Retracing our London Wedding Day: 6th Year Anniversary
A few weeks ago, it was our 6th year wedding anniversary. You probably already know that I love celebrating everything. My birthday, Mr E’s birthday, our wedding anniversary, Valentine’s day, Christmas, EVERYTHING! I just think that life is so fickle and every milestone should be celebrated somehow. Not extravagantly all the time, just some sort of marking of the day. This year, I decided we were going to spend the day retracing our London Wedding Day!
We had this big 2 week Euro trip planned for our 6th wedding anniversary. We were going to start in Italy, head to Croatia and then tour a bit of the Balkans. However, no thanks to the pandemic, we had to postpone all that. In figuring out how to celebrate, I came up with the genius idea. Don’t I always? haha!
I have referred to it as our “London Wedding Day” because we had a Nigerian wedding as well. You see, Nigerians have anywhere from 2 to 5 different wedding activities. A wedding usually entails different celebrations. I had a Registry Wedding in London and a Nigerian Traditional wedding in my village in Anambra state, Nigeria. Then we had our London Church Wedding, which was the most important to us as Christians. That was the date we chose to celebrate as our wedding anniversary every year. Even though I lowkey celebrate the other 2 as well. Why not?
It rained on my wedding day (what else is new in London? Lol). And guess what? It rained on our 6th anniversary too. I had checked the weather and it said cloudy but certainly no rain so imagine my shock when Sunday afternoon, 1pm, it was chucking down.
Church of St Francis of Assisi, Nottinghill
We drove to Notting Hill and everything just looked exactly as it did 6 years ago. Getting into Pottery lane, there is a pastel pink Instagrammable building, which welcomes you. I remember the first time we went to see the church; I knew it was my vibe from the minute I saw that building LOL. Anyway it was still there. As pastel pink and as Instagrammable as ever!
Church of St Francis of Assisi is at the end of Pottery Lane and is in the MOST STUNNING courtyard. In fact, Pottery lane is a street out of a typical Nottinghill dream magazine. From cottage-stoned constructions to cute courtyards to of course, pastel coloured buildings. Being there made us so nostalgic, we kept awww-ing and lamenting “how cute” every second.
Retracing our London Wedding Day was up to a good start when the sun suddenly started shining as we got to the church. The Church itself was closed because of course, pandemic! But it still felt lovely to just be there. I wish we could have gone in to light a candle but oh well, we shall retrace our wedding day again at some point in the future!
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Hilton Kensington
We actually chose our wedding reception space before our church. Once we had locked down our reception venue, we started looking for churches in the area. On the morning of our wedding day, we both got dressed at the hotel before making our way to church. Hilton Kensington is just a few minutes drive from the church. It’s within walking distance if you are not dressed in wedding frock and heels!
I actually think the hotel might have been open but we did not go in because we had no masks. So we just mooched around the front door, took some pictures and tried to recreate our wedding day shots lol.
Picnic Time: Party For 2!
What else can one do when everywhere is closed? That’s right! Have a picnic. Mr E and I always try to go to a new park each summer. So for this anniversary, we decided to check out Primrose Hill Park on the other side of Regent’s Park. The main reason was to finally see the London skyline everyone who had been to Primrose Hill Park raved about! It certainly did not disappoint.
I had my trusty Fortnum and Mason hamper, Mr E brought some champagne and we had the most beautiful picnic! The weather actually stayed nice for the rest of the afternoon except for a few times the wind was bellowing.
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Sentimental References
For each anniversary, I try to wear something from my wedding week. I say wedding week because I had my bridal shower, rehearsal evening and of course, wedding day all within a week! This year, for sentiment, I wore the Swarovski bracelet which I wore on my wedding day. It’s one of my favourite pieces of jewellery so it had a special outing on the day.
Since we decided not to exchange material gifts this year, the UK traditional gifting guide for year 6 is sweets. I interpreted that as anything sweet so I contacted the lady who made our wedding cake 6 years ago. She has actually become our family baker since then and makes most of our celebratory cakes. She made us a replica of one tier of our wedding cake in red velvet, which is our favourite flavour. It was also the tier we took home after sharing the chocolate and vanilla flavours with our guests on the day. She actually made it for free and delivered it personally. How sweet?!
Retracing our London Wedding Day for our 6th year wedding anniversary was not the initial plan. However, if there is anything 2020 has taught us, it’s that plans can be disrupted anytime. It’s funny how such a simple act can bring you the most beautiful feeling. I’m sure that Italy and Croatia would have been unforgettable. Considering that Mr E and I love our romantic travels, I’m sure it would have been such a peak holiday. However, I’m thankful for health and life. Thankful that we were able to go back and relive our wedding day and still have a little romantic picnic.
Most importantly, I’m super thankful for my beautiful husband and for our love. I always feel like we are in this bubble, it’s just both of us and everyone else is outside. So no matter what we are doing and no matter where we are, as long as it’s me and him, we’ll always have the best time.
Bisous, ‘Bugo x
24 Comments
Jennifer Abayowa
Happy wedding anniversary to you two. Retracing your London wedding was so beautifully thought out. It’s so important to celebrate love. And your storytelling of the whole experience was also superb!
Bugo
Thank you sweeeetie!! Oh I’m glad you stopped by!
It was one of those flash in the brain moments an I’m glad it ended up being a lush celebration x
Ochez
It’s 15th already, but this is really beautiful- your love story and how you tell it. Happy wedding anniversary Bugo.
Bugo
thank you so much Ochez x
kerry
Ohhh you two are the cutest! You met my heart. I love your love story xxx That little church looks gorgeous. I have a thing for churches so need to visit! Happy post xxx
Bugo
thank you Kerry! It was really the cutest church with the most perfect courtyard, you’ll definitely love it.
yay to happy posts now, I’m tired of discussing this damn pandemic (might change my mind tomorrow haha) x
Nikky
Happy Anniversary Again. I am so happy you are back to blogging. Catching up right now.
xoxo
Bugo
thank you my baby girl. So glad you are catching up..I was so off my blogging game the last few months but I’m back now xx
Rumz
Thanks for taking us with you on this beautiful memory lane. Even though this was not the original plan, it feels very very special. Happy Wedding Anniversary Mr & Mrs E ❤
Bugo
yes it did feel so special, I was even crying when we got to the church – i’m such a mess haha! Thanks my Rumz x
Opeyemi
So beautiful, Happy 6th Wedding anniversary to you guys!
That was very lovely of your baker.
I love your blog, thanks for being such a bright light in this world 🙂
Bugo
aww how sweet. Thank you so much for reading and for your lovely comment too x
Dee
Loved reading this. Happy anniversary to you two, I love that you found such a special way to celebrate and I loved seeing the views from Primrose in your pictures! And the complimentary anniversary cake? That’s was such a beautiful thing for her to do!
Happy anniversary again, enjoy your bubble FOREVER!
Bugo
Thank you Dee! I was so shocked when she dropped off the cake and insisted on no pay! Amen to enjoying the bubble forever and ever x
Mumtaan
Happy Anniversary to you two. Cheers to many more milestones. Retracing your wedding steps is such a thoughtful thing to do.
I absolutely love how you love freely definitely worth emulating.
Bugo
thank you so much babe! I was so glad when I thought of it – so easy, yet so thoughtful! x
Zeems
I always look forward to reading your posts because you are so positive and your happiness is contagious! Congratulations on your 6th anniversary. May God continue to bless your marriage and may you live happily till you’re old and grey! It’s easy to tell how perfect you are for each other and I’m glad that love found you, it gives me hope that it can happen for me, too. x
Bugo
What a lovely comment. Thank you so much for reading as well x
Oladayo
This is so beautiful. You guys are so romantic. Let me go and order something nice for the missus now for our 7th anniversary. Congrats and cheers to the next 60 years
Ezinne
Gosh, that last sentence. What a beautiful post, I love that you were still able to make the day memorable. God bless you and your hubby.
Emi
It’s amazing how the simple things trun out so beautiful. Glad you were able to come up with a fun way to celebrate and still appreciate each other given the circumstances. Wishing you both more blissful years 🍾🥂
Bugo
Exactly!I was so upset when we had to postpone our holiday but by the end of the anniversary, I was almost thankful that we couldn’t travel bcs this was just so special. Thank you for reading x
Bugo
Amen! Thank you Ezinne x
Bugo
Yasssss this is what we love go see! 7 years is no joke at all haha. Thank you so much Dayo! Cheers to forever with your missus x