My aforementioned flaws, combined with the fact that I’ve been busy as shit since we bought our house explain (but aren’t an excuse for) why I hadn’t spoken to my best friend Val since… uh, the end of April I think? Sweet Jesus! (We keep in touch via Twitter and random e-mails, which is actually a pretty great way to stay in the know on the day-to-day, but yeah, overall, we suck.)

Well last night we finally got the chance to catch up. We regaled each other with tales of trips and home purchasing and wedding planning. Val and I are pretty much leading parallel lives right now, which is kind of strange, but I guess not all that uncommon for two people of the same age.

But that’s not where the similarities ended. Val and I quickly found out, through our discussion of her awesome wedding planning and my wedding planning-slacking-offing that we’re pretty much planning the same wedding. Ok, so there are a few major differences, but the really weird part is that we’re doing a lot of little offbeat things exactly the same. We picked the same wedding colours without consulting with each other. We’re both abolishing the whole “head table” thing and sitting with our parents during the reception. We’re both, in our own ways, having non-traditional wedding dresses. We both plan on having four bridesmaids and three groomsmen (probably the weirdest similarity). We’re both in each other’s wedding party (ok, that one is not so weird since we’re best friends and all). And that was just to name a few.

Knowing that we’re both planning our weddings 1000 kilometres apart and still thinking alike kind of makes me smile and makes me feel connected to her even though we hadn’t really “connected” in several months.

A bit over a year ago, James started to really (and I mean really ) get into boardgames. So James, Fiona, our other coworker and friend Catherine, her boyfriend Jon, Chris and myself started getting together every once in a while to play boardgames for an evening/afternoon. We still get together every few months to play.

Last November, James and Fiona got engaged. They finally officially tied the knot a little over a week ago, on Saturday April 26 2008. I know many will say this about a lot of couples they know, but I am 100% serious when I say that James and Fiona are the nicest people you will ever meet in your life. I am proud to call these guys my friends and wish them nothing but the best.

James and Fiona outside of the church after their wedding ceremony. Photo by my friend Catherine.


More pictures from James’ and Fiona’s wedding can be found in my “James and Fiona tie the knot” Flickr album.

Their wedding was lovely. The ceremony was held at Blessed Sacrament Church in Ottawa and the reception was at the National Arts Center , which was really lovely. It was wonderful for me to be able to meet their families and friends and share in on their celebration. Both James and Fiona have big loving families and great friends, which is probably part of the reason why they are such great people.

All and all, it was a great day and I couldn’t be happier for my friends.