Holy f. Maggie and I got up at 6:30 and just barely made it to our train (and only shot to getting to the wedding) at 8:23AM. The doors closed right as we ran up to the train and the conductor felt pity (thank God!) and opened them back up. It took us nearly an hour to make it to the hotel in Central London where we met the other guests. We all piled onto a private bus and headed off to Surrey.
Maggie and I wrapped our presents in the bus because we are classy. We also did a lot of laughing and napping. When we got to Clandon Park (an old estate where the wedding was held), the day was bright and beautiful. I actually got a tan IN OCTOBER IN LONDON! Anyway, we shmoozed in the marble room and waited a few moments while the string quartet played some pretty awesome hits.
The ceremony started and it was very short but lovely. I was so incredibly moved for Jaymee and Dan that my heart felt like it wanted to explode with love, happiness and pride. They are an awesome fucking couple and no one could have even tried to find a better dude than Danimal to shack up with the ol' Flores - well, now Wright.
At the conclusion of the ceremony, we went back to the Marble room and had champagne for breakfast - followed by some appetizers. We took a bunch of pictures with the wedding party and alone. Many important things happened at this point: 1. Olivia and I took awesome pictures that urged Maggie to point out "You guys are demonic together." Yes! 2. Maggie met her future husband, Gustav, (or so we've named him). He kept filling up our champagne flutes and refused to be photographed with us. This only made her want him more. 3. This really sweet girl walked in with her boobs served up on a platter in a really short dress. I turned to Maggie nonchalantly: "I've got two words for you - 'tit-tays.'" 4. As Plus and I passed through the (now) empty Marble room we heard the quartet playing Radiohead. Imagine 4 60-70 year old woman rocking out. Awesome. 5. Some other funny stuff I can't remember...
Maggie and I tried to sneak pictures of her hubby (whilst moustache-ing) during the lunch/dinner but were fairly unsuccessful. The speeches were amazing! The wedding was a lot of fun and the table at which we sat was fairly entertaining. I met a "relative" of mine. He is from the Spanish basqueland as well, lived in Mexico, is super hot (and married, lame) and pleasant.
Then Jaimie and I had a bit of an awkward fashion shoot:
After the wedding, Plus tried to commandeer the shuttle bus but was thwarted by the driver. Before he even said anything she hopped out of the driver's seat, pointed at me and said "She made me do it!" Ha! Treason! Bus driver didn't care. Thought it was funny. The bus (with the help of the driver) took the guests to a bar in Waterloo where we hung out in a private room. This was really fun. I had 2 drinks - both paid for by others (it rules being a girl) - and I hung out talking to Dennis, Jaime, Olivia and Maggie most of the night. Maggie's friends Fernanda and Gagen came through. Jaime got really drunk and I found it funny.
We stayed until about midnight and then took the underground and train all the way back to Chorleywood. After some chatting and beasting, Maggie, Fernanda and I fell asleep around 2:30am. We decided to sleep in as best we could the next day.
Overall the wedding was very organized and entertaining. I wrote thank you notes to Mama Flores, The Wright Family and Jaime's dad to say how appreciative I was to be invited, treated well and how excited I was for the union. I thought it was awesome of Maggie to buy Jaime's dad a drink at the afterparty. Well done. I had a great time in general and was super happy I could share the day with the Himie-san. Also, I bought her the clip she wore in her hair for the wedding and she told me "Now, despite my best efforts, you're always going to be remembered on my wedding day." Brilliant. This is why she and I have been friends for so long...
Hope you enjoyed the pictorials and such.
-DJ Tubular T
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