While we were at the reception, we learned that the groomsmen were not planning to decorate the get-away car. We simply couldn't let that stand. Chrissy, Kathryn and Steph made a quick trip to the Dollar Store to get the necessary equipment.
And of course I needed to go help them. My crepe paper rolling skills are legendary.
Doesn't it look amazing? Wouldn't you be happy to take a ride in that tricked out SUV?
Megan was in charge of signs. She did an excellent job.
We decided we should stagger our entrances back into the reception, so as not to arouse the suspicion of the groom who didn't want the car decorated. I was the first to leave, confident that the girls would be wrapping up in the next few minutes.Ten minutes later they came rushing in with red faces, trying to contain their laughter. Chrissy came over and without any preamble blurted out, "We had the wrong car!"
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See, what had happened is that Emily had told Chrissy that the car was red and had Michigan license plates. And Chrissy found such a car that we proceeded to decorate. Apparently, about two minutes after I had returned inside, an elderly couple came out of the reception hall and stopped dead staring at the car. Chrissy, Steph and Kathryn were busy cleaning up and getting ready to head back inside when they saw this. They assumed the older couple stopped to read the signs on the car, but suddenly the man took out his key fob and pressed the Unlock button. The locks on the SUV popped up and the headlights flashed. So then it was mad dash to take all the decorations off the wrong car, find the right car and quickly decorate it. And they were pressed for time, so they didn't have a good chance to recreate the awesome decorating that was done before.
About five minutes after they came inside and told us how we'd decorated the wrong car, it started pouring outside.
