Month: November 2013

Wedding Movie Favorites

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So it’s probably no secret that I’ve got wedding on the brain in a major way, but aside from thinking (and talking… too much) about my own wedding, I’ve been thinking about (and quoting) a lot of my favorite wedding movies lately.  As in, when I was brainstorming reception venue ideas, I told my sister, “I know, the Steak Pit!” and recently asked Joey if our wedding colors could be “Blush and Bashful.”  So without further adieu, my favorite wedding movies!

Father of the Bride (the Steve Martin re-make, obviously!)

Yeah, this is probably my most quoted.  And come on, how could it not be?  I have watched this movie more than a normal person probably should, but in my defense, it is amazing.  The part where Steve Martin has a major wedding meltdown at the grocery store and gets arrested for “removing the superfluous buns” is the best thing ever.  Oh and just the other day my mom asked if we would be having “the chipper chicken” at our wedding, so I guess I know who to blame for my obsession with this movie.

Father of the Bride

My Best Friend’s Wedding

Ah, the movie that made me want to become a food critic.  And have a week long wedding celebration filled with extravagant brunches, family sing-a-longs and a baseball game, naturally.  Plus, who could forget that conversation where Julia Roberts compares Cameron Diaz to crème brulee.  “You’re never gonna be JELL-O!”  Anyways, I guess my only beef with this movie (besides the heinousness of Julia Roberts’s character) is that Julia and Dermot decide they would marry each other at… 28?  Isn’t that a little early to be giving up?

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The Wedding Singer

Joey and I are dying to have a live band at our shindig (that price part is getting in the way :P), but while looking into options a few weeks ago, I almost Yelped “wedding singers” and was reminded of how much I love this movie.  No joke, I watched this on a VHS tape that I recorded from TBS.  Life before DVR was hard.  I sang an Adam Sandler version of “Holiday,” complete with the line “Everybody spread the word.  I live in my sister’s basement!” the other day and it may not have been the first time (or the last!) time I’ve done so in the past month or so.

The Wedding Singer

Runaway Bride

Does Julia love wedding movies or what?  Back in high school I used to watch a movie on repeat for weeks while falling asleep and this movie was definitely on that list.  In other words, I could probably quote the entire thing.  But I won’t…right now.  If Hale, Maryland really existed (and I didn’t already have other plans), I wouldn’t mind getting married on a hilltop there.  And for some reason, I find Richard Gere to be so perfectly irritating in this movie and he and Julia’s relationship to be so believable that I just can’t help but love every minute.

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Sixteen Candles

Okay, so not exactly a wedding movie per se, but there is a wedding in it!  And you know what, I’d say it’s kind of important to the plot.  Despite loving this movie (so so much!), I cringe every time the wedding scene comes up.  Am I the only one who feels completely mortified for her poor sister?  I mean, her husband has to carry her to the car.  I’m not a bridezilla, but if I were her, I’d probably demand a re-do of that one.  Added bonus that the non-wedding-related parts of this movie are pretty great also.

Sixteen Candles

A Guy Thing

Please tell me you’ve seen this one!  It’s probably one of my favorite movies (that I haven’t seen in so long!) because it is just good stupid fun.  It’s not just lately that I quote this movie, I’ve been doing it for years.  I meant this to be a 5 movie post, but I had to add this one.  If you’ve never seen it, I highly recommend you find it then laugh for days when Jason Lee tells Selma Blair that he bought her a pair of underwear from a bin at Spin Mart.

A Guy Thing

And that concludes this episode of “how I spent my life watching movies to the point of being able to recall them perfectly by memory.”  And now I am feeling the strong urge to watch every single one of these movies this weekend.  Hope Joey’s in!

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What is your favorite wedding movie?

Weekend Things

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I think I could sum up this weekend in one word…productive.  If you wanted me to sum it up in short sentences I could say Friday involved dodging an annoying employee at Home Depot, Saturday involved flushing and re-flushing our new toilet and Sunday involved breakfast and shopping, but productive is just vague enough to avoid saying that I spent a majority of the weekend doing boring homeowner-y stuff.

If your Friday didn’t involve picking out bathroom paint colors, then you probably didn’t have as much fun as I did.  While looking, this guy came up to us to try to talk us into buying whatever it was he was peddling so we got out of it by telling him we’re renters then had to avoid him, lest he should see a toilet in our shopping cart and know that we lied to him.  Also, we celebrated the start to the weekend with a trip to the liquor store for beer and wine.  How cute are these?!

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Plus a fancy dinner.  I always forget how quick, easy and delicious salmon is.  I never forget how expensive it is, however.  We tried this recipe and it is a definite keeper.  I could’ve eaten 5 more pieces.  And then been broke for the rest of the year.  Then to top this wild and crazy night off, I fell asleep on the couch at 10 PM… Joey pointed out that I did drink an entire bottle of wine 😛  P.S. Who else is super excited for the return of brussel sprouts?!  Oh, just me on that one?

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On Saturday, we slept in, ate breakfast (obsessed with this yogurt-y deliciousness right now!) then dove right into some bathroom remodeling.  We’re swapping out paint, toilet, vanity, sink, mirror and shower curtain to give it a small facelift and it was kind of hectic.  Not that we had any trouble with anything we were doing, it’s just that our bathroom is SO TINY and it’s really hard to have the two of us in there working on it at the same time.  I think we managed yesterday but we’re eventually adding stripes to the walls so both of us are going to need to be in there to get the lines taped.  Joey set our new toilet perfectly and I was impressed.  Is it depressing that these are the kinds of things that excite me lately?

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While we waited for the paint to dry, we took a walk over to the neighborhood coffee shop, sipped hot sugary drinks and talked wedding budget.  It’s crazy how many small pieces there are to put together.  When we sat down and listed them all out, it was a little bit shocking.  I think we’re on the same page about almost everything, including that we want to be completely prepared and ready a couple weeks before the wedding so we have absolutely nothing to stress out about during that time.  Are we just dreaming?

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Also, I accidentally left my ring at home before we left, so Joey was kind enough to draw me a new one.

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After getting the toilet all set up, we sat down to dinner at 9 PM (thank goodness for leftovers) and a movie that’s been in our queue for at least a year.  I actually kind of liked the movie but just before getting into bed I asked what the point of it was and neither of us could come up with an answer.  One thing I do know is that I’m never drinking coffee at 4 PM again if I am hoping to get any sleep.

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This morning I fit in a run then met Jenn for breakfast at Watercourse Foods.  We were both kinda shocked to hear they didn’t serve Bloody Marys but we got over it when we saw that mimosas were 2 for 1.  I also asked her to be one of my bridesmaids (she said yes :D), meaning my bridal party is officially set!  Afterwards, I picked up my mom and spent the next four hours at the mall, shopping for a dress for our engagement party next weekend.  I found three I liked at our first stop.  So don’t ask me how we spent another 3 1/2 hours there.  Oh and I replenished my candle supply with some winter-y scents.

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Now I’m hiding in our room because the Cowboys/Saints game is on and because this productive weekend has me so dang tired.  Maybe I’m in for another night of falling asleep on the couch?

Happy Sunday!