This weekend recount is a week late. It’s from my trip to Tampa for Arinze’s wedding. First of all, I missed my flight. Wait till you hear why I missed it. I was seated comfortably at Gate B1, flipping through my magazine and imagining myself buying expensive items that I currently cannot afford. An $846 pair of flip flops? Sure. Meanwhile, at Gate B3, my flight was boarding. By the time I realized I was at the wrong gate, my flight was reversing and leaving without me, and I was running to customer service with tears in my eyes. Yes, I cry for everything.
I finally got to Tampa on a different flight and was so excited to meet my people. Chisom and his wife, Chinwe; Nneoma, Chisom’s sister; Chinedu and Nonso, Arinze’s brothers (and it had been at least 13 years since I last saw Chinedu), relatives living here in America and ones that came from Nigeria and other places, and so many people. Arinze’s wedding was a mini family reunion.
There are so many pictures that I want to share, so I won’t bother you with all the details. I just want to say that I learned a lesson on Friday after drinking a big glass of Pink Moscato on an empty stomach. Never again. Enjoy the pictures.
Kissy, kissy (this wasn’t the first kiss)
L-R: Chioma’s Dad, Arinze’s Mom, Chioma, Arinze, Chioma’s Mom, and Arinze’s Dad
The couple with Arinze’s nuclear family: Nonso (2nd son), Arinze’s Mom, Chioma, Arinze (first son), and Chinedu (Baby of the home)
Chinwe & Chisom. Remember them?
Me, Arinze, and Nneoma. Literally the ONLY picture I took with Arinze (apart from the group ones)
During cocktail hour, all of us in this picture hurdled around one little seat. Women in high heels are not meant to stand for long. Every single person in this picture is from Adazi Nnukwu, my hometown. We did not plan for this picture to turn out looking like this, but it did. So guess what we called this picture? Check out the caption.
The Real Housewives (And Husbands) Of Adazi Nnukwu – Season One
Chinwe is just one crazy girl. The way she’s looking away in this picture, one would think I took her by surprise. But this was actually her pose. Guess we can call it the, “She caught me by surprise” look.
Nneoma + Chinwe
This is Cynthia, one of the stars on The Real Housewives of Adazi Nnukwu. The other three ladies in the picture (Nneoma not included) are her sisters, and she’s the baby of the house. How do I put this simply? Cynthia is a clown. I don’t think I have ever met anyone so bubbly and happy. You can’t really stay next to her and not smile. God bless her heart. She entertained us with all kinds of moves, including singing into a table knife.
Cynthia, the very happy girl
That Vera girl …
The first dance
When it was time for Arinze to find the garter, home boy just charged. First of all, R. Kelly’s Bump & Grind came booming through the speakers which excited people. Then Arinze off’d his suit jacket, and we all oooh’d. Then he started doing this slow motion moves. The combination of the song and Arinze’s moves (and the way he was taking his time crawling up Chioma’s dress), I fear oh! I thought we were about to witness the conception of Arinze Junior, but alas …
Then Umu Boys lifted Arinze up
Someone must have told that little boy that wife no dey for market again, so he started early to do his wife search. Go boy!
Then the DJ started playing Gyrate by Tony One Week, and the next few pictures pretty much sum up that moment.
Umu Boys lifted Arinze up
Moves ….
Safe to say that Arinze was feeling the music
Our family is planning a meeting with Arinze to discuss whatever he was doing here
The wet guy behind is Arinze isn’t wet from the rain. That’s all sweat. Too much dancing!!
Chisom, Me, and Chinwe
Slash Wisdom and I. I showed him a new kind of pepper that he won’t forget in a hurry.
The day after the wedding, we were on Cake Duty. Our job was to transport this cake from the table to the fridge — without breaking it into pieces. Since Nonso has a PhD in Economics, it only made sense for him to economize space in the fridge and also economize cake disaster. But just to be safe, I took his picture, so in case he dropped it, there’d be proof of who had the cake.
The move. Check out Chinedu’s face behind. He looked quite unsure and afraid.
Success! You’re a brave man, Nonso.
Ladies and gentlemen, this concludes this post. It only took me several hours to pick these pictures from the several hundreds I took. It was a lovely wedding. My only regret is that it’s over.
P.S. Ms. Dawari asked about my duties at this wedding. Well, I didn’t have as much as Chisom’s wedding. But on Friday evening, I was the official Hold-The-Venue-Open Director. We had a sort of get together at the apartment community center, but someone had to be there to keep the place open, so that was my job. People came almost four hours late. Yay me.
P.P.S. I forgot to take a full length picture of myself. I barely even have half-length pictures of myself. I was too busy taking pictures of everyone else.
No official duties at this wedding? Chief Special Assistant to the groom’s bestman’s assistant? No? Okay then.
Looks like you had mad fun! Lol @ missing your flight cos of whatever you were doing. I’m reading “confessions of a shopaholic” series at the moment and that part just sounded exactly like what the babe in the book will do. Lol.
Please correct the caption of your 5th picture and that 6th picture; there were men there now…are they also housewives? :s
Wish your cousin and his wife a very happy married life π
Ooooh forgot to add; Chinwe is very pretty and I love her hair.
Also, why didn’t you take a full picture of yourself? Only your pretty face we get to see..
P.S: Your Nonso cousin can gerrit π
Thanks, honey! And I braided Chinwe’s hair. Well, I didn’t braid the individual braids, but I did the big braid.
The picture of myself, my dear, I totally forgot! I had my DSL-R camera and I was busy taking pictures of everyone but myself. My dress was floor length. Sorryyy. Next time, I would be more mindful of taking pictures of myself.
I love your P.S. Lemme go tell him to come gerrit! Lol.
Seen
@Nonso: Good.
Ms. Dawari, thanks for pointing it out. Gotta fix so many typos. This is what happens when you type a post 2am. Per my duties, no, I didn’t really have duties at this one. Weird, huh? Although I had a duty on Friday. I’m gonna update the end of the post.
Hmm very funny especially about the Prequel to Arinze junior entry dance… Wish them a blissful union.
Thank you, Mowo! Per Arinze Junior, I’m serious oh! I think Arinze might have forgotten that this was a room full of people. And “adults” were there (our parents … cause you know, we’re not adults yet)
Finally, she blogged about it! Best wedding of the year.
I know. I took forever to blog it. Best wedding indeed! π
Family is everything! Glad you had a great time…counting down to your own o.
Amen! And yes, family is everything. I’m learning more of that as I get older. I’m grateful to God for my family.
Amen! And yes, family is everything. I’m learning more of that as I get older. I’m grateful to God for my family.
from the look of these pictures, the wedding was fun
Yes, definitely. It was very, very fun.
Awww…Arinze is married, so sweet!
Yes ooo! Our little Arinze is now a married man. Lol.
Your little Arinze ke? See this small girl o. Don’t let me post that picture again lol
Lol. I am not threatened by you putting up that picture. You are still my little Arinze. π
Yes ooo! Our little Arinze is now a married man. Lol.