Last night I arranged to meet with the bishop to ask him to officiate and talk about the ceremony and stuff. Originally we were going to meet at the church, but apparently the guy who usually is at the church with the bishop when he's conducting weeknight interviews wasn't around, and there's a policy against the bishop interviewing women when he's alone in the building with them. Therefore, we arranged to meet at his house instead because his wife would be there.
I've only been to Bishop Brown's house a few times, and I've never driven there myself. It was also dark because, you know, it's January. I was pretty sure I'd be okay though, so I got directions from my dad and set out fifteen minutes before the appointment. Unfortunately, I had terrible trouble navigating. I missed
two turnoffs, and underestimated how far I had to drive to get to his driveway and turned into the wrong one. However, I didn't realize my mistake until it was too late to turn around easily and I found myself at the end of a steep, narrow driveway cut off by two gates. I tried in vain to jockey the car (a big Suburban) around so I could get out. When that failed, I tried to just back out. Unfortunately I ended up backing into one of the gates, busting it open. I didn't realize that I broke it though, and assumed that someone had kindly opened it for me so I could turn around. I drove up onto the guy's lawn because I thought he had a roundabout. (He didn't.) So, the homeowner came out of the house and explained to me that I broke his fence and was most definitely not where I was supposed to be. So... I gave him my number and the license plate number and he guided me out of his driveway (and off of his lawn). He was actually very patient; I think he probably saw that I was confused and upset and took pity on me.
I called my dad and informed him of the events that had transpired, and he called the bishop and sent him to come find me. Apparently from how upset I was on the phone, he was expecting to find me lying in a ditch and completely missed me sitting at the end of my hapless victim's driveway. (I broke a fence!! Also, I thought I'd broken the car. Turns out that I didn't do much other than scratch the paint and knock the fence off its track.) In the end I went back home and my dad drove me to the bishop's house. I'm going to have my dad drive me there in the future. :P
Now that I've finished relating my sorry tale that is only tangentially related to wedding stuff, I'll get back on topic. I met with Bishop Brown and discussed vows. I'd put together a general idea of what I want, and he told me that he'd check with the powers that be in the LDS church about what rules he has to follow and get back to me. From what he told me, it sounds like we have a lot of latitude when it comes to things leading up to and following the vows; he's just not sure about the wording of the vows themselves. I'm pretty certain that we'll be able to come up with a formulation that both makes me and Adam happy and abides by the rules. Also, I'm super excited about the ceremony itself and I'm pretty sure that I'm going to cry at some point.
Also, I have a wedding dress!!! I visited David's Bridal last October and tried some things on, but wedding stuff got kind of put on the back burner after that until Christmas was over. Yesterday I called the store to ask about a sale they had going on, and it turns out that the gown that I'd had my eye on had a 12-week wait time. Eek! So I needed to get in and make a decision pretty quickly. I didn't end up getting the one I originally liked--I found a different one that I fell absolutely in love with. I'm just waiting for it to be shipped to my house. After we have the dress, my mom is going to make me a veil and matching lace bolero jacket to wear with it. I'm really freaking excited about it.
Finally, I've settled on wedding colors. Burgundy and silver. Super pretty, no? The next order of business is to get venues squared away so I can send out invitations--I'm hoping to have that done by the end of next week. There are some details beyond my control that we're waiting on there.
So yeah, that's the latest news from the Colburn-Weber wedding planning front. I'll update next time I have anything interesting to share.
