Tom and The Laura’s Wedding Breakfast … But At Tea Time …..

There was unbridled joy thronging robustly through Castle Greysquirrel yesterday morning when our invitation to Tom and The Lovely Laura much anticipated nuptials finally plopped onto our doormat ….

….. and although we had been there at the very forefront of their creation,  in our Front Room on a Wednesday night,  it was still very much a poignant Hello Magazine type moment for us all.

We are not ashamed to admit that tissues were required as tears flowed ….. in a very manly way ……..
….. for our family fairy tale of love and betrothal will finally come true ……

….. when Tom and the Lovely Laura will stand before us and be pronounced man and wife amid a flurry of doves tossed from baskets, the chiming of church bells throughout the land, a ten gun salute, the launching of lifeboats and a fly past by the Red Arrows ...or something along those lines ………

And, if we are this emotional now,  goodness knows how emotional we will be on the actual day.

Once we had all regained our composure we were able to look at the other contents of our matrimonial envelope …. to wit … the wedding breakfast menu …. except that it isn’t a wedding breakfast ….. because it’s at out tea time, which we thought was most considerate of Tom and The Lovely Laura, as they know how we like to stick to a rigorous meal time regime.

As I read the details out to Darrell and Nigel, Darrell got a little confused when he heard what he thought was the word “canopy”,  remarking that Tom and the Lovely Laura were being very forward thinking and practical by having a tent erected at their wedding venue ……… for shelter,  just in case the weather was precipitous! What is he like?I was then forced to explain that the “canapé”  in question was in fact a small, posh, single-bite food, that is traditionally made with a base of a small piece of bread with some sort of topping …… for which we would not require a plate or knife and fork!….. All this bought us finally round to the perusal of the wedding menu from which Tom and The Lovely Laura had asked us to choose from ……

I knew that this would not be a simple task …..  and got out my notebook and pen to write our considered selections down which I could e-mail them to the betrothed couple ……

I knew it would be a nightmare and it was, giving Darrell and Nigel too much choice is never a good thing,  especially where food is concerned! Every time they made their definitive choice and I wrote it down, they would then say they weren't sure and go through the whole choice again ….. pondering as to if they would like truffle croutons, what did celeriac taste like and was chicken liver parfait the same as chicken liver pate?  After one hour and forty five minutes we hadn’t gone beyond the starters,  so it may be a little while before Tom and The Lovely Laura receive our final choice.

Being a pudding person,  I bypassed the starters and the mains and headed straight  to the sweet options ….. it was a no brainer …… lemon and lime cheesecake every time, however, I am hoping that I will be sat next to someone who is having the brioche and chocolate pudding, who would be up for exchanging the odd spoonful with me!