So the wedding we went to was for Anne - she's in Ben's lab and just recently defended her PhD, but is still working in the lab. We spent most of Saturday trying to figure out how to look nice. We don't have a lot of practice at it, and we left all our nice clothes in the US so we didn't even have that to help us out. Kerry had it easy - Ben had shared her dress situatuion with Maria (his lab manager) and they arranged for me to go play dress-up at Maria's Saturday morning. With Maria's wardrobe and Ben and Alex' (Maria's son) opinions, I was set in no time. Then it got harder - we had to go tackle Macquarie Centre for pants, a shirt, and a tie for Ben and shoes for Kerry. In the end, I think we both managed to look halfway decent.
The wedding was gorgeous. The ceremony was outside by a little gazebo in this pretty wooded setting.
But more importantly, the food was fabulous! It was a buffet dinner, with salmon and beef fillets and ravioli and lasagna and roasted veggies and paella... and other stuff. And dessert was just as crazy - tiramisou, lemon tart, berry stuff, chocolate stuff.
The lab members - fat and happy. Maria (who I borrowed the dress from) is on the far right. 
And instead of a wedding cake, they had these great cupcakes (Anne and Aaron both study spiders):
You both look FABULOUS! Nice shopping (in Maria's closet). Looks like a fantastic wedding - glad you're already married, or we'd be planning another destination wedding!!
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