Marriage License Applied For (with minimal drama)

Well, we applied for our marriage license yesterday. As with most legal things, we ran into a small problem. This was totally my fault and, looking back on parts of it, I feel a bit ridiculous.

We got all the way to Mississippi safely and had only a small wait at the Health Department to have our blood tests certified. Then, off to the Circuit Court for the marriage license. The clerk took one look at my driver's license and handed it back.

It's expired. You can't get a marriage license with an expired driver's license.

I thought for sure we were doomed. I don't have another valid form of ID on me and I don't what we're going to do. I stood there for a second (in tears, no less) trying to figure out what we were going to do. Next week is Thanksgiving, the week after is Hell Week, then final exams, and then the week of the wedding. Mike and I had already discussed why this was our only opportunity. I can't sneak away during Hell Week or Finals and unless we leave on Monday, we can't get the marriage license the week of the wedding. Well, Mike can't get off work on Monday (it's everybody else's day off). I thought we were doomed. Then the clerk looked at me and said

Why don't you just go across the street and renew your license?

Well that was an excellent point! I felt stupid for not thinking of this myself. But alas, we had a solution. So, I renewed my driver's license and we returned. We filled out all the paperwork and signed our names. Then, I pulled the money out to pay for the license and realized we were a dollar short!

But we had $42.00 when we left Dallas.

Yes. We did. $21.00 went to my new license. That should leave us with the $21 for the marriage license. Except that we had made one other stop in Dallas before we left.

We spent $1.00 to get quarters to put air in the tires.

So we were a single dollar short and I need to mail my parents the fee for the license so they don't have to pay for our license. Of course, this morning, I was reminded that my dad works just a few minutes from the Circuit Clerk. I could easily have gone to his office and gotten a dollar. It's too bad this idea didn't cross my mind. Oh well, the point is, we have our application in and we're going to officially get married here in a few weeks!

Progress and Setbacks

Well, we got a good bit of stuff done today.

• Dropped off my engagement ring to have it dipped for the wedding
• Had blood drawn for blood tests (this was a small nightmare)
• Finished addressing the invitation envelopes
• Picked up tie tacks for the groomsmen
• Had Mike fitted for his tux

But we had two annoying setbacks.

First, the jewelers cannot resize our rings. They won't cut mine down and Mike's can only go up half a size. So now, we have beautiful rings, but we can't wear them. It's back to the drawing board for temporary rings. Then we'll see about having an independent jeweler resize the set we want. Ugh!

Second, the cute little ballet slippers we wanted for our flower girls are no longer available without ordering them online. Somebody (I won't mention any names) never called us back about his daughter's shoe size. Of course, this is the same person who also has not let us know if he has even been fitted for his tux. Ugh. I had planned to wait and get the shoes together so that I knew the girls would have comfortable, matching shoes. Now it's on to plan B--harrass said person until we find out the size. If plan B does not work, then plan C--buy cute shoes for one and ask the second to bring her own. (I think I'm sounding a bit bridezillaish--I apologize; it's an effect of the horrible bloodletting experience I had earlier. It will wear off and I'll be my sweet self again by morning.

Alright, off to print some invitations!

Sixpence Found!

I'm too excited not to mention this (and apparently I'm becoming quite a sentimental bride). I have procured, via my fabulous future Mother in Law, a sixpence. Now, this alone is great news because it's one of the tiny details that I keep pushing to the back burner. (I've found blood tests and marriage licenses much harder to schedule, so there' s justification.) But the most fabulous part about this is the sixpence itself.

The sixpence comes from Mike's sister; she wore it in her wedding. This is awesome to begin with because we're good friends. However, when I was told about the sixpence, I was also told that we can then hold it for my flower girl's wedding. This way, the sixpence at her wedding will have been carried by both her mother and godmother. Isn't that fabulous!