We only ended up with one person not RSVP by the date we gave and that annoyed me. Shane's grandparents asked if they could RSVP closer to the date as his grandad isn't well and has just come out of hospital so they will let us know next month.
CommentAuthorRebeccaH689
I've had a bridal make up lesson, Sprucey (I've just popped a pic in my photos). You're probably right, maybe it'll look better when I'm wearing more of my outfit with a bit of slap? I'll have to wait 'til my dress is ready to see.
The veil's on some clips so I should be able to play around with the placement a bit - will get searching for some Y0utube vids to see if they can help!
thefuture:Mrs_Hurren - Good show on the RSVPs, we had to chase a least 5 of our friends, I think.
CommentAuthorsALLY
Glad your sorted pyxie
Rebecca h i'm sure it will look lovely with your dress on
I got myself all excited today went to get my new passport ordered got to the post office and its closed :( it will have to wait till Tuesday now
I've had to nudge a few (15 peoples) for Rsvp's and I just kept getting 'oh sorry I forgot to reply ........' I feel like I am pestering them by asking but at the end of the day I need numbers
CommentAuthorElizabethF49
I sent gentle texts yesterday and got a few people say oh sorry but we will be there so all good still to chase a couple thou from oohs family, there was one guy we don't have a number for but thankfully we got his RSVPS yesterday.
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CommentAuthorVictoriaL46
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3rd hotel booked for honeymoon :D was actually meant to be the last one but had a bit of a surprise.
The best man is sorting out our accomodation and we held out for an offer to come on the 'last' one but the availability ends the on the 24th and not the 25th of Sept when we come home. The OH, without speaking to me, told him to go for it... so we have one night to find accomodation for. So, OH turned to me when he picked me up from work and said "How do you feel about spending the last night in Orlando in one of the high-end Disney hotels?...
My response...
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So currently it's a toss up between Animal Kingdom Lodge/Villas or the Disney World Swan and Dolphin.
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Wow I only know the animal kingdom one and that's amazing x
CommentAuthorthefuture:Mrs_Hurren
We had the meeting with our photographer today. It went really well. we met at our venue and they had a look at the areas for photos and discussed some extra photos they can take. They have asked us to provide them with a list of any photos that we really want to get so that on the day they dont get missed out in all the hype. Has anyone else been asked to do this and any ideas of what i can tell them would be great. x
CommentAuthorElizabethF49
I've got to do a list for the photographer too, I've started it, might be finished by the time the wedding comes round lol.
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Our son is 5 years old and our world
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Life hasnt been easy but we have each other :)
CommentAuthorElizabethF49
I've bumped a photographer thread for you it might help. It's titled how to choose photographer but has some ideas.
After 7 years and 11 months he proposed to me 18.10.13
Our son is 5 years old and our world
Getting married 15.08.15.
Life hasnt been easy but we have each other :)
CommentAuthorsALLY
Yes ours has asked for a list of any special photos we want and people to include, he will do the standard parents, grandparents etc but just so he doesn't miss any one out. I only have a few things written down as he was saying most brides come with a long list and if hes concentrating on a long list he cant get more fun, natural shots which is what I prefer
CommentAuthorMrsRobson2Be
Does anyone else wish they could add some more months onto the wedding countdown, it's going far too quick!! There's so many last minute costs we didn't plan for & there's so many extra's I want to buy, I could do with an extra 6 months to save I think lol :)
What's everyone been quoted for alterations? I completely forgot to budget for them!! My mum did buy my dress but I'm not going to assume she will pay for any alterations, so would rather put some money aside.
CommentAuthorthefuture:Mrs_Hurren
I'm the opposite mrs r I wish someone could bring my wedding forward.
My alterations are costing £240 but that's including my bridesmaids dresses too x
CommentAuthorsALLY
Mine cost me £85 for hem, bustle and shoulder strap altered.
I keep finding little extra too, ive now booked myself in to have my nails done so its less stress and a little treat for me, extra hair trials booked as im still undecided, ive also upgraded me photographer package, h2b wants a cheese cake..... I think I could do with more months but I don't want to wait any longer for the wedding!!
CommentAuthorSprucey
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Oh good Rebecca yeah I'm sure a play about with the veil it will be fine! Everyone seems to be steaming on with things I feel like I'm not!! Bit stressed at the moment as one bridemaid has some things going on with her which are far more important than our wedding but it might mean that she can't come but I won't know until really near the time :/ totally understand but it means not only will I be a bridemaid down but also takes 5 people out of the wedding as her family won't be there which takes my number down to 35 :( with no one to bump up and makes me feel like our numbers will be so small and weedy it'll look silly! Anyone got any ideas where to go boys grey smart trousers from that don't look like school uniform? Tried most the department stores and next but all are checked or stripy!
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CommentAuthorMrsRobson2Be
Sprucey have you tried M&$ or BH$
CommentAuthorsALLY
we got ours from m0n$00n in the sale
CommentAuthorSprucey
Tried marks, I'll try the others thanks! just that my older son is really tall and everywhere seems to stop at age 10 or so in trousers.
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CommentAuthorVictoriaL46
Dress fitting booked with seamstress for next month on the 17th :-O cannot wait. Really need to get back on track with the losing weight though. Think I need to do my 40 days of no chocolate again.
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CommentAuthorPyxie
I don't think I could go 40 days with no chocolate!
I've been writing weekly to do lists so I don't get overwhelmed. This weeks was to book an app. to give notice - done, Pay the remaining registrar fees - rang today and apparently we can't do this until we've given notice. So now I just need to ring the florist. And we're almost ready to book the honeymoon!
I love crossing things off the list!
CommentAuthorthefuture:Mrs_Hurren
I have my 2nd dress fitting tomorrow night, looking forward to it as it now should be prepd at the correct size. It was way too loose after my weight loss.
I need oh to sit down with me and sort out the songs we are having for the ceremony. When we gave notice the registrar said we would need to know them to fill in our marriage ceremony book for when we have our meeting to discuss the ceremony and pay the final balance. It felt like we had ages to choose them but I cant believe its come around so fast and ill need to phone them after my hol next week to book the appointment as they need about 3 weeks notice.
Glad we gave notice when we did or i would never have known about the 2nd meeting! x
CommentAuthorVictoriaL46
Pyxie, I never thought I could do it either. My chocolate intake at one point a few tears ago was INSANE then during lent my friend dared me to give up chocolate for 40 days and 40 nights. I genuinely wanted to see if I could do it. The first two weeks we're definitely the trickiest with how much 'sneaky chocolate' is out there not to mention the withdrawals. I actually got pretty bad headaches for the first week :( After a while the reason I didn't eat any was because I use to be a compulsive quitter and decided I didn't want to do that anymore and disappoint myself. I did it and I lost nearly half a stone doing it.
I still have a very intense relationship with chocolate (Just ate a Curly Wurly) but nowhere near as bad as what I use to be like.
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Engaged 13th June 2013
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CommentAuthorsALLY
I love chocolate and am normally pretty good but recently found myself reaching for any chocolate I can get my hands on. last night I even opened a box of chocs I had bought for a friend, after I ate them all I just felt like I needed more!!!! I have already lost a lot of weight so keep saying to myself 'I can treat myself' which is becoming a bad habit... think ill do a choc ban see how I get on
CommentAuthorVictoriaL46
Appy I am exactly the same right now. Lost a bit of weight and can't help grabbing for the chocolate thinking "I did alright today, I think I deserve a treat" I think I just need a kick in the bum.
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CommentAuthorthefuture:Mrs_Hurren
I've been told to maintain my weight by th lady who's doing my alterations. I think I agree that I should too. I've lost 20lbs don't get me Wong I'm not skinny but my dress looked perfect last night and I don't want it to keep being changed as it may spoil it x
CommentAuthorsALLY
Looks like ive been losing weight with out trying, but im glad as I think the dress will look better and ill feel more confident but I now have high blood pressure so keeping an eye on that.
Im just sick of people saying make sure you spend time with your partner on the run up to the wedding....its proving hard as hes working so much and the only time off he has is stag do, sond birthday and the wedding!!!
CommentAuthorElizabethF49
lol appy if only it was that simple eh? my oh works crazy hours, and he is going to Canada for 4 weeks this monday when he comes back its 8 weeks until the wedding we are selling the house and will prob move early july. Time together hmm ill have the laughs.
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Our son is 5 years old and our world
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Life hasnt been easy but we have each other :)
CommentAuthorSprucey
God I feel like I'm getting no where! I've lots of little things still to do like activity ps is table planner maids shoes page boys clothes gifts etc but money keeps disappearing every week to be able to do them! Then Yesterday I got the welcome pack through for my eldest starting secondary school on September and the list of stuff to buy is endless!! So have to find the money and time to make sure all that's organised before the wedding too as he's straight back to school the day after we are back from honeymoon! Aggghhhh
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CommentAuthorMrsRobson2Be
I feel exactly the same sprucey, there are still so many little things to pay for which together actually cost alot more than we planned, our youngest starts secondary school in sept also & his uniform is so expensive, middle son has had a major growth spurt so needs all new clothes/shoes, it's also both of there birthdays close to the wedding. H2b's eldest son is passing out from the army 5 days after the wedding, which involves 3 tanks of petrol, a hotel & food money for us to visit him & watch the parade, etc!! Think we might end up having to borrow some money from my mum which we didn't want to do :(
I've had some quotes through to alter the 5 bridesmaid dresses (shorten length & straps), the first said £35 per dress but she'll do 1 dress for free, so £140 total. Another has said she cant give an exact price until she's seen the dresses but as a rough guide £25 per dress, totaling to £125. I'm still waiting on one more quote from someone very local to me (other end of my road), so will wait & see what price she says before making a decision.
CommentAuthorthefuture:Mrs_Hurren
My bridesmaids cost £40 for their alterations length and back adjustments x
CommentAuthorSprucey
Blimey mrsrobson lots going on! Since I've gotten the secondary school stuff it's stressed me out that I've got to get that sorted first and put wedding stuff to the back of my mind but I can't even get the school uniform yet until I've gone to the school meeting in July! So I can't really wait for wedding stuff! I knew it was coming but there's so much extra, it's a grammar school and they're doing sports integration days to get the kids to know each other before school, great I thought! Until I saw its £35 a day!! :/ now I know how my mum felt when I started at a private girls school and she was a single parent! Plus the oh is peeing me off just not getting that I have a million things going round my head at any one time and doesn't help with anything to do with the wedding he's not contributed at all, he's just gonna turn up on the day and everything would of magically just happened!!
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CommentAuthorMrsRobson2Be
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Yes Sprucey, way to much going on!! I could easily do with an extra 6 months to save or a lottery win :) My H2B has been exactly the same, completely useless!! He says he wants me to have the wedding I want, but I want him to have an equal amount of input, too late now.
CommentAuthorRebeccaH689
Really excited this evening - it feels like Christmas Eve...
OH and I are off to visit our reception venue tomorrow to scope it out and plan our party decorations. It's an old oyster packing shed on a little island with no running water, a rainwater toilet and a single lightbulb and tea urn running off a generator. It's going to take some transforming, that's for sure!
Taking along a notebook, camera, tape measure and a whole heap of imagination. Wish us luck!
CommentAuthorsALLY
oo make sure you take some pics :)
It suddenly hit me last night, its less than 3 months... that's 2 and a bit months till the wedding I couldn't sleep and felt sick to my stomach.. when I finally did get to sleep had a horrid dream about my dress having a huge hole/rip in it :( I think it all came about as h2b was talking about how much he hates his job at the mo and works 7 days a week, doesn't see me or the kids. its stupid hours 9am-11pm. I know he wants to quit and was asking me for answers but I just couldn't help as I want him to make the decisions for himself
CommentAuthorSprucey
Times just slipping away isn't it! So thought number 3546 going round my head at the moment when I should be sleeping.. What do I do with my hands?! I walk down the aisle give my maids my flowers and then what am I doing with my hands?! My posture is quite bad, so if I'm just standing arms by my sides I'm gonna look really gormless!! Lol that's before we do the rings obvs! I know it won't be very long I'm just conscious any pics taken at that point I'm gonna look really hunched and lost! Like when you're at your first disco and don't know what to do with yourself!! Ha!
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CommentAuthorsALLY
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i was told make sure you bend your elbows at least then your arms wont look so long and dangly, but i know what you mean about what should i do with my hands.I also find my hands can look enormous in some pics if not in the right place. I am very conscious about my smile too if i end up laughing or smiling to much i show a lot of teeth and Gums which i hate and have just realised this from my pre wedding pics!
CommentAuthorsALLY
Just got a text to say my new passport is being printed...eeek!
my sister has rang me to say my spa day is booked, cant wait :)
just going through my decorations and I feel like I don't have enough..its silly little things really like bunting and confetti
CommentAuthorthefuture:Mrs_Hurren
Are people providing confetti for their guests or assuming they will bring their own? X
CommentAuthorsALLY
I know a few people will bring some but im providing yellow confetti as that's my colour and think it would look great in the pics
CommentAuthorRebeccaH689
10 weeks to go!!!
thefuture:Mrs_Hurren - I'm buying confetti, but only because the wedding venue's in a nature reserve and we can only have real petals.
Appy89 - Think I'm in the same boat as you with decorations. Having visited the venue on Monday, it's clear we're going to have to invest in lots of stuff to fill the space. If you find any places with pretty pastel bunting or similar, let me know :) I think I've exhausted our local H0bbycraft.
Just wondering, have any of you booked appointments for your pre-wedding hair dye/cuts/manicures already?
CommentAuthorJennK
Yes iv got hair cut and colour, eyebrow tint and wax and manicure all booked in already to make sure I could get the days and times I wanted :)
Our perfect day - 08.08.15 <3
CommentAuthorsALLY
Yep ill keep my eye out, im booked in 2 more times with my hair dresser and i've booked my nails in all tho I was told they don't take appointments that far in advance but I said I needed to book now to guarantee the appointment as its for my wedding :D
CommentAuthorthefuture:Mrs_Hurren
I have always taken my own confetti to weddings however I have seen bags of dried flower petals in purple/pink/white etc which would look lovely with my colours so may get some. I just need to source them cheaper than mr lewis where I work lol x
CommentAuthorSprucey
Where is everyone getting their coloured confetti from? I've seen some nice dried real ones but they're quite pricey
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CommentAuthorsALLY
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ive gone for bio degradable hearts from Et$y a compay called f!um9y butt0n - huge range of colours and different sizes, shapes available
CommentAuthorRebeccaH689
Right, I've taken a leaf out of MrsK2b's book and sorted my hair cut/dye/wax/manicure appointments. Was contemplating eyelash extensions too, but decided that would be overkill!
CommentAuthorsALLY
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I need to book my eyelashes in but have just found this new mascara so gonna try that a few times first and its waterproof, if not ill book my eyelashes in :)
CommentAuthorclair
Hey ladies We have finally just given notice :). It when well we have got to think a bit more about the music bit, we know what we are walking in and out too it's just bits like as people arrive and singing the register. Is it just me or have you ladies found it a complete rip off! We were completely shocked at the price lol! We knew it was going to be £524 for the registrar but no one told us we had to pay £35 each to give notice and pay £4 for the certificate! We didn't budget for that bit lol! Oh well it's not gone too over budget, I just hate how expensive it all is :(.
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CommentAuthorSprucey
I'm having eyelash extensions RebeccaH my make up lady said they're so much easier to deal with on the day and look so much better in photos I'm trying them out for my hen in June to see how I get on with them. Everyone seems to be ploughing ahead with stuff and I feel really meh at the moment! I've got a bridesmaid problem that's making me feel like everything's a bit pointless at the moment :/
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CommentAuthorsALLY
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sprucey done let your bridesmaids ruin your day all this planning should be an amazing time for you.
