Weddingbee Blog

There’s quite a bit of stuff we need to prepare for our marriage license, and this week, it was like someone lit a fire under my arse. First off, I wanted to get a new copy of my birth certificate because the one I have looks like this…

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So I went online and was going to order it and have it mailed to me until I went to checkout and the shipping was almost the same price as the certificate! $15 for the birth certificate + $12.45 for shipping = hellz no. It was worth the drive to get it, so I went to the courthouse after work and picked it up.

Birth certificate – check!

Next on my list was obtaining another certified copy of my divorce decree because we have to send that in with our application for our marriage license. I called up the courthouse (in a different county than where my birth certificate was, because that would have just been too easy). They said I could either pick it up (there was no way was I driving all the way up there!), or I could have it mailed. Apparently they charge per page and only take money orders or cashier’s checks, so I hit the bank, got a money order for $18.50, and mailed it off with a self-addressed stamped envelope and a letter explaining what I needed. It should be here next week.

Divorce decree – check!

Last on the list for the day was getting the application for our marriage license. Luckily it’s a free download online so I printed off a few copies just in case. You have to type it or make sure it’s written in extremely legible handwriting, so I figured it wouldn’t hurt to have a few in case we screw up!

Marriage license app – check!

So I think we’re set, aside from the money order that has to be sent with the paperwork, but we can do that when we get closer to sending everything. It’s such a relief to get things checked off of the to-do list!

Have you had any moments where you got up the energy to take care of a bunch of stuff you’ve been putting off? Was it a relief to get it all finished?