The Least Romantic Exit of All Time

It's true. The Knitting's departure from our wedding could not in any terms be called romantic or picture worthy. However, before I describe that, there's a few more things that happened before the end of the night.

First, I threw my bouquet from the balcony:



Then Mr. Knitting threw a garter:



As you can see we were very interested in an equal opportunity bouquet and garter toss and we encouraged people of both sexes and all ages to participate. We made the deal a bit sweeter by attaching Tim Hortons giftcards (because we're Canadian!) to the items.

While dancing definitely continued for a while after, I was starting to get tired. Luckily, because we had the entire club all evening I was able to go spend time with my friends in a more comfortable setting.


Guest Photo

I loved that we had this extra space because it meant a lot of guests who probably would have left once they were tired of dancing and loud music stayed and seemed to be having a great time having a more low key experience. I really loved that.

Eventually, the night came to an end and it was time to go. In contrast to the many adorable exits that many other Bees have had, ours was not the slightest bit romantic. Mr. Knitting and I helped round up all our items from the club and then, due to a number of weird logistical reasons, Mr. Knitting drove back to our apartment with this parents and cousin while I got a ride with my dad and a ton of wedding paraphernalia.

I know this sounds really awful to a lot of you, but while I could recognize that this was not a romantic exit and that the symbolism of it was pretty bad, I didn't actually mind all that much. I thought it was more funny than anything else. I knew I was going to see him again in 10 minutes, so it definitely wasn't something to stress over.

Did anyone else have a less than romantic exit from your wedding? I'd love to hear some stories.

Unless otherwise noted, all photos by the wonderful Josh Levinson.

A Cozy Christmas Wedding: A Few of my Favourites from our Playlist

I had so much fun putting together the play lists for our wedding. It meant that we got to listen to a lot of really meaningful songs that we really love throughout our cocktail hour, dinner, and dancing. Here's a few examples:

Little Jeannie by Elton John



Little Jeannie is my little sister's "song" so it was important to me to include it.

Must Be Santa by Raffi:



I've written about my love of Raffi before, and yes this song definitely made a welcome appearance during dinner! Some of us definitely sang along. Other guests probably thought we were really weird!

In the Mood by Glenn Miller:



This was one my paternal grandfather's favourite songs. Since he passed away a few years ago, I thought this would be a great nod to him.

I particularly loved putting together the playlist for the dancing since it meant that there were almost no songs that I didn't love to dance to on the list (except for some of Mr. Knitting's choices that I couldn't veto out of fairness!).

I Love the Nightlife by Alicia Bridges:



This wouldn't actually make the cut as one of my favourite dancing songs except that this song is my mom's favourite. She's a bit of a character (This is a pretty good example if you need a reminder!) and actually runs around the house singing this sometimes. She's also a great person to have at a wedding because she loves dancing. It was a no-brainer to me that this song needed to be on the playlist.

However, there was definitely one song that I can list as my absolute favourite for dancing.

Home for a Rest by Spirit of the West:



I'm not sure if this is just a Canadian thing or not, but this is the best song ever for dancing. I've never met anyone who can resist this song and I'm actually always really sad if this isn't played at a wedding. It's a song that works best later in the night after everyone has had few and it always gets everyone on the dance floor. Seriously, it's the best.

What's your all time favourite song to dance to at a wedding? Is anyone else a Home for a Rest fan?