But only an hour after my hair was done the curls had all fallen out…. seriously I was back to stick straight hair, which hadn’t happened in the trial. So in Tim Gunn fashion yet again, we made it work. We grabbed his curling iron and thankfully Mr. AZ’s Aunt was a former hair dresser. She shellacked my hair in product and you better believe it curled. So the second Evil Would-be-Wedding-Disaster was defeated!
I was feeling amazing by this point, the first two Evil Would-be-Wedding-Disasters had not thrown me off my game, I was calm, cool and collected and ready to take on the world. UNTIL the flowers arrived. I had ordered a mixture of pink and apricot roses and beautiful red dahlias…. imagine my shock when I walked into the room to see a big pack of these….
Yup, orange, and what’s more is that when my maid of honor called the florist assuming she had simply dropped off the wrong order she argued that’s what our contract stated. Ladies keep records. My email transcripts came in handy. I printed off every communication with every vendor to Cover My Ass, and boy was I happy I did. Lucky they fixed the centerpieces and my Sisters in Law both had worked at a Florist in high school, so they fixed our personal flowers to the best of their abilities. I will admit I cried a little at the orange flowers. But mostly I felt like the deranged Red Queen…
I mean they were supposed to be Red! Anyway, it all has a happy ending. Bliss Floral did check the next day and found out the updated contract with the red was never placed in our wedding file. They were happy to offer us a full refund. Amazing, I really applaud them for double checking and admitting their mistake and guess what- I’d still recommend them… take a peek at our FIXED centerpieces…
Stay tuned for how the day really turned out, and some funny faces/dances by yours truly. What was your major fiasco? Were you lucky and got through the Wedding Day unscathed? What helped you “make it work”?
9 comments:
oh wow!! i think the awesome thing is that you were able to get those things fixed!!! but that must have been crazy during the moment!! i can just imagine the horror on your face when you got the followers....
Thankfully flowers weren't too high up on my list, it's just the timing of it that made me cry. I was SO impressed with my sisters in law, they really did an amazing job. By the end of the fiascos I was so blissfully happy at all the love and goodwill with people pitching in! :o)
First let me say I'm sorry anything went wrong. Second let me say you are right that it seems like something always goes wrong. I've told brides for years "It wouldn't be a wedding if something didn't go wrong."
Would love to do a blog post over on The Flirty Guide Blog and reference and cross post to this post on your blog if that's ok with you. I think this is a really great post because of how you found solutions and because I'm impressed that the florist was willing to offer you a refund. We all make mistakes but so few people/companies seem to be willing to be held accountable. That you would still recommend them says a lot about how much you value their integrity.
I love love love your "make it work" attitude! It says so much about you that on a day as big as your wedding, you were able to keep things in perspective and not flip out. I admire that so much and will definitely keep you in mind when I get married. Actually, maybe I could invite you to my wedding just to handle those little problems as they arise. Whaddya think?!? ;)
Girl you handled that business like a PRO! I have seen my fair share of disasters but at my OWN wedding? A hurricane swept up and totally ruined all my hopes and plans for the outdoor cocktail party. It also flooded the ground under our reception tent. My dad spent the morning stacking hay bales around it and spreading this kitty litter type stuff that was supposed to dry the ground. The DJ played the wrong entrance song, and by the end of the night had hit on every lady under 30 in attendance.
I don't know how we got through it. I guess we just focued on the most important part - we were married. :) And I refused to have red, puffy, cry baby eyes on my too-expensive and not-that-great pictures. Can't wait to see the FABULOUS WEDDING recap!
That's awesome that they gave you a full refund. Hardly any business that messes up will even admit it, much less make amends. Bravo!
sorry you had some troubles, but I'm glad you got them all fixed in the end! esp. that flower refund, that's a pretty awesome way to say sorry in my opinion!
Oh I agree, hence I would recommend Bliss Floral again as they really do stand by their word. Instead of the right color flowers I got an awesome work-wardrobe :o) C'est le vie!
Ooops! My biggest grievance is with Mother Nature. We had our orders in for anemones in June and wouldn't you know it, the season ended early by a full month due to warmer than anticipated temps. Please everyone, lets stop global warming!
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