“Ladies and gentlemen!” called the tufty-haired wizard. “If you would please stand up!”Oh, if it were only this easy.
They all did so, Auntie Muriel grumbling audibly; he waved his wand again. The seats on which they had been sitting rose gracefully into the air as the canvas walls of the marquee vanished, so that they stood beneath a canopy supported by golden poles, with a glorious view of the sunlit orchard and surrounding countryside. Next, a pool of molten gold spread from the center of the tent to form a gleaming dance floor; the hovering chairs grouped themselves around small, white-clothed tables, which all floated gracefully back to earth around it, and the golden-jacketed band trooped toward a podium.
“Smooth,” said Ron approvingly as the waiters popped up on all sides, some bearing silver trays of pumpkin juice, butterbeer, and firewhisky, others tottering piles of tarts and sandwiches.
One of the most frustrating experiences we have had thus far has been in dealing with the cost of white, wooden garden chairs. You know, the kind that fold and have the slightly puffy seat and have a back that is conducive to hanging things from? Those babies are $4.50 a pop!! In contrast, the white samsonite plastic chairs that are tippy and have all rounded edges preventing you from hanging even a purse off of them are only $1 each. With the need to rent 130 chairs for the ceremony and 130 chairs for the reception it becomes a matter of $1,170 vs. $257.40...a whopping $912 difference just to have prettier chairs.
To compromise, I came up with the BRILLIANT plan of having some Mr Corn’s guy-friends at the wedding move all of the chairs from the ceremony to the reception (remember, they are less than 100 ft away from each other). But much to my dismay, although the rental company is all for it, the caterer has put their foot down and will not allow it. Their reasoning…they have a policy about moving furniture during events!
How stupid!!
There is a potential of some people thinking that it is a bit ghetto to have (a pre-selected team of) guys from the wedding move all of the chairs, so I get it that they don’t want people to think badly of an event that has their name associated with it. But that doesn’t stop me from being incredibly disappointed that I can’t have my white garden chairs. Too bad I can’t just have everyone stand and have the entire reception appear around them. Those darn Wizards have EVERYTHING figured out!!
PS – I am still only on chapter 14, so please not spoiling in the comments ;)
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