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Everyone needs a bit of luck on their wedding day. For some it's about finding the perfect dress. Others believe in the tradition of obtaining something old, new, borrowed and blue.
But for slightly more superstitious couples the key to finding marital bliss comes in the form of a date - 07/07/07 - the luckiest day of the year.
Believing the triple appearance of the number seven will bring luck in love, thousands of people worldwide flocked to the altar yesterday.
Daryl and Lynn Baker were just one of hundreds of Kiwi couples hoping the auspicious date would start their married life off on the right foot.
Exchanging vows at the Secret Garden in Auckland yesterday afternoon, the newly-wed couple said they believed their luck had already started.
"Every time we came here to show our friends and parents the venue it was bucketing down, and guess what? Today there's no rain," the new Mrs Baker said.
"We're actually not all that superstitious," added Daryl. "We just thought the date sounded nice, and with it being all sevens it's a date I won't forget when it comes to our anniversary.
"I know today is an auspicious day for a lot of people and I think I know why now - today is turning out to be really great."
Among those who rushed to the altar this weekend were Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria and her professional basketballer beau Tony Parker, who kicked off a weekend wedding extravaganza with a civil ceremony in Paris on Friday.
Details were sketchy about the big event to follow last night but media reports said it would start at a Paris cathedral that used to serve French royals, adjacent to the Louvre Museum.
French law requires a civil ceremony even when couples marry in a church.
Then guests, including three of Longoria's Housewives co-stars, would join the happy couple at Vaux-le-Vicomte, a 17th century chateau 55km southeast of Paris, for the reception.
Don't worry too much if you missed the boat this year - getting married next year on 08/08/08 is supposed to be the ultimate day for good luck in Chinese culture.
