Hiccup...Hiccup...Hiccup....(hold breath)

We had a case of the hiccups this past week. The ever so dreaded "wedding hiccup." This what I like to call "an unforeseen event or situation, that pops up no matter how well you have planned that presents itself as a severe problem at the time."

I would like to state for the record that I did not act like a Bridezilla at all during this whole time : ) Honestly, I didn't. You can ask Scott. I was the perfect Bride.

Now during my years in the wedding industry I have encountered and solved many wedding hiccups.
Here's a list of a few that were seared into my memory:

• The one where the bride was pretty tipsy but at the end of the night, one of the bridesmaids blurted out in front of the MOB (Mother of the Bride) the secret information that the bride was pregnant.
• Or how about the one where the cake had gumpaste lilies falling off of it? Or better yet, the cake that was made by a close family friend of the bride that had these tiny little hairs covering it? Perhaps the lady had got a haircut that day? Or that's at least what I would like to think. I didn't eat cake that night!
• Lights going out during the reception
• Divorced parents acting like kids and refusing to sit in the same row during the ceremony
• The Groom being caught on fire by a sparkler (He was okay)
• The Maid of Honor forgetting the Groom's ring and I had to get the ring to the last bridesmaid so she could pass it down.
• Or my personal favorite, having a 200 person wedding in pouring rain and no tent and no where to put the people. This day I seriously questioned my career move.

In the end, I made it through each and every one of those hiccups. Every wedding has at least one; it's the Golden Wedding Rule. Some are bigger than others, but they are all part of the process of planning a wedding.

We had our first hiccup (and hopefully our last) this past week. Our bridesmaid's dresses were being discontinued and we only had a few days to get them ordered. This may not seem to be a big deal but here's the back story on the bridesmaids dresses. We weren't supposed to order the bridesmaids dresses until April 15th still giving us a 2 month cushion before the big day. All the bridesmaids were told this and knew it but bumping up the order 3 months earlier does present some type of problem. In the end, we put in the order today and we will get the ones that Scott and I choose. : ) They are beautiful and ironically, scheduled to be here April 15th.

A special thank you to my dear friend, Orison, who will be standing by my side when I marry Scott. She's the one who sent me a text at 7am on Monday morning saying that the bridal shop in Dallas said the dress was discontinued. She saved the bridesmaid dress : )

Now, if it just wouldn't rain our wedding day.......
~A.


Amanda + Scott