Cocktails and Confetti: Weddings...

So I went to a wedding this past weekend and it occurred to me that I am NO WHERE near ready for marriage. I also realized that you go through a serious roller coaster of emotions at a wedding..I think the open bar helped with that realization...

So I attended the wedding as the date of a friend. It was up in New Jersey, and boy was it an event. First off, the wedding was absolutely gorgeous. I mean straight off of pinterest, the bride was gorgeous, the colors were absolutely stunning, the location was perfect, and they couldn't have asked for better weather. The ceremony was short and sweet, the happy hour/cocktail reception was on point - open bar and more food than anyone could handle. We then had dinner, drinking, dancing, and dessert and it was an absolutely -what seemed like a seamless evening.

I know you are wondering where I am going with this blog post because so far I haven't bitched or moaned once..well here it is.

Weddings are supposed to be fun, entertaining, you expect to dance, drink, and most likely meet someone and have a wedding one night stand or fling. Or at least some flirting on the dance floor. But for me, all this wedding did was point out that I am extremely single.

Let me go through the various stages of the wedding..with commentary...

Step one: the ceremony - so every little girl dreams of what their wedding day will be like, who they will marry, what their dress will look like, what colors, etc. Now a days every woman has a pinterest board or a secret stash of wedding magazines that highlights certain aspects that they want to include in their wedding. I tried to start a pinterest board for my wedding - titled "someday", it was deleted after my mom told me it looked desperate..thanks mom. Anyhow - so while you are sitting there watching the beautiful bride walk down the aisle of course your head starts spinning with everything you want for your own wedding, I had to physically stop myself from thinking about it - cause it made me depressed. My wedding is still years..and I mean years..away..

Step two: the cocktail or happy hour - so this is that lull that happens while the bride/groom, bridal, party are all taking pictures. People start drinking, there are appetizers, and casual mingling. This is the point in the wedding where you try and figure out who is single and who is not. Who could you possibly flirt with on the dance floor and who you want to stay far away from..this is the fun part.

Step three: the dinner - so much good food. That is literally all I have to say about this. I mean it was buffet style and everything was incredible..sorry fat girl problems, this may have been the best part of the wedding.

Step four: dinner and drinking - so this is when you now have food in your system so you really hit up the open bar, this is where we separate the wedding guest and the wedding crashers, and what I mean by that is you are separating the family and the dates. This is the difference between people who get drunk and wild and crazy and have a good time and the family who drinks and has a good time, but keeps it some what tame. Guess which category I fell into..

This is also when you have the first dance, the father/daughter dance, the couples start crowding the dance floor, looking at each other lovingly either remembering or thinking of their own wedding..bleh. They play a few slow songs, a few fun songs, and overall songs you just want to dance too. Well of course I started thinking about what songs I want to play at my own wedding and ..then again I had to physically stop myself from thinking about it cause..hello like I said earlier..my wedding is years away..

Step five: closing time - at my wedding this song will play. It's like the ultimate "you don't have to go home but you have to get the hell out of here" song. I love when bars play it - so cliche - yet so awesome. Anyhow this is the time of the wedding, when the band starts to slow down, the last few dance floor stragglers are making fools of themselves, the bar is slowly packing up, the staff is clearing all the tables to "encourage" you to head home. This is when you see, hookups heading off into the distance, you see family and friends saying their goodbyes, you see drinks being chugged, the bride and groom are absolutely exhausted but still have smiles plastered on their faces. At this point in the wedding I am more intoxicated then I should be for a wedding where I know at most 5 people, but am the right amount of drunk where I am not sloppy but just tipsy and happy. The perfect drunk for a wedding.

Over all the wedding was a blast, it makes me want to go to another which is great cause I have two more next month..it also makes me want to get married which is not happening next month..you know what they say..you win some you loose some..

And for your enjoyment some pictures from the wedding..