ive been to try my dress on today,ive bought my wedding under wear paid somemore off my dress paid some off balloons and fully paid my flowers and ive done it all today oh and also bought bubbles aswell!!! x

i feel really happy knowing somethings av been paid x

yeh ya can do,im trying to c if theres owt else to pay,but think am ahead now

yeh im paying venue thurs then got mainly dress and little things then

wow how much is it if you mind me asking x

is that everything all in? see mines only £175 as its a room at golf course im decorating it and having a buffet

my buffet is £455 which mums paying
room £175 plus had to pay £100 deposit i get it back if nothings damaged at end
flowers £127
dress a fortune lol
church £490
cars nothing as friends taking us
ballloons £230
cup cakes£35 m & s
rings £200
dj£100
photographer £399
got suits and other little things aswell but cant think at mo ive done total which at mo is about just under 3000

ive got double bubble balloons on 6 tables comes to £90 got a number 6 balloon for our son as its his 6th bday wen we marry and h2b wants a champagne bottle arch we get some back when we hand bottle back in

mine are artificial and are lovely

i got mine and 3 adult bouquets plus 8 button holes for 127

bargain mrs handforth! yes md real for me and h2b wants real button hole and a fake one to throw lol

dont get me started on budgets becky - mine is way higher than a lot of the girls here so its no wonder I am stressed and only paid off £1600 so far!

lovelylainee i only paid off 700 so far shud b 1200 but gunna pay 500 in 2 weeks cos only just been paid lol

haha when you have another £15k to save and pay off £1600 is not a lot!

How are you MB? wedding plans coming along ok? x

awww lovely at mo ours is 11-12k but my parents payin 2k and h2b say they help but aint said wiv wat so aint holdin my breathe

yay - told you that you'd love it! Did you buy one or still gonna go look at more?

Yeah it seems hard at mo beck - our budget is £18 k total - we paid £1100, paying another £150 this month, My mum has already helped me with £300 and is paying for my dress so after all that is knocked off what we budgeted we still have £15.5k to get through. My tog is £1050 for the photos and album but he dont want balance till after the wedding so that is £900 i can save towards the end of the 15 months i have left to save

God that is a grand a month - help! x

I know the feeling lainee, our budget is £16k and we have only paid £1000 on the venue lol and have the rest to pay in 14 months, well 13 actually as most suppliers want balance one month prior to the wedding....but I only have my dress and venue sorted so hoping to come in under budget lol xx

I know the feeling tinsel.....do you have most things booked now?? I think I need to start putting deposits down lol xx

I've got the venue, photographer, fireworks, chair covers and the caricaturist all booked. We've found a DJ - waiting for a reply. Having real trouble trying to get a videographer that I like... I don't want an 80s style DVD of my day. We've paid our insurance too, which was £104! :os

I think I need to start doing some serious research lol and get things booked....how about you lainee, what do you have booked so far?? xx

I know there will be bad stories about all the insurance companies, but John Lewis seemed to do what we needed.

Horses for courses I think.

Have a look on a price comparison website - see what comes up.

Mrs Handforth that's a bargain for your flowers...did you get them off the net or a shop? I'm looking for my bouquet, corsage for BM and my mum and 6 buttonholes for men. Think it's a waste of money coz bouquets just get battered during the day.

i needed to get my venue booked when i did it as it was the last date left in June to get what i wanted! x