Final preparations are coming along now for the wedding.
Yesterday, we had meetings with our photographer and the registrar who is performing the ceremony.
This meant an early start so that we could get to Shrewsbury for 11am, as it is just over 1.5 hrs from Wigan to Shrewsbury. Even though the roads were pretty busy we managed to get there on time.
We had a good meeting with the photographer going through what sort of shots we’d like on the day, and just general chat about arrangements. Everything seems good for the day.
After getting carried away with chatting, we realised that we were short on time as we needed to be back in Wrexham so that Gemma could get her hair done. So, after some fairly quick driving I managed to drop Gemma off at the hairdressers only a couple of minutes late.
Ellie and I then headed to Nana Jen and Grandad’s house to wait while Gemma had her hair done. We’d expected to be there for a few hours, after it took about 4 hours the last time Gemma had her hair done. So I was a bit surprised when I got a phone call to pick her up after a couple of hours.
I picked Gemma up and took her back to my parent’s house, where we stayed for a couple of hours before we needed to go and meet the registrar.
Our appointment with the registrar was at closing time at the Register Office, which nearly proved to be a problem, because just as we were trying to walk through the front door, the cleaner was in the process of locking the door! Anyway, once through the door, we waited for a few minutes while the Registrar finished off a few things.
She must have been very flustered during the day, as everytime she tried to get through a door he found it to be locked and would need to go back and get a key for the door 
. It was quite funny to watch. Once we managed to sit down we went through the wedding forms and documents and also the procedure for the wedding and anything that we would need to do.
It was good to meet the Registrar before the day, as it helped us both to relax about it. The Registrar was a relaxed type of person, who didn’t seem too hung up on being formal, which is just what Gemma and I like. We’re not people who like everything stuffy and formal. We just want the day to be relaxed and to go smoothly. Simple is good!
After meeting with the Registrar we headed to Gemma’s parents for a couple of hours. This enabled us to avoid the rush hour traffic, and gave us chance to have something to eat.
It turned out to be a long day, and we got home at around 9.30pm. But after meeting with people, it gave us more confidence that everything should run smoothly on the day.
I can’t wait
