~sigh~ every now and then I wonder what planet some brides really live on.
I met my friend Courtney for lunch last week. Courtney has lovely shoulder length blond hair, or I should say did have. What she had on Friday were four hours worth of hair extensions. When I asked her about it she laughed and then almost cried at the general absurdity of the situation.
Courtney is in a wedding in 2 weeks and the bride has insisted that her bridesmaids have hair extensions put in so that they can all have the same updo! Excuse me, that’s excessive. My question was why so early? “So we have time to learn how to take care of them before the wedding” was Courtney’s dead panned response.
OK, come on. Can we all not clearly see the insanity in this? Is this bride even cognizant of what she is doing at this point? The bridesmaids were also required to have their gowns at the MoB’s house in Michigan 3 weeks before the wedding so that mom could make sure that the bustles were all identical and the bride could be reassured that they were there on the wedding day. Wonder if identical panties are required. They were allowed to choose their own shoes…as long as they were black strappy sandals with 3’’ heel. Hmmmmmm.
At what point do you just have to say enough is enough? Is it a wedding or a Busby Berkeley musical?
To add further insanity to the madness; Courtney is a first class wedding and event planner. She has worked all over the world for a client list that reads like a who’s who.
Her offer of coordinating the wedding as her gift was turned down.
Courtney has promised a full review upon her return, assuming she survives.
Hoo boy. I actually don’t have a problem with the specifics about the shoes since it’s pretty easy to find a pair of black strappy sandals with a heel, and most women would probably have some on hand anyway. But the hair extensions and the dress bustles are ridiculous. I would have flat out refused to put in the hair extensions though. I say Courtney’s a *very* good sport for going along with it.
I hope you’re going to post her review of the wedding on this blog! I’m kind of morbidly curious, haha.
Morbid curiosity. Oh me too. I am bending her arm to write a first person account for the Dish. I wait with baited breath.