Obligatory License Pic

We did it! Yesterday morning, bright and early, Mr. H and I set off to get our marriage license! In Texas, it doesn't matter which county you receive your license in so long as you get married in the state of Texas. We are getting married in Dallas county but, to avoid any long lines or a wait, we went to the county clerk's office in our hometown (outside of Dallas county). We got there at about 8:15 a.m. and by 8:35 a.m. we were out of there!

Twenty minutes and $72 later, we were posing for a pic by the county seal.

As a funny side note, Mr. H's dad has to go to the county clerk's office quite a bit for his work. The women in the office are familiar with him, as they have seen him almost daily for over ten years. When he went in yesterday, they were excited to tell him that they had seen his son and help him with his marriage license. Mr. H's dad played dumb and acted like he had no clue that Mr. H was applying to get married and acted shocked and mad. He totally had them going, but finally fessed up in the end :)

With only three weeks to go, I still kinda feel like it isn't happening. After such a long engagement I've become accustomed to thinking that I have months to go until the big day. I know it's going to hit any day now as more and more wedding tasks are unloaded onto my plate.

How long did it take you to finally "realize" that the wedding was right around the corner?