid, and guest blogger for filling all your mid-week wedding needs! Her name is Tracy, she is smart, witty, beautiful, she makes everyone laugh, and she tells me I am pretty all the time. I can't say much more other than I love her and I'm so happy she is my bridesmaid as I figure out how to make a wedding happen. I think you will see why.
A Bridesmaid’s Perspective
During the whole
Kyle’s-joining-the-Army-will-we-get-engaged-what-the-heck-is-going-on period of
Sarah’s life, I was lucky enough to get the girly play-by-play. It was all
wonderfully delicious, romantic, and, big surprise, girly. After the proposal
(squeeeee!), I secretly hoped that Sarah would ask me to be a bridesmaid, but I
surely wasn’t counting on it since I’d known Sarah for all of three weeks—not
really, more like a year give or take. I always fear that I’m that person, you know, the one who noses
her way into people’s lives and gets creepily over-invested in them; so, I
wanted to maintain my composure and keep it real cool. Well, that strategy
worked and Sarah asked me (little ol’ me!) to join her and some other really
special ladies on her wedding day.
I think there’s supposed to be a lot of pressure being a
bridesmaid, but Sarah’s made it really easy (just answer her emails promptly!).
The two biggest responsibilities I’ve found? Getting my tush to a David’s
Bridal to buy my dress and thinking about what I’m going to say at the event
(oh, because Sarah wants each bridesmaid and groomsman to give a 10-minute
academic presentation—complete with a Powerpoint, handouts, and a bibliography)—of
our relationship to the couple. So, I’ve already started outlining that. The
presentations will be graded, you see.
I’m just kidding about all that presentation stuff, you
know. She just wants us all to give a little speech with witty anecdotes, PG
humor, and lacking embarrassing stories. No pressure. (We’ll see if I can even
make it through this post without cursing; I used “heck” in the first sentence
instead of H- E- double hockey sticks, you should be proud).
Because Sarah wants the pictures at her wedding to look
decent, she won’t have us looking like this:
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She would prefer something more like this:
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A combo of different dresses of the same material in
Sangria {not the color pictured}—now doesn’t that just sound yummy?
So, we’ve got the dresses figured out for the most
part….but SHOES.
Silver is the thought. But which ones? Some options:
I’m partial to heels even though in them I’m approximately
twelve feet tall. However, I know a certain bridesmaid acquaintance of mine
couldn’t walk in heels if she were a Victoria’s Secret model. So, she should
probably stick to the glittery tennis shoes. I think all the bridesmaids should
get together and go shoe shopping. Ladies?
In all seriousness, I am truly honored to be a part of
Sarah and Kyle’s wedding. It’s going to be so beautiful and so much fun. I’m
going to cry so much.
PS: My favorite part of being a bridesmaid so far has been
the wedding dress shopping. When Sarah knew which dress she wanted, it was such
a magical moment. We all know that Sarah’s beautiful—but damn, wait until you
see her in that dress. I won’t be the only one weeping.
(Only one bad word!)
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What do you think; should I make them all wear Vibrams with their pretty dresses? ;) I hope you enjoyed reading that as much as I did. You can find more from Tracy at her blog Mermaid Tales.
Love love love the sangria dresses! But I have to say, I think gold shoes would look really beautiful with that color :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up my dear! I hope to see you again next week!
xoxo,
Joelle
I suggest you also conduct a taste-test. It's one of the yummiest parts of your wedding preparations, plus you're making your guests are getting only the best. Your groom-to-be's going to love this too!
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I have never in all my years in the hospitality industry seen a better run banquet staff than this. The wine flowed freely and the steak melted in my mouth.
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