That night, I sent Miller and Vicki’s husband out to buy beer and ice…oh boy was I in for a big surprise. Miller came home with a new cooler, 6 bottles of Jagermeister (each with its own sleeve), and a stack of Jagermeister plastic shot glasses. The cooler has two spouts and dispenses ice cold Jagermeister shots. Miller also bought me a bottle of Milagro Tequila. He said that he was going to get me a bottle of Patron but the guy at Bevmo told him this other bottle was better and was cheaper.
Thursday was a hectic day since we basically waited till then to do everything. I swear I could do without all the running around and driving all over the place. It started out with me getting Miller Jr. to go wake Vicki up so that we can go get our nails done. I got my toes, my nails, and my eyebrows done. Miller’s stepmom (Betty) dropped in at the nail salon while we were getting gussied up. Then we got lost a bit trying to follow Betty around to get to the flower shop. The flowers that Betty got were gorgeous! We got three round center pieces, one long piece, three little long vases for the bathroom, two boutonnieres, and my corsage.
From there, we went back to the house and the craziness continued. Miller and I haven’t got our marriage license yet, so we had to drive up to the recorder’s office, which was about 25 minutes away. Miller and I left Vicki and her husband and Betty at the house while we went to go take care of that. We also had to go exchange the shirt for a different size.
The recorder’s office was interesting. We filled out the paperwork and the clerk told us to go wait for our names to be called. We checked out the little back patio area where they can do the ceremony (we had a choice between the back patio and the conference room lol). We went to grab some lunch at the sandwich shop that was ran by two yahoos. The guy couldn’t fit the avocado in the hoagie bun and told Miller that if the sandwich doesn’t work, that he’ll “hook him up”. We weren’t sure what he meant, but the sandwiches were good. Anyway, Miller had to spend $2.00 on the ATM to get $20.00 for the sandwich shop. Goddamn it for me forgetting that I should have had him get more cash because the Recorder’s office charges $6.00 for credit cards. So of course, we had to spend another $2.00 in ATM fee to get the money for the license. We got a handbook on how to be married with our license. I thought that was funny.
After that, we headed to the tux shop to exchange the shirt. Of course…they did not have it in stock, so they sent us to their main warehouse 10 minutes away to get it. Yay! More driving! Finally, we made it back to the house. Betty already had the whole clubhouse decorated! I was so relieved. The clubhouse looked great! The party started from there, but before Miller and I were able to start drinking, we had to drive to get the wedding cake. Again…Yay! More driving! The cake looked wonderful! And thank god it didn’t need to be refrigerated because our fridge was at maximum capacity and there was only a tiny little fridge in the clubhouse. Vicki’s husband is a cook so he offered to do the food platters for us. I sent them along with Betty to Wal-Mart to get the food and the alcohol that night.
On top of all that, Miller’s grandparents arrived from out-of-state and showed up at our house as well. We finally got to see Miller’s ring and it is the most special ring ever! Grandma also let me borrow her bracelet for the “something” borrowed (my something blue was the garter, something new were my dress and jewelry, and something old is my ring). Grandma sipped on some Tuaca and eventually got really tipsy and promised me and Miller the world! By the time she left, she was stumbling. I also had to remind grandpa that the Jager has alcohol in it. lol.
Finally! We can start drinking. Honestly, that night is somewhat of a haze for me. I’m gonna try to re-cap as much as I can and tell you what the others told me I was doing. I invited my creepy neighbors upstairs to the wedding. Carolina came over to bring me some additional makeup. Vicki, her husband and Betty worked on the food trays (ha! Like I remember!). I was told I was hugging everyone and crying over the situation with my parents. I remember only taking one shot of tequila, but I was told that I took A LOT more than that. My creepy neighbor gave us a bunch of free stuff (shirts, jeans, dresses, crystal ball, make-up, etc etc). I called my co-worker who sits next to me (she told me about the Monday). I tried to sleep on Miller Jr’s little bed. I puked A LOT. Even Miller puked that night and he does NOT ever puke. It was a crazy night!!
The Wedding Day next...keep posted!
-Emma
