Wedding Forum - 1 day until the big day! 2014 UKBride...

Yeh it does seem excessive tbh I think go with arranging it yourself x

will they charge a corkage?

Corkage of £600? that sounds like alot.

spicy tuna rolls are good for you x

I started dieting when I got engaged, but I was slightly overweight. I'm now a healthy weight, but still definitely wanting to watch what I eat between now and the wedding. It's more about toning now, particularly the upper arms as my dress is sleeveless, and I don't really want to wear a bolero or pashmina.

I'm certainly not someone who can get up early. When I was a music student I was in college at 7:30 am to practice, even if I didn't have classes until the afternoon. Now my alarm goes off and I tell it where to go. I can't practice at home early anyway as other people are still asleep. Exercise tends to happen last thing at night for me, I'm much more a night owl these days (although even then not as much as I was). When I was in my twenties I never dreamed that by age 31 I'd see such a difference in how much sleep I need.

Have fun spending that! I would def spend it on underwear and perhaps shoes for the day too for us both.

Thank you gifts are a good idea for the voucher,just because it's something you'd have to budget in your own money otherwise. Also like u said lingerie is a good choice.
What about favours? Could buy lots of M&S chocs and make personalised parcels x

Thanks soooo much everyone!!!! I think I'll definitely get a few little lingerie pieces and then perhaps the bridal party gifts/wedding favours!!! Would be amazing if I could use that gift card to save a little money as this wedding is still costing a pretty penny!!!

Heard from Aurus today to let me know that the wedding band and the setting for my engagement ring was in!!!! About a week earlier than expected! I have to say, they have been FABULOUS. I would recommend them to anyone. I was so nervous about getting my engagement ring reset and they were so incredibly patient! Ry dropped off my old ring so they can move the diamonds over to the new one...and they said I'll have it by the end of the week!!! Seriously, so impressed with this place! I'll definitely post a picture when I pick them up.

Still waiting to hear on the shoes, bridesmaid dresses, bridal bouquet and photography...I'll post more info on those when I have it!

Sounds like everything is coming together nicely :)

OOOOOOH HONEYMOON CLOTHES! hahaha I like the sound of that LauraY27!!!


Okay so i have to post a pic! I got the engagement ring and the wedding band today from Aurus! The engagement ring Ry got at an antique store, but they reset it in white gold, and they made sure it would fit with the band I chose!. They are seriously amazing. I cannot recommend them enough in literally every way.

I Love how they match as if they are finger fit rings <3 X

Thanks all! MrsDeaton2Be, Aurus was amazing about that. I was sooo nervous about resetting the engagement ring, but they were very reassuring and patient. Sent me over drawings and stuff to show me how much better it would look if I let them reset it so they fit nicely together. Best decision ever!!!

Your rings are stunning! Really lovely (though I might be biased as I'm a cluster girl myself lol ;-) ) Your honeymoon looks amazing too!

Re the drinks: it depends on your guests and how much they drink. If I were organising an all-day event I'd probably be allowing at least 1.5 bottles of wine pp for the wine drinkers, and 10-12 lagers for the lager drinks, plus champagne for the toast (with 60 guests you'll be looking at about 12 bottles), plus spirits, plus mixers and soft drinks. We've done a few parties and at one we spent around £500 on alcohol for 50 guests over 5 hours, which included cocktail ingredients, champagne for the toast, and very limited beer and wine; at a bigger party we had 80 guests over 4 hours and spent about £600. Both times we got offers at the supermarket (eg £13.50 for a litre of spirits; 40% of wine/champagne), which kept costs right down. So £1500 doesn't sound TOO unreasonable to me if the venue is getting the drinks in. It's always best to over-cater as you don't want to run out.

Also FWIW we have practically identical numbers to you (around 60 for the day and 90 for the evening) and our alcohol spend is about £4750; and we're not having an open bar.

Thanks All!!! I loooove them so much!

Barbie, really interesting on the drinks!! We are able to source the liquor ourselves too. I found the same prosecco for 6.66 per bottle instead of the 8.99 they are getting it in for so I'll do that. It'll save us about £150. The vodka/rum (only two spirits we are stocking) are the pretty expensive £20 and £25 respectively for 70 cl. Perhaps I will keep an eye out for some deals in the supermarket! £4750!?!?! oh my!!! What are you BUYING lol


Side note, REALLY excited because just found out a coworkers aunt is a florist here in London!!! I have been praying I would find some fantastic random connection to less expensive flowers and WAHEY! Her website doesn't show much of her work, but my coworker showed me photos and OMG I was floooooored by the designs. I sent her over an email detailing what we want and our budget (seems low for London at £500) and just praying she will do it as a favour to her niece! I'll let you all know what she says!

Fiancé has a major audition today...keeping fingers crossed

We're not bringing our own for the wedding; the venue doesn't allow it. So that figure includes 2 glasses of buck's fizz, 1/2 bottle of wine (or 2 bottles of lager or cider) and a glass of champagne pp, plus water, for our 60 days guests, and then £2500 behind the bar for the evening which should *hopefully* go quite a long way.

Re wine/drinks prices: a lot of the big supermarkets do deals for 25% off when you buy 6 bottles or more around Christmas, so if you can hold off until then that's what I would do. We try to do this when we have parties and you can get a decent bottle for around £4, and champagne for around £11. Likewise, they usually do deals for 2 for £20 on spirits at that time, or 1l bottles for £15. So, keep an eye out!

Good luck with the flowers, that's great news! Keep us posted!

So I went to Fulham Palace's wedding fair on Sunday...and left just feeling so beyond excited to get married there I can't even tell you. I just feel so happy that we found it. Ryan accompanied me and was one of very few grooms there, but with none of my family in the UK, he was definitely not getting out it! (I think he secretly really enjoyed it though. There was a lot of cake to taste!)

The most important bit though, was that we ended up chatting with the most FABULOUS florist. She was so patient with us (I was a bit over excited) and we talked through..well I talked through (ryan was lucky to get a word in)...what we wanted. I mentioned the tight budget and she IMMEDIATELY started throwing out flexible ways to work within a smaller budget and ways to do things for the ceremony that can be moved to other rooms, etc. I get the feeling that even with our small budget, we are going to have flowers that add feeling and atmosphere to the rooms. AND she mentioned having tons of battery operated tea lights (can't use real ones in the venue) and jars and such...said she would be happy to provide those as she has them already without charging us. She will only charge for the flowers.

Absolutely AMAZING and located relatively near to our venue..she's just out in Surrey. Going to definitely use her I think! I'll post a link to her page on my profile...if you are anywhere near, I'd definitely recommend reaching out to her. I feel like the florists i've talked to in the past haven't been that flexible..this was a shocker!!

Ooh so cute! Potentially a ring bearer, or would he eat them?

Oh how cute!!! Dogs definitely make a home :)

Cute!!!

Lol, maybe get him to to use some too! You did say you might not get through i all by next april so he can help!! :D

xxx

Rupert is adorable :)

wow I love this thread :) I've seen the competition running for ages but was always a little dubious about how genuine it is. It does seem pretty fabulous though!!! Not sure how much good it would do us though - we're both pretty creative and so are making alot of the details ourselves, and though it started out as a way to try and save money I now want to do it as it'll be more to keep and memories made etc. Can't wait to see what else you have to show though - so exciting! :)

I love (and always have loved) the butterfly shoes and I know for a fact they come in blue. At the end of the day what's the worst could happen, they say no and you go with ivory and get them dyed blue - there are lots of really good companies out there that could do it for you

No harm in asking about the blue though