It's taken me forever to actually sit down and give the details of my wedding day! Now I know why brides take so long to write it...there's so much to say and so many details that you don't want to forget!!
Well, for those of you that didn't know my grandfather had died the day of my rehearsal which was 2 days before my wedding. So that was heavy on my mind the night before the wedding. My cousin the night before when we were all hanging out watching the rehearsal tape, my wedding guilted me by saying, 'you know you should really cancel your honeymoon to be here for grandpa's funeral'. I cried the entire night, but when i woke up at 6:30 am, my MOH and BM, came into to my room to tell me how they had talked all night about how messed up it was for my cousin to tell me that the night before my wedding. They both did a great job of lifting my spirits and assuring me that no one else in my family agreed with her. My grandfather before he died made it a point to tell
everyone that he wanted my day to go smoothly and happily, and they reminded me of that, so after we all had a good cry...
HOUSE OF ESSENCE A-Z ++++++++
...my BM and I went to get our hair touched up. My BM's hair was done the day before but we wanted to tighten up her curls. I had to have my bun done. TASCIA IS THE BOMB!! I l LOVED MY HAIR!! The next day, I was still able to keep it for our trip to Jamaica. She's the best!!
WEATHER 98 degrees in the shade with a 100% humidity!! So you can understand why we waited to do our hair! Man, it was hot that day. Not to mention later on it poured, but we'll get to that later.
Breakfast My mom made a huge west indian breakfast for my girls and I! It was great, my brother made me cry by playing a wedding medly that he made with 'Love and Marriage', 'Going to the chapel', 'With this ring', and a bunch of other wedding songs.
After breakfast, we all went back to my house to start getting things ready..pulling dresses out of bags, steaming my dress, lining up shoes, taking showers, etc.
Lunch We took a little break to eat lunch, since I had heard the horror stories of brides starving all day. A combination of chinese left overs and spagetti:
After that things went super sonic fast!!
Expressions Florist A+++++
Trina was ON TIME!! The boks were beautiful, my mom had 2 stems from my cousins bok up until last week!! They lasted a very long time. Everyone loved the butterfly accents. I still have extra petals in the fridge that are bright white and it's over a month later!! Trina rocked and I'm glad I stayed with her despite many people's comments. I think she really paid attention to the feedback she received. My only wish was that I wasn't home when she dropped them off, and I didn't get to personally thank her: So thank you, Trina!!!
LYNBROOK BRIDAL A+++++
Carmella is a Godsend. I would just stop in to visit and try on my dress, and everytime, she greeted me with a smile. The service was impeccable, the seamstress (sorry forgot her name) listened to me when it came to my dress and my daughter's I'm still getting compliments on our dresses. Thanks Lynbrook bridal!!
BURTON'S BRIDAL D-----
They handled my BM dresses. Now the dresses themselves came out great! That I will give a A for. But their service was the worst I experienced of all my vendors. They were not understanding to 2 of my BMs that lived out of state. Both girls tried several times to make arrangements for fittings, but because they were in their 'height' they were unwilling to compromise. Any time I called or they called we were greeted with attitudes and obvious frustration. One BM had to couldn't take the constant unsatisfactory service, b/c they kept telling her she was bigger than she actually was when she called in her measurements...needless to say when the dress was shipped to her it was 4x her size and it cost her big$$ to get it altered to fit. They really need to take a course on customer satisfaction.
SUGARPLUMS A++
My mom got her dress from them, and when I tell you she was a knock out, it would be an understatement. Katherine was a gem, and very sweet, even when my daughter was running around touching everything!!
MAC BY CASSANDRA A+++
My makeup was flawless. Cassandra showed up at 1pm to do my makeup. she was seemless...make up was applied with expert precision. Plus she would let me keep stopping for sips of water (didn't want to get dehydrated in the heat!!). I didn't have to reapply anything but the gloss during the middle of the reception. When i got home that night I still had a full face of makeup. The only problem I found, when i saw the pics, and i don't think many make up artists (white or black) realize this, but in my pictures i could clearly see the makeup line on my face...where the foundation stopped and my nature skin color was exposed. I had to pull those pics b/c it was extremely obvious or turn some pics to black and white so it wasn't noticeable. Yet, the makeup rocked cuz no one mentioned it until the pics came out.
WHEW...I'm going to take a little break!!
