Meant to Bee: One Shell Of A Wedding! : Boys, Bowties, and a Surprise!

This cool thing happened with our getting ready photos. Since they're timestamped, when I put them into my computer in chronological order I was able to see exactly what Mr. Seashell was doing while I was getting ready too. Not surprisingly, he was done and ready to go before me - but he had to be at the chapel first - so whatever.

As our rehearsal dinner was wrapping up the night before I handed Best Man Mike a gift and a card to give Mr. Seashell while they were getting ready. I gave explicit instructions that he had to open everything when our photographer was present because seeing his reaction was a must. Mike agreed and almost fulfilled his duties perfectly. Notice there's only a gift and no card? Yeah. It supposedly got lost at some point between the exit from the restaurant and the hotel. Honestly, I was a little heartbroken that Mr. Seashell didn't get the card I wrote for him on our wedding day. I worked it out, though. On our one month anniversary I was able to find the identical card and write an equally meaningful note.

There's also a back story on the gift. Mr. Seashell had been lusting after a certain fancy watch forever. Whenever the opportunity presented itself he'd try on a nice watch in a store but lament it wasn't the certain fancy watch. He'd tease me sometimes and mention what an amazing wedding gift it would be. I knew I wanted to do something really special for him as a gift on our wedding day, but frankly, this sucker didn't come cheap. After I decided to buy the watch and stash it in a safe at my parents' house I started to act really distraught when Mr. Seashell would mention his beloved certain fancy watch. I'd say things like, "Honey, you're making me feel so bad. I would LOVE to buy you something like that but there's just no way I could make it happen". I stuck to my story that he was hurting my feelings for months. Seriously, I bought the watch in May for our September wedding.

So, when he saw this bulky square box I imagine he had no idea what was coming. The photo on the right (above) is the exact reaction I was going for. Total disbelief.

I got you good, Mr. Seashell!

After his moment with his gift, the boys wrapped up getting ready. Groomsman Sonny shows off his bowtie-ing skills. (I'm glad they were provided with pre-tied options.)