Our (Clickable) Wedding

I'm Mike. She's Bridget. And this is a picture from our wedding day. It was an awful lot of fun -- tearful vows, an open bar with predictable results, and frosting in faces. The Chatham Bars Inn in Cape Cod provided the perfect backdrop to an amazing event we'll never forget.

Big deal, right? People get married all the time. We think our wedding was the best ever. You probably do, too. (That is, if you're married. If so, congratulations! It's fun, isn't it?) But what's different about our wedding is that it all started with a click.

It all began during the week between Christmas and New Year's Day. We were both off from work for a few days and starting to feel the weight of a do-it-yourself wedding. The plan was a backyard in June, which meant caterers, tents, and worrying about rain and happy Moms. Ugh. So, we scrapped that with an unlikely solution: A one-click, throw-your-worries-away, Groupon-type wedding. 

Huh?

We couldn't believe it either. In a world that is quickly become overrun (and improved?) by technology, we clicked the most expensive link of our lives and purchased a 50-person wedding at The Chatham Bars Inn, save a DJ and a photographer, from Rue La La. (Bridget actually did the clicking; Mike's hands were shaking far too much for him to do it.) 

And just like that, we were getting married in March -- March 31, to be exact. 

The clicking didn't stop there, though. During the next three months as we prepared for the biggest day of our lives, we also:

• Bought Bridget's dress and veil online. (She actually bought, like, 15 dresses and kept returning them until she found the perfect one. This was a source of stress. Mostly for Mike.)
• Bought Mike's wedding ring online from Blue Nile. (This actually took a few attempts, too. Bridget can be picky.) 
• Bought some groomsmen gifts (books, Syracuse ball markers, baseball cards, ties, pocket squares) and bridesmaid gifts (necklaces and pashminas) online. 

The event came and went off without a hitch. The Chatham Bars Inn staff was amazing. The dress was perfect. The ring fit. And the gifts were met with handshakes and hugs. 

Now, two months later, Bridget and I have decided to start a blog. (Sorry if the name made you think it's about weed; it's not.) We are very happy and very much in love, but we're just figuring out how to do this marriage thing. Do contact lenses fall under the joint account? How many magazines does one person need? Who takes our dog, Oscar, out for his final pee of the night? These are important decisions and we hope you enjoy reading about our triumphs and struggles as we blog about them.

So, welcome. Thanks for reading. Stay tuned for much, much more.