- One of the bridesmaids calls Shirley to inform her that she can not participate in the wedding because her beautician does not have electricity and can not do her hair. Her hair turned out just fine.
- Another bridesmaid called urging me to postpone it until another time; purportedly because she didn't want me to have to move my wedding to the alternate location. The real reason was because she hadn't picked up her wedding suit from the seamstress. (She got stranded in Abilene, Texas a couple days before the wedding, due to the ice.)
- Some wedding party members were urging me to postpone; while others were pushing to get it over with. Those wanting to get it over with, myself included, were willing to have this wedding at the original location with candles lighting the church. No word on how we would keep everybody from freezing.
- I forgot my makeup bag and the flower petals the bridesmaids were to throw as they walked down the aisle. Shirley came to the rescue with makeup and flower petals. She did a wonderful job with my makeup.
- The food committee chairwoman was still getting her beautyrest at 12:00 noon. George had to rouse her from the bed and get her working on the food. However, once she got moving, she really did a wonderful job with preparing the food. There was plenty of delicious food for all.
- The bestman, who was supposed to make sure the groom got things together, had a disagreement with the groom and walked off and left the groom in the bridal suite and hitched a ride to rehearsal. Needless to say, attitudes were clashing at rehearsal. (P.S. They made up in the end.)
- My nails needed a serious repair job and all of the nail salons in town were closed for the holidays. My best bet was a 45 minute drive to Monroe. I decided to wait until after rehearsal to do this. Needless to say, rehearsal went an hour or so longer than planned. We had one hour between the end of rehearsal and the start of the wedding. Luckily I found someone to do my nails in Grambling. I was getting my nails done at 6:00; the time my wedding was to get started.
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