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Of shoes and ships and sealing wax…

Well, not the ships or sealing wax so much. It’s not that type of wedding. But shoes. Shoes are what have been on my mind the last few days. We

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Like a kid at Christmas

Q: When is not a good time to let your mind wander during the headteacher’s end of year speech? A: Just before he mentions your upcoming wedding and calls you

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Name, rank or serial number?

Today there is less than a week until the big day.  Two weeks of the summer holidays have gone by.  The first week seemed to go pretty slowly.  We had

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Mrs and Mrs

We did it.  On Saturday 13th August at 2pm, in front of over 100 family and friends, we tied the knot. I had spent a considerable amount of the preceding

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Honeymoon in Mexico

On Thursday morning, we touched down at Gatwick after our two week honeymoon to Riviera Maya, Mexico. After two days at home we are still struggling to get over the

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When is a wife not a wife? When she’s a non-gender-specific pronoun

I started planning this post when we were on honeymoon – ran sentences through my mind, chatted about the subject matter with L – but what with the jet lag

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Unholy Matrimony

Before we started planning our wedding, I didn’t know much about Civil Partnerships.  I knew that legislation had been passed that afforded gay people the same legal rights as straight

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Our wedding in pictures

Our photographer, the wonderfully talented Rich from The Other Day Photography, dropped our wedding album off yesterday evening.  It’s amazing.  I took it into work today and everyone was gushing

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Where the heart is

It’s been a year since I married my best friend.  And what a year it’s been. We got pregnant, found out it was twins, moved house and then had our

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The Best Best Man’s Speech

It’s been two years today since L and I tied the knot. The two best years of my life, no question. As I write this (a couple of days in

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Four Years in the Making…

Four years ago today, we put on gorgeous white dresses, walked down the aisle in front of our family and friends, spoke our vows and exchanged rings.  But at that

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