My fiancé Alex and I JUST decided tonight when our shotgun wedding (just kidding!) will be... January 23, which also happens to be the day of the Canadian Federal Election. When we were discussing dates, Alex jokingly mentioned election day, and I laughed, but then we thought why not? We want to get married this month, and it would sure be a good conversation starter. Plus we are just having a small wedding at my house, with my friend's dad (who is a rabbi) officiating. We are both non-religious Jews and our rabbi friend is very liberal about that sort of thing so it's perfect.

We're going to invite a few friends over, and they don't need to bring gifts or anything... in fact, the only requirement will be that they have to VOTE to attend haha. So, they will need to get their "I voted" sticker from the ballot office and be wearing it when they come to the door, or else no admittance! We'll have dinner, and then watch the election results.

So are we crazy or what?? Anyway I'm excited. :)

Well congrads I'm happy for you. I can't wait for my wedding. We don't know for sure yet when but thank you for your help. I wish you a long and happy marriage.

Thanks very much, I wish you well too! :)

Oh and thanks for the comment Fred!

Congratulations on your wedding Orange.

And remember, there is always advanced pollings! (Jan 13, 14 and 16)

Yup, my fiancé and I are voting in advance, but we're not going to make our friends do it unless they want to! ;) Thanks for your wishes!

Congratulations on picking a date, Orange! Sounds like its going to be lots of fun! And the election should be interesting... I'll be watching too! Does CBC air "This hour has 22 minutes" in Saskatchewan? And are you wearing a dress?

Thanks Mrs. Pennell!

Yes we have This Hour Has 22 Minutes... are they having a special that night?

And yes I'm wearing my biological mother's wedding dress... amazing that I still have it. It's one of the few things I have of her, and luckily we are about the same size :)

The website for this hour has 22 minutes says that they are returning to air on Friday, Jan 6. I tried to figure out if there will be an election special but it doesn't say. I hope there will be though!

I think it is very special that you have your biological mom's wedding dress. I'm sure it will be a great day. I think I am making my own wedding dress. Any idea where I might find some nice patterns? I looked around here (Newfoundland, small city) but of course I couldn't find anything.

What kind of pattern are you looking for? I mean, for what kind of wedding dress? Modern? Vintage? I might be able to recommend something if I had an idea of what you were looking for. I love sewing. My mother's wedding dress is 70s vintage... I'll see if I can get a good picture of it to post here sometime!

I'd love to see a picture of your dress! I was thinking modern strapless without a big train for my dress.

Err, the countdown begins... it's now only 12 more sleeps until I'm a married woman! Yikes! :D

Err, the countdown begins... it's now only 12 more sleeps til I'm a married woman! Yikes!! :D

Lol. And also only 12 more sleeps until we have a Tory government in Ottawa. :)

Yup... a big change for me AND for the country! :D And hopefully a good change for both. :)

Congrats on your wedding. That sounds like a unique, very interesting way of getting others to vote. It is very important. Just like the commitement that you and your fiancé are going into. Unique, very good.

Like your ideas. I know repeated myself several times.

Joe

Thanks Joe! Yeah our friends all know our position on voting, no matter what party you vote for! So it's no cake and coffee for you if you don't vote first, LOL. Actually I don't think we'll literally turn someone away if they haven't voted, but we would bug them a whole lot!

My husband and I got married the day after election day in 2004 here in the states. The actual day of the election, I didn't even think about it. I had already turned in my absentee ballot, and I was crazed trying to get my wedding together. I was living in GA and I flew to Idaho to get married two days before the wedding. It was nuts. I made my wedding dress (with the help of my brother's master seamstress mother in law). I don't know what kind of fabric stores you guys have up in Canada, but I think I hit up a Joann's while they were having a big sale on their patterns. I had to make a few alterations to the pattern, but I loved how it came out.
Congratulations on your wedding, Orange! I'm sure you'll be a beautiful bride. All brides are the most beautiful on their wedding day, you know. You couldn't have beat the smile off my face on my day if you'd wanted to. Good luck to you both!

-B

Thanks Joe! Yeah our friends all know our position on voting, no matter what party you vote for! So it's no cake and coffee for you if you don't vote first, LOL. Actually I don't think we'll literally turn someone away if they haven't voted, but we would bug them a whole lot!

Orange, you mentioned that when you vote in SK, they give you a "I voted pin". Is that true?

Ontario doesn't give out any pins and I vote :( I think I should come to SK for the pin :)

Actually not a pin, but a sticker, and also a fridge magnet if you want it LOL. At least they had that at the last election. I'll save you one if you want. ;)

Well just thought I'd let everyone know that I'm "officially" getting ready for the wedding now, so I won't be online much. Thanks to everyone who responded to this thread... I hope I remembered to comment on everything! I'll probably check back here off and on, but I'm really busy, and we might be going on a short honeymoon right afterwards too! Haven't decided if or where yet. Anyway thanks guys! :)

Congradulation I think a small wedding is great. Igot married a little over ayear ago I went crazy the week before but it turned out well. I would never do it again though.:)

Thanks beth et all! :) Tomorrow is my wedding, a very small one really, at our home. I'm wearing my biological mother's wedding dress (very vintage!), and we're getting the whole affair catered by a close friend. After the wedding we will watch the election results (ugh how romantic, eh? ) and since the weather is supposed to be very nice, we're thinking about going around to all the campaign headquarters, with me in my wedding dress LOL. Seriously though I've always loved going to campaign headquarters just before election results.

Alex's parents got here yesterday from BC and are out shopping right now. My "parents" are arriving on the plane from Victoria tonight. I JUST finished getting everything cleaned up and ready for tomorrow. I didn't get much help from Alex as he's been working overtime at the hospital the past few days. We are going on a 2-week honeymoon after the wedding, and so he needed to work extra in order to "earn" the time off. Anyway I'm exhausted from preparations and cleaning and just trying to catch up on things here at the site before I disappear for a while again! :p We are taking Alex's laptop on our honeymoon but hopefully we won't be using it too much! :D

Anyway thanks again everyone and I'll talk to you again soon I hope!

Well, our wedding was very nice! Very simple, but it turned out well. Everyone who came voted first! ;) Actually I missed most of the election coverage... after the ceremony we ate and danced a bit and then started watching the results... but I fell asleep on the couch just as the results from Ontario were coming in, and I didn't wake up again until after 11 pm, and then it was all over. Alex's parents are crashing here so our wedding night was not exactly romantic, LOL. After waking up at 11, I was up again until about 1 am, talking to Alex's dad about the new government, and Alex went to bed exhausted, haha. Now this morning I am up before anyone else, go figure, and so I'm having some "alone time" (other than the needy cat and dog of course) here on the computer. We don't leave for our honeymoon until Thursday now, because there's been a bit of a change of plans. We were going to go whitewater rafting and snowboarding, but then we realized DUH I am pregnant, so that's likely not such a good idea! Anyway we are going to Vancouver Island on Thursday, for 2 weeks. We may also go to Seattle at some point during the 2 weeks.

The most exciting and unexpected thing was our present from both sets of parents... they got together and gave us a sizeable downpayment towards a new house!! Currently we are living in a small 2-bedroom bungalow that I am renting. Alex gave up his apartment to move in with me a few weeks ago. Anyway it's small and cramped, especially when we have company... and I suspect with me having a child soon we will have lots of visits from the parents, so it would be nice if they didn't have to sleep on the hide-a-bed in the living room. Plus I want a nice room for the baby. So when we get back from our honeymoon, we are going house hunting... wooo!

Anyway guess you guys will have to put up with me for another day or so, haha, before we leave for our trip! :p

Hey Orange,

I am glad you had a wonderful wedding.

I have never been to BC, but I have been to Seattle. If you do go to Seattle, go to the Space Needle, eat at the restaurant. I enjoyed it a lot. Although maybe the CN Tower in Toronto is better, but I live in Toronto so to me it's not the same.

Also, in Seattle, Pike Place Market (I think... It's around Pike St & 1st Ave) had amazing stuff.

Again, congratulations on a great wedding!!

Congratulations on your wedding day. Happy everything turned out great. Keep intouch and enjoy your honeymoon.

Hey Orange,

I have never been to BC, but I have been to Seattle. If you do go to Seattle, go to the Space Needle, eat at the restaurant. I enjoyed it a lot. Although maybe the CN Tower in Toronto is better, but I live in Toronto so to me it's not the same.

Also, in Seattle, Pike Place Market (I think...It's around Pike St & 1st Ave) had amazing stuff.

Again, congratulations on a great wedding!!!


Thanks for the congratulations and the suggestions about Seattle... I totally forgot about the Space Needle. I've been to the CN Tower twice and the Calgary Tower countless times (I live only a few hours' drive from Calgary), and also the tower in Vancouver, whose name escapes me at the moment. So, I guess I should add the Space Needle to my list of visited towers! The real reason I personally want to see Seattle is because Stephen King's miniseries Rose Red was shot there, LOL. I am weird when it comes to sci fi and horror shows of all kinds. But your suggestions sound great too and I'm sure Alex will appreciate going somewhere that is NOT a filming location, haha.

Thanks for your wishes too, JesusHelper. Yes I will definitely keep in touch. If I'm not on here at all during the holiday (we're taking the laptop with us), I will for sure be around again after the honeymoon. :)

and also the tower in Vancouver, whose name escapes me at the moment.

Could it be:

The Vancouver Lookout

http://www.vancouverlookout.com/

Yup that's it, thanks for the link. Weirdly enough I have a desire to go there right now, but we are on Vancouver Island at the moment. Alex is not feeling well today, but as soon as he's better we are heading for the States and Seattle. :)

Yup that's it, thanks for the link. Weirdly enough I have a desire to go there right now, but we are on Vancouver Island at the moment. Alex is not feeling well today, but as soon as he's better we are heading for the States and Seattle. :)

Your quite welcome.

And I hope Alex feels better. An upset stomach is never a fun event.

Enjoy the rest of your honeymoon!

Thanks CaptainForest! Unfortunately, poor Alex is still sick, has been since Sunday, and he kicked me out of the hotel room we were staying in, because he's worried I'll get sick too and I am pregnant. So I'm staying with my adoptive parents until he's better. I feel bad for Alex, but at the same time, I am enjoying myself, LOL. I'm on Vancouver Island, and my parents have been taking me out practically every day to do different things... the weather is gorgeous, and I have been doing a lot of sketching. My adoptive father loves photography, so we go out together... he takes photos and I sketch. Then sometimes I also sketch from the photos he's taken.

Anyway I hope Alex gets better soon, poor bugger!