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I have a confession to make. It’s a bit embarrassing, really…

Mr Peony and I were married in mid-April and we still haven’t received our marriage certificate.

To be honest, the marriage certificate completely slipped our minds. But when friends started asking if I will be changing my name (the answer is yes), I realized we never got the certificate in the mail.

I joked to Mr Peony, “Wouldn’t it be funny if after all this time, it turns out we were never legally married?”

I think the question lit a flame under Mr Peony, who proceeded to call the City Clerk’s office the very next day. After being transferred from one department to the next, and staying on hold for 30 minutes, here’s what we found out.
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Hi, I’m Mrs. Peony and I am a Google Addict.

Google Maps, Google Docs, Google Notebook, and Google Calendar are integral parts of my digital life. I have an unhealthy obsession with Google Reader and I have it open at all times. Gmail is my email service of choice.

I Google everything and anything…I’ve gotten so good at it, in fact, that people are usually amazed by the speed and efficiency at which I can find obscure information off the web.

(It also doesn’t hurt that Mr. Peony works for Google. And yes, their cafeteria is fantabulous.)

Today, Google released a large collection of templates for Google Docs. When I saw that “wedding planners” was the first template mentioned in the blog post announcing this new feature, I knew I had to share it with Weddingbee readers.

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I’m sorry to have disappeared after promising a round of vendor reviews. I have been having some health issues that really scared the bejeezus out of me, and so have been keeping on the down low and taking things easy.

However, I do want to continue to share my vendor experiences. We were really lucky that the majority of our vendors were very cooperative and did a fantastic job. I’ve already raved about Christine Viola of Exquisite Affairs Productions, and our venue, The Fountainhead was no exception. I wrote about The Fountainhead after we booked the venue, so you can get some background info here.
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I think it’s about time I come out of the woodwork and post some vendor reviews, don’t you think?

Hiring Christine Viola of Exquisite Affairs Productions was one of the best decisions I made. Being such an anally retentive control freak, it usually takes a force of nature for me to trust someone enough to completely hand over the reigns…Christine was that force, and much more.

A month before the wedding, Mr Peony and I met with Christine to go over all the details. She took extensive notes, asked us questions we hadn’t even thought of, and BAM! A few days later, she emailed us the most meticulous and detailed timeline for the big day (not to mention, it was beautiful as well).

“Christine, I thought I was anal! I bow down to your list-making skills!” I emailed back.
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Our wedding was just amazing. It was so much better than what I had hoped for and I am so incredibly thankful to my family, friends, and vendors for making it happen.

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Our photographer Danny Weiss is a genius! He just sent us the link to a sneak peak of our photos and I was floored. Beyond amazed.

Check it out: http://www.dannyweissphoto.com/JennyJosiah/

We’re back from our honeymoon! Greece is a beautiful, wonderful destination and I would recommend it as an ideal honeymoon location in a heartbeat. I’m still organizing the hundreds of photos not to bore you all, so I’ve decided to write about my bridesmaids’ gifts.

With so little time and money before the wedding, the gifts were not DYI or too extravagant. I wanted some simple yet meaningful, personalized and similar at the same time.

I ended up purchasing the gifts from Kate’s Paperie. While they are not typical bridesmaid gifts, there is a meaning behind each gift and I have to admit that I’m a bit proud of myself for conveying each message through the gifts.

Gift #1: Represents our ever-growing friendships

The Eggling. Made of porous white ceramic, the top of each egg is to be cracked with a spoon and the seeds (included in the kit) are to be planted in the soil.
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I know I am very late (sorry!) but here are the details and breakdown for my invitations. Here is a snapshot of the finished product for reference:

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I just returned from City Hall where Mr. Peony and I had met during our respective lunch breaks to obtain our marriage license.

The process was relatively painless. $35 money order? Check. IDs? Check. We had both brought our passports, he his birth certificate, and I my naturalization certificate, but there was no need for those - our driver’s licenses were just fine.

While filling out the application with our stats, Mr. Peony noticed a field I had skimmed over. A field next to the “Name” section: the “A.K.A.” field.

Mr. P: Why didn’t you tell me there’s an A.K.A. field?!?

Miss P: Err…I didn’t know?

Mr. P: (after a moment of silence) That…is….so…cool…

I then recognized the look on his face. The mischievous, goofy grin that is a harbinger of silly, often immature trouble.
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