Wow that does seem a lot Amanda, we have 2 booked for 2 journeys (one taking groom and best men to Church, one to take me and bridesmaids to Church and then taking everyone to the venue) that's £550

Just looked at your earlier post Amanda; nearly a grand for such a short trip is ridiculous; what was the quote for? - A 24ct gold diamond encrusted Bentley? lol

Yeah definitely shop around; I'm sure you can get cars for so much cheaper; I mean look at everything Donna gets for £550! I'm staying at the hotel the night before to save expense on cars; plus in my opinion it is easier for me to have everything in the same place. :)

Have you looked into executive cars rather then wedding cars, there much cheaper.
Our cars are expensive at £780 but that's because the only cars we both like are vintage rolls Royce's, for that price we get 2 matching cars. They will pick the men up 1st & drop them off, back for me & the girls, take us onto our reception after the church ceremony, hang around for some pics & collect us at the end of the night.
We were quoted £550 for 2 Daimlers instead (same company & journey) so shows how much the price varies between cars.

We got our contract for our venue yesterday, ordered our blank invites and our save the dates came through the post on Monday :)

Congrats april, now you have your contract you can get the planning in full swing

Thanks mrsmalin2b, the meeting went great, she has an amazing portfolio and I was impressed with the price so that's another thing booked

Had some shocking quotes today for bouquets ranging from £80 - £100, I was not expecting that!!
Is this price the norm? I was expecting £50 - £60 max. This is the bouquet I want

Thank you! Our next step is photographer then the dress!

If you don't have that much to spend, look at silk/foam flowers , they are gorgeous, very realistic and a fraction of the price, bm posies for £15.50 each .

I would Keira; that's why we are doing foam as we can keep them forever :)

I was thinking artificial at first Keira, but the one's I had seen which looked how I wanted I was being quoted the same as a florist I saw at a wedding fair... which was the £80 for my bouquet (I've even seen some artificial for more then that) my friend who's training to be a wedding planner says that it's actually quite a good price for a bridal bouquet. I'm looking at some other florists closer by as that one is in the next city on from me, so quite a trek for consultations ect. but if I don't find one local we will go there.

I've been sold on fresh for a number of reasons, I saw a lady who will press them after the wedding-which I know is another cost but most of that comes after the wedding rather then before, so that's a bonus, also the smell of fresh flowers is nice to have on the day, plus I haven't had a decent quote for artificial.


Catherine, how exciting. When will you find out if the venue have your date free?

So far we have booked

-Church
-Venue
-Cake
-Photographer
-Suits
-Transport
-Venue dressing (half done by one of my bridesmaids, half by a company)
-Entertainment


So quite a lot, but we still have loads to do and I'm sure you'll soon catch up.
I only started planning in Jan

I would try an see them first as the quality can vary! We picked ours after seeing them as a wedding fayre and being able to touch there foam flowers which were gorgeous!

What i've got sorted

-Venue
-Registra
-Dress
-Pattern for Bm dresses
-Cake

To sort
-Photographer (meeting tommorow)
-Band
-Kids entertainment
-Bouncy castle
-Bridal Flowers
-Suits
-Rings
-Invites
-Outfit accessories

Anything else?

Our problem is waiting to hear back from the cathedral..... Once we know when they can do, then we'll set a firm date.... Has me on edge waiting to hear! xx

Oh of course we will :)
Well.... Not everyone can do our favourite date of 5th Sept so it's trying to find out what's the best fit which is annoying. Oh doesn't like August but at the end of the day, we are quite limited and need to get it sorted. I like 15th August, we both like 5th Sept but essentially it needs to be August/September as we can't do 26th Sept onwards which is annoying as that's our favourite :( xx

Ooooo fab news :)

Me and the girls are staying at the hotel the night before, were going to get a impala for the bots but the company no longer has it, so have opted to save the money and Oh and boy just drive there in the morning.

Ad meeting with the photographer. Oh had a tiny panic attact when I directed him down the road where his BMs ex live and could not work out if it was her house, so had to call his bm to check( it was not, but they lived next door)
He was really noce an put us at ease managed to bring our Izzy who was being all shy out of her shell.

He quoted £600 for whole day from 2 hrs before ceremony to first dance (with 2 photographers) with all pictures edited and on a disk with all the copyrights.

Is that a good price?

Super excited got my first Bridal store appointment on Monday, back in my home town, as my aunties are visiting my mum - seemed like a perfect excuse to get started!! Pretty set on what style I want and contacted an amazing designer in Glasgow to ask when I should come visit, however I feel that you can't really know what you want until you know what your options are, and everyone says that you never know till you try them on!
Sent an email to the council early in the week to see if we can book a registrar, because when I spoke to them previously they said 'no more than 12 months before', but I'm not sure if that is just for the marriage license. Haven't heard back yet but feel like I can't start booking things and shaping the day around an event that I can't guarantee will happen on that date! A bit frustrating because I just want to set it in stone now that we've decided!
Fun filled few days ahead catching up with friends and family :) made even better by the fact that Iv taken Monday & Tuesday off work - Wooohoo for long weekends!!

hi what's everyone doing for hair and make up, would ideally like to hire someone (as pretty sure i'll mess it up on the day) but how much is the average?

Average in my area for hair and make up is around £150 including trial
£60 for bms , £20 for hair for under 12,£10 for under 5

Dress shopping later so hopefully I will find something I love :D xx

Good luck with the dress shopping ladies x

I'm baaaaack and think I may have found the one!! :)

Not sure when I'll go back, sometime in the Summer probably once I have the deposit money!! Ooooo, any pics of it or the name of it so we can go and have a scooch at it?

I tried loads on but some looked utterly ridiculous with one I didn't even come out of the cubicle as we both agreed it looked horrendous! You're basically doing the same as me really - letting the dust settle and then go back to see if you still love it before putting money down! I'm so excited as I never thought I'd love something so much. It was exactly the right shape but completely different material. The lace in particular looks very heavy in person but on me and also when you see it in person, it really compliments me and my skin tone :) I'm going shopping next Friday but I have a feeling that I will still come back to this one.....

Eeeeeek Donna dress shopping exciting
We had our cake sampling and are now waiting on some ideas from the cake lady who is going to put some ideas together for us as she's really creative and we don't really want a traditional cake so see what she comes up with :-)
I was meant to be booking my chair covers and swagging this week but I was ill and had to cancel until the 31st march :-(