I am celebrating twenty-four years married to the same amazing human. The ‘Huz’ is all the H’s…handsome, humble, honest, helpful and hot as heck…phoaaarr! By today’s standards we married ‘young’ but it didn’t feel like it, I was twenty-three and he turned twenty six the week before we said ‘I do’. Fun fact, my wedding was the first wedding I ever attended. Another fun fact, we spent a whopping two thousand dollars for the big day.
Yup, we designed the invites ourselves, had one attendee each, hired a celebrant, had a chocolate mud cake made by the girls in our favourite coffee shop and we enjoyed a lunchtime reception… which as it turns out pretty much no drank alcohol. Sounds so tight-arse but we knew no different, we just did it our way and it was perfect.
Recently I was back in Hervey Bay (where we were married ) and on a girls trip for a spot of whale watching and relaxation. On an afternoon drive we found ourselves back at the exact spot the Huz and I said ‘I do’ This was the photo snapped on the day that I texted to the Huz with the message, ‘look at me back at the spot we were married, wearing white!’. He responded ‘and not pregnant’! Funny bugger!
Wedding memories
I gotta tell you, walking around the spot we were married while watching the sun set, it brought back all the feels! From the giddy excitement in the pit of my gut to the pride I felt standing by my man, I found myself reliving it all. The laughter as the new Zealand celebrant kept calling me ‘Jinny’, the rice and petals I was fishing outa my dress, the way he squeezed my hand tight as I struggled to get the vows out through tears of joy…it really was a perfect day.
There was no fanfare, just ‘Enya’ playing on the CD player in the car we borrowed from his cousins. To be fair they had pr etty fancy wheels, a white Cadillac and red Pontiac! I didn’t have a cascading bouquet of flowers, instead I carried a few bunches of chrysanthemum daisies tied together with a trailing green ribbon that I whipped up on the morning of my actual wedding. I did my own hair and makeup which was ruined by wind (hello convertibles) and tears before the reception had even started. Oh dear, that hair! Pics snapped on my phone from photos in our album…
NOT THE USUAL WEDDING FANFARE
I didn’t have a hens show or a bridal registry, in fact in so many ways our wedding was far from traditional. I didn’t even wear a wedding dress! Instead I had a local lady whip up a simple frock in the colours of our wedding, forest green and white. Looking back now I slap my forehead we I chose green as my husband is actually red/green colour blind. I know, what was I thinking??
To be fair I blame preggo brain as I was up the duff with our first beautiful boy. Yup, preggers on my wedding day and not giving a flying fuck about that little detail, in fact no one did. We had been engaged for more than a year and a wedding date set and clearly not giving a hoot about falling pregnant, so when the stick showed two pink lines we brought our wedding date forward six months and pulled a wedding together in just six weeks! Awww look at my belly!
Locals suggested the spot we were married, a patch of park by the ocean in Point Vernon Hervey Bay. Our reception was at Gatakers Bay restaurant again by the sea, although a lunchtime wedding reception meant the tide was out, Looks more like we are in the outback. Again…pics taken on my phone of photos in an album
Over the years I have thought about what a fancier wedding day would look like but have never regretted a detail of our own special day…well except my hair, that was a bit of a situation that future non preggo me would have sorted in a flash.
The little trip down memory lane a few weeks ago made me realise just how special our little day was because it was us winging it, sharing our love and joy with those who mattered and it was the beginning of a marriage that has stood the test of time…just like we knew it would. I loved that trip down memory lane and I love my Huz, twenty four years, bring on more of that good shit I say!
Til next time.
Jen
Lovely story Jenni. That was a perfect personal day. We too were married 24 years sgo, and we too had Enya playing!!! how very 1994!!! Happy anniversary
Congratulations on your anniversary! It’s wonderful that you continue to love & light up each other’s world, especially after 24 years together. You deserve many more years of happiness together xx
Awwwwe! You guys are adorable! I loved the way your hair looked sort of boho-chic! Congratulations! You have a gold class hubby…,he definitely is a keeper! And he’s lucky to have you….Gorgeous, funny and sexy! Love to you both and at least 45 more happy years!!!!! 😗😗😗😗!
Happy Anniversary! You two are gorgeous. Loved seeing the wedding photos!
Love it all, especially the loving each other part – really that’s all that matters. Happiest anniversaries to you and may there be many many many many more xxxx
My husband & I have been married for nearly 30 years (in December). We were married at the Registry Office in King William St. I too think about a fancy wedding but we just couldn’t afford it and I got everything thing I wanted. Congratulations and May you celebrate many more
Beautiful story. Thank you for sharing.💐💕
Thankyou for sharing your special day. It was perfect. 24 years ago we didn’t go on with lots of fan fare for weddings. We were married nearly 30 years ago and we chose a $22 per head menu wishing included canapés with champagne and beer, then three courses plus tea and coffee. Our drink bill was only $600. And like you we had a fabulous day. Love your dress, it really suited you. And you both look so happy! Here’s to your next 24! 💕💕💕
I enjoyed reading this blog Jenni .. Obviously one very special couple.. Congratulations xxx
What a beautiful wedding . Two people in love doing it their way . Happy Anniversary 💕
We have been married 44 years early October, with my 70th later this month. Poor husband forgot my birthday two years in a row, even tho we’d been together six years before we married. Meant I got the Burmese cat I wanted for my next birthday lol.
My parents were pensioners so it was always going to be a tiny DIY wedding, reception under my sister and bil’s high set house. About a month before the wedding, my mother gave me a bank book with about a thousand dollars for the wedding which was so very special. Tried to book a reception, but too late, so under the house it was, with a (bag)piper outside in the rain and a third of the guests under six.
Happy days……
I love everything you shared and like everyone else, it’s the love and endurance and being true to yourself that truly truly matters.
Nearly thirty years here and as I look at my own children on the precipice of starting a life with a partner/home/family…all Iwant for them is to know the respect and support for each other that I have had and to maintain a hard working ethic.
Congrats. You were a gorgeous bride.
Happy Anniversary, and your wedding sounds perfect and so much lower in stress than many. Doing you is always a good idea and a great example to us all.
Loved your reminiscing, beautiful story, always love your messages, you are a beautiful person inside & out, sending love for a long & happy life together XXXOOO
Great pics…you should re-enact them! 👍🏻