Felicia & Grant | Real Weddings Queensland
Meet Felicia & Grant
We met a mutual friend’s birthday get-together in Brisbane CBD and we later discovered neither of us had really had the energy to go out that Friday night but with hindsight, we’re really pleased we pushed ourselves to attend [obviously]. I thought he was cute and looked intellectual with his glasses, and that he had a gentlemanly manner. He told me later he’d noticed me walking across the road and was ‘checking me out’ which I’d found hard to believe [but wanted to believe it!]. We started out as friends but this night was the beginning.
The proposal
I’d been working as a social worker in London, which he had supported me to do as he knew I needed this challenge and to stand on my own two feet. Although it was harder than I thought and we missed each other badly. One morning at work I was told a ‘package’ had arrived and when I went down it was him, looking exhausted and wearing a huge backpack. I was thrilled and when we went to Venice that weekend he proposed on an evening gondola ride under the Bridge of Sighs. Very surreal but fantastic!
Your Wedding Day
There was a lot of planning and stress leading up to the day, tensions between family members, my dress needing alterations three days before, you name it, it ended up consuming my whole world! And you swear that won’t happen to you 🙂 On the day, Grant and I didn’t communicate directly and sent encouraging messages through friends. My two younger sisters were bridesmaids and we were all stressed when the limo driver was late. Then he went on to take a wrong turn, needed to refuel, and almost caused an accident! Simultaneously the weather was gathering scarily grey thunderclouds over our heads as we sped toward the winery. We later heard that the power had gone out in the chapel for about 20 seconds and that Grant was seen literally wiping his brow afterward 🙂 When I stood at the foot of the chapel the nerves were still strong but seeing Grant made me feel I could get down that aisle and his expression turning from terrified to relieved was pretty reassuring. When we were pronounced man and wife a huge thunderclap broke at that very moment which broke any tension and got a huge laugh. Our fantastic photographer worked around the weather and had us laughing with comments like “quick, run up that hill toward the light!” [not easy when you have to hitch your skirts up, because yes he was serious]. We entered the reception to Elvis’ ‘Burning Love’ for some fun and everything went well. Grant’s speech almost made me cry and he did it well. The food at the winery was amazing and after dieting I was very ready to get straight into it. Looking back, this day was so special and worth all the pre-event tension.
