My whole extended family is taking 3 days off. We did that for my nephew when he got married in Bermuda 2 years ago. D1’s colleagues and manager are taking Fri off so they could get to the welcome party. Her manager jokingly said they are shutting the whole desk down the month of Jun (maybe May too) because of D1’s wedding.
jym626 - if your FDIL’s sibs are expected to be at the rehearsal dinner and they would be flying in, wouldn’t they be missing a day of work anyway? Why couldn’t they fly in Thu night after work and be there for lunch on Fri?
Going E-W across country they tend to arrive around the time they took off, with the time difference. I am not sure of their plans, but one of her sibs just took a new job with Whole Foods corporate offices and I dont know how much vacation time she has. They may be using a day for this weekend’s engagement party. The other sister is in grad school and has clinical she cant miss.
D’s wedding is on a Friday, and the minister wants the rehearsal on Wednesday so he can do his Saturday wedding rehearsal on Thursday. (The minister is performing the ceremony at a host church about 45 minutes from his church.)
That is a no-go, because most of the wedding party is from out of town & will not head to the area until after work on Wednesday. The kids will probably have to make their wedding just a bit earlier than they had hoped in order to allow the minister to get back to the other church earlier. Details, details … but they need to work it out!
My DD and FSIL originally wanted their rehearsal to be in the very early afternoon on Friday (wedding is Sunday). I politely had to remind them that their officiant had a day job…and they needed to consult with HIM before they set the time! It’s going to be at 4:00 or so…followed by an early dinner.
We think most of the SO of the bridal party anyway are arriving on Saturday sometime. The grooms guys are all local.
So…early dinner on Friday, and then the bridesmaids and two friend get to resume the bachelorette things they are doing starting Wednesday and Thursday (some are arriving each day).
Everyone in the bridal party will stay at the hotel on Saturday and Sunday.
Us too!
D and her fiancé liked the coordinator they met with Friday and signed the contract yesterday hiring her. They liked her the best of those they talked with and she also was the lowest priced. They hired her for full planning as her costs were reasonable.
Congrats, @mom60. A good planner is very helpful.
Today’s snafu was DHs flat tire. Hopefully that is the 3rd of the 3 bad things before this weekends engagement brunch and shower. Will wish for a better weather report for Saturday…
DS and fiancée met with their florist last weekend. They asked if the moms wanted pin on flowers or wristlets. We both said pin on. Does anyone use wristlets nowadays?
Apparently they do use wristlets nowadays or the florist would not have asked.
Well, yes, but wristlets seem really dated to me.
This could be a regional preference. I had a wristlet for D’s wedding. The florist said they were more popular in our area.
Maybe it is regional. I havent seen wristlets for a very long time. At DS#1s wedding we had nosegays. The men had boutonierres. Did the wristlet get in the way at all?
Both of us, the mother of the bride and the mother of the groom chose to forgo corsages. Wristlets seemed very old fashioned and corsages just didn’t go with the dresses. It was a non issue, nobody noticed or cared.
We will do whatever the bride and groom want. Their venue has some kind of package deal that includes some of the flowers. IMO I guess its up to them how they want to use that part of their budget. At older s’s wedding we repurposed the nosegays into a vase on some tables. I liked that.
MOB and I both felt corsages were for the older generation and wristlets were for proms. We carried nosegays that were put into vases on the table. The florist advised that this was what many mothers are doing these days.
I had a wristlet for D’s wedding last summer. My dress and MOG’s dress had enough sparklies and designs going on, that we felt a pinned corsage would not have looked right… ymmv.
MOG and I opted out of flowers altogether. Neither of us wanted anything pinned to our dresses.
The newest thing we saw when looking…was a very small wrist thing. Very tiny roses, with the band being a string of pearls. Very understated…and more the look of a bracelet than a corsage. IF we get anything…that’s what we will get.
I don’t want to look like I’m going to the prom…and the corsages, and most of the wrist corsages made me feel that way.
^yup… ours were very small, with pearls…
I don’t like pin on corsages as I’m allergic to a lot of flowers and the closer to my nose they are, the more likely I’ll sneeze. I’d pick the wristlet because I’d take it off after the service. I like the little bouquet option the best.
Our florists mentioned some kind of magnetic thing instead of the pin for a dress pin on corsage. But she also said…some folks didn’t like that either.
I carried an evening bag that had belonged to my mother and had the florist do a small corsage that could be attached to that via magnet.
My profile pic is the wristlet I had for my sons wedding. It was originally for my mom, I didn’t want one. But they came out so pretty and my mom insisted that I wear it. I’m also very allergic to many flowers so that was another reason. I was fine that night but we had to throw away the flowers prematurely because both H and I were terribly allergic.