I went with the traditional look when my husband and I got married and wore a white dress. I skipped the veil, though, because I thought it would feel annoying and couldn’t be bothered with wearing one. Everything else was done the way I was told it needed to be done (’Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue’).

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My husband and I got married twelve years ago and shortly after returning from our honeymoon, I had my wedding dress dry cleaned and put into a box. (I affectionately refer to it as ‘The Coffin.’) I loved my dress then, and I love it now. The style of dress is one that I tend to lean toward when I purchase any dress (no sleeves, A-line skirt)(sans beading and crinoline).

Some people do a ‘trash the dress’ photography shoot, some people sell their dress through a consignment store, and some (a few friends of mine included) keep the dress hanging in their closet along with their prom dress and an assortment of bridesmaids dresses. Then they have nights where everyone parades in dresses from the closet and have some good laughs.

I, personally, would love to free my dress from its coffin and wear it out on a girls’ night with a group of my friends. There has been rumblings of making that a reality.

What did you do with your wedding dress?

Jessica Biel is marrying Justin Timberlake after five years of dating. In a recent interview, she said that she’s so busy that she hasn’t had much time to put into planning their wedding. When he interviewer asked if Justin would be up for the task, she joked: ‘He does have incredible taste.’

When my husband and I got engaged, we decided to get married five months later. We had a small budget — no parental help — and did all of the legwork ourselves. We spent every Saturday looking at cakes and deciding on flowers and deciding on party favors. We also spent a few evenings making our handmade invitations, with the requisite vellum and raffia accoutrements.

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I wrote about the night of our engagement a few months ago. Dinner out with his parents, feigned car trouble, then a proposal on a dock in the town we have called home for the past eleven years.

It was romantic and amazing and PERFECT. I would not change a thing. Yet, I love to read or see about other proposals and all of them get me weepy and full of snot because LOVE, MAN.

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There’s been a lot of talk in the press about how Angelina Jolie cried when Brad proposed to her. I’m not sure that that little tidbit is newsworthy, but it did get me thinking.

Did I cry when we got engaged? No. Well, I don’t think so. I tend to be a crier, whether happy or sad, but I don’t remember crying that night. I remember saying yes, and hugging, and kissing, and smiling so hard that I should have been worried about my face cracking.

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Last month, I posted a photo of my husband and I on our wedding day on Instagram as part of the monthly photo challenge. In my description, I stated that I’ve always thought it would be neat to wear my dress again - I love it so much - and a fun idea would be to get a group of girlfriends together and go out for dinner in our dresses. As I usually do, I also sent the photo to Twitter, Facebook, and Flickr. Later that day, I had a stranger contact me via Flickr mail with the following message.

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Today is November 11, 2011. It is Veteran’s Day in the U.S. (and Remembrance day in Canada) which is a day where we remember those who fought for our freedom. It is also 11/11/11.

According to Brides magazine, it is the luckiest day to get married.

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I was rummaging around in our downstairs storage room this weekend and happened upon an ivory-colored box. It is the box that the dry-cleaner put my wedding dress in once it was put through the cleaning process. I affectionately refer to it as my wedding dress’s “coffin.”

I am the same size/weight I was when I got married (don’t hate me) and I’ve often thought that it would be fun to round up a group of girlfriends, have us don our wedding dresses and go out for dinner. Possibly on the beach. Just think of the photo ops!

My kids aren’t all done having babies/losing their baby weight but one day, we will make it happen. How could we not? In the meantime, my dress will remain in its coffin and pray for a day where it can shine again.

What did you do with your wedding dress?

My husband and I didn’t have a unity candle at our wedding ceremony because, well, I had never heard of one at that point in time and nobody had told us about them or that we could include one. For those of you who have never heard of them either, it’s to symbolize the bride and groom becoming one. Their mothers walk up with a candle, say something if they are led, and then they each light a candle. At the end of the ceremony, the bride and groom each take the candle their mother lit, light a larger middle candle, and blow out the ones they are holding.

The first time I saw this in action was when my husband’s sister got married. The lighting part by the mothers went fine, the ceremony was beautiful, and then the bride and groom approached the table where the candles were. They lit the middle candle and then…he blew out ALL THREE, including the “unity” candle. There was a lot of laughter.

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Unless you’ve spent the past few weeks living under a rock or on a media diet, you probably know that Prince William and Kate Middleton got married today.

(Side note: Have you seen this royal wedding spoof commercial? I love it.)

I live on the West Coast, and have to work all day Friday, so staying up all night simply isn’t an option. Besides - we now live in the land of the DVR. I set it to record in the middle of the night and will plop myself (and my Princess-loving daughter) in front of the TV after dinner tonight and take it in. Probably not all of it but the ceremony, for sure.

How about you guys? Did you (or will you) watch the royal wedding? Or could you care less?