I hope so Donna x

Wow-Congratulations Christina and I agree with Catherine about an excuse for not drinking... that or you could have a glass that you ''sip'' at (and pass onto your new husband without people noticing) while telling people you don't want to drink too much as you don't want to get drunk and make a fool of yourself or forget the day

had my 1st dress fitting last thursday, and im in love with my dress, I really cant wait to fetch it home

I finally gave out the invites after putting it off for months as I knew people would moan about the no children other than nieces & nephews, well today we had our 1st phone call (off a family member that had no kids at there own wedding)!!
It wasn't to bad, they asked if their kids were invited as they weren't mentioned on the invite, h2b said no as space is limited, he did say if they couldn't get childcare obviously we would rather they brang them then not come themselves.
But after the phone call I spoke to h2b about how other guests might get annoyed on the day if others turn up with there kids & he was like "I'd rather all the kids came anyway"!! Why did he not say this before when we spoke about it??
I now feel guilty & as if it's only my decision not to have the kids there, I would love them all to be there but there is only enough seating/room for 110 so something had to give. He is saying the kids will be running around playing, etc they won't want to sit down, but I'd be very p!ssed off if my mum, nan, etc couldn't get a seat as 40 extra kids took the space up!!
Men!!

booked my nail appointment today, and finally got confirmation of my chair covers :) so relieved :)

i would deffo do that, why re they so rude, they reply when they want you initially then once they have you, they dont reply!

my cousin is doing my make up, so that's good :)

I didn't even realise there was anything in a smoke machine to cause an allergic reaction!! Hope none of our family & friends are allergic :)

So we've just lost one of our readers, our maid of honour, our flowergirl, 2 ushers and a page boy in the space of 2 weeks, not to mention all the venue trouble we've just had...... Feeling pretty shit right now :(

We had 1 usher drop out because his boss revoked his leave meaning he's being made to work even though he had booked it off (also my cousin which is more upsetting), domino effect from that is that my young cousins (another usher and page boy) don't feel comfortable on their own doing it. We lost a reader yesterday because she's going to get too nervous apparently and then this evening we lost out MOH and flowergirl (also her daughter) as it's too stressful with stuff going on with her and with her also being the other end of the country..... So all in all, yeah, fantastic :(

Thanks Leasa, I'm in the mindset of 'why bother' atm!! I keep thinking 'yes, think of us' but it's difficult when everyone else seems to be dictating what happens one way or another.. All the problems have been down to other people! Sounds like your 'friend' is a real case, serves her right tbh ;)

Oh Cath I feel for you. I was aiming for 40 day guest but I have 43 so far x

O&B what a nightmare, hopefully things start improving for you xx

I have finally ordered the bridemaid's dresses, hopefully I like them when they arrive!! We'll if I don't it's tough luck, I cant keep chucking money at them!!

Catherine I'm sending hugs xxx


We sent off out table plan and room set up to the venue today, fingers crossed all ok

Schedule :-

Fri - bridesmaid dress try on and collect,buy jewellery and bag for her too!
Sat - suit trial and collection
Sun- my hair is getting coloured
Mon- nails done
Tue & we'd - cake making
Thursday - take stuff to venue
Friday - get married :)

Did you get your venue sorted Catherine?

Well getting stressed to the max at mo ! Hopefully invites ready this week we have about 60 ish days until wedding lol

Moh has arrived and is beautiful just need her to try it on, it was from China so was worried. Still loads to do and think going over budget :( I'm getting so stressed my body is a mess. I saw my dr in the hospital today who I see since my head injury and she comments on my weight loss (yay) however I looked very tired :( I have now been warned I could burn out so I need to ask for more help.

The house is a mess due to builders and decorating and now the boiler is broken :( sorry that turned into mini rant lol here pic of dress for moh

Sorry to hear you are having bad time *hugs* x

My bridesmaids dresses arrived today. Yay.

Got my first letter about my hen today, with a list of things I will need to pack as well.

As well as the things for the Saturday night, I need comfortable things to move in and dance accessories (such as tutu and leg warmers)

I've seen a fab 80's set on the bay which includes leg warmers, tutu, beads and fishnet gloves... only thing is I can't decide what colour to get. I have been sent a purple feather as a prop-which I'm assuming is for that outfit, so I was thinking I could do purple and another colour?

So purple and pink, or purple and yellow? (purple and yellow are our wedding colours though so would that be weird) or should I go for white as it's a bit more bridal? if I did go white, should I go full out white or wear black leggings and vest to go with the white accessories?

Hey Ladies! I'm not getting married until May 2016 so I hope you don't mind me joining in with your convo! Got lots to organise and don't know where to start! But you guys are almost there!

For now I have just 2 questions - How many of you all having for the sit down - want to get an average
and how many of you are having a honeymoon - or is that going by the wayside for now because I have no idea how we are going to afford that as well!?

Exciting Donna :)

Jane having about 90-100 sit down meal day and going on honeymoon in October 3 month after wedding :)

It's exciting isn't it Donna, I'm off for hen do no.1 tomorrow, it's a double celebration as it's my 30th on the sunday too!!
Were off to a lodge in Exeter going to a local pub on Sat night, but the rest of the time will be spent at the lodge in the hot tub.
Weather is looking pretty pants though :(

Jane we have 102 coming but we aren't having a sit down meal, just a buffet to cut costs. We go to Mexico 17 days after the wedding, H2B's son has his army passing out parade 5 days after the wedding so we had to make sure we were here for it.

Hi Jane,

We are having a sit down meal for around 50 guests. As for honeymoon why don't you have something in the UK. We wanted the big honeymoon but couldn't afford it along with the wedding an also August is the wet season or prime hurricane time where we ere looking at so we are staying with Mallorca this year and having our honeymoon in the future.

Thanks ladies! Your responses are so lovely - good to get an idea of normal numbers

MrsRobson2Be - buffet sounds like a good idea - has it cut costs dramatically? Did you want a sit down or did you always think a buffet was the way forward

thefuture:Mrs_Hurren - We probably will end up having a minimoon in the UK - i've just never been further the the isle of wight so my dream would be to go abroad for the first time on my honeymoon.... maybe i'll start looking into competitions.... perhaps BGT or This Morning will give me a honeymoon! lol

Yes Jane it cut cost by a huge amount as it's now costing us nothing :)
My dad & stepmum are both ex chefs & my uncle is a chef, they have all agreed to do our food & my dad is now covering all food costs.
The cheapest alternative was a hog roast at just under 1k but were not fans of hog roast. I never wanted a big sit down meal its a bit to formal for me & we couldn't justify the expense, were going more of a relaxed route.
The only other option we thought about having was a few food vans (fish & chips, burgers, etc) but we were worried about people having to queue for ages for their food, whilst waiting for it to be prepared, cooked etc.