Our 04/12/02 Wedding Story...

May 07, 2002 04:54 PM

Well we are back from our honeymoon and so excited to start our new lives together. This is a quick run down on the day and our vendors.
Our rehearsal dinner at Captain Bill's in Bayshore was great. The food and service was out of this world. I stayed at the Wyndham Wind Watch the night before the wedding and it was nice, but my parents rooms were suppose to be on a non smoking floor and it smelled like smoke and the rooms needed updating. The Wyndham did upgrade me the night before to a suite for the same price as a regular room ($119.00 a night). The morning of the wedding my hair and makeup lady arrived at 7:30 to start. She was nicely dressed (I know some were worried about that) and ready to start within about 10 minutes. She did 4 girls hair before starting mine at about 11:30. My hair was beautiful and stayed in place all day. My makeup was a little heavy (but I knew I would need to fix it a little before hand)but turned out nice. I was very happy with her work but really didn't need her all day (if it had rained it may have been a different story). My dress was from Angel bridals in East Islip and it was perfect. My veil was custom made from www.veilshop.com and it was perfect, and my headpiece I got off of Ebay. We used Burton's Flowers and had a few issues. My bouquet was exactly what I showed them I DIDN'T want. And the pew bows looked cheap. The bridesmaids bouquets were very pretty but they didn't even add any ribbons. The centerpieces were nice but not near as full as the one they have on display when you visit. And all the flowers had LOTS of filler and babies breathe (I had specified Queen Ann's lace instead of babys breath). The altar arrangements were supposed to be the same flowers as the bouquets but they were carnations and filler with a little color. My cake flowers were suppose to match my flowers so when they messed my bouquet they messed up the cake flowers. I was very upset (and even though it was my wedding day it did bother me alot). I would say if you use them to have a specific photo of what you want so they don't mess it up. The limos were from Class one and the rolls royce didn't show up. I wasn't that upset because we had 2 other limos and we all fit. They said that they contract out to another company and there was a mix up. They did show up to Villa's later for some pictures and that was all we really wanted it for anyway. I really liked the drivers and all the limos were nice and clean. They did give us free rides to and from the airport for the rolls mix up. I would use them again if I ever needed a limo. The ceremony was beautiful but I was laughing as soon as the singer started singer (it was awful!). We hadn't heard her sing before hand because the church said they don't do that and they are all professionals. We had the dove release and used Frank from Wedding Wings and it was great! He was so nice and the doves were beautifl. It was well worth every penny! We arrived at Villa Lombardi's and it was great! The food was great and everyone was waiting on us hand and foot. The service was wonderful. The only mix up was my grandmother (elderly and walks with a cane) asked the bridal attendant in the bridal suite for a soda and she said she wasn't supposed to get drinks for anyone but the bridal party. I flipped out (all the bottled up emotions from the day) and told her it was my grandma (told her 3 times) and I started crying. My husband came in and found out what happened and then it was taken care of. The matre d came and tried to fix the mess up. I did calm down and then everything was fine the rest of the night. Also the florist forgot to put the flowers on the cake and Villa's refused to put them in, so I had to have my bridesmaid and brother-in-law add the flowers to the cake. (they did a great job too!). The band was the Mystic and they were so good! They sounded just like the original singers and everyone raved about them. My photographer was Steve from Patken and he was a doll. One of the best chooses we made. THey proofs are beautiful and he was great to work with. We used Candlelite Video and they were great to work with. I will let you know how the video turns out. Hope I didn't forget anything and I have to say I am glad it is all over. It is time to relax and enjoy each other now. It was the best (happiest) and most stressful day of my life. Good luck to all and let me know if you have any questions. :) I will give a full honeymoon up date tomorrow.