First month anniversary

How time flies ! I've been married for a month today !! I've decided to finally start writing about the wedding. So, the next few posts will be an overdose of my wedding. :-)

I started planning my wedding long back. I did not want to do something stereotype. I went to India 6 weeks before the wedding and was busy from the day I landed. I will also write a post about shopping and other issues related to the wedding soon. My mother and mother-in-law were very supportive and helped me in realizing my "dream" wedding.

A wedding is not easy to plan especially if you are fussy about a lot of things. We had a five day wedding. The events were as follows:

* Day 1 - Jan 17th - Dinner party hosted by Vikram's parents @ Vikram's house
* Day 2 - Jan 18th - Sumangali Puja (morn) and Mehandi (evening) followed by Dinner @ Shilpa's house
* Day 3 - Jan 19th - Vrata Puja and Engagement in the morning @ choultry
Sangeet/Dance in the evening @ choultry
* Day 4 - Jan 20th - Wedding in the morning @ choultry
Reception in the evening @ choultry
* Day 5 - Jan 22nd - Cocktail Party and Dinner hosted by Vikram's grandparents @ Grandparents's house

I will describe each of these events in detail. Most of the events were uncommon in a typical South Indian Wedding. I was helped by cousins and friends for all the events.

I always wanted a meaningful wedding and not something which resembles an ordeal. It is usually seen that everyone other than the bride and the groom have a lot of fun. I did not want to miss out on having fun in my own wedding.

The wedding was a grand success. I was very happy when many people told me that it was one of the most memorable weddings that they had attended. I was very amused when some told me that they were 'inspired' to get married 'again' just so that they can have the same kind of fun. I was very flattered when some unmarried cousins and friends told me that they would like to have their wedding on the same lines as mine.

More...yet to come....