A Third Wedding Dream

I’ve been married two times. Each wedding was different and crazy in its very own special way. One day I hope to add a third wedding to that. While I chose poorly twice, I still believe in the white picket fence dream. I am a romantic at heart. I know that one day I will find my perfect man, the one that is not perfect but will be perfect for me. I also know that after completing hours of therapy that this time it will not be a poor choice.

My first wedding: I rode on the back of a burgundy Suzuki 1400 Intruder motorcycle, complete with saddle bags. I wore a pencil straight gray skirt that I had to pull up my thighs to straddle the bike seat, a satiny white shirt and three inch white heals with a scalloped heal and scallop edging. It jus t so happened to be amnesty day at the local library and we stopped to drop off my over due library books on the way. We went to the court house and were met by three friends who somehow found out we were going to be there and our two witnesses. We were married by a courthouse judge that wore a gun in a holster and a Mickey Mouse tie.

My second wedding: I wore a beautiful white wedding dress that was hand embroidered by a very generous Mexican woman who made the entire dress from a picture I ripped out of a magazine. I’d arranged for the package in Vegas that included 60 guests, the wedding, and a banquet room for the reception. Due to the unforeseen events of September 11th, my wedding ended up being on SuperBowl weekend and my wedding was bumped from the spacious banquet room to our hotel suite. My six bridesmaids wore royal blue with silver wraps and silver shoes. My two flower girls wore white dresses. We were married by a judge in a casino wedding chapel.

Neither of my first weddings were what I envisioned as my perfect wedding. They were extreme compromises on my part where my mind’s eye could not even recognize the original dream I had in the finished product. Do I have a dream for the presumptuous wedding number three. I do. I have a very wonderful very magical dream for when it happens again.

First the right man. He loves me more than the one that got away. You know the girl he always wishes he hadn’t let go or hadn’t let him go. So much so that he is willing to wear white pants. My third wedding vision is on the beach, on a nice spring day where the sun is shining, there is a breeze and the weather is not too hot but not too cold. My man dressed in white pants that are rolled up slightly at the cuff, a button up dress shirt in a spring color, his feet completely bare in the sand, a smile on his handsome face and dancing in his eyes. I’ll be wearing a white or light colored tea-length dress, perfectly pedicured completely bare feet and a beautiful smile on my face. Our guests will be our children, close family and a few close friends. White tents/cabanas on the beach to house our reception, that will be a seafood and grilled veggie bake with lots of pink champagne, and fruit spritzers. Little potted flowers will be given as favors and everything will be bought locally to reduce on our carbon footprint. All the decorations will be in white with beachy colors (blue, green, yellow) and seashells will be the weights to keep things from blowing away in the breeze. Twinkle lights will be strung and shining in the dusk. I will be on the arm of my man, dancing in his arms, holding his hand and kissing his lips as we mingle with those that love us.

Women dream of the wedding. Men dream of the woman. Your perfect wedding. Your perfect magical moment. Your dream can be both affordable and absolutely magical. I have my wedding dream and one day I’ll be the woman that is marrying the man that has been dreaming about me.

First Article

Writing my first article was more daunting as I kept thinking about it than the actual process was. I found a wedding website that accepted free articles regarding weddings. I wrote an article about reducing the cost of flowers for a wedding. I named it "May Flowers & June Bouquets".

Not Breaking the Bank

In this tough economic climate some might think it is hard to have the wedding of their dreams. It takes being creative and thinking outside of the box to find the best prices to create what has been dreamt about since childhood. As we all know that little girls start planning their weddings long before the prince has been found. It’s hard to let go of the dreams of a little princess and I believe that they don’t have to be let go. It just takes some imagination and positive thinking.

Setting the mood at the reception can be inexpensive. It will take a bit of craftiness and a visit to the craft store. Or if there is an Ikea (http://www.ikea.com/us/en/search/?query=candles) nearby a visit there would work as well. The first step would be to buy tea-lights. They can be bought in the wedding colors or white, which might be better for the budget. The tea-lights can be placed on flat mirrors that can also be purchased at the craft store. Place either one or three tea-lights on each mirror. The candle light will reflect in the mirror and create a beautiful ambiance for the wedding reception.

Another great resource for reception decorations and décor is Oriental Trading (orientaltrading.com). I recently received their “Wedding!” catalog and was happily amazed at the many wedding items that they sell as well as the quality of each item. The wedding décor runs the gambit from beach themed to elegant. It includes items I’d not thought of before such as: a personalized floor cling can be purchased to place in the middle of the dance floor where the first dance shall be.

Please continue to read my blogs as I will be posting more creative ideas to save money on the wedding you’ve always dreamed of.