Purple and Pearls

I don’t want to take away anything from our day, because I really did love every single second, but the part that both of us were really looking forward to was the chance to relax, mingle with our friends and dance, dance, dance!

Whilst the staff at Nailcote cleared up from the meal in the Marquee, set up our sweetie table and made it suitable for the evening we floated around in the bar area and greeted our evening guests as they arrived. Unfortunately it had really started to rain so more than a few people came looking a little damp.

I felt like no sooner had I said hello to someone, another face had arrived and I had to excuse myself to say hello to someone else. I spent the early part of the night mixing with our guests and catching up with old friends that I hadn’t seen in a while. We stood near the entrance to the Marquee so we were able to say hello to everyone who came through the door. At some point we were called off in opposite directions and I would occasionally spot Has’ across the room but the early parts of the evening we barely spent any time together.

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Our coordinator Carol called us both together so we could cut the cake. If she hadn’t have organised us I’m pretty sure we would have both forgotten! Someone mentioned to me that my Dad wasn’t there, so we waited until he arrived. Unfortunately what I didn’t know was that my Mom wasn’t there either and she missed us cutting our cake. I think the cutting of the cake is one of those things you overlook, after being handed the knife Has whispered to me, “So how do we do this then?” ermm?! When it was time we dug the knife in to a barrage of camera flashes, until it wouldn’t go down any more when we attempted to pull the knife from the cake we nearly toppled the whole lot! Not exactly sure on what to do next I precariously left the knife sticking out of the cake and left Has to carefully remove it.

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After nearly knocking the cake off its stand it was time for our first dance, or should that be first shuffle? We drifted around to Everlong by the Foo Fighters. Laughing to each other about how we should try and shake it up a bit with a dip or a twirl we didn’t take ourselves very seriously. We sang to each other, kissed and cuddled. To watch it may not have been very eventful, but it was perfect for us.

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Once the song had finished I invited my Dad on the dance floor for our father-daughter dance, we played Beautiful Girl by Inxs and invited everyone to enjoy us. My brother danced with my Mom and Has danced with his Mom, soon other Dad’s had taken the hand of their daughters and Mom’s danced with their son’s. It really was a very lovely moment.

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Then the night really began. Our band The Subterraneans totally rocked the marquee with tune after tune. We knew it was on the cards but what happened next was beyond brilliant. Has’ brother Mos has a rather special party piece that only comes out at weddings. Mos’ alter-ego “Freddie” took to the stage in a sparkly all-in-one glitter suit and a “Has” mask (from the stag party) and belted out “Don’t Stop Me Now” and “Somebody to Love” by Queen. The Subterraneans also had help from a new up-and-coming guitarist, our 8 year old nephew Louis who completely rocked!

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Everyone loved the performance and by the end everyone was clapping in time and singing along to the lyrics “Find me somebody to love” Mos stayed in his glittery suit all evening, the moustache and “Has” mask ended up being worn by pretty much every guest. Including me!

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Once the band had finished their sets, our DJ took over, we had given him a huge list of songs we’d love to hear, never expecting him to get through them all but he did a great job in playing songs that kept everybody dancing. And even though he specialises in heavy rock music he kept everyone happy and played requests such as Katy Perry, Tinie Tempah and even the Macarena, which had a huge group of us performing the routine on the stage! Something I never thought I’d be doing on my Wedding day!

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The music and the bar in the Marquee had a curfew of 1am. Our last song of the night was New York, New York by one of our all time favourite bands Reel Big Fish. We started the song off in a huge circle kicking in time, until Has and I were pushed into the middle where we danced whilst our family and friends circled around us. It was such an incredible moment to look around and see everyone hugging and dancing next to people they had only just met. Since the wedding our friends have told us that it was one of their favourite highlights of the wedding and it honestly was one of mine too.

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The entire hotel had been booked out by our guests, so when the Marquee closed we moved to the smaller bar area for a few more drinks. Slowly people retired to bed until there were only a few of us left. Has and I made our way up to our room around 3am. Earlier in the day Hayley and Suzie had been in and decorated our room with purple tealights, rose petals and had left us packets of Haribo, champagne and “Mr and Mrs” cupcakes (again supplied by Sarah at Blue Door Bakery) It really did look perfect.
As we lay completely worn out in our huge four-poster bed, we couldn’t quite believe the wedding was over. It had been such an amazing day, more than we could have ever wished for. Everything had been perfect and we really have our family and friends to thank for that. We both felt incredibly blessed to have such amazing people in our lives that helped make our day so special. I fell asleep in my Husbands arms, the happiest I’ve ever been as flashes of our day danced in my head.