Hello all! After my absence (I know I've been gone a long time) I am back with a vengeance, a wedding synopsis and some pics! Back in London, weather is bright and sunny though a bit cold. The heat of Mauritius is easily addictive.
So I got married Saturday 10th and the wedding was absolutely perfect. All those little incidents that I thought would happen never actually came! Our guests flew from the UK, Canada, Spain, Australia and Singapore. My sister and sister-in-law threw me a surprise hen-do on the 7th. We went to a gorgeous domaine with a huge, historical colonial house, surrounded by beautiful high green grounds. We has a lovely high tea, where all the girls wore flowery tea dresses. We had mini sandwiches, smoked marlin rolls and choux a la creme. The demureness didn't stick around very long when the champagne and rose wine started flowing. They also made me take a melon liqueur shot if I answered any question wrong (we did a his&hers round).
The day before the wedding, the coordinator at the hotel told me there'd be chances of rain. So we moved everything inside. We had the ceremony in the Conservatory, the cocktail on the Astor Manor porch and the reception+dancing in the Astor Hall. I am so glad we did that, even though there was a bit of rain, it was so hot and humid outside that it was a relief to be in the air conditioned rooms!
There was room for everyone to sit, the decoration was soft and semi-sparkly (gotta have 'em sparkles). H was all smiles when he saw me walking down the aisle. Dude totally thought my dress was going to be an Ariel from The Little Mermaid number. Hehe. I also did my own makeup without a trembling hand! I remember the white aisle runner being really cushy. My heels were sinking in and I couldn't even hear the Cello Suites in G playing. By the way, the violinists were amazing! My big brother, our officiant, asked me if I wanted to take H for my "wife". He grew red at the realization of his mistake but we all laughed and the atmosphere was magical. We had a completely non-religious ceremony. We also did our little sand ceremony thing.
The bridesmaids were stunning. I managed to buy the fabrics and got their dresses hand made by my sister in law's aunt. She's so very talented. We took our photos for half an hour during the cocktail hour. H got the sunset he wanted, after all the rumours of rain! Alcohol was plentiful, the food was absolutely delicious (although I only managed to wolf down three sushis and one shot of gazpacho). We had the time to go to every table, say hello and thank you and had our photographer take a photo of each one of them with us in it. The reception room and decoration were fantastic. It was soft and warm and I'm so glad all the flowers worked out so perfectly. The cake(s) were divine and I wish the dancing could have gone on longer for the DJ was sooooo good. I've never been more in love with Ke$sha & Pitbull's Timber (please don't judge me). The next two days, our honeymoon, at the St-Regis were a bit spoiled cause there was a cyclone over Mauritius. So it was windy and rainy and barely had time for a dip in that pool. However, more beneath-the-sheets times
The only thing I regret in all of this is the fact that I will never be able to go back and enjoy the perfection of all that happened. It was really so perfect, no hic at all. Because of this, I wake up every morning since the wedding with a complete void inside of me. I heard about wedding blues before but is it such a bad feeling?I feel so sad. There was so much love and warmth. I feel slightly depressed when I think about it all. I loved our wedding but the sadness for me is overwhelming. I cried yesterday. And on the plane on the way back. H is so supportive. He held me yesterday as I cried. Was it like this for some of you? I also have the stress of looking for a job coming on. Party's over and reality is hitting me right now. Any advice for me?
EDT: Forgot to add (for those Knotties still wondering) that we had no registry and didn't have a fund system either but we received envelopes with money from a lot of guests! So no need to be rude