The paperwork

OK so it's £67 from the registry office to be 'allowed' to marry.  We don't have passports yet (biG pain in the bum) and so we need FULL birth certificates and driving licenses to prove who we are and our nationality.  I didn't have a full birth certificate, so I had to go buy one of those from the registry office of my town of birth, that cost £9, which isn't much at all I know, but VERY annoying considering I'll have a passport in just over a month!!  (ONLY A PASSPORT or FULL BIRTH CERTIFICATE IS PROOF OF NATIONALITY APPARENTLY) But my little moan about the whole thing, is that when I went and got my birth certificate, I didn't have to give proof of ID, I just filled out a basic form of who's birth certificate I wanted (mine-obviously) and then they printed one off and charged me £9 for the privilege, sone there and then in about 5mins.

It just seems ironic that they need to validate something but obtaining validation is so easy and I know I have to show my driving license too but if someone had a fake license, they could easily obtain a matching birth certificate without any problem whatsoever.  Ah well, moan over LOL

The Reception

So we are getting married because we wish to be married and the day is about us, a couple, celebrating our love for each other, but, we do want a little knee's up as it were afterwards and so we have decided to hire the tap room at a local pub!  This means all the people invited, 90% of whom live locally and do not drive, can get there and get home without too much trouble or exepnse as a few of them have young children anyway.

The room itself is a £50 deposit which is now paid, and we get that back if there are no damages so the venue if free LOL  They have said we can bring our own food in and so my best friend H is doing the buffet (we will pay her for the food stuffs but her time is free lol)  Not priced this up yet as not sure on how many are attending but will do once we know.

In the other room at our venue there is a live band the same night and so that will be extra entertainment for if some people want to move around or have a change, though we are thinking of hiring a DJ, the pub can get us one for £100 which is the cheapest I've heard and so that's the cost of that if we get a DJ.  We may even get some champers so all the adults have 1 free drink to toast the happy couple heehee 

The room isn't HUGE so I'm a little conscious of my wedding dress skirt size, I am hoping it will be fine, I may take up the whole of the tiny dance floor with it LOL

The rings are ordered!!!

Ordered the rings today!!
We are getting plain platinum bands, mine is 4mm and C's is 6mm, we tried the size out in an H.Samuel store but certainly weren't paying their prices!! LOL
They should be here tuesday or wednesday it is so exciting, the rings for me are THE most important expense as we will wear them for life and they will be blessed on the day by our priest, I am so amazingly happy we have our beautiful WEDDING RINGS on the way and they are just so wonderfully special and timeless x