wedding road trip

Maybe We’ll Have a Best Man After All

We’re not having a bridal party, but we might have to reconsider after seeing this picture:

Yep, that’s a Grizzly bear you’re looking at. A Grizzly bear that played the part of best man in the wedding of naturalist Casey Anderson and “actress” Missi Pyle. Not that anyone knows who in the hell Missi Pyle is.

Apparently these two weren’t too affected by watching Grizzly Man. That being said, they look awfully cute. Maybe I can convince my brother Greg to grow a beard.

Top Ten Bridesmaid Dresses Worse Than Yours

Ladies, if you don’t like the bridesmaid dress you’re wearing for an upcoming wedding, shut your mouths right now! It could be a lot, lot worse. After all, you could be a bridesmaid in…

#10  The Hello Kitty Wedding
Nothing says friendship like dressing your Maid of Honor like a walking Sanrio store.

#9  The Gone With the Wind Wedding
Frankly Scarlett, your bridesmaids WILL give a damn when you stuff them into corsets the size of toothpicks.

#8 The Wizard of Oz Wedding
Check out the hat in the back and thank your lucky stars that most brides let you do your own hair.

#7  The Underwater Wedding
Imagine trying to look pretty for photos while your hair is flopping around like a geriatric jelly fish.

#6 The Pajama Wedding
I know it’s only a matter of time before someone evolves this idea into a Snuggie wedding.

#5  The Star Trek Wedding
This could only get worse if the bride asked you to dress like the Trouble With Tribbles episode.

#4 The ’80s Wedding
Stop reading this blog. Go to every engaged woman you know and thank her profusely for having the foresight not to get married during the 1980s.

#3  The 4-Wheelin’ Wedding
Imagine the classy bridesmaid dresses that went with this little ensemble. Biker boots? Optional.

#2 The Edward Scissorhands Wedding
Check out the scorpions on her neck. Sweeeeet.

#1 The Nude Wedding
Are you done complaining, yet?

Covered Wagon Weddings

Second Rule of Wedding Guests: there will always be people who can’t attend your special day.

First Rule of Wedding Guests: there will always be one person who doesn’t attend because he or she is already attending another wedding.

Nowhere in the rules does it say, “said person will not be attend your ceremony because she is going to a covered wagon wedding.”

Yep. A mutual friend just informed Chris and me that she is playing the violin in a covered wagon wedding on the same day as our final ceremony. I would love to link you to a page that shows what that is, but apparently whomever is having this affair is the very first person to do so and doesn’t feel like broadcasting their covered=wagonness to the world.

Since there isn’t a web page, I decided to add some images to show you what I think a covered wagon might include:

A little bit of this…

A little bit of this…

Image Credit: Tensionnot.com

And a lot of this:

Okay, maybe the groom won’t be dressed up like a Star Wars character, but I think you get the point.

According to our friend, the covered wagon wedding party will circle the campfire with said covered wagons, where they will spend the night before and after the wedding. Make of that what you will, but remember, I’m not a camper, so you can imagine my horror at the thought of covered wagon showers and covered wagon bathrooms.

What the craziest wedding you’ve ever attended? Please, don’t say mine as a) it has happened yet and b) you’ll bruise my fragile little ego. Remember, I’m shy and easily scarred.

Yee-haw! Get Married Like a (Dallas) Cowboy

The new Dallas Cowboy football stadium is no joke. Well, except for the price tag, which tops more than one billion dollars. And the fact that it looks like a cross between E.T.’s mothership and a pregnant beetle. You can imagine how excited I am to tour this prime example of consumerism in early June, when Chris and I visit the great state of Texas.

One of the ways that the new Dallas Cowboy stadium will pay for itself is by offering the opportunity for couples to get married in one of its many high-end lounges or even on the field itself. While Cowboy reps won’t share the price tag for the three wedding receptions already planned at the stadium, my guess is it’s ever-so-slightly more expensive than a road trip. You know, maybe by a couple of dollars.

Which makes me wonder- what was the most expensive wedding you’ve ever attended? Mine was located at the Fairmont in Washington D.C. and cost a cool $200,000. Hey, engraved matchbooks are pricey and necessary!