The Bride Wore Wool

Mawwiage...is what bwings us...togeva...today.**

Sometimes, at the very last minute, when you least expect it, everything falls into place. 
I think I gave you the skinny on our wedding plan. 
(If you need a recap: Soldier and I had to get married legally so I could get on his insurance. Originally we were just gonna do the courthouse thing, but then decided to take advantage of the scenery and some wonderfully helpful friends.)

The day started off surprisingly well considering our parties the previous night. I got up and started to get ready, then eventually started prodding Soldier to get up and run some last minute errands. 
There were still a couple of unknowns on the day of: the location and the rings. Yeah, I know those are kind of important pieces. And of course you know we had a location picked out; it depended on the weather and our photographer friend. There was a backup option if it was too rainy for his equipment. It was cloudy, but not predicted to rain until later. 

Then there were the rings. We'd looked at some shortly after I got up here to look at the options; Soldier didn't know what he wanted. There again we found prices jacked up at the magical word of Wedding. So we found some on Amazon and clicked away on a couple of simple, nice tungsten rings. We were being kind of cheap, I know. 
Things take a bit longer to get here and I'm impatient but I was pretty good about not checking the tracking every day until I was pretty positive they should have arrived. Well, they supposedly had arrived like 3 days previously. It was about a week and a half before the wedding and I freaked out a bit. Soldier (because he's basically a saint) humored me with going to a local jewelry store because I didn't want to pay expedited shipping. The cheapest, sterling silver ring for him was just under $200, which made the shipping cost look much better. On the plus side, it did give us the chance to double check his size and the thickness of the rings we wanted.
So, back to Amazon. Rings ordered, quick shipping, we should have still been alright. A couple of days later, it was inexplicably cancelled. We still don't know why. The Saint reordered while I panicked again, tried to come up with an alternate plan, and assumed everything was going to be a disaster. I was still trying to figure out what to do while I was putting on my makeup on the big day. My best idea was to use some thin ribbon. 

I was getting ready and there was a knock at the door, which totally threw me off, but I thought maybe my family had sent something. It was a shipping envelope, and I automatically knew it contained the rings. I was so happy over these stupid metal circles; they made it feel real. Kinda weird, but whatever. 

The weather did hold up enough, but it wasn't any heat wave. I did wear a white dress, though it was about knee length, so I added wool socks and Burberry rain boots. To keep it classy. 5 friends joined us, one of them officiating and another taking pictures. It was roughly a mile walk out; we said our vows, exchanged rings, kissed, and were married. It was so fast, but I'm glad we went out unconventional route instead of visiting the courthouse. 

When we got home, there were flowers at the door; my siblings had ordered a bouquet for me. It didn't make it in time, but it was a perfect centerpiece for our little dinner party/reception. Plus it was super sentimental and adorable of them and it meant a lot. 

So that's it, I'm officially a married woman. But I'm still working on getting "Real Housewives of Alaska" up and running. 

**If you don't understand that quote, you should feel bad about yourself. And then go watch The Princess Bride.