Weddings

I played the piano at a wedding this afternoon at church. That's the second wedding I've played for at FCC, and I haven't even been there a full year yet. I like being asked to do that.

That being said, I personally think weddings are generally a ridiculous waste of time and money. Notice I did NOT say "marriages"... marriages, when done right, are a very good thing. But wedding ceremonies always seem to be a lot of silliness that cost a LOT of money.

Rick & I did have a wedding, but it was very, very minimal. We probably wouldn't have even had a ceremony if JoeMama hadn't insisted on it. I ordered my dress from the JCPenney catalog. I think I just couldn't justify the fru-fru and the expense in my mind; I had helped a couple of girlfriends with their weddings during college and had helped make all the flower arrangements, pick out music, and whatever else needed to be done -- and after all that immense amount of work, the ceremony lasted less than half an hour and that was it. Thousands of dollars and thousands of hours of work, for fifteen minutes of tension and oh-no-how-fast-am-I-supposed-to-walk and I-can't-believe-she-showed-up-in-that-outfit and I-can't-zip-my-dress-anymore-what-am-I-going-to-do. BLECH! What is the point?

Kris sez, Save the money and invest it in a house or a good car or a nice two-week vacation. Much more useful.