Wedding Forum - Official 2017 thread!!...

I would say if her husband cant afford it can she not come alone as she is your only bridesmaid you are obviously close to her and it wont be the same without. Maybe mention that you have given plenty of notice..

Lesley, I may have forgot that part about it being in NY.. Sorry! Its not fair if her OF is pressuring her to not go. Is there anyway you could offer to pay and then she pay you back?
I understand. Its nice to have your friends there mixed in with the family x

ooh thats great Emily :)

Bet she is so pleased x

I would. My bridesmaid dress was in the shop recently and it was so different seeing her dress rather than a sample

I have decided to go see my dress before the fitting and am asking her to come with me, if I say to her there I'm happy to help out then hopefully she will come. My main concern is if it's causing issues between her and her husband, I don't want to cause them any further issues. She knows how much I want her there and I know she really wants to come, the main issue is her husband is self employed so he misses a weeks work then there are two weeks after for xmas so effectively he won't be working for a month plus them having to pay for flights and hotels etc. I'm happy to offer for something but also can't afford to pay for both of them to come. Plus my OH wouldn't be happy. We shall see, think I have gotten over the initial shock. Will have to have my brother as my special person if she can't come x

I agree with Emily :)

Hi Emily,

1st, I wouldn't really trust any vendor that keep cancelling appointments for whatever reason. I would start thinking about plan B.

2nd, you can try talking honestly to your sister, why does her boyfriend have to follow the same pattern as the wedding party? To bed honest, I don't even get why his tie need to match her dress.

I think that I would be worried that the HMU would let me down on the wedding day too. You can't risk that.

I see what you mean about turning bridezilla Emily, it would irritate me a bit to have the boyfriend sneaking in to the bridal party. Surely it should be enough to have the matching pattern with just a normal knot?

Wundatigga, that's dreadful that they would sell the company on and not inform you. Thank god that it's all sorted, last thing that you need at this late stage of the day.

I'm starting to feel tired of everything wedding. It's been a rubbish week with a family argument meaning that my nephew has decided that he's not coming to the wedding, so I'm now an usher down and have just paid for his suit too. I'm trying to get everyone else organised and to let me know if they are staying over the night before or where they will be so that I can arrange pick ups for the wedding cars. They all keep changing their minds and seem to discuss it between themselves but nobody thinks to let me know. It's really frustrating that I've organised this whole wedding by myself with no help from anyone and it's just making me so stressed. OH is away on his stag this weekend and was meant to let me know yesterday if one of his friends will be attending as he's only just thought to invite her. No contact from him at all until I had to text him 3 times this adternoon to chase him. Final figures were meant to be given to the venue last Monday, so no rush!

Sorry for the rant, but feeling really annoyed with it all.

Wundatigga. THey should have contacted you but at least they are honouring your contract!

Donna, not long till you will be married.
I would just book the transport and if they dont fit and havent let you know they need to get taxis. As for last minute invites i would tell him tht you cant add anyone else now because of how close you are. The venue will need to order food / drinks accordingly. so you cant be letting them know last thing.

Wundatigga I think thats all you need to say really. Maybe mention about becoming a part of your OHs family

Emily whats happened to your name?

I think you are best off going with someone else by the sounds of it, you don't need that kind of stress!

Got that amazing call yesterday saying my dress has arrived =D =D Got an appointment to try it on on the 26th! Soooo excited. Should I start looking for underwear to go with the dress ready for the fitting? :/

Also, we have booked our honeymoon last Friday! It's not much, a week in Lanzarote, but I am very excited :D

Need to keep going with the bits need doing. 17 RSVP still to come back, just over 40 days left until the deadline we gave for the reply. Invitation in Brazil still haven't been sent because my bridesmaids and my mum couldn't find a date to sit down and put the addresses on the invitations. They will try to meet up tomorrow, let's see.

But yep, excited! :D

Claire, there is something wrong with you username. I think it is showing your email.

And yes, it's fantastic! :D

Camilo my dress shop said to bring my underwear to my fitting x

Other news, I'm now gold, yippee xx

Wundatigga. I hope you have an amazing day. All the best for tomorrow and good luck xxx

Had a message from my cousin yesterday to say she can no longer do all the bridesmaids make up as a gift anymore so only mine :s 4 weeks before the wedding and I don't have the room in the budget to spare the extra to pay for the bm's and if i know none of them will pay for themselves, they'll just do it themselves and it's not really the look i was wanting x

Wundatigga have an amazing day tomorrow, can't wait to hear how it all went and to see pictures x

No she says the bm's should pay for themselves anyway so they need to pay full price :s. My mum has spoken with another relative who may be able to step in for me fingers crossed.

Can't believe how soon everyones weddings are now, especially wundatigga of course! We'll all be married before we know it x

Wundatigga I hope you have an amazing day tomorrow! :D

Nicole, as your cousin, who offered this a gift before, it is completely rude of her to do this. Horrible! Try to trust your bridesmaids on doing their own make up if they can't afford something else. It will be just fine.

I'm gonna be frank and say that it a really awful thing to do, especially at such short notice. If bm's should be paying, she could of told you straight away!

My only money saving suggestion is to go to a make up counter, such as 800t$ and get them to do a free make over

Have a wonderful day tomorrow wundatigga. Can't wait to see your pics!

We are off to canada Saturday morning for the trip my oh won for a week's sturgeon fishing! It's come round so quickly!

I've said that myself, if she has told me a few months ago I could have been able to sort it.

Luckily my mum has managed to get another relative to step in and do it for me so hopefully that will pan out or else I just my lose it :'D

Emily, I'm sure on the day you may not even realise it's a different DJ as your mind will be on a million other things! I can imagine you are feeling lost though with things changing that you have no control over x

Emily, I imagine when they sold the business they would take on a few of the DJ's from before.

Are you able to speak to them, even if its just checking when to submit special songs etc? x

Wundatigga happy wedding day!!! Hope you've had an amazing day! Xx

Sometimes I think people have forgotten that they hadn't responded, hopefully that's the case for your uncle at least. I think sometimes people would rather not say anything than say no but that's really not helpful

How did you get on Emily, did you stay awake and speak to your OH?

I havent received a lot of evening ones but i will be taking the assumption they wont be coming. Harsh but needs to be done i think.

Evening,

yesterday i wrote out all our place names

Had a productive day today too

hair trial was fab. Will post some pics from my phone.
Done my passport renewal forms.
sat OH down to settle on the table names and created the design for them. They are printed just need to cut and put them together.
Now designing our table plan.
Earlier i went to a flower warehouse to get another box of vase fillers for centrepieces. Not essential that we had them but i thought it would look nice with more

OH gone to work on nights so now on the laptop in bed to carry on playing.
Been very poorley tonight and he refused to leave with me not in bed as if not ill fall asleep downstairs bless him

I have my makeup trial tomorrow. Excited for that!!