Are bubbles a necessity?
This thought has passed through my head no less than 227 times in the past 18 hours. Once upon a time it was tradition to throw rice at the newlywed couple, as a sign of fertility and procreation. Let's just say I'm glad that rice throwing has been nixed due to the gastrointestinal problems it may inflict on birds. No offense to anyone out there, but a honeymoon baby is just not on my wish list. Then people started throwing birdseed...but honestly, that's not really my style either. I feel like I might be picking birdseed out of bodily crevices for a few months following the wedding. And after rice and birdseed, in the natural progression of things, we have bubbles.
Wedding bubbles are expensive little vials of joy. Online you can get a pack of 48 for $8.95. That's about 18 cents per tube o'fun. Walmart also has the bubbles (although not as cute because they do not have a heart shaped handle), a pack of 100 for $15, which is about 15 cents per tube. It would be pretty easy to just buy 3 packs of 100 for the wedding...but do we really need them? Is that $45 that can be better spent somewhere else?
Another question regarding the bubbles...when do we give them to the guests?? Are they supposed to blow them at us when we leave the church? Or are they supposed to blow them at us when we leave the reception? Because, quite honestly, I'm pretty sure not too many folks are going to be coherent enough to blow them at us as we leave the reception. And who lets people know that they are supposed to blow the bubbles after the ceremony?? I figure if I am this confused by the bubbles , everyone will be this confused. And I don't want to spend $45 on something guests won't even use.
Sidenote: I have had this blog for about a week now, and I believe this is the first directly wedding related post I have written. Go me.
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4 weeks ago
here are my thoughts, but remember, opinions are like buttholes--every body's got them and most times they stink. I think you need something, either the seed or bubbles. But don't get the fancy bubbles. No one will be judging the blow quality of your bubbles. But you will want something for people to wish you well, like throwing pennies into a fountain for luck--only the pennies would hurt, but could be cheaper.... Anyway, it will make for beautiful pictures and memories of you running out the reception to your get-a-way car in a shower of soap. And for practicality, just place them on the tables at the reception.
ReplyDeleteI didn't have anything at ours. No bubbles, no seeds. I mean when it came down to it it was one of those things we could live without and I 86'd it just because it was tiny needless expense for us. Typically though they do that sort of thing at the end of the ceremony. And usually you have one person handing out said bubbles before the ceremony as guests arrive for blowing joy afterwards. And once again I have a small noisy person demanding my attention so I guess that's the end of my input for the moment. :)
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