My Egyptian colleague is getting married in a couple of month’s time. He was sharing with me how expensive weddings are in Egypt. The cost involved with hairdressers and makeup and dresses and photographers is exorbitantly high. Weddings in Australia can also be very OTT (over-the-top). Overseas weddings held in exotic locations are becoming increasingly popular.
My wedding was a simple affair. My best friend styled my hair, and I applied my own minimal makeup (touch of mascara and lipstick). A friend of my husband’s did our photography. I bought my dress and shoes in my lunch hour. My dress was a cocktail dress that I enhanced to have the matching chiffon scarf attached as long, flowing sleeves. The dress was from a boutique store and imported from Canada. I loved it straight away and it fitted perfectly, so I bought it on the spot! It is a warm ivory colour, not ice-white.
My husband does not dance so we had a lunchtime garden wedding. It was held in January which is summertime in southern hemisphere land. The sun shone that day. We are still married and have happy, healthy children, so safe to say the sun is still shining!
Poems and Petals 
Simple is much more beautiful ❤️
If Egypt is expensive, then Lebanon is even more so 😱
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Oh no! I feel so sorry for him, he has to pay for everything and is looking quite burdened! ❤
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I can imagine….I find it so unnecessary to tell you the truth…
Why spend so much for a few hrs where you’re going to be too tired to enjoy (because they do tend to get overboard with preparations)
Use the money to have something special for the couple and keep it simple
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I am moving to Egypt this summer. Good thing I am already married!
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Wow, what will you be doing in Egypt? Yes, you are lucky from what I can hear!
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I will be teaching in an international school and my daughter will be coming too.
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Best wishes! 🙂
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Thank you. I may need it 🙂
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Good luck for her
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Thanks 🙂
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You were a beautiful bright!
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Thank you so much! (I can’t fit into the dress anymore 🙂 )
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We are constantly growing thoughout our lifetime… lol
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lol 🙂
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Simple weddings are heartfelt and beautiful. Loved your choice of dress.
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Thank you so much! 🙂
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What a lovely wedding yours was…and you had the satisfaction of doing most of it yourself, or with friend’s help. So much more meaningful. Simple often means so much more. Also these are all external props, costumes, set etc etc in an OTT wedding…what matters is what is in the heart…not what is on show. Beautiful photo too, thanks for sharing.
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Thank you! Photo was taken a few years back though! 🙂
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Still lovely and lovely memories…x
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you’re beautiful.
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Thank you very much! It was a few years back though! 🙂
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I think you’re far more beautiful now.
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So kind, thank you! You have just made my day 🙂
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It is not what you wear and ‘where’ you marry [if you can afford destination theme by all means go ahead] which makes a wedding memorial but the character you marry, the fun aspects with laughter etc and the promise to keep the love alive. Cheers to many more years together for you and your husband.
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Thank you very much! 🙂
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