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Just thought it would be fun to share!  Please feel free to rant about what went wrong and explain in loving detail the very best moments of your weddings!

What went wrong:

1. My MOH's dress burst open at the bust 10 minutes before the ceremony--YIKES!  I was actually not 100% aware of this at the time--the bridesmaids tried to keep it from me since I was already a nervous wreck.  Luckily my aunt was summoned almost instantly to fix the problem and it was resolved about 2 seconds before my dad cued the musicians to start.
2. Both our cakes were wrong.  The wedding cake was the wrong color--it was supposed to be white with hunter green ribbon and giant guava (pinkish-orange) daisies.  It was actually cream/ivory colored and the flowers were bright, hot orange.  DH's cake was supposed to be an exact replica of the cake from the video game "Portal," but actually just looked like a generic cake from the store.  Luckily both cakes were delicious so I'm not too disappointed about this.
3. We forgot to get DH's mom, grandmother, and uncle for the big family pictures.  But as he has a terrible relationship with his mom and grandmother (they basically abandoned him and his brothers when they were kids) and they were not involved at all with the wedding in any other way, this doesn't really both me at all.  But it still bothers DH.
4. My MOH didn't arrange my sash during the ceremony.  She arranged the train, but the back of my sash was my favorite part of my dress, and it isn't visible at all in any ceremony pictures :(
5. Someone forgot to put out plates and napkins for the cocktail snacks, but this was also remedied very quickly.

What went better than expected:

1. The WEATHER!  There were forecasts for terrible storms all week prior to the wedding, which wouldn't have been too big of a problem since our entire wedding was indoors, but I was worried about it because I really wanted outdoor pictures. On the day of, however, it was gloriously beautiful until right before the ceremony--it became overcast but didn't rain.  Then during the ceremony our officiant said something about storms and at that exact instant it thundered--it was like out of a movie!  And that was the only peep of thunder all day.  It was overcast for our pictures, but our photographer had said that was the best lighting for outdoor pictures :)  It actually waited to rain until we were driving home, which was perfect because people had written all over our car with car chalk so it got a bath :)
2. Our first dance!  We had coordinated a dance together and I was suuuper nervous about falling and making a fool of myself, but it went perfectly!
3. People had fun and DANCED!  It was awesome!  Everyone keeps telling us how amazing our wedding was.  Our flower girl said it was the best day of her life lol
4. Our DJ was AMAZING--and he only cost $250 so we were a bit worried about how good he would be
5. Everything was timed perfectly.  People keep telling us that there was never a lull, and that the cake cutting, first dances, bouquet toss, etc., were all perfectly spaced out
6. The sparklers weren't a disaster! I was honestly very worried about this, lol
7. Kids had a BLAST in the fountain outside our venue.  Thankfully it wasn't raining or storming, so they were kept entertained instead of running around inside!
8. Our event coordinater for the venue had to be away that weekend, and gave us a substitute for our wedding in his place.  At first we were pretty pissed about this, but it turned out that she was INCREDIBLE on the day of, and we liked her better than the other guy!
9. Only 5 things went wrong at our wedding!  Otherwise, it was better than flawless--it was absolutely perfect!

1) The Priest messed up our Vows, especially since he wasn't at the rehearsal, only the Alter Boy was! No one noticed though but it threw us off and was disappointing, in fact we had had them memorized, but he had us read different ones than we picked, even..since our priest was from Brazil and following his own book and not our guide we were given.

2) The sticky tape on my dress where the chest was, wore off by the time the wedding started, so I kept having to yank it up in the ceremony because I was paranoid of it slipping after hugging my mom...Also, the stupid dress people had practically refused to fix the chest size on the dress for me too(make it small enough) I fixed the dress before the reception though:)

3) I almost couldn't find my flowers for the Virgin Mary and had to take roses from the hotel's vase instead.

4) The DJ forgot to remind us to visit the tables

5) Our photographer didn't take a picture of the whole wedding party together when that's the most important part of the wedding!!

6) Rained(poured) on wedding day, but I didn't find it disturbing;) I was prepared with umbrellas.

7) Two guests who didn't RSVP showed up, but it did workout because a couple people didn't come to the reception so it evened out.

8) Hardly any guests wanted to dance it seemed like too

9) The chicken at the reception wasn't served with the sauce it was supposed to come with at all.

Good things:

-Cake was delicious

-Church ceremony was great and the church was beautiful, and so was my music Reception beautifully decorated too

-First dance and other dances went well

-Candy bar was a hit