Sunday, September 14, 2008

The Marriage License

As I said on a short term update on Facebook, Becca and I got our marriage license last week up in Vermont. We went up on Thursday to get some finishing touches done.

The first thing we did was to meet with Karen Pike, our photographer. We had picked her out based on the photos she had on her website, then I had talked to her but we hadn't met her yet. She is really quite nice and I think will be able to get some great pictures while allowing the mood to remain pleasantly calm.

Next we went to the Charlotte Town Clerk to get our marriage license. The only requirement was that we got the license from inside Chittenden county, and this was the closest. We were lucky enough to have our license done by a new employee. Our license was the first one she had done on her own. First of all, she erased 2 lines, and used white-out 6 or 7 times. Doesn't seem too official to me. But at least this is the document that needs to be signed on the wedding day, then we will get a new, official document. That's at least some consolation. Here's the fun part. We didn't show anyone there our licenses, or any other form of identification. Instead, we just filled out a paper, signed it, and walked out with the license. Kinda creepy isn't it? We could have been anyone. That just seemed a bit odd to us.

After that we went to see Mt Philo, where the wedding will take place. Assuming the weather holds up it's going to be really nice. Otherwise the ceremony will be inside an enclosed room that will require a bit of decorating to fit the mood.

Lastly we went to the resaurant where we will have our reception. We were pretty pleased with it. Everything was really good and the portion sizes were appropriate. We got everyone's votes on what to include on the menu, but talking to the manager we may be able to keep our options even a bit more open than that. One of our appetizers was mussels, which were quite tasty and may very well chow up on our dinner menu if they're still available at that time.

I'll post if there are any major changes to plans. As of now everything seems to be falling into place.

I think I'll even be able to join in on Game Night this week! Yippee!! I've been missing talking to you guys on Thursdays.