1 Down, 2 To Go

The summer of weddings has begun!

This weekend was my friend Vivian (who was one of my bridesmaids)'s wedding in Vancouver.

In August it will be my brother-in-law's turn.

Then September, another of my bridesmaids, Heidi's.

I think the three weddings are all going to be very different. Vivian's was a bit of the modern Chinese-Western hybrid, with elements of Chinese weddings like tea ceremonies, Chinese cheongsam, and the ten-course seafood banquet mixed in with the Western white bridal gown, vows, first dance, bouquet toss, and wedding cake. Since I wasn't in the wedding party, I did a little bit of helping out for the ceremony, which mostly involved telling everyone to sit down (even though there weren't enough seats) and shut up (i mean, turn off your cell phone), and then helping signal for the procession to, well, proceed down the aisle. The cute little flower girl (who was bravely wearing a sleeveless little dress in not-so-warm weather), was super cute and was taking about two steps at a time and intermitently toss some petals onto the ground. She was going so slow and the aisle was so long that I had to scurry down and guide her and prod her down the aisle. Strange thing to have to do to a stranger's toddler. After the ceremony my jobs were done and I could relax and enjoy my dinner. I had two teeny glasses of wine (my first drink in 6 weeks!!!) and then didn't realize until I got into the car at 11pm that uhhh.. I'm driving. Thankfully they really were teeny teeny glasses and I'd finished them by 9pm or so, giving me plenty of time to de-tipsify.

Alan and Leanne's wedding in August will be a full-blown London affair, and I am already thinking about what hair accessory I will wear (obviously a must at an English wedding!!) while lamenting that the flowery headband that matches my dress is probably passing through the Panama Canal at the moment. More excuses for a big Macy's spree in New York in my week-long holiday before London? As this is a family wedding it'll be the perfect level of involvement - close enough to the couple to really appreciate the day, not quite close enough to be in the wedding party and therefore no stress.

September will be back in Vancouver again and that will be a Canadian-English hybrid (Tim is still holding out for a keg of ale but I wish him good luck on this one). This time I will be in the wedding party but Heidi and Tim are so laid-back it is just going to be fun. I hope Tim brings his stag-do gear for some photo ops:

Censored in case Tim objects to his Angry Birds look being plastered all over the internet.