This weekend has been fun, with myself and Katie running around the parishes making sure our upcoming wedding is all prepared for.
Attending church on Sunday, we stayed behind to confirm all was still OK for our wedding. We enquired about the confetti, whether they would ring the bells, who would infact be taking our service. That was all quickly dealt with and we were swiftly asked to fill in the form for the churches electoral roll. This should have been done a lot earlier but with the male vicar we had originally scheduled for our wedding having personal problems, we have been dealing with his wife (also a vicar) so there have been some delays in getting it all sorted. She will be taking the service which suits us much better.
So we are to be added to the electoral roll and next will be to make sure that our Banns are read. Because we have been attending the parish where we wish to be married for more than 6 months, we don’t need a wedding license and just need to make sure that they read the Banns before our actual wedding. What we didn’t realise was that we would also need to visit the parish in which we live (weird because the church we are marrying in is about a 10 minute walk away) in order to have the Banns read in the local parish. This required us to journey over to the vicarage, meet the vicar and then give him our details.
He then, in his infinite wisdom, mentions that because I have only been living at Katie’s for a short time, I may have to get the Banns read in my local parish before I moved, making it a third reading in as many weeks! We have to pay for each one of these readings and their certificates, weighing in at nearly £100 for the lot……that was not expected!
In summary though, we have got it all sorted and we are still on course to be married. It’s been a testing time and I think we will be glad when it’s down to the actual day as it’s been a tad stressful :).
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