Hallowedding is On!!!

So a month ago I was not even thinking about getting married and tomorrow I'm running to the courthouse to elope! Cool!

We weren't sure that was going to happen what with Hurricane Sandy drowning Annapolis in a fit of superstorm rage.

I've learned a couple things about myself, weddings, and others since I am eloping:

• Long line bras are really hard to close.  I'm going to need an army tomorrow to close mine.
• I hate veils and fascinators with a passion.  There is nothing worse about having something on my head that might slide off every five minutes. Screw throwing the bouquet ... throw the veil!  It's stupid looking ... looks like a napkin.  Kill it with fire. 
• Once the shock of, "Oh crap I have to get married!" wears off, it was neat to see that Greg really wanted to get married. He was really upset about the hurricane yesterday and worried ... and then this morning he was all, "Today is the last day you'll be my girlfriend!"
• Glitter is like an invading crop.  It just gets everywhere.  I will be washing glitter out of everything for ten years.
• People want to come to courthouse weddings and I feel bad because this is not the wedding I want people to come to.  I want people to wait for me to plan something nice, with me in a nice dress that I got a gym membership to look good in.  What was my prep to fit in to a dress I'm eloping in?  Endless Oreo cookies and pizza.  Seriously.
• I still haven't called my dad because do I really want to be like, "Hey Dad, I'm planning a wedding for next year but I'm getting married tomorrow!  Kay bye!"  I haven't seen him in almost two years and this thing was rushed like crazy.  I don't want to just pull him in because I'm eloping.  I'd rather wait for the BIG wedding!
• I really wish that my cat could come to the wedding. :(  She was there for the proposal!
• I wish there was such thing as upper arm control top pantyhose. They're like thighs.
• I'm not really all that girly.  I hate that I feel like I should be wearing a veil and a long dress and wear makeup when on a daily basis I lay around in PJs with dirty hair.
• Weddings are really fun to shop for but a pain to plan, even elopements. 
• I wish we had done this years ago, but I don't think I would have appreciated it.  Getting married has never been that important to me. In 2003 it was more important to get to know Greg.  In 2004-2005 it was important to find a job so I could get a car. In 2006-2012 we apartment hopped a lot, so there was never a good time to do this. This is the first time where I feel like we have a home together and that we have something to lose.
• For the first time ever this year is the first time I've started to like myself on the inside.  I feel like I know who I am now.  There have been some people in my life who do not accept me for who I am and that was a struggle. I have learned I cannot really control what others think of me or what they chose to accept about me. And since I have learned that what others think of me does not define me, I have learned to love myself. I think in turn this is allowing me to love others.  I hope that throughout the years I am with Greg I can show him I love him in many ways.  He has already done so with me.