Some of you have been asking on Twitter and on Facebook – what do we mean by “Wedetarian”?

OFFICIAL ELEGANCE & SIMPLICITY, INC. DEFINITION OF “WEDETARIAN”:

wedetarian: “wed-i-tair-ee-uhn”

a person who normally does not eat or does not believe in eating meat, fish, fowl, or, in some cases, any food derived from animals, as eggs or cheese, but subsists on vegetables, fruits, nuts, grain, etc.  However, while working at weddings, will eat anything after setting up decor and design for a bride due to utter exhaustion and hunger pains in the belly.

It is a phrase that our executive consultant on staff (Tara Davis) came up with while eating a vendor meal at a wedding. Tara is a vegetarian and typically vendors do not get a vegetarian meal.  We have to eat what we are given to make sure we do everything within a specific time frame…no time to be picky really.  So – she decided to become a “wedetarian”!

Here is a photo of what a certain caterer (nameless) gave as vegetarian meal – I am not even going to name the most excellent photographer behind this for fear of being found out by the caterer (they will understand):

(A plate of vegetables - considered vegetarian by caterer)

So…this is really just a just a general post – not to say we are not thankful for the food we receive when consulting at a wedding.  We must, as vendors, realize that wedetarianism is not such a bad thing…it is better than eating just a pile of vegetables!  🙂