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so are you headed back to your friends at the DMV after you get your card? Glad you had a better experience than last time! esh!

Maybe that lady is a reader of weddingbee.com : )

that’s awesome! another unrelated question for mrs bluebell-did you like your florist, blomma flicka? I’m thinking of using them also! Thanks!

Hey Sarah! Thanks! Also…yes, I LOVED her!! She is incredibly nice and I thought all our flowers were absolutely gorgeous!! The bouquets and bouts were astonishing, and then she brought us a zillion buckets of cut flowers for us to arrange ourselves (she also does table arrangements obviously, but I wanted to play with flowers & it’s an easy way to save money). I told her in relatively vague terms what I like/wanted and was blown away by what she showed up with!! I need to email her and ask what all the different flowers were named again because I’d never seen/heard of the majority of them before. She also brought way more than I was even hoping for, so we got to do lots of fun random extra things with the extra flowers too! My only flower-related regret is that we didn’t specify to my photographer that the “real” flower arrangements were all at the tent so her “Flowers” album is all of the “extras,” with almost none of the real arrangements.

I changed my name with Social Security first and I was so happy I did. I read that DMV checks your name and info against SS. I printed the document at home and filled it out before going to the office. When I got there it was a breeze. I actually changed my mind about my middle name and changed again. No problem!

Yay!! Congratulations!! I hope you don’t get snooty-poop-face lady again. Keep us posted on what happends!

So I am about to go to the SSA office tomorrow before I go to DMV…is that the best way to do it? Thanks! Yay for you!

E’s girl - yes, definitely do SSA first!! The way it was described to me, they will honor ANYTHING that is written on your marriage certificate, so if you got whoever gave you your marriage license to write what you want, then the SSA will just copy it exactly. The DMV however, has rules on how you can “change” your name using docs with your old name + marriage license only. BUT! With a social security card showing your new name, they have to acknowledge that it’s really your name, whether they like it or not.

Thea - thanks! I had my veil made at http://www.sposabellalace.com (I reviewed my extremely awesome experience with them here: http://www.weddingbee.com/2007/05/21/veil-a-riffic/ ) They just described mine as “French lace” on my receipt, with a little snip of it to make sure they used the right one, so I have no idea how you’d go about finding the exact same type again. BUT - I didn’t even find this one myself, I showed them my little dress swatch and the guy instantly said he knew what would be perfect with it and brought it over! So if you’re anywhere near NYC, I highly recommend stopping by the store and either browsing the laces, or asking them what they think would go well with your swatch. Good luck!!

woohoo for the goof experience. i too had an excellent super fast experience at the ss office when getting a new card. i plan on finally changing my name this year…. 2 1/2 years into marriage so your tips were certainly helpful.

I had a similar experience to yours today at the Coney Island, Brooklyn DMV. I was trying to change my maiden name to my middle name and drop my original middle name, but I was told unless I had 6 points of proof of that name I was unable to do so. The people there were unnecessarily rude to me, and eventually I just left with a name I was unhappy with. Afterward, I went to the SSA office, and they changed my name on my social security card no questions asked. I plan on updating my passport and then going back to DMV to fix my license once I receive the new documents. Please keep us updated on any improvements with your situation, especially if you’re able to change your license name using only the SS card.