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I had settled the remote on Whose Wedding Is It Anyway when Brandon let out a groan.

“We’re already married,” he whined. “Why do you still watch these shows?”

“I’m still planning the reception,” I retorted, as I dangled the remote out of his reach.

I really have no clue what it is about the various wedding shows that piques my morbid curiosity. I never dreamt of my wedding as a little girl. I’ve never doodled Mrs. So and So on my school notebooks. And I certainly never entertained notions that I would find anyone other than a cat that I could live with, let alone pledge my never-ending love and loyalty to.

And I do get good planning ideas from watching the wedding shows, though I did nix the whole letting the butterflies go at the wedding idea and the Cinderella theme where the groom tries the “slipper” on the foot of all 10 bridesmaids. And besides, shows like Bridezilla only help Brandon to appreciate me all the more.

As part of the reception organizing, I’ve been watching Ace of Cakes on the Food Network to prepare for making my own wedding cake. Truth be told, I’m a little in love with Duff, but Brandon is well aware of my lust for the apron’ed man with a constant supply of buttercreme frosting – “Baaaaby, let’s go to Baltimore and stalk out Duff, pllleeeeeease!”

Still, I wouldn’t recommend attempting a three-tier cake with fondant icing a scant seven hours before your scheduled event. The result is below, and yes, this is the cake’s “good” side. The other shows a leaning tower o’ cake.

Luckily, it tasted a lot better than it looked. The 12-inch bottom layer was German chocolate with chocolate bavarian creme; the second layer was butter cake with a strawberry glaze filling (think Strawberry Shortcake); and the top layer was lemon cake with raspberry filling.

We had a great reception, but I am so glad it’s finally over. I hadn’t realized how stressful these things really are. Writing my graduate thesis will be a piece of cake, no pun intended, after planning this reception.

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