Kristen Bell Shares Her Wedding Photo for the First Time (and She Didn"t Wear White!)

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Three years later, but never too late! Though Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard were married in a private courthouse ceremony in 2013, they never released photos from their special day until the actress appeared on CBS Sunday Morning.

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For a pretaped Sunday, July 24, episode, Bell, 36, who now shares two daughters with her husband of three years, got choked up talking about her nuptials. "We got married in a tiny room in the Beverly Hills courthouse," Bell shared, "and it was still one of the best days of my life."

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Eschewing the traditional white, the Bad Moms actress chose a short-sleeved, all-black ensemble that tied at the waist, topped by a statement necklace. In lieu of a bouquet, she carried two flowers. Shepard, 41, meanwhile, looked dapper in a classic tailored tuxedo, finished with a black bow tie.

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The Veronica Mars alum also talked about what makes her husband such a good partner. "He"s a wonderful father," she said, tearing up. "He was an addict for many, many years, and he pulled himself out of it. He"s been sober for 11 or 12 years now I think almost 12 and he knows how many times he"s messed up. And how many times he"s been really close to losing everything."

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Bell, who attended San Diego Comic-Con this past week to promote her new TV show, The Good Place, said that in the end, it all comes down to family for her. "I always think if I"m on my deathbed, what am I going to be thinking about? And it won"t be some random movie you participated in or some TV show. It will be my family," she said.

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Kristen Bell"s "Mind Spins with Every Decision": How Do I Balance Bathing My Kids and "Being Respectful to the Water ...

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While starring in two projects that have her portraying characters of questionable integrity, Kristen Bell says shes recently become preoccupied with examining her own status as a good person and mom.

My mind spins with every decision I make, Bell, 36, told PEOPLE Thursday at San Diegos Comic-Con International while promoting her forthcoming NBC series The Good Place, in which she plays a badly behaved woman who finds herself accidentally transported to an idyllic afterlife.

I bathe my girls, but I dont want to bathe them every night because theres a water crisis in L.A. So whats the balance of being respectful to the water crisis in Los Angeles, and keeping my kids clean?

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Even little trinkets for daughters Lincoln, 3, and Delta, 19 months, make the Bad Moms star question herself.

Grandma brings a toy home, and she says, Im sorry I brought a new toy, but it was only $3.99, Bell added. And what goes through my brain is wanting to sit her down and say, If you paid $3.99 for this, how much do you think the person who made it got? How much do you think the worker in Bangladesh got? Those things actually cross my mind!

The internal queries dont stop there.

When we go get a sandwich at a sandwich shop, I think, Was this meat humanely harvested? she confessed. If Im going to give it to my kids, even if its super healthy, is there bad juju involved? Is this local? Is this sustainable? In the age of information when you can see your connectivity to the rest of the world, its alarming how many questions I feel, if you are socially responsible, are socially required to ask yourself.

And theres more.

I went through a phase of, I dont know, six months when I was like, Im going to buy my kids clothing made in America, Bell revealed. I actually did 30 days buying everything I did a challenge on Twitter called 30 Day USA, where I was like, Im going to try to find everything made in America, and see if the industry actually does exist. And it was very difficult!

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She also gets a special kick out of dodging credit for the pay-it-forward moments she does indulge in.

I think its actually more fun to be secretly generous because if you go to a restaurant and youre like, Im going to slip this person 200 bucks. Im going to do it. I dont want them to see because when I leave the restaurant, I feel giddy because I feel like a secret superhero. Try it Whats even cooler is when they dont know where it comes from.

I think the karma is more infinite because people dont believe that good people are the majority anymore, explained Bell. Human beings do not believe that good people are the majority. My data just tells me thats wrong!

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