This post is just to pass on some interesting reading... Adam and I have begun discussing our wedding ceremony and the traditions we want to incorporate and those we want to leave aside (more posts and explanations forthcoming). It's made for good conversation and an interesting glance through history -- for a great feminist take on the historical origins of some of the most popular wedding traditions, click here. As far as the traditions discussed in that article, here is a preview of our take on 'em:

1. White Wedding Dress: My dress is in the "white" family...
2. Giving Away the Bride: Keeping it. Frankly, I don't want to walk the aisle alone, and I like my dad.
3. Wedding Party: Yep. But they get to ward off evil spirits while wearing their own clothes.
4. Garter and Bouquet Toss: Running away screaming from this one.
5. Something Old, Something New: This is sweet ~ keeping it. There is some debate about what constitutes "old," however.
   
6. Wedding Cake Smash: I'll spare you the mystery -- no way is Adam ruining my makeup with baked goods. We're not cutting any cupcakes either, per Adam's request.
7. Eating Leftover Wedding Cake: Not happening, despite what you may suspect based on our fridge. Here is the life cycle of food in our home: first week, edible; second week, eaten if it was really amazingly good during the first week and still passes the smell test; third-fifteenth weeks, not touched until the next time one of us folds and actually tosses the offending food item into the trash. I see no reason to subject one of our wedding cupcakes to that.
8. Throwing Rice: Keeping it? I suppose this is something left to be planned. Birdseed, maybe? Does one do this after the ceremony, or after the reception? Seems pretty pointless to toss birdseed in the dark -- by that measure, it would be better to toss live mice for the owls, and I just don't want to go there.
   

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1. Blue Foot on June 30, 2009 at 1:49 PM

   I have to say that we saved my sister's wedding cake (yes, we brought the top of her cake on the plane from Mexico back to the US) and ate it a year later. It actually tasted yummy. We feasted on it for a week!