On Saturday morning, at around 9am, just after Celebration House had opened, a car with two young men roared up and parked in one of our parking bays. These bays are clearly marked as being reserved for visitors to Celebration House and we jealously guard them as we have heard just about every excuse in the book as to why we should allow members of the public the right to park in them. The reason we hear most often is: ‘But, I’ll only be a minute!’.
As male visitors, without a female in tow, are not the usual visitors to Celebration House, I was a bit sceptical when the smartly dressed guy who got out of the car, politely told me his mission was very important and that he wouldn’t be very long. ‘Yeah, right’, I replied, ‘I’ve heard that one before!’
He then implored me to let him park outside Celebration House as he told me the suit he was wearing didn’t fit properly and he had to urgently visit the hiring company where he had got it from so they could adjust it for him.
Suddenly something inside my head clicked and I said: ‘You’re not perhaps getting married today?’ A broad grin confirmed my suspicion, ‘Yes, he replied, in two hours time!’
‘What are you waiting for?’ I shouted – ‘Run, go now’ and off the pair of them took, racing across the busy street.
They returned about twenty five minutes later, both of them now looking very dapper in their formal attire and roared off in their car.
I wish I had asked where the wedding was taking place, but I was much more eager to see them set off than to delay them in any way. I sincerely prayed that the ceremony wasn’t being held far out of town and that they would make it in time. Let’s face it – it’s usually the bride’s prerogative, because of delays in dressing, to arrive late for the wedding – not the grooms!
Celebration House Top Tip for Bridegrooms
The minute you get home with your hired outfit or any outfit that you have had altered in any way – TRY IT ON! If at all possible try on the garment at the hiring company or fetch it with time to spare, should per chance you find you find that you require any alterations.
Thank goodness, for the groom mentioned above, that he wasn’t getting married on a public holiday, ‘cos then he would really have been up the creek without a paddle!
