This helpful kit with CD included features all the forms necessary to change your name, even when your name is simply becoming hyphenated.

The kit, a steal at less than $30, includes hard copies of all forms, and provides information necessary to notify Social Security, the IRS, the Dept of Elections, the Dept of Motor Vehicles, and for changing a Driver’s License, updating a passport, and notifying banks and merchants. Don’t let the slow wheels of bureaucracy impede your wedding joy!

Of course, when you decide to get engaged, your name is something you need to consider carefully. Some brides don’t change their names, and if you have a job where you name is recognized readily, you might want to consider keeping your own last name. Some brides also choose to drop their middle name and instead use their maiden name as their middle name. If you don’t want to change your name, your groom shouldn’t pressure you to do so. Names are very personal, and only you can make a decision about yours.

• Changing out of your dress at the reception
• Prepare for things to change in ways you never expected
• Not your first wedding? Not a problem.
• The colors of the season