The wedding seems so far away that I find myself struggling to get really excited about it at the moment.
The good news is that my friend happily accepted the position of bridesmaid (just as long as she isn't called a bridesmaid), the groom's brother is going to be best man (despite losing the rings the last time he was best man for someone, and ended up borrowing my dad's metal detector) and the groom seems happy for me to do all the organising (is this a good thing?)
So in order to get in the wedding spirit I got tickets for my mum and I to attend the wedding fair at Wells' Swan Hotel on Wednesday night.
As we entered the fair we were immediately served glasses of cider champagne from The Orchard Pig - an inspired drink for the wedding, as the groom has said all along that he can't stand champagne and will instead be drinking cider during the toasts.
Stands advertising favours and fascinators, magicians and table decorations all helped to gauge what we needed to organise but I was a little disconcerted by the dental stand - advertising brighter, whiter, teeth.
I suppose I have always been pretty happy with my teeth, but suddenly I was cast into doubt by one lady giving me a dazzling Hollywood smile.
I almost expected to be met by other cosmetic enhancement companies, perhaps I need a nose job for the big day, a face lift perhaps, or maybe a new pair of more obvious assets?
No need to scare the vicar.
A fashion show gave me a few ideas for dresses - but to be honest - right now no dress is pleasing me. I think I have some idea in my head for the perfect dress but I haven't yet seen it in reality - I just hope it's out there.
Beautiful handmade gowns by Shepton Mallet's Jo Christoforides were modelled by bright young things barely out of school and a 16-year-old dressed in groom's attire was met with whoops from bride's mothers, but still I haven't spotted anything that's taken me by storm.
OK, so I haven't found the dress yet - but I have got a big bag full of leaflets about everything I need to think about (and there's certainly a lot to think about.)
So in some ways I am now in the wedding mood - and in other ways I am absolutely terrified.
2 comments:
Wait. What? I thought I was your bridesmaid?
I went wedding dress shopping with a friend once. It was the most boring thing in the whole world, ever.
i'm not a 'bridesmaid'....i am a 'best person'...indeed i am possibly THE best person...ever.
bizzarely i was a best man once too....it's all a bit confusing.
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