The Blues

Wedding Day News/Views/Blues/Clues/Muse

On May 16, 2010, in Family, Modern Bride's Handbook, by Rosie

Finally, the big day dawns like the arrival of La Cleavage waltzing down the aisle. It’s prominent, important, awe-inspiring and somewhat tiring (both to ‘carry’ and watch). The cleavage and the wedding day, that is!

It is such an exciting day!

Pip and Pop Jones have been awake, on and off, since 4 am. Pip was wandering at 2 am, wondering if it was time to get up. Their cousins are sleeping over, making it even more stimulating. These cousins are Pop’s age, making it even more likely that they, too, were awake at 2 and 4.

Pip and Popster have their dresses designed and crafted by Madame Squirt Baby, one fabulous lady and talented creator of her own line of kid’s clothing. Because they have had their outfits made rather than bought from a shop, Pip and Pop equate themselves with their own older cousin, Bridezilla. Their dresses are spectacular. Even though Fiona is an old friend, her skills are unbelievable and I say this with the objective awe of someone needle-y stunted. Thanks lady.

Getting back to Pip and Pop thinking they are Bridezilla, I worry they think they will walk down the aisle with her!

No matter. Tis what wedding days are about, perhaps? The impromptu, the real life rather than the plastic fairytale?

Currently we have 90 mins to get ready. Everyone is still in jammies, and our city is recording a temperature of 4 degrees C. (39 F). It’s going to be a beautiful, crisp Autumn day, the kind that makes this city a mecca for photographers and artists from all over the world, due to the special light of this season.

The Dowager Hump’s special kit for weddings has been packed and includes:

• toothpicks — for stray pieces of herbs that may embed in tooth gaps. Particularly useful for MOBsters, Bridezillas and Dowagers.

• make up essentials — when it’s the one of the few times of the year one wears make up, the lippy and touch-up stick are essential items.

• Pip and Pop’s DS — controversial, and not to be used during any important moments in the day, but might be handy to distract the only kids at the wedding.

• A vegemite sandwich — in case the above don’t like the mezze platter *slaps them*. The sandwiches would be consumed in the car and NOT brought into the reception venue. Other snacks, in case of moaning (Pip and Pop, that is, not me).

• A whistle and stopwatch — for the MC-ing role. This may come in very, very handy, especially when FOBster, Henley, takes the speech-making stage.

Better dash. As Rome wasn’t built in a day, so too are the cracks in this face not cemented in under an hour. There’s a lot to be said for being the Sears Tower edition of a face, rather than the Colosseum!