Where our heroine is a wifey. At long last.
Well, on Saturday, we got married. Our wedding day was overwhelming, exhilarating, hectic, a tad stressful in parts, but mostly epic, awesome, wonderful and full to bursting with love- both between Matt and I, and from everyone there.
It was...truly amazing. Both venues were perfect, our outfits were super hawt, the ceremony was gorgeous (lots of happy crying from the guests), the flowers and all the hand-made decorations were fabulous and very well received, our bridal party and families were amazing, the food (including the chocolate fountain!) was to die for, the speeches (complete with an impromptu Katy Perry singalong from yours truly) were brilliant and tear-inducing, the messages in our guestbook made me seriously sob, and we now have over 2 grand in our honeymoon travel registry.
There were some nail-biting moments, some slightly cringe-worthy moments (mainly due to me being a stress case...), some truly hilarious moments, some slightly irritating moments (yup- never running a music quiz for over 100 people again...), some great warm and fuzzy moments, and some moments where I just about lost it (from happiness, of course!).
But, you know what? One of the best moments was when Matt and I got to our hotel room afterwards, collapsed on the bed, had a huge cuddle, looked down at our rings, and were just like, "Holy shit- we're MARRIED!" And we held each other, had a big snog, and I felt my love for him quadruple for him with every second.
And now? Yeah, not much has changed outwardly. We're still in our bloody messy apartment, I'm still dragging my feet when it comes to tidying and unloading the dishwasher, we're still running across to the service station every hour or so for supplies, he's still waking me up at 5 am with his snoring, we're still losing his lighter, the TV remote and the phone in the couch, we're still laughing at each other's dumb jokes, calling each other the same schmoopy nicknames, cuddling on the same unmade bed etc etc.
But, there's something that has inexplicably changed for us both. We somehow feel that, since we said our marriage vows, our love has strengthened, been made more solid and is, cheesy though it sounds, a even more fantastic, magical and unstoppable force than it was when we said goodnight on the Friday. We didn't expect that to happen and, who knows, maybe it's the euphoria of it all still doing the rounds. But, the change is there. And I have a husband. And it feels absolutely amazing.
Anyway. Very shortly, I will post some pictures my awesome Maid of Honour, blue_tiger25 took, and will later do a massive big write up, post the professional pics when we get them, and post a copy of our ceremony. Just...let me get a bit more sleep under my belt!
Aw, and screwthepast- I'm so filling out an Offbeat Bride profile this week!
It was...truly amazing. Both venues were perfect, our outfits were super hawt, the ceremony was gorgeous (lots of happy crying from the guests), the flowers and all the hand-made decorations were fabulous and very well received, our bridal party and families were amazing, the food (including the chocolate fountain!) was to die for, the speeches (complete with an impromptu Katy Perry singalong from yours truly) were brilliant and tear-inducing, the messages in our guestbook made me seriously sob, and we now have over 2 grand in our honeymoon travel registry.
There were some nail-biting moments, some slightly cringe-worthy moments (mainly due to me being a stress case...), some truly hilarious moments, some slightly irritating moments (yup- never running a music quiz for over 100 people again...), some great warm and fuzzy moments, and some moments where I just about lost it (from happiness, of course!).
But, you know what? One of the best moments was when Matt and I got to our hotel room afterwards, collapsed on the bed, had a huge cuddle, looked down at our rings, and were just like, "Holy shit- we're MARRIED!" And we held each other, had a big snog, and I felt my love for him quadruple for him with every second.
And now? Yeah, not much has changed outwardly. We're still in our bloody messy apartment, I'm still dragging my feet when it comes to tidying and unloading the dishwasher, we're still running across to the service station every hour or so for supplies, he's still waking me up at 5 am with his snoring, we're still losing his lighter, the TV remote and the phone in the couch, we're still laughing at each other's dumb jokes, calling each other the same schmoopy nicknames, cuddling on the same unmade bed etc etc.
But, there's something that has inexplicably changed for us both. We somehow feel that, since we said our marriage vows, our love has strengthened, been made more solid and is, cheesy though it sounds, a even more fantastic, magical and unstoppable force than it was when we said goodnight on the Friday. We didn't expect that to happen and, who knows, maybe it's the euphoria of it all still doing the rounds. But, the change is there. And I have a husband. And it feels absolutely amazing.
Anyway. Very shortly, I will post some pictures my awesome Maid of Honour, blue_tiger25 took, and will later do a massive big write up, post the professional pics when we get them, and post a copy of our ceremony. Just...let me get a bit more sleep under my belt!
Aw, and screwthepast- I'm so filling out an Offbeat Bride profile this week!