When life gives you wrecked catering, order pizza

We’d booked this local catering company that everyone swore by, they were amazing during tasting and super sweet. Morning of the wedding we get a call from the coordinator sounding shaky saying there’s been a situation. Turns out the caterer’s delivery van got into an accident on the highway. Everyone was okay thankfully but all the food was ruined. For a few minutes it didn’t even register, like okay they’ll fix it right? Then reality hit that we had around 90 guests showing up in two hours and no dinner. I remember standing there in my dress trying not to cry while my husband called random restaurants nearby asking if anyone could make something fast.We ended up getting takeout pizza from this small family place down the street. The owner literally closed early and helped carry boxes to the venue. People were sitting in their formal clothes eating slices off paper plates and somehow it turned into the most relaxed, funny part of the night. We even did a pizza toast but the panic I felt that day is something I never want to experience again.

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