To be annoyed with friend cancelling last minute ?

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My good friend introduced me to her friend around 10 years ago.
We are friends but not as close as she is to good friend.
This girl is getting married on Wednesday and my good friend (we will call her Kelly ) is invited to the wedding and night do.
The wedding is only for a small number of people so totally understand why I was only invited to night do.
It's a hour away from me and I don't have a car,so was getting public transport (bus ) and then a taxi.
I said to my good friend a month ago it's quite far for me to get too and she made a song and dance "oh you have to come,it's her wedding ,we will be together ,I know you don't know anyone but it will be great ,why don't you stay at mine on the night "

So anyway booked the day off work
Bought my outfit
She text saying "sorry I've decided I'm not going to bother with the night do ,only the wedding "

That's it ...so I've taken a day off work
The bride thinks I'm going
I've bought a outfit
I know nobody else and she's turned around and said that
Aibu to be annoyed here ?

I couldn't be friends with someone like this. If she wanted to be "fresh" for the next day, than why agree to go to the reception in the first place? You can go to the cinema any time, that is an absolute lame excuse.
Op I'd not bother going.

I'd message back and say,

"Hi, it's disappointing that you are letting me down last minute, especially after you persuaded me to go to the reception in the first place. I have wasted time, and money buying an outfit, taking the day off work etc, and now cannot go. As you are well aware, I live far away, would have difficulty getting home afterwards, and I don't know anybody there.
A cinema trip you can go to anytime. It seems your plan with me was a back up to something else. I don't take kindly to being messed around, and won't be arranging anything else with you."

Oh, and the cinema has got to be an excuse for something else. It makes me suspect she is doing something else the night of the reception, and dropped you for it.
Friends like this you can do without, they don't change.

It's so rude. Bloody cinema.

Could you return the outfit and pay for a taxi the whole way?

Plus a message to say 'well, I agreed to attend the evening after persuasion from and an arrangement of a bed you as it's a long round journey late. It's disappointing as I didn't want to let Kelly down last minute but am now going to have to do just that, or the 2hr journey. If I'd known you would pull out, I could have decided what to do a lot earlier'. I wouldn't mention the outfit as that's not her issue really but the rest of if is her letting you down last minute and very rude.

Doreen, you bloody talked me into it, ive now booked time off work and bought a new dress and youre pulling out? Come on, its only the cinema, youll be fine.

This is THE most pathetic excuse I have ever heard. I couldn't be friends with such a lemon.

Did you post previously about this friend putting pressure on you to attend the evening do?

Thanks everyone
Feel a lot better knowing others would feel similar to me