Small things that you forgot/ missed for your wedding

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e.g. just realised that I had forgotten to organise the box of order of services going to the church and also now need a decent looking box to put them in.

I'm sure you didn't miss something to sleep in 😉

Oh, another one. If you’re doing your own makeup, remember to start putting it on in time, rather than leaving less time than you’d take to get ready for work.

Rubbish eh?!!

I forgot to lift my bouquet before leaving the house. Didn't even realise until after the ceremony.

I forgot to hold my bouquet

Confetti!

We forgot to tell the band that we weren’t having a first dance. They struck up expecting us on the floor but my husband had gone off for a drive with his friends.

We didn't have canapes. I wonder if they are quite a new thing (I'm quite old 😬) or if we just made a huge faux pas... It didn't even occur to me but looking back I always think I wonder if everyone was starving

I forgot to carry my flowers back down the aisle.

I didn't think of doing a hand out of the order and timings of the day

We never thought about getting a photographer and had to delay signing the register while my mother in law rummaged around in her bag for a film for her camera and put it on 😆😆

It depends on how big your wedding is, but catering providers assign a waiter for groom and bride and their parents making sure they eat (the waiter brings you nibbles etc only for you), so you don't only drink and talk with your guests..

We didn't even have order of services but we didn't get married in a church. I don't think I've ever had one at a wedding that wasn't in a church.

We didn't have 'order of service' so much as a layout of timings for the day. Our venue was a visitor attraction (similar to a stately home & gardens) that our guests were welcome to wander off and enjoy if they wanted to so it helped people know what time the keys bits were planned for if they didn't want to miss them.

We've been to another wedding since that had quite an unusual (to the British guests at least, it was abroad) running order and no information as to what would be when or where. It was a bit chaotic.

Flowers for my DM & MIL.
My DM really helped me with planning my wedding, was only 21 and she really kept me right, honestly couldn't have done it without her but obviously she didn't tell me it was tradition to give a bunch of flowers to both my DM and MIL.
Even thinking about it now, 30 years later still makes me sad

I can't say my wedding was perfect. But i cant think of anyrhing that was missed that was important. My Mum made all the favours. Signage for the wedding and made the cake. Sadly my Mum is no longer with us. But appreciate everything she did for my wedding and my sisters the year before.

I think I just wanted to dance more at my wedding. But glad I chatted to all guests

It didn't occur to me to have bridesmaids. I had a very good friend as my maid of honour but that's it. Meanwhile my DH had his best mate and 2 friends on his side plus my 3 brothers. I guess because I've always been surrounded by blokes this seemed completely normal to me.

About half way through the party after a uni friend came up to me and asked why she hadn't been asked. I didn't want to state the real truth that I hadn't seen her for nearly 2 years as I'd been out of the country but just that I didn't think it necessary to have anyone else. Frankly if I was going to ask anyone else to stand with me it would have been one of the guys that I was good mates with at uni instead of a female.