Tomorrow Is My Best Friend's Wedding
It will be his second wedding. On February 29th 1980 he married the love of his life. ..and he was the love of her life. They were young and in love and a little crazy. They didn't tell anyone until a few days before. After all they'd lived together already for 7 years so it wasn't a big deal. They chose the 29th of February. That way it would be a bit special and they could have a big party every four years. She wore black and 6 inch heels with diamentes on the straps. He had long hair and a moustache. They invited a few friends around to their tiny flat, hired a marriage celebrant to say a few words, then took a case of champagne and went out to lunch. They couldn't afford rings so it wasn't a long service. They've been married for 28 years and have celebrated 7 anniversaries. One year they even bought wedding rings.
Some days she had regrets she hadn't married in a church.
Two months ago they were crossing the road in front of a church and he suddenly said "Let's renew our wedding vows". She said "well it's not the most romantic place to propose, but yes, and we could do it when we celebrate our anniversary on the 29th".
A friend invited them to spend a week with her at her holiday home in Port Douglas. It would be when they planned on renewing their vows. So she rang the vicar in Port Douglas and he said "yes he would be honoured to help". "I don't want any fuss" she said, " we'll just renew our vows and then share some champagne."
Today we fly to Port Douglas. Tomorrow my best friend will marry......... for the second time..and I'll be his bride...for the second time.
And just like last time we didn't tell anyone...until now.
UPDATE: I'm obviously so excited about this I posted it a day early in error. It is Thursday we fly to Port Douglas and on Friday 29th we will renew our wedding vows.
BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE: I then set up a post called Cupcake Spectacular to release next week and accidently released it today . In trying to correct it I lost it. Some of you may see it in your rss reader but it isn't on my blog as I then pressed the wrong button and lost it.
AND YET: THERE'S EVEN MORE: Sarah at Readable Science kindly sent me the copy from her feeder and I will not need to retype the post for next week. Fanbloodytastic. Thanks Sarah
aaaww that's so sweet! Love the moustache! Hope he's grown it back for the big day! ;-)
Posted by: Bron | February 27, 2008 at 06:32 AM
Congratulations -- this is a lovely thing to do!
Posted by: Lydia (The Perfect Pantry) | February 27, 2008 at 06:48 AM
This is such a sweet story. Congratulations and have a great day!
Posted by: Elly | February 27, 2008 at 07:10 AM
Barbara this is such a lovely story, thank you for sharing it with us. Congratulations to you both and have a wonderful day on Friday x
Posted by: chrisb | February 27, 2008 at 08:46 AM
Haha Barbara--I knew this was your own story--must be getting used to your writing style!
Champagne toasts to you both.
Posted by: Rosemary in Utah | February 27, 2008 at 08:57 AM
What a sweet and wonderful story. Congrats, Barbara - again. Have a wonderful holiday and a magical continuation to your story :)
Posted by: tami | February 27, 2008 at 09:28 AM
I always know you're both good for each other. Is that you and Bryan on the photo? You looked so young and can't believe if it's Bryan there! Moustache! Congrats to both of you. Love you, guys!!
ab
Posted by: arfi | February 27, 2008 at 11:45 AM
Awww. Congrats and may you two have many more years together.
Posted by: courtney | February 27, 2008 at 12:04 PM
You have a wonderful day, Barbara. My best wishes to you and your best friend :)
Posted by: Suganya | February 27, 2008 at 02:29 PM
that is so nice! best wishes and lots of hugs!
Posted by: kat | February 27, 2008 at 03:16 PM
What a nice story, my best wishes for you!
Posted by: Ulrike aka ostwestwind | February 27, 2008 at 03:35 PM
reads like a scrumptious novel...'n to think we know the characters...via a screen, via hugs both cyberspaced and other...wondrous idea simply wondrous...goosebumpy really
Posted by: Joan | February 27, 2008 at 08:37 PM
Thanks everyone. See you in a week.
Posted by: barbara | February 28, 2008 at 06:12 AM
Hey there. Were you asking for help retrieving the cupcake post? Because I do have it in my RSS feed reader and can send it to you if you want...
Posted by: sarah | February 28, 2008 at 06:14 AM
This is so terribly romantic and I am hoping I can somehow cajole your husband into giving my husband a few pointers.......:)
Posted by: Maryam in Marrakesh | February 28, 2008 at 08:56 AM
Sent shivers up my spine, we will toast to you both on your very special day.What a couple what lookers.Do you still have the shoes ???????
All our very best luv from Dargavas
Posted by: Jill | February 28, 2008 at 09:30 AM
Aw, you made me tear up! What a fabulous story. (I'm not near as clever as Rosemary -- I fell for it entirely... didn't catch on it was you at all until you said so.)
Cameron and I lived together for 7 years before we were married, too. We had a (slightly) more traditional wedding but I love the sound of yours!
I hope you have a wonderful holiday away, a lovely renewal ceremony, and a long lifetime of love yet to come.
Posted by: Anita | February 28, 2008 at 01:35 PM
I too was very slow to catch on then burst into tears when I read about you being the bride.
It all sounds so incredibly romantic, have a wonderful time.
Posted by: beccy | February 28, 2008 at 07:58 PM
Oh Barbara! How wonderful! I got all sniffly reading your post...that's a beautiful story :) Have a fantastic time!
And wow...love that photo of you...you look great!
Posted by: joey | February 28, 2008 at 08:52 PM
Barbara, that's wonderful. Congratulations and wishing you and your husband all the best for tomorrow.
Posted by: Cakelaw | February 28, 2008 at 10:53 PM
Oh Barbara, how wonderful! Congratulations and have a wonderful day.
Posted by: Erin | February 29, 2008 at 01:09 AM
Thank you for sharing such a wonderful story!I too feel blessed that I married my best friend and we also have plans for our 10 year anniversary since we never got to do it with my family in France.
Posted by: Tartelette | February 29, 2008 at 04:48 AM
Just like the Beatles said, "Love is all you need"...
Have a great day! You two are beautiful!
Posted by: Melissa | February 29, 2008 at 10:36 AM
How fabulous. Of course I had no idea it was you until the end. Love seeing the photo too, it does bring back memories of the styles in those days. Have a great time!
Posted by: Kalyn | February 29, 2008 at 10:53 AM
Wow you don't look a lot different Barbara. Congratulations for yesterday
How romantic...Good story
XXX
Posted by: Gilli | March 01, 2008 at 03:08 PM
Happy, Happy Anniversary. I know I am a couple of days late but good on you.
Posted by: Lynette | March 04, 2008 at 08:21 AM
Thanks everyone. You are all so kind.
Posted by: barbara | March 07, 2008 at 11:36 PM
and now I am crying at work. xxxx
Posted by: sam | March 08, 2008 at 08:16 AM
I had no clue you were writing about yourself. What a lovely story.
Posted by: Sue | March 12, 2008 at 01:38 AM