Mrs. SarahDarling - RECAP! (Part III)

Reception:
Our awesome M.C. let guests know about our kissing game. If any guest wanted Jeff and I to kiss then they had to come up and kiss any member of our bridal party! It was a lot of fun with boyfriends running up to kiss their bridesmaid girlfriends and my mom's friends kissing our groomsmen on the cheek. Hilarious!
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Dinner:
Then we settled in for dinner. The food itself was delicious...as much as I ate of it. My stomache was still in knots over the excitement of the whole day so I had to pretty much force myself to eat. Hosted by RockYouPhotos.com
(I was worried about an all-black head table but it turned out super elegant and chic and I loved it!)

Guest Tables:
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The cootie catchers were a HUGE hit and I am so happy that we did them. People came up to me all night telling me how fun they were and such a unique touch!
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Speeches:
In between courses we had our Maid of Honour, Best Man and fathers give their speeches and I have to tell you ladies about my dad's amazing speech. First of all, he was so nervous about it and had been practicing constantly. He started by mentioning my grandparents (who have all passed) and how they would love Jeff and much as my family does (which got me crying). Then he talked a bit about how proud he was of me (still crying) and then he asked Jeff to join him at the podium and tells the story that when I was born he got a whole bunch of the tiny bottle of Seagram's Whisky and tied little pink ribbons around the neck so him and all his friends could do a shot to celebrate my birth. Then he pulls out 2 bottles that he saved and asks Jeff if he would like to do a shot to celebrate our marriage. I had NO IDEA that he had this planned! It was so sweet and touching and probably one of my favourite memories of the night.
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(and yes, we kept those bottles)

Shoe Game:
During dessert we played the shoe game which is where you sit back-to-back in the centre of the dance floor and hold one of your shoes and one of your hubby's. Your M.C. asks you questions like, "who's the bigger flirt? who's the better cook?" and you hold up the shoe of who better fits the question. It was a lot of fun and we laughed a lot!
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Father/Daughter Dance:
The father/daughter dance followed and to get through it we just talked about anything and everything that didn't have to do with the wedding. It was just soooo much easier to not listen to the song ("I Loved Her First" by Heartland) and talk about the weather and work. Hosted by RockYouPhotos.com

Dance:
Our DJ was awesome and stuck very closely to our play/do not play list. The dance floor was full all night...and I mean FULL! My biggest fear was that no one would dance and after 2 songs I knew I had nothing to worry about because that floor was a-rockin!
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(best dance of the night goes to my friend Kyle who did the "Single Ladies" dance to perfection!)

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(taking a breather from dancing)

Midnight Buffet:
At around midnight the venue rolled out homemade Italian style pizza (too delicious) and our cupcakes were finally allowed to be eaten! Ps. note my awesome caketopper that I DIYd. It was perfect and I still love my little robot bride and groom.
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In our venue there were actually 3 weddings that night and not only did we have people from the other weddings come over and ask if they could have cupcakes, but we actually had people CRASH OUR WEDDING because they had heard how much fun it was! At that point we didn't really care and figured, the more the merrier! I just hope the other brides weren't too upset we were stealing their guests!

The End:
They kicked us out at 1am and we could have kept going for hours. We still had about 100 guests dancing and eating and having fun! So we took it back to the hotel. We had over 50 guests staying at a nearby hotel and even more came and crashed. Jeff and I went up to our room because we were both exhausted, but our guests kept partying in their PJ's with kegs and bottles popping up out of nowhere! Hosted by RockYouPhotos.com
(our fathers at who-knows-what time!)


Morning After Breakfast:
My generous Father in Law invited everyone staying at the hotel from our wedding to breakfast the next morning and it was such a great idea. We got to sit and chat with our guests one more time, laugh about things that happened the night before and check out how exhausted everyone was because they didn't go to sleep until 5am the night before!
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(soo sleepy at breakfast)

I can honestly say that my wedding was a dream come true. Next week sometime I'm going to post some vendor reviews for Brides in the GTA and some tips and tricks I learnt from planning and enjoying my wedding day. Thanks again to all the girls who have been with me throughout this planning process. I honestly don't think my wedding would have been the same without WBC. Thanks!!!

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