Weddings; A Fever you Can't Sweat Out

"I've never been married, but I tell people I'm divorced so they won't think something's wrong with me" 

-Elayne Boosler

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Wedding Fever, it's the state of mind that a woman falls victims to every time she is confronted with an engagement or a wedding of any kind. Small, large, church, destination, you name it.  Time, place, location, if she is unwed, she's got it.

Much like the Man Flu, Wedding Fever can't be controlled.  You can try to fight it, but the minute the usher asks "Are you with the Bride or the Groom?" your mind starts racing.

-Oh, That's Cute!
-My wedding party is going to walk down the aisle to Queen's "Somebody to Love," played by a string quartette. I'm not into traditional wedding music...
-Carnations? Really?

Before you know it you've got your whole wedding planned while your date sits alone at the table eating chocolate covered almonds out of a drawstring bag made of tulle.

Let's just hope for his sake that there is an open bar.

I had my first bout of the Fever when I was just 20 years old. Then, over the course of 6 months, I attended 7 more weddings and was a bridesmaid in another. To say my temperature was rising was an understatement. I had a folder on my computer labeled "Stuff I Like," discretely hidden in case anyone were to go snooping through my desktop.

School/Residential Design/The Lawson Residence/Auto CAD Documents/Stuff I Like


I mean......I didn't want any potential "Mr. Nikki's" to find this folder and think I was some kind of wedding crazed freak! They were better off thinking I liked football and it only took me 15 minutes to get ready (haha! Exactly).

Style me Pretty

Then one day at school, we were told by the instructor to go around the room, and say something interesting about ourselves that no one knows. When my turn came I couldn't think of anything so I blurted out......"I have a dog named Emma, She's the best."

Too bad my instructor didn't have a trapdoor, or she would have most certainly pushed the button, dropping me into a fiery pit. "That's lame! Try again," She replied. My face was turning red, the more I thought about it the less I could find something to say.  All of a sudden my friend chimed in and said to me "Tell them about your wedding thing!"

"Pffft........What wedding thing?" I asked, trying to play it off.

"Yea, what wedding thing? Tell us!"

Before I could even open my mouth, my "friend" blurted out, "Nikki is registered at the Knot.com, you know the wedding website, but because she isn't engaged, when she logs on it says:

Welcome Nikki and blank space because you are super single but planning your wedding anyway!"

Everyone laughed, I was embarrassed, but forever cured of my wedding fever. That was until I found out that my best friend is getting married in August...........and I'm the Maid or Honor.

Table, Ring Pillow, Place Cards, Chair, Candle Stick Holders, Kilim Runner

I wonder if I still remember my password?

Yep........I sure do.