Soooo, wedding planning has gotten a little crazy lately. Our to-do list is a mile long and it seems like we have something to do every day! It's fun, but my nerves are starting to get frazzled because it's hard not to feel like we've forgotten some giant detail.
Also, I plan on writing a very strongly worded letter to the makers of NyQuil for my emotional trauma that I have been subjected to due to the use of their product. For some reason, NyQuil seems to give me nightmares. Not just your average, being chased by a giant spider wearing clown makeup type of nightmares, where you wake up and laugh at their absurdity. No, NyQuil seems to contain an ingredient that digs up your deepest, darkest fears and presents them to you in wave after wave of horrific nightmares, after which you wake up in a cold sweat and it takes serious time for you to realize that what just happened wasn't real.
NyQuil. The nightime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, scare-you-so-much-you-shit-the-bed-and-forget-about-being-sick medicine.
Why am I blogging about this you ask? Well, because last night I had a nightmare that I went to try on my wedding dress a week before the wedding, and it did not fit. It was a real nightmare, at the real place where I bought my dress, with the real people that helped me try it on, and my MOB and MOH looking on sadly as three people had to try and pin a piece of cardboard covered in satin between the gaping wide zipper of the dress to hide my cascading rolls of back fat. Okay, so maybe that last part wasn't realistic, but I still woke up hyperventilating and then pitifully begged Eric to tell me I'm pretty. They should have a fricken warning on that bottle for brides!
ANYWAY.
In happier news, we have chosen our MC! This esteemed position requires a person who is funny, creative, affable, responsible, and classy. There is nothing worse than that sinking, awkward feeling you get when someone up in front of a crowd is rambling drunkenly on the mike, saying things that are not remotely funny and all you can do is let out a shifty-eyed nervous laugh and pray that it's over soon. Our wedding is going to be an elegant affair, so it was important we didn't select someone who was going to make us feel mortified beyond belief at their embarrassing behavior, but also important to select someone that will keep the evening moving smoothly and set the tone of the evening, so that nobody thinks its appropriate to end up puking off their triple rye and passing out under a table. You know who you are.
"Soooooo I sayssss totheguy I ssssays...."
In my opinion, nobody epitomizes taste and class like my brother Justin. When we were talking about choosing an MC, Eric and I agreed that he would be a great choice. Justin is a sommelier and has worked at some of Canada's top restaurants in Toronto, Vancouver, and the Okanagan Valley. In short: he's kind of a big deal.
Right?
We know that Justin will be an excellent host and make our evening wonderful, but we're also taking advantage of his skill set in a big way. So in addition to being the MC, we are very excited to share that we've also asked Justin to host a wine tasting during our cocktail hour, where he will choose an array of fabulous wines and impart some of his extensive knowledge on our guests as they enjoy their hors d'oeuvres.
"And...pinky UP...."
Justin will also be choosing the dinner wine (no Naked Grape for our wedding guests) and he will be performing the famous sommelier demonstration for our toast, which is sabering a bottle of champagne with a big sword. I've always thought this was the coolest. Not only are you lopping off the entire top of the champagne bottle (glass, cork and all) but if you turn the sword at the slightest wrong angle, the champagne bottle shatters all over the place.
Right.
Wrong.
Deadly weapon.
So I owe a big thanks to my brother for agreeing to do all this at our wedding. It's so exciting to see all the details of our day coming together. I truly think it's going to be such a great experience for all our guests!
Do I have the coolest bro or what.
Happy Wedding Wednesday!!!
~M
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