So going with the theme of the Royal Wedding this week I thought I would dedicate this week's Listography to the other Kate. Not that I want to hog her limelight or anything - there's plenty of room in this world for the two of us. No, I just thought I'd offer some friendly wedding advice - one Kate to another - based on my own personal experiences.
So this weeks Listography is 'Top 5 Things I'd Change About My Wedding Day'.
Dear Kate,
1. Make sure you try your underwear on with your wedding dress before the morning of your wedding. This will save you from ending up with masking tape holding your boobs in place on your big day.
2. There is no need to run up the aisle. Everyone will still look at you and continue to look at you for the duration of the service so legging it to the top of the church will not result in nobody seeing you. It will just add to the odds of you tripping over.
3. Don't believe your mother that 80 bottles of wine are required for 90 guests. This is not a good ratio and will result in her staggering out the door at the end with an armful of almost full open bottles.
4. When your DJ double books don't listen to your friend who says he has a cousin that will step in for 50 quid. Said cousin will take your carefully compiled list of music requests, then arrive at the reception with a laptop and 'wacky' shirt and instead play the likes of 'Oh Mickey you're so fine'. Twice.
5. Make sure the Best Man rehearses his speech first. It will save you having to tell him to 'wrap it up' whilst your new husband is busy with his shovel digging a hole in the floor to hide in.
And just because it's my list I'm going to add one more -
6. Don't drink too many double whiskeys whilst head banging to Nirvana. You won't make it to the after party and you will be too hungover to move the next day.
So that's it, hope this has been useful to you. Good luck on your big day and watch out for that whiskey.
Love,
Kate.
I'll hand it over to you guys now. Write your 'Top 5 Things I'd Change About My Wedding Day' post on your own blog with a link back to here and then add your details to the linky below.
Oh and feel free to add any embarrassing photos. I tried but couldn't find any of our wedding day pics at all.
That's bad isn't it...?
Bah :( I'm not married yet!
ReplyDeleteSo, I'm going to do a "5 Things I want out of my wedding day"
Because one day, I will actually get round to getting married.
What to Rob Zombie?!
ReplyDeleteOoh brilliant, I've been listing things I'd change about my wedding for years now!
ReplyDeleteWell, have entered, but found that pretty hard!! Loved my wedding day :)
ReplyDeleteA tough one as my day was pretty perfect! Love the vision of your mum staggering out with loads of bottles of wine, sounds like my MIL!
ReplyDeleteI've never been married and don't think I ever will but this is a very funny list :-) x
ReplyDeleteHa ha! Great list Kate. Thinking cap firmly on...
ReplyDeleteI am with you on charging up the aisle too fast. And dodgy DJs. Sounds like you had a ball though :) Great listography.
ReplyDeleteI am going to share 5 things I want on my wedding day as I still have 4 months to go. I do not drink whiskey but Nirvana will definitely be on our playlist x
ReplyDeletelove the sound of your DJ and love the sound of whiskey!
ReplyDeleteThat'd be a wedding worth planning! :P
ReplyDeleteJames and I are actually in the process of planning our day... Just need to find the cash.
Lol Kate I loved that list. Sounds like you had a wedding like me lol, especially the best man speech. One of our relatives filmed the wedding and he edited out the best man speech lol.
ReplyDeleteI am loving the underwear one! I kept trying mine on with the dress and where did that get me! great list, loving the whiskey too :-)
ReplyDeleteGreat choice, there are many things I'd change but have listed the top 5!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant. Sounds like we had the same DJ, only mine stole a bunch of my CDs at the end of the night. Bastard.
ReplyDeleteWould love to play along, but I'd be hard pressed to limit it to 5 since my wedding day was such a colossal suck fest. Maybe if I changed it to the 5 things I would NOT change. Nah, that wouldn't work. I don't think I could come up with five. Pretty much the only thing I wouldn't change is the man I married. He rocks. But the rest of the day? Meh. My family sucks. Wish I had eloped.
The dangers of alcohol feature in my list too! x
ReplyDeleteI might struggle to find five things. Mine was perfect. :-/
ReplyDeleteNirvana?! Your wedding party sounded AWESOME! Great list!
ReplyDeleteGreat advice! Doubles whiskeys and Nirvana can only lead to trouble! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat List Kate! Really got me thinking this week x
ReplyDeleteHa! When I started reading the line about your mother and the booze, I was thinking, oh you are so right, that is way too little wine...oops.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh. Number 3 is hilarious. I love these lists.
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I worry about you Fancy. Though I would like to experience a night out together...just once mind.
ReplyDeleteThat sure is a lot of wine but I'm pretty sure my family would manage it!
ReplyDeleteNoooo...no married no can join in...
ReplyDeleteAny pics of the DJ's wacky shirt? Intrigued.
Alright. It was hard but I did it. To improve on perfection...and yes that night would be one to remember. Or not. Depends on how you put it.
ReplyDeleteI'm in Kate. Took a while and quite a dodgy effort. Oh well....
ReplyDeleteI did the underwear thing - not taping it because these watermelons could never be held by measly tape, unfortunately but ended up having to pin my dress to my basque because otherwise I'd have given the church an eyeful of more cleavage than anyone would deem necessary. Love your list. Did mine too.
ReplyDeleteOK I'm in!! x
ReplyDeleteDid my list, searched for wedding photos - I wish I'd gotten married in modern times, all my "electronic" photos are scanned copies of real photos - not great quality :(
ReplyDeleteI had the perfect day. Only four people present!
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