When it came to planning our wedding, P and I knew it would be very traditional: married in the Catholic church followed by reception with friends and family. But there are a few traditional wedding things where we are going to stray a bit.
- Receiving Line - instead of doing the traditional receiving line out the church, P and I will be doing a receiving line as guests enter the reception area from the cocktail hour. The main reason we have chosen to do it this way is we our constrained on time at the church after the ceremony to get pictures. We also thought this was a great way for us to get to greet and interact with each guest and not have to do the obligatory walk around to each table during the reception. The receiving line will only consist of P and I which we hope will speed up the process.
- Bouquet Toss - I have never been a huge fan of the bouquet toss at weddings. It is awkward to be called out as the "single woman" or the "still not engaged woman" and then have to pretend like you care about catching the bouquet. I think it is a bit antiquated to assume that every single woman at a wedding is dying to be the next to get married. Plus, I did not feel like paying extra money for a toss bouquet.
- Garter Toss - our reasoning not wanting to do a garter toss is pretty similar to the bouquet toss. Plus neither of us would have been comfortable with a room of our family and friends watching him slide a garter down my leg. No thank you.
Even though today is the first day of spring it is still freezing in DC with highs only the 40s through the weekend. We are hoping that it warms up considerably in the next three weeks!
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