Every bride dreams of a wedding that is perfect, and spends hours in the planning and preparation – to make sure that getting hitched goes without a hitch (see what I’ve done there?!).
Yet despite this, things don’t always go according to plan … most couples will have at least one story of a wedding day disaster.
The hubster and I are no different!
To mark our wedding anniversary today, I thought I’d share just some of the little hiccups e had along the way …
Wedding Day Disaster #1
My best friend was meant to be a bridesmaid but announced she was pregnant – and would be hugely so by the time our Day rolled around; so I had to re-shuffle the bridesmaids. (Now, I would’ve kept her in the lineup and who cares if she had a big tummy in the photos).
Wedding Day Disaster #2
I wanted wine red for the bridesmaid dresses – just like my own daughter ended up choosing for her wedding. Alas, it was not “in fashion” at the time, or maybe I just went to buy the fabric at the wrong time of year. I agonised over what to choose instead. We ended up choosing lipstick pink, an almost red shade, although purple was also a front-runner …
Wedding Day Disaster #3
Despite organising our wedding invitations in plenty of time, they were late coming back from the printer. So instead of sending them out the usual 6 to 8 weeks ahead, ours only got posted about 4 weeks before the big day …
Wedding Day Disaster #4
Now THIS was tragic. The priest forgot to say “You may now kiss the bride”!
I Must Confess: I was devastated. Isn’t this the moment that every girl dreams of her whole life? And I was cheated, ROBBED I tell ya!
As a result, I was still wearing my veil over my face when we signed the register. Not happy Jan.
In the video, as we stand in front of the church and the priest announces us “Mr and Mrs”, you can see me hissing out of the side of my mouth: “Kiss me!” to the hubster, and his Mum in the front row nodding and miming lifting up my veil to give me a kiss!
So I did get my kiss in the end, but it was just a quick embarrassed peck, rather than the loving tender moment I’d always dreamed of.
Wedding Day Disaster #5
I hated our wedding cake.
I’d gone on the recommendation of a friend, but when we ordered the cake the assistant seemed very resistant to my idea of having a red ribbon trim and flowers with red edging on the icing (to match the bridesmaids – duh).
I didn’t think much of it until we went to pick up the cake only to find it was NOTHING like what we’d requested. It was plain and boring white. Not a trace of red anywhere.
What could we do? It was the day before the wedding; we’d just have to go with it.
NOW, I would definitely NOT pay for a cake that wasn’t made to our specifications; but back then I just shut up and put up.
Despite all these hiccups, we had a beautiful wedding day and look back now on it and have a bit of a laugh.
And when you think about it, it was all good preparation for married life, which comes with plenty of disasters and hiccups along the way …
Do you have a wedding day disaster or two of your own to share? Do tell!
Mystery Case says
The minute we decided to throw a surprise wedding at our engagement party in four week’s time was the minute hubby was posted to sea for a month. He arrived home just in time for the big surprise. Of course being a surprise meant I was left to organise and pay for everything. 🙂
Jan Holmes says
My disaster was that I fainted when I got up the aisle, had to sit down on front row seat, stopped ceremony, someone had to go get me a cup of water, I still think Hubby is married to my dad, not me….
Janet Camilleri says
Oh my goodness, that was quite dramatic of you!
Ness says
That’s a bit of a shame about your cake and kiss, Janet. I would have been upset too.
We had a few little things happen. I had a falling out with one long time friend whom I’d asked to be a bridesmaid and consequently she ended up not being a bridesmaid. Which is fortunate, because years later I also had a falling out with my cousin who was my maid of honour and there she is in all the photos even though I don’t talk to her anymore (with good reason, but that’s a long story). The only other thing that happened was that I was too early arriving at the church and we had to circle around the block and wait a while. The bride is supposed to be late, not early!
Anyway, regardless of your hiccups they are great photos and I’m glad you can laugh about it now! xo
Janet Camilleri says
Ness – I was early at the church too, and had to be driven around the block while the last minute guests scurried to find their seats. I was pretty keen!!!
Lydia C. Lee says
My friend got a very expensive and famous designer to make her dress – she took it back to her small country town for the wedding, only to discover it hadn’t been finished, when she opened the bag. If a mad panic, she rushed to the only dress maker in town, who went pale and said “This is a [said designer] dress. I can’t do this.”
My friend “you have to!”
Dressmaker “you do understand I usually just make alterations to school uniforms?”
But she reluctantly did it and my friend looked FABULOUS.
Janet Camilleri says
Whew!!! And you are being very diplomatic not mentioning the designer by name 😉
Emily @ Have A Laugh On Me says
I did wonder why the veil was still on but thought it was a style thing!! A few things I’d be pissed about too! Our celebrant would not shut up, talked about boring stuff for 15 minutes before she even started the ceremony and then had a tiny microphone she shoved in our faces – NOT COOL!
Janet Camilleri says
The priest at our wedding did a bit of a fire and brimstone message about how bad it is to live together without getting married – I was cringing inside – my Dad & his partner lived together for over 20 years before they eventually got married!!! Fortunately Dad didn’t seem to mind …
Kathy Marris says
You made a very beautiful bride and groom, despite the hiccups and you do have to look back and have a laugh about it. My brother who was driving the wedding car, slammed the door on my finger which was extremely painful and I broke into tears. Everyone thought I was overcome by emotion, but really I was in agony! HAPPY 24TH ANNIVERSARY.
Janet Camilleri says
Oh no, that would have been terrible Kathy! Ouch!!!
Sarah from Creating Contentment says
I think our only ‘disaster’ was that I felt like it was my mothers wedding rather than mine. That said, we loved it. But, I look forward to renewing our vows and having my wedding again my way.
Janet Camilleri says
Oh I hope I don’t do that to my daughter when her turn comes!
Kirsty @ My Home Truths says
Our disaster was forgetting to bring along the hand embroidered cushion my Nan had painstakingly made for our rings to the ceremony. I felt so bad about it but at least it wasn’t a deal breaker like not getting to have a big smooch at the end of the ceremony. You were definitely robbed Janet!
Janet Camilleri says
What a sweet Nan! Yes I was pretty ticked about missing out on my kiss.
Vanessa says
I got a call from the courthouse saying my husbands last name isn’t legally what he uses – he’s always used his mums name but his dads name is on his birth certificate – so we had to get married using a name he’s never used haha. Good thing there were no plans for me to change my name. But since his name hasn’t been properly changed yet, we still don’t have a marriage certificate.
Janet Camilleri says
Oh wow … do you have a passport? That might be the only time it becomes a problem.
Bec @ The Plumbette says
We had a few. Jacob arrived at the church for the wedding the same time I did!! Although I was 20 mins early. Dad didn’t want to get me to the wedding late!
There weren’t enough flowers to pin on the parents and grandparents even though I paid for everyone to have their own corsage.
One of the red hearts on our wedding cake cracked off. Thankfully my aunty had spare hearts to replace it with.
My dress didn’t fit me right two days before the wedding. I had to go back to the dress maker to get alterations.
I can’t remember the rest but it was still a good day and we are still married. 🙂
Janet Camilleri says
And you looked beautiful too xxx
Tegan says
You definitely robbed not getting a ‘you may kiss the bride’, that is the most fairytale, romantic part of the whole ceremony! The first time my uncle got married, they used a local celebrant who had known our family since my Granny was a teenager. It sounds perfect..except that she kept calling his wife by his ex girlfriends name throughout the ceremony!
Janet Camilleri says
Now that would be embarrassing. I must confess my brother has a new partner and I still find myself saying his ex-wife’s name when I talk about them – I haven’t done it in person yet though, let’s hope it stays that way …
Jacana says
Yes my new puppy ate one of my shoes (left foot) the week before the wedding – which was fine, plenty of time to get a new pair. But when he ate the left foot again the day before – disaster. I wore sneakers, long dress thank goodness.
Janet Camilleri says
Oh my, I would be stressing over that too! Good on you for wearing sneakers though, I’m sure nobody noticed and I’ll bet you were a lot more comfortable for it!
Melissa @ All Around Oz says
We have 15 years coming up next month. Our wedding was very small and just how I wanted it. Although in hindsight now I would have just eloped!
Janet Camilleri says
Oh I hear ya! We had a big formal wedding – in hindsight would have preferred a smaller, more intimate gathering. But it was what we wanted at the time x
Lurgi says
Well at my wedding, some helpful person… chief bridesmaid or groom… not sure which, pulled out my chair a little too far and I ended up on the floor… kodak moment!
Janet Camilleri says
Hmmm I think it might have been the bridesmaid, thinking she was being helpful by pulling the chair out of the way for you when you stood up … oops. Luckily it was before the days of social media and I don’t think it was videoed either! 😉