No shower, no gifts, no guests (well that's a lie...we had 2 couples go with us, but that was it.) It was beautiful yet very low key. And it was in the Fall so the island tourists were few...chilly day with gorgeous leaves...and did I mention HORSES? (It's where Somewhere in Time was filmed.) A vintage Rolls....wahhow!

That to me is just too romantic! We had a vintage Rolls for just the two of us. No limo. I didn't have an engagement party. it was too Long Island, which is where my husband is from. Just a small shower with a couple of close friends and my favorite Aunts. We splurged on our honeymoon, though. It was the last for a while back then.

This is where I got married. My cousin baked my wedding cake, I did all of my flowers, because I didn't trust anyone else, and it was nice. And Pittsburgh is a great place to get married. I miss it!

http://www.photohome.com/photos/pennsylv...

C'mon...we rode in a horse and buggy...on an island with NO cars. It was awesome! :)

Cool! My initial wedding ring was beautiful, simple, but I loved it. It was wide, white gold w/a squared edge, and the center of the band was yellow gold vines going around. Being that I NEVER took off my rings, no matter if I was putting up wainscoting, digging up shrubbery, or painting canvas or walls, the center gold band came loose, started to spin around in the cavity in the center of the white gold band, and was fairly wrecked. I got a new one for my 15th anniversary a few years ago, but it's not the same. :-(

Looks nice too. Although the English styling isn't so much to my taste. I'd prefer something along these lines:
http://hdr-fotograf.at/files/2012/06/Mer...
http://cdn.geolocation.ws/geolocation_me...
http://www.pdjr.eu/eleanor/wp-content/up...

It does look like a nice building. I can picture my father sitting in one of the chairs in the shop, sipping from one of those Royal Doulton cups, hehe.

Very quaint :)
Here's where we got married...and honeymooned.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubpcGtozk...

http://www.theinnatstonecliffe.com/

Ah, I see. I assume the ads are due to the free image hosting service I used.

I promise I am not hocking my wedding ring ;-) I think I'd be reluctant to sell it even if I got divorced, because apart from its symbolic value, I'm also quite attached to it for its cosmetic appeal. The only other item of jewelry I wear regularly is this: http://oi54.tinypic.com/2e2322a.jpg

Ah! I'm NOT nuts... Thank you!

When I clicked on the link (the header) before it showed the picture and then some weird eBay hyper link stuff... now it's gone though...?? The gift mooching drives me nuts.

actually, the picture is quite good-there is a slight reflection off the metal which is well done. it's the ads around it. I think they are different for depending on where we are-but it looks like an offering from eBay

Thanks.

Something I've witnessed with disturbing frequency among people who are around 30-35 now, is that they have a huge fancy engagement party (gifts expected), and then break up within 12 months without ever getting married.

And no, my wedding ring is not on eBay. I don't think I could expect a long and healthy life if it were ;-) Not sure what you mean about the format though... could it just be my bad photography?

here are some pics. apparently, it is now a shop instead of a restaurant. but it was a lovely OLD building to have a wedding party -out back with little lights in the trees overlooking the St Charles River-you could almost see the steamboats on the water-there was no gambling yet in 1985 :)
http://stcharles.patch.com/listings/the-...

lost, you have your ring up on eBay???!!!
I tried hard to not have a big deal. what ended up happening was the marriage at one family's house, a celebration on the other side (simple small in a house) and then a party for friends in St. Charles MO on the river, I worded at a little english restaurant in the summer before finishing my degree. That was a blast. hey, maybe it's still there and uncommon has been to it-I'm checking-

thank you

A double S point for you.

I love the ring...it's simple and not flashy. I'm one of those who eloped and chose to have a tiny diamond ring. (The diamond is tiny..not the ring.) I'm anti-big wedding...seems imposing to expect others to show up and buy you gifts...but I'm odd when it comes to stuff like this (believe me, I know). Out of all of the happily married people that I know...almost all of us were elopers. (Not sure what that says really, probably nothing, just an interesting factoid...and has nothing to do with the topic of this post either... lol)
Is this ring on eBay?? The format was weird. Like a smart phone eBay app page or something... I said that like I even know what that means..."cell phone app". ????

I completely agree.

I got married in a park outside a registry office. We invited nobody except for the mandatory two witnesses, whom we chose on the basis that they wouldn't care enough to make a fuss.

I spent less than $500 on the reception, which I held in a scout hall :-)

Thank you, and good point!

this also sparks more conversation about wedding rings in general. newly wedded (for the first time at least) will pay a down payment on a house's worth or a trip around the world's worth, or even a sound start-up business's worth on "her" wedding ring. seriously, how did the ad men change our culture til that was the stupid outcome? On point, and this is anecdotal, most people I know who were into huge weddings and fancy A double S rings-kaput! silenced! are no more....

yea, lost, I can hardly imagine Lillian "allowing" that ring, which is beautiful in its simplicity, btw.
wouldn't she want some matching diamond studded garish rings? lol