Well, we ain't goin' to no chapel...
...But, yes. We're gonna get married.
Tomorrow, actually.
And LeendaDLL and Ruthypants, no worries. There was no cat in the bag...other than the one I have stuffed in a pillow case that we keep behind the potatoes.
Tomorrow at 11 o'clock our time, or 6 o'clock your time, or 3 o'clock everyone else's time, Iain will be stuck with a pregnant immigrant from California forever and ever...or at least until the return policy is still good. You know how those "email order brides" are.
I'd tell you where we're getting married, but I'd rather not have anyone show up with a hack saw...
Just know it's a cute little place where a few members of Iain's family will be able to make it down and be our witnesses.....
Iain's mom is our usher, and witness, and she doesn't know it yet, but will probably be doing a reading for us.
Oh, and speaking of "readings"...The approved list of stuff we could
have a read during our 8.23 minute ceremony was quite interesting.
Can you please explain to me why British Citizens would want an "Extract from a Native American Ceremony" read at their wedding? Or perhaps a "Tribal Wish of the Iroquois Indians" read aloud?
They're pretty, but what do Native Americans mean to British people? Gah. Whatever.
Anyway, we picked "The Art Of Marriage" by Alfred Peterson to be read. Currently, as it stands, I'll be reading it. However, I'm a big fat fucking cry baby. I will blubber and sob if I have to read it.
Oh, and did I mention that my menstrual cycle started on Monday? OH YES!
I will be bleeding through my wedding. Nothing says "romantic honey moon sex" like menstrual fluid. Fuck sake.
My mom's like, "Didn't you know you could get a pill to delay your period?!?!! and I'm like,
"Mother. I'm an immigrant. I've been unemployed since APRIL. Do you think they're going to hand me a pill to make my wedding, which they suspect is only taking place so I can become a citizen and ship my children and relatives over to the the UK for the sole purpose of organizing acts of terrorism, more ENJOYABLE for me....Yea, no."
I actually just said, "Yeah, but I'm poor." to her, but you get the point.
So, all of you wedding whores (*cough* Kristen *cough*) want to know details, right?
Okay. But no "bouncing bosom embrace", no crying, and certainly no clapping, okay?
My flowers will be red. (Or at least I hope that's what they'll have left over at the florist by the time I get down there...)
The shoes will be my "Something New" from my Sister:
And, here is my fabulous wedding dress:
My "Something Old, Something Borrowed, and Something Blue" will be my Mom's garter that she wore when she married my dad. At first I thought
it might curse our marriage, but then again it's not really about the
marriage to my dad, it was my Mom's, ya know?
So, we will take loads of pictures, and videos, and will be bloggin' about it sometime soon.
Next time you hear from me, I'll be a Mrs. I'll be a wife. (How weird does that sound??)
I still can't even look at Iain and say "Husband" without giggling like a moron, so this will be interesting.
The anti-bride gets married.
This isn't a very "mushy goo goo love" post about us getting married, but I don't feel the need to do that.
I'm just happy, and I don't think it's actually set in yet.
I think I'm still kinda in shock.
Only one year ago today did I first land in Manchester Airport. At this time last year, I was in Liverpool, freaking out because I could SMOKE INSIDE, had my first Cider and Black and hung out with "friends" that I no longer know.
I would have had butterflies in my stomach, because tomorrow I would be meeting Iain face to face.
In less than 24 hours we would be running towards each other, tripping over our suitcases, and kissing hello.
(Yes, we kissed hello. It went: Run. Trip. Hug. Kiss. "Hi. I'm Cate." "Hi. I'm Iain". Stare. Kiss."Nice to meet you".)
And in a year, who knew that I would be sitting here in our flat, writing to all of you fine people about our wedding tomorrow.
Where this year will take us, I can only imagine.
But tomorrow is our 1 year anniversary, and our wedding day.
It doesn't feel like "the first day of the rest of our lives". It doesn't feel like "the most important day of my life"...
It just feels...normal.
Like, well, of course tomorrow is your wedding day....
It's exciting and surreal. Like it's our birthday tomorrow, or something...
Just with less cake, more champagne, no birthday song, and some kick ass shoes.
And I get to finally sign a legal document with my new name that I've been swirling on pieces of scrap paper for months and months........that Iain finds, and then laughs at me.
Have a drink for us!!! You'll be in my thoughts!!!
**Big,Sloppy Quarter Pounder With Cheese Breath, Kiss**
(Like I'm dieting for our wedding, BAH!)
Comments
Congrats Cate! I had a VERY small wedding too....I think it sounds perfect....
I'm so HAPPY for you!!! really I read that with a big smile on my face, and you now how I feel about weddings, usually. It sounds like it will be cool, and I can't wait to see the pics. Love the recount of one year ago tomorrow, that is really cool. almost gives me hope. *almost* but if anything does it would be that. You are so cute.
Yay! Happy Wedding Day Cate & Iain! :):)
Hang on did you just say "a pregnant immigrant..."?!??! Holy fuck, have I missed something?!
Congratulations on your forthcoming wedding, I love your frock! ;)
xxxxx
EAT RUTH EAT!!!!
lol
It's so nice to hear of such small, personal weddings. My wedding day felt like a normal day except that I had to hold flowers the whole time and smile more than I was used to. Haha.
Best wishes!!!
and sincerely smoking wedding attire.
congratulations and all that.
weeeeee!!!!
See, I should have known better than to jump the gun!! LOL
23 years... wow. Congrats to you too! :))
A big, fat, super duper congratulations to you and Iain, sweetheart!!!!!!
I'm excited for you. Let it be your day and your way and bring you all the happiness and joy in the world that carries through to the rest of your marriage. :)
and a big fat fuck you to anyone who disagrees with any manner in which YOU choose to conduct YOUR wedding. If they can't be happy that you're happy, they are NOT WORTH IT.
btw, i LOVE the dress, and the shiny red shoes! I hope the florist has red flowers to match your shoes. it would be cool if you had red lipstick to match your red shoes and red flowers.
*big hugs* i'll toast my glass of wine to you tomorrow!!
<3
dg
That is so fantastic. Congratulations and all that jazz!!!
May you have a long happy wonderful life with your new husband!!!
Congrats, Cate. I have only internet-known you for a short time, but I wish you and yo' man the best. :)
also, good god almighty i miss cider and black. can you actually buy the blackcurrant syrup over there? because if you can, i might have to get on my hands and knees and beg you to let me send you some money so you could send me some. seriously, that's how much i miss me some cider and black.
but seriously, congrats deear!
p.s. i covet those shoes. hell, and the dress!
Next time you don't want to have your period during a certain time...aka "your Wedding Day"...you can just skip the week of sugar pills or whatever they are called...and just start taking the real pills again.
Much love from Las Vegas, honey. By the time you read this no doubt you'll already be a Mrs. We're so excited for you.
And that's a gorgeous dress. Whoever found that for you should work in fashion. *cough* xxx
(*cough*name drop*cough*)
Say hello to Kat and Stu for me, and hope you're having a lovely time in Vegas while the rest of us free lance monkies work Tropical Britain.
Bastards..
xx.
Congratulations! You had me with the "pregnant immigrant" comment, too, but then I remembered your previous post and figured it out.
Now I'm curious as hell, though, how you and Iain met. Maybe everyone else already knows the story. You went to England to meet him in person... penpal romance? Internet love affair? Please, spill the details. Inquiring minds and all that.
It sounds like you love each other very much. Big congrats!
Awesome dress and shoes! You got a LITTLE bit of white in there at least.. Little white dots - as if to say "I am speckled with innocence... ...but am mostly a bit of a tart, actually." Aren't we all? Haha ;D I love it. I can't wait to see the pics :)
[this is smashingly, sparklingly, breath-takingly SUPERB!]
OMG...so happy for you two...we'll drink and cheer, and then break a few!
(you're braver than I am, lol)
The shoes and the dress are fabulous!
Oh and the fact you're getting married is fabulous, too :)
"Frankly, I cannot imagine anyone else who'd have put up with me this long, nor would I want to break in a new model at this point in my life. I like being married; the thought of "dating" gives me the willies."
Ouch. He doesn't read this does he? I hope I inspire a more ringing endorsement after 23 years of marriage, but probably not. C'mon, CupCate is getting married. Let's tell her it's all cakes and roses forever. :->
LOL!!! I don't think he reads anything I write, unless I shove it under his nose, jump up and down, and beg him to. See, that sounds awful - but it's not. It works for me. Can you imagine rejection (or worse yet, perfunctory compliments) from your spouse? Ew. From the rest of the world, I want honest, constructive critique. Not from my husband, my lover, my life partner. Nooooo. Honesty, yes - but critique? Not if I'm being honest - not really.
And yes, I do still get roses. But that's just not as important to me as the day to day comfort of knowing he loves me - flaws and all - and is going to be there until the day I die. Sorry if that comment didn't sound all starry eyed and romantic, Paxton - sometimes, some days, we do still get all starry-eyed and romantic, but if that's what it was all about, we would not have lasted this long. I think Cate already knows that.
Do you mind if I recommend this to our editor for the [this is good] box?
Good thing we're so hung up on the details, no?
I got flowers...£3 red carnations. LOL Whatever, they're flowers and they match the shoes!
Thank you SO MUCH to all of you!!!!! Holy crap. Almost 12 hours to go!!!!!
Love, kisses, and hugs and champagne to you all.
xoxo
You guys are swell...
I mean, THIS could really be us...
Thanks :).
May I be the first (Voxer type) person to say Congratulations Mr & Mrs CupCate!! Hope you're having a fabulous day and I'm sure you'll have a lovely married life. Your story together so far is very inspirational, yet seems completely grounded *sigh*
Amy x x x x
Hehehe... you don't have to prove your love to me, Holly. I'm just glad to see people together after 23 years. It gives me hope. I've been married 13 years myself, and a lot of the time I feel like an alien around all of the singles I have to work with. No, you can't spend your life being infatuated. Part of the secret is to become reacquainted with that infatuation from time to time, but obviously you know that.
CupCate - there's your model for a long and happy marriage. Be like Holly. :->
::blush:: I think Cate's got a good head on her shoulders, and a good man at her side. ::raising a glass of champagne:: To a long, happy, loving marriage that is truly a partnership for life!
And Paxton, thirteen years is about the time it starts getting really good. Ten, actually, but it just gets better from there on. (Oh, don't worry, Cate - it's good before that, too - but at thirteen, you've worked out most of the kinks, got your sense of humor - not to mention your sense of the ridiculous - back, and ought to have reached a comfortable groove. You share inside jokes you could never explain to anyone else, and you can make each other laugh with just a look. You could finish most of your spouse's sentences - but no longer feel the need to prove it, most of the time.) I wasn't trying to prove anything to you, really, Paxton - but you inspired me to post that "first date" story here, and I'm glad you did. Fun trip down memory lane!
[this is WONDERFUL]
OMG... You're 9+hrs into wifedom by now. See what I get for missing a day?
I can't drink an alcohol toast so I'm hoping you had the good sense to drink my share for me!!
Super duper over the top shout it to the world happy CONGRATULATIONS!!
A toast to the Bride and Groom.
All is good... Mr & Mrs Cupcate are well...photos to follow shortly. Cate says thank you to all xx
Anyway, I've drunk way too much to write anything of sense, so better get back to it ;)
It's mostly fun though. Oh the sex... oooh yeah. Yeah. :)
Congratulations to you both!!! How exciting! =)
CONGRATS! :0)
Such big THANK YOU to every, single one of you!!!!!!!!
We had a fabulous wedding ceremony, lots of champagne, and a lovely mini-break style honeymoon...
We're back to business here...Will be getting another post up soon...
We don't have our video sorted out yet, and pictures from the ceremony are still on my in-law's camera...But I can post a couple from our stay in Brighton over the weekend :)
Thank you all so, so much. I heart you guys, I really do.
**Smooches for all***
....Dude, I have a husband. Holy gawd.
Can't wait to read posts/see photos of the big event.
You two are so perfect for each other. I love you guys!
Okay, less wine before commenting next time. Whew!
Married?
Hopefully, this won't mean that your blog will be interrupted...
I can't believe I forgot to congrats you!!! Love the dress, love the shoes and can't wait to see the photos!!! See ya, Mrs Iain!!!