Here comes the bride.....

In honor of my good friend irony I have made the decision to begin this post in the most cliche way possible; I looked up the word special in the dictionary (well....the online dictionary). Special (adjective) 1. unusual or better - distinct, different, unusual, or superior in comparison to others of the same kind.

Interesting.  So why do brides refer to their weddings as their 'special day?' In my experience there is very little that is actually special about a modern day wedding.  Every wedding that I've been to in the last decade has been indiscernible from the next.  Big, over priced white dress (more to come on that in the next post)...cookie cutter vows (yes, even the 'personalized vows' are the same old, same old).....YMCA at the reception followed by the cutting of the multi-tiered cake.  Even the song for the first dance is often the same.  Nothing special about that.

I'm about the biggest fan of tradition that there is but weddings seem to have crossed the line from traditional ceremonies into the land of mundane, formulaic procedures.  For a wedding to sincerely be special it should reflect the beliefs, opinions and preferences of the couple (yes ladies, your husband to be should have a voice in the plans).  It shouldn't be a reflection of the most recent bridal magazine.  So when your number is up and you are sitting in the hot seat (otherwise known as the wedding coordinators office) I encourage you to make some decisions that will make your wedding interesting, personalized and distinctive.  Make it truly yours.  Just don't be one of those hippies who gets married barefoot on the beach.  That's may be special but it's really annoying.