Today is the day!

_Elsa_

All the girls get together at Rachel’s house to help her get ready.

What about the ‘something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue’? 

“Girls, I found some history about that online,” says Elsa. I’ll read you what it says while you are all getting ready.” 

‘The famous wedding recipe derives from the Old English rhyme, "Something Olde, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue, A Sixpence in your Shoe"—which names the four good-luck objects (plus a sixpence) a bride should include somewhere in her wedding outfit or carry with her on her wedding day. According to Reader's Digest, the rhyme came about in the Victorian era from Lancashire, a county in England. Most of the ingredients in the rhyme are meant to ward off the Evil Eye, which, according to Reader's Digest, was "a curse passed through a malicious glare that could make a bride infertile." 

But don't stress over this old-school guide for bridal success. The objects in the rhyme aren't meant to dictate your wedding style or inspire a hunt for the perfect "somethings." They're usually small tokens of love that your mother, sister, other relatives and/or attendants will give you at the eleventh hour (although you can give them to yourself too). 

Often forgotten, the sixpence is the final ingredient in the old rhyme. This British coin is meant to represent prosperity for the couple as they start their lives together. Though the sixpence was decommissioned in the U.K. in 1980, brides who are sticklers for detail can still obtain a sixpence and tuck it in their shoe. Brides on the other side of the pond (that'd be the United States), often substitute the sixpence for a penny, which they can put in their shoe or tuck somewhere else on their outfit.’ (Source) 

“We’ve collected all of these things for you Rachel,” says Elsa. “We have an old handkerchief from my great grandmother. For something new, we have a new lipstick and perfume for you. For the something borrowed, you can borrow Kimmy’s bracelet and for something blue, here is a blue garter. For the sixpence to wear in your shoe, here is a shiny new penny. Now let’s get ready and get out of here. The limo should be here any moment.”

Elsa looks out the window and the limo has arrived. Time for the wedding! 

Let’s continue - Here comes the bride!

Start at the beginning – Rachel and Rancid’s wedding