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Candace
Super March 2022

Things left behind

Candace, on March 27, 2022 at 8:55 AM Posted in Wedding Reception 0 5
My wedding is over and I'm very happy with the way everything went. Everyone had a great time and my groom and I loved everything about it! I did my best to think of everything in my planning, but that is impossible. I had a wedding coordinator who asked me to make assignments for after the party, which I think is really smart. I asked certain people to take care of tasks after the wedding (gather my bags from the dressing room, drive my car back with them, load the boxes of personal decor into my car, distribute the flowers and takes vases back to florist next day, etc). So even with that plan, there are things missing. I take full responsibility for forgetting these things and I just wish I had asked someone not let me leave without taking a look around first. I was a little tipsy and so delirious in my bliss that I left right after our private dance and farewell. I thought I'd list the things here to get it out of my thoughts and maybe it will help others plan their day.

1) my bouquet - it was breathtakingly beautiful. I added a charm with my late grandparents' photos and a hand-dyed purple velvet ribbon. No where to be found. No one saw it. It was in a vase on the sweetheart table. I really hoped to preserve it and keep the charm/ribbon.
2) my ceremony shoes - I had them with me at the sweetheart table. 3) the groom's liquor - he had a nice bourbon at the sweetheart table that he only poured a few glasses from. 4) my veil and dress sleeves - I took them off during the reception. 5) cake! - I even said many times to please send us out with cake in our hands. I had a bunch of to-go boxes for leftover cake and cookies. We left empty-handed. And after all my fuss over the grooms cake, he didn't even get a piece of cake at all - too busy socializing all night.
I'm still sorting through boxes but I think I have everything else. I'm mostly disappointed about my bouquet. I do have pictures to admire it. I know the flowers would die anyway, but still a little hurt that no one thought to grab it if they saw it. I can't fathom someone throwing it in the trash.

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Latest activity by Kylie, on March 28, 2022 at 11:46 AM
  • Imani
    Master July 2022
    Imani ·
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    Candace, sorry to hear you left a lot of things behind. Don’t beat yourself up about it as you were enjoying your wedding day. Are you able to contact the venue and ask if they have it? I know for a friend of mine wedding they put their cake in the fridge and they were able to go back and retrieve it. It might be worth a try. Also, possibly contacting others to ask if they may have grabbed it for you. I hope it all works out!
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  • Candace
    Super March 2022
    Candace ·
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    Thank you, I appreciate that. I did ask the wedding coordinator and my family members. I will also contact the venue to see if they had anything left behind. I know logically that these things aren't a big deal. But coming down from the "high" of the wedding had for me all sentimental.
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  • Imani
    Master July 2022
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    I completely understand.
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  • S
    Devoted September 2022
    Sara ·
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    I would think your venue coordinator would have these all stashed away somewhere? They’re all pretty obvious things that you’d want back. If she/he doesn’t have them…shame on them.
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  • K
    Dedicated May 2019
    Kylie ·
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    I completely agree. Some of these are major details, and a coordinator should have made sure they didn’t get left behind. The only thing that I think could have gotten stolen was the bourbon, but everything else? Why would someone just throw any of the above away?
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