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I will tell a little about our wedding first and then show some pictures.
William and I got engaged Christmas day 2003. We got married August 7, 2004. For the 3 months prior to us being married, I lived in West Memphis, AR with my grandparents and William lived in Northwest Arkansas doing a Summer Internship for Wal-Mart. William came back home on August 6 just in enough time for us to get to the courthouse and get our marriage license before they closed for the weekend. We had only known that we were getting married for 6 weeks, he found out that he would be getting a job offer on his last day of his internship and wanted me to move here with him when he came back in January 2005. So, we talked about it and the only time that worked well with him finishing school and moving here was August. It turned out perfect! I had been 19 for 30 days when we got married. I bought "the dress" the day before we got married, just before William arrived home. I wasn't nervous about it, just had a hard time finding a white dress in August that wasn't at a bridal shop and that I had enough money for.
My dress came from Cato's or Holiday's, I can't remember. I know it was on clearance for $20. I already had bought a vail and garter from David's Bridal. I did have something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue. My old and borrowed were my grandmother pearl necklace and earrings, my new was my dress, vail and shoes and my something blue was my garter.
My dad showed up 30 minutes before my wedding started, I didn't know he was going to be there. My grandmother got him the shirt that he has on from my grandfathers closet and he gave me away! I loved it! My mom and dad were divorced when I was young and I always dreamed that my dad would be there when I graduated high school, when I got married, when I graduate college and when I have a baby. So far he is 2 for 2!
This is my dress, hanging in my closet, I still have it and my vail.
This is the dress that I tried on, just after we decided on a date. I worked full-time at Wal-mart and had a car note, so I couldn't afford the $600 for this dress. Someday though! William and I are planning on doing a big wedding the right way for our 10 year reunion, we will see how that works out since we will have been married 5 years soon, it is creeping up really fast!
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