December 12, 2006

  • Things That Went Wrong…

    With the months and months of planning, you just dont think that anything is going to go wrong on your wedding day.  Even though everyone tells you something will go wrong, you just can’t conceivably imagine what could go wrong.  I mean, I am pretty organized and I had a schedule of the entire day printed out for each person in the wedding party.  Seriously, what could go wrong?

    As it turns out, several things can go wrong.  My wedding went pretty smoothly but there were definitely times when things did not go according to plan. 

    1. The night before the wedding, we were all supposed to get our nails done, but because of the horrendous traffic we had to wait until after dinner.  Not many nail salons are open past 8pm.  We found one, but the manicurists were about to leave.  I panicked and said “but I’m getting married tomorrow!!!” before they did our nails.  I gave them a hefty tip.
    2. I forgot to bring a button down shirt, so I had to borrow my bridesmaid’s pull over to get my hair done. 
    3. The hair salon opened about 15 minutes late, and even then only one person showed up early.  Everyone else came in between 30 to 45 minutes after the shop opened.  Then we had to add 2 more people who wanted to get their hair done last minute. 
    4. I forgot to bring my tiara and veil to the hair salon, so my bridesmaid had to take a cab back to the hotel and get it.
    5. My mom and my cousin were supposed to show up to my hotel by 2pm to get their makeup done.  It was 2:30 and they were still not there because of they made a detour.  This is where I had a gigantic really minor temper tantrum.  I gave out schedules of who needed to be where at a certain time!!  How hard is that to follow? 
    6. Even though I ordered lunch almost as soon as we got back, the restaurant barely brought up the food in time.  We were scheduled to leave at 2:00, but we didn’t end up leaving until 2:30.
    7. This is why we had no time to take pictures in the West Village.  All of our outdoor pictures  with the bridal party was taken in Washington Square Park.  The pictures came out great anyway (from what I’ve seen) so this turned out OK.
    8. I almost forgot to bring my husband’s wedding band to the ceremony.  I had to have my bridesmaid run up and get it (poor BM!!)
    9. I forgot to bring the veil to the venue. 
    10. The officiant was supposed to show up at 5:15, but he showed up at 5:40 due to heavy traffic.  Again, no one knew except me, so it turned out OK.

    I think the rest of the night went fine, and if things went wrong after the ceremony, I didn’t know about it.  And even though all of these things went “wrong”, my wedding day was a complete success.  I loved the way everything turned out so I have no complaints.