Naija In Love: Na Your Weddiinngg Day!

First thing is First... Listen to this jam, if u no fit rock to this song, i sorry for you:

Sooo who wan wed one day one day??

I know some of you de think that i too rush rush but noooo.. no be like that, me ehn when it comes to my wedding day it WILL BE the best day of my life... i can not put up with half half satisfaction!

Now wetin de mek me say this?
Well, sheh u know this month na the start of the wedding season, so far i don go 3 wedding this month and have 2 more invites for the start of July and by going to all these wedding I have learnt plenty about weddings... the preparation needed.. courtship and even about marriage. But mek i begin with what i have learnt personally about having the "perfect" wedding...

1) Organisation: If you and your man don't take the time to organize it well, una go give yourself stress related blood pressure SIMPLE! Everything.. and i meeeaannn e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g should be organised... don't confuse me oh, i no say you two should act electronically to all you de do but have a mental note of what needs to be done and when!

2) Timing: NIGERIAN TIME NA CURSE!!! I don tayyyyaaa for the numerous weddings i have gone to were the Bride is late or the food is late or the speakers are late... i taya my dear! And wetin de piss me off the most is when they now use "Nigerian time" as some sort of legitimate excuse!! Oyingbo wedding, they say starts at 11am e go start 11am not 2pm! I don't understand ohhh... remember: Time Na Money

3) Food: Okay Okay Okay... If una get bad DJ... that can be forgiven. If una can not decorate the place well.. that can be forgiven. If una Best Man can not say a Best Man Speech without blabbering on and on and onnnn about your upcoming wedding night full of sex... even that can be forgiven... But if una can not feed everyone that takes the time to come to your wedding... THAT ONE DE WORI ME PASS!!!!

Kai! Mek i no anger some people but all i ask is for the basics: Jellof rice, Plaintain & Chicken.. with mineral... Ahn Ahn! I rather una spend most of the money on catering than on Live Band or Favors! ... Oya, mek i tell you my master plan... CALLING ALL NIGERIANS: Learn to appreciate the art of INVITATION ONLY at least that way everyone has an allocated table and an allocated plate full of amazing food .. Think about it... if you're having buffet and an open invitation, plan to cater for 700 people if you only invited 500.. Believe me..

4) Personal touch: This part na for people who have a little more to spend. Adding you and your man little personal touches into each bit could make a good wedding reception great, and the guest could learn a little bit more of you as a couple rather than just you as a person or him as an individual... it enhances the whole "now two have become one" ideology.

And Be Creative!

5) Money: Mek i tell you somethiinngg... Even poor man can marry oh!... No just be a rich man thing howeverrr it is VITAL that una save money to have the wedding that you want. If na just marriage u wan do, no quams whether or not the wedding is spectacular, fair enough, una marry.. get blessing.. do nice & simple reception and enjoy marriage life but if una want a spectacular wedding to start of a spectacular marriage i advice you to start saving from NOW... me i started saving from 12 years of age... i still don't have much saved cus my hand too de scratch me and always seems to dip into my savings but from now on i go save am because i really want the wedding that i have been dreaming about since my mama carry me for belle.

But don't get it twisted, Amazing reception areas... Amazing DJ... Amazing decor doesn't have to mean Amazing salary.. it all requires a lot of searching, hustling and negotiation... wedding planning business na like market business... if u no price market, market man go cheat you dry.

6) Services: You be surprised of who you kno that can help you. Whether that na auntie that have wedding cake business or uncle that has photographing business you be surprised who you know. HOWEVER... Mek i warn you well well! Mek una shine your eyeeess well well.. if you want to use your connections to assist your Big Day, you better KNOW for sure that they will not let you down! I have been to weddings where Aunty Funke or Aunty Bolaji (these names are completely made up btw, no one in particular) would offer to make 5 coolers of Jellof rice without charge and when that day now comes she only makes 2 and to put salt for wound she now uses Basmati rice to mek am.. everyone de complain and you sef no like am but wetin u go do?! Na free abi? so beggers can not be choosers. Personally, i prefer hiring out a professional when it came to food but if i decided to use the help of a friend or a family i would choose some one that i know for SURE is up to the task...

7) Wedding Planner: Weddings can be wohala, trust me! Planning them can be enjoyable but also very tedious. My own advice is that you get a wedding planner.. it is an upcoming business and time don pass when only oyingbo people are wedding planners and the charge for a simple consultation is enough to shop for a month worth of food...

These days you have Nigerians as wedding planners.. that specializes on not just the organisation of the reception but also co ordinates the traditional ceremony as well, with the ability to supply you and your groom with contacts of Alaga's, Nigerian caterers, Nigerian DJ's & Live Band and Venues that would allow you to bring your own caterers for instance, I recently began a course where i would soon qualify as a UK registered wedding planner, and with the few weddings that i have co-organised i know that wedding planning na tough work.. so my dear even if u don't want to have a wedding planner, i advice you to at least plan your wedding with a close friend or sister or even your mother, put that wohala on some one elses head.

8) PRAY & RELAX: Na your weddddiinnngg day! Make sure you pray hard the night before and when the D-day comes God shall protect you and your husband from any jealous eyes. Try not to be a Bridezilla... try and enjoy the day... save up all that energy that you would use stressing out over things... besides, you need all the energy you can muster up for that night .. hehe.. lol...