So I'm feeling a little productive today! I emailed the officiant back about ceremony details. I found the most perfect reading and I really wanted to share so I'll post it at the bottom.
Also, me and my BMs FINALLY got a date set to go look at dresses. I know what you're thinking "OMG she's JUST getting to dresses?!" but I'm letting them choose their own in a color and length I like. We're probably going to a mall or two and checking out dept. stores. But they decided that they wanted us all to go together with me so deciding on a set date was tough. Also about to click "buy" for my table linens and with that hopefully a big headache will be gone.
We've also been working like crazy on invites and RSVP cards. We're almost done and FI promised me that he would show me how to post them on here when we are so you gals can see
Here's the reading:
An excerpt from Union
BY ROBERT FULGHUM
You have known each other from the first glance of acquaintance to this point of commitment. At some point, you decided to marry. From that moment of yes to this moment of yes, indeed, you have been making promises and agreements in an informal way. All those conversations that were held riding in a car or over a meal or during long walks — all those sentences that began with “When we’re married” and continued with “I will” and “you will” and “we will” — those late night talks that included “someday” and “somehow” and “maybe” — and all those promises that are unspoken matters of the heart. All these common things, and more, are the real process of a wedding.
The symbolic vows that you are about to make are a way of saying to one another, “You know all those things we’ve promised and hoped and dreamed — well, I meant it all, every word.”
Look at one another and remember this moment in time. Before this moment you have been many things to one another — acquaintance, friend, companion, lover, dancing partner, and even teacher, for you have learned much from one another in these last few years. Now you shall say a few words that take you across a threshold of life, and things will never quite be the same between you. For after these vows, you shall say to the world, this is my husband, this is my wife.