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William Hamblen wrote:
When did they stop having fruitcakes at weddings? Once upon a time they would put a piece of the wedding (fruit) cake under a bell jar as a keepsake, fruitcake being a substance that conceivably outlasts the Pyramids. The problem is, there is only one fruitcake in the entire world. It keeps getting sent from one person to another as a Christmas gift. So I guess it's just too busy to appear at weddings. Joyce |
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William Hamblen wrote:
When did they stop having fruitcakes at weddings? Once upon a time they would put a piece of the wedding (fruit) cake under a bell jar as a keepsake, fruitcake being a substance that conceivably outlasts the Pyramids. The problem is, there is only one fruitcake in the entire world. It keeps getting sent from one person to another as a Christmas gift. So I guess it's just too busy to appear at weddings. Joyce |
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William Hamblen wrote:
When did they stop having fruitcakes at weddings? Once upon a time they would put a piece of the wedding (fruit) cake under a bell jar as a keepsake, fruitcake being a substance that conceivably outlasts the Pyramids. The problem is, there is only one fruitcake in the entire world. It keeps getting sent from one person to another as a Christmas gift. So I guess it's just too busy to appear at weddings. Joyce |
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Dennis and I got married on the beach in Australia. It wasn't an
elopement because everybody knew about it, but we just didn't put on a party for anyone and nobody was about to come all the way to Australia for our wedding. For $5000 we had a month in Australia during which time we drove from Sydney to Cairns and back in our cheap rental car, scuba diving, sight seeing, a lovely beach wedding on Dunk Island followed by 2 nights at their resort, and a great photographer. I had sewed my own dress before our trip, it was just a little white summer dress. Dennis had on some black shorts and Tevas. We got Martin and Rose, a Jewish couple from NY who we met on the trail down to the beach before the wedding, to be our witnesses. They thought it was "soooo romaaaaantic!", their own wedding just a few days previously had been a grand affair with 250 guests, for which they would be paying for the next 5 years. Dennis and I had no debts from the wedding and instead invested our savings in a condo. We sold the condo for a profit and now have enough money to move to Australia permanently. On February 21st, 2006, we will go back to Dunk Island and renew our vows for our 10th anniversary. -- Britta Sandpaper kisses, a cuddle and a purr. I have an alarm clock that's covered in fur! Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album "dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers" wrote in message ... When Vernon & I got married, in attendance were Vernon & I (obviously), Nathan, two witnesses, my mum & dad. That was it. Lovely. Afterwards we went home, got into my old tracksuit - cooked lunch for everyone & then did a massive buffet for the evening, when we had open house, where we invited all of our friends round. Loved it. My wedding probably cost a thousand times less than the House of Spartacus event and I bet it was as much fun ;-) Cheers, helen s |
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Dennis and I got married on the beach in Australia. It wasn't an
elopement because everybody knew about it, but we just didn't put on a party for anyone and nobody was about to come all the way to Australia for our wedding. For $5000 we had a month in Australia during which time we drove from Sydney to Cairns and back in our cheap rental car, scuba diving, sight seeing, a lovely beach wedding on Dunk Island followed by 2 nights at their resort, and a great photographer. I had sewed my own dress before our trip, it was just a little white summer dress. Dennis had on some black shorts and Tevas. We got Martin and Rose, a Jewish couple from NY who we met on the trail down to the beach before the wedding, to be our witnesses. They thought it was "soooo romaaaaantic!", their own wedding just a few days previously had been a grand affair with 250 guests, for which they would be paying for the next 5 years. Dennis and I had no debts from the wedding and instead invested our savings in a condo. We sold the condo for a profit and now have enough money to move to Australia permanently. On February 21st, 2006, we will go back to Dunk Island and renew our vows for our 10th anniversary. -- Britta Sandpaper kisses, a cuddle and a purr. I have an alarm clock that's covered in fur! Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album "dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers" wrote in message ... When Vernon & I got married, in attendance were Vernon & I (obviously), Nathan, two witnesses, my mum & dad. That was it. Lovely. Afterwards we went home, got into my old tracksuit - cooked lunch for everyone & then did a massive buffet for the evening, when we had open house, where we invited all of our friends round. Loved it. My wedding probably cost a thousand times less than the House of Spartacus event and I bet it was as much fun ;-) Cheers, helen s |
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"Yowie" wrote in message ... Our wedding was on top of Mt Keira, to the backdrop of a wonderful view of Illawarra and the sea. My dress cost $40, the shoes $100, the makeup was free when I bought the Christian Dior lipstick (I got it done at one of those stalls in the cosmetics department of a big department store - lipstick was $40 and I needed it to "touch up" anyway). Joel's suit hire was $150. The Celebrant's fee is a set $300. The booze cost at the most, $500. Various sundries came to about another $200. The reception was out our favourite restaurant ( a Japanese place - they threw in the decoration for free, we hadn't asked for it) and we asked the guests to pay for their dinner (at $25 per person) rather than give us gifts. We ate till we couldn't fit anything more in (and had leftovers), my parents supplied the cake, and there was lots of booze left over (we're going to drink the last bottle tonight - its our 1st anniversary today) and everyone said it was the most relaxed and comfortable wedding they'd ever been to - and the cheapest (some people did bring gifts, but they were sweet, thoughtful, nont "wedding present" small electrical appliance - priced gifts) to boot. I think we probably payed less than $1000 when everything got added up. It was just the right combination of formal ceremony and casual celebration for us. I'd do it again! Yowie Oh, I just got to this, I'm *still* catching up! I can't believe it's been a year already, congratulations! Wow! I hope you have a great anniversary, and many more :-) -- Britta Sandpaper kisses, a cuddle and a purr. I have an alarm clock that's covered in fur! Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album |
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"Yowie" wrote in message ... Our wedding was on top of Mt Keira, to the backdrop of a wonderful view of Illawarra and the sea. My dress cost $40, the shoes $100, the makeup was free when I bought the Christian Dior lipstick (I got it done at one of those stalls in the cosmetics department of a big department store - lipstick was $40 and I needed it to "touch up" anyway). Joel's suit hire was $150. The Celebrant's fee is a set $300. The booze cost at the most, $500. Various sundries came to about another $200. The reception was out our favourite restaurant ( a Japanese place - they threw in the decoration for free, we hadn't asked for it) and we asked the guests to pay for their dinner (at $25 per person) rather than give us gifts. We ate till we couldn't fit anything more in (and had leftovers), my parents supplied the cake, and there was lots of booze left over (we're going to drink the last bottle tonight - its our 1st anniversary today) and everyone said it was the most relaxed and comfortable wedding they'd ever been to - and the cheapest (some people did bring gifts, but they were sweet, thoughtful, nont "wedding present" small electrical appliance - priced gifts) to boot. I think we probably payed less than $1000 when everything got added up. It was just the right combination of formal ceremony and casual celebration for us. I'd do it again! Yowie Oh, I just got to this, I'm *still* catching up! I can't believe it's been a year already, congratulations! Wow! I hope you have a great anniversary, and many more :-) -- Britta Sandpaper kisses, a cuddle and a purr. I have an alarm clock that's covered in fur! Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album |
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Me I'm married *and* divorced, But I must have missed more than Steve as I
have never heard of it, the only cake in the face I know is the slapstick kind, and that never made me laugh either. Jean.P. wrote in message ... CatNipped wrote: Us too - I never did like the smooshing the cake in the face "joke". I think when you are celebrating your love you should at least show each other some respect and kindness. Feeding each other cake is supposed to symbolize taking care of and providing for one another, not humiliating one another. Not to mention wasting perfectly good cake! Joyce |
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Me I'm married *and* divorced, But I must have missed more than Steve as I
have never heard of it, the only cake in the face I know is the slapstick kind, and that never made me laugh either. Jean.P. wrote in message ... CatNipped wrote: Us too - I never did like the smooshing the cake in the face "joke". I think when you are celebrating your love you should at least show each other some respect and kindness. Feeding each other cake is supposed to symbolize taking care of and providing for one another, not humiliating one another. Not to mention wasting perfectly good cake! Joyce |
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