With $25 thousand dollars and only 3 weeks, this week’s groom “El Romantico” attitude left a lot to be desired. Before it even began this used car salesman had me worried for Michelle. He was ready to step it up and make up for all un-romantic moments. Both of them had a daughter, Isabella, bought a home and haven’t had the money to pull off the wedding. Luckily his best man, Gary, had a clue. He knew the venue was the perfect place to start. Here is one of the deleted scenes from the show.
They took a break and decided to hit the dress shop. “Does she want to be a princess” the woman in the dress shop asked. He knew the dress was important and he couldn’t be cheap about it. Gary reminded him that research was the key to success. Unfortunately he got sidetracked by the auto magazines. In the end, he walked out with a stack of wedding magazines. In the meantime, Michelle was hoping for an elegant wedding.
Completely stressed out, Ralphy wasn’t sleeping and he couldn’t cook! He put the call out and his mom headed over to get a good meal into him. Feeling a bit energized he got back to business. He was ready to tackle the dress. As Michelle took family and friends into the city to look at dresses, it was clear that she was a bit picky.
He did manage to secure the venue with half-price kiddie meals. To celebrate….a little beer pong. Seriously! After a visit from his daughter, he headed straight to the store to pick out the perfect dress for Isabella. That seemed to be the easiest decision. Riding the high, he set his sights on bride’s maid dresses. He made a move that I was sure would kill him. He told each bride’s maid she was paying for half her dress. NOT good on a FULLY paid wedding. That was totally uncool. I was thinking “suck it up…no bachelor party buddy!” His sister who is in the wedding as well as her two daughters that are in the wedding was a bit pissed. She ended up storming out and it isn’t clear if she will even be in the wedding. That is so cheap! After calling in to give new numbers to the venue, he was able to squeeze out a little more money to take care of the dresses. Man he is lucky he fixed that one.
With the hard stuff behind him, tuxedos, cake and flowers were all taken care of. When the call came to ask if he was planning anything for Michelle’s bachelorette party, he made it clear that he wasn’t planning anything….but that wasn’t true. In the middle of the party thrown by her friends, the “husky love” dancer showed up to entertain the ladies. She wasn’t pleased. At the same time he was making his way around town in a party bus hitting bars and strip clubs.
All was forgiven when Michelle saw the dress. She loved it. As they got closer to the wedding, Gary tried to convince Ralphy to get a Mariachi band…which was tradition in her family. The day of the wedding, the women worked quickly to do their own hair and make-up. All dressed and ready to go they piled into their car and headed off.
Before the ceremony began, Ralphy gave her the proper proposal he never officially gave….in front of all of their friends, family and loved ones. The ceremony was sweet. I was so glad he pulled it off!