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I saw that about Catherine too, I'm a bit sad if she has gone.

Dresses are gorgeous hope it's in good condition and you love it on.

Ah I get what you mean :) I'm sure the seamstress will be able to sort it to any style if you need it adjusted :)

hmm just looked again & it does have a train, think ive majorly confused myself by looking at too many dresses lol, anyway im off to bed, goodnight xx

Well it turns out its not possible to try on the sample sale dress, it has left the shop (something they do when they put it on there sister sample sale website apparently), they will be emailing me soon with more specific details on the dress regarding what conditon I can expect, any damage, etc.
If I do decide to buy it & dont like it they have a 7 days return policy but they don't refund any postage costs, they charge £30 postage, not sure why its so dear as I have sent big, heavy, expensive packages before for under £10. So worst case scenario I would be out of pocket £40 but if it pays off I have got a bargain!!
I have emailed another local shop to see if they stock that dress, so I can at least try it on.

im going to go up to my uncles tomorrow and look through my late grandmas craft stuff, we are going to see if we can use any of it to make our stationary, im hoping she has some stuff we can use as that will save us some money :)

Went and saw my dress again today with my mum and the 5lbs I've lost since last time has made a big difference, my dress now fits, before there was a half inch gap around where the corcetry was, which is now fine, still want to lose another 3/4 pounds to get my stone award, and also give me a bit of breathing space for Christmas. I'm so happy.
Also think I have decided on a veil, and am sat wearing in my shoes.

Apparently Catherine is going to be back soon.

Oh glad to hear Catherine will be back soon, I hope she is okay

well done Lana on the weight loss, bet it felt great seeing what a difference it has made when trying your dress on as well

Hi ladies, thanks for all your concern, I've been touched to see so many of you ask after me and worried - It's been a rough few days as unfortunately I completely unintentionally upset a member of my family. She took offence to something I wrote on here that she came across; it could have been worded differently but at the same time, it was not a dig at her/a personal attack on her wedding, far from it. I was merely saying how I preferred a different thing to her wedding. I have privatized my profile but going to go on now sort it out so people can add me/write on my wall but not have names etc up. I have barely slept in 2 days stressing/worrying while I've been trying to sort this out even though she is still refusing to talk to me but we met up with my cousin for lunch today and after speaking to her today, I feel able to come back on the forum. I'm feeling pretty vulnerable about posting things now as it's proven how easily things can be found accidentally and the last thing I wanted to do was to upset her more or any of the family. I'm not like that at all which I hope she will see. I've been going through all my posts to check that nothing else will cause offence. I'm a little upset that she would think of me like this and that I would deliberately set out to complain about her wedding as it was a lovely day. Either way, I'm back and hopefully things will settle down as I have messaged her with an apology and also sent her an apology in the post too. My cousin says to not worry or get overly stressed about it so that's what I'm trying to do so, what's been happening while I've been away?! :) x

Thanks hun. It was completely unintentional and taken the wrong way to what was intended but I guess everyone is sensitive about their own weddings like any of us.. Feeling pretty crap still but glad to be back amongst friends!

I hope so as I never meant to upset her :( only meant that we preferred ceilidh's to DJ's etc due to various reasons but she took it as I thought her wedding was boring as she had a DJ, not meant like that at all, just personal opinion! xx

We went up to my uncles to have a little rummage through my grandmas craft stuff today, found some stuff so gonna have a play around later once the kids are in bed to see what we can come up with, wish us luck.

Thanks Lana, I really appreciate that hun. I think I was more upset that she was that she thought I was acting maliciously but hopefully the dust will settle and will be ok. Everyone is always precious about their weddings whether they get married next year like us or 50 years ago, it's a special day that a lot of planning goes into and I guess if you see something that you think is a jibe at your wedding even if not intentionally, it happens x

Yeah I can understand both sides really, like you say we are all a bit sensitive about our weddings, but at the same time you were just making a comment about how you prefer something else, it would be boring if we all liked the same things.

Speaking of the same though, the wedding we went to a few weeks ago they were telling us that she had used the pin site to put all her wedding ideas and then had gone to a wedding a month before theirs and they had taken all their idea's :O could you imagine that

bet you cant wait to go then Donna, great you have the opportunity :)
have fun xx

yay! couldn't be better fantastic :)

To be honest I think you'd be doing the right thing by continuing the search, if it wasn't for the fact that it was backless I'd say she was okay, but backless can be very scary for people who aren't very confident. If it's hot she may not want to keep a jacket or bolero on and it might not look right with the dress.

I don't think I'd call it a bridezilla moment though, it sounds like none of you love the dress, you still have plenty of time to keep looking hun.

With you having 3 bridesmaids could you have them in slightly different dresses. As long as they're all long, the same colour and material could they all wear different neck lines and straps to suit their bodies and what they feel comfortable in?

I'm happy for them to have different dresses. They want the same one!

They are all so different though, a size 6, a size 24 and a size 30

yes this does make things tricky
is there anyway it can be altered ?
mind you you might be better off looking for others if its not making everyone happy

Glad to see you back hun :)
Don't worry I had something similar but happened on the book. Basically I asked when we started looking for venues was there any unique wedding venues in the area which are not hotels after having loads of venue ideas from friends one recommended a venue which is a hotel so I pointed out we didn't want a hotel and even though it is a beautiful place and that we have been there for many a celebrations from birthdays to Christmas parties to beautiful weddings it just wasn't the place for us.
Another friend who married there went mental and said I called the place a dump which of course I didn't and then refused to speak to me and as far as I was concerned she had read something that wasn't there, since then she has calmed down and said sorry as she admitted she was stressed out about other stuff but took it out on me.

Defo let the dust settle as once the situation calms down I'm sure you will sort it out x

Thanks sweetie :) you know what I mean then - it was a completely innocent comment but one that could easily be taken the wrong way.. I'm the last person to want to upset people, especially family! I know what it's like to have a rift in a family and it's not pretty so I'm eager to avoid one particularly when it's something easily sortable. As it stands, she still won't talk to me but I've sent her a letter which will arrive in the post tomorrow so hopefully she will come round. I'll message her tomorrow evening if I haven't heard anything but if she doesn't reply, I will just leave it for a while as there's nothing more I can do. I've explained it was a mistake and something that was not insulting her wedding whatsoever so not a great deal else I can do right now! xx

Love those dresses Leasa if only I was small enough to wear them lol

That's my sisters fear, obviously she's seen our older sister (a size 6) in it, she sort of tried it on, mostly by holding it against her, loves the dress and said yes on the day, but has since told me she's worried she's too big for those straps.

I think she's gorgeous and told her I chose her as my bridesmaid because if how important she is to me, but I want her to be happy. I don't want to single her out and have two in this and her in another dress, I'd rather all 3 had different.

I've messages my girls voicing the concerns, this is my older sisters response

I thought we all liked the dress, but if there are second opinions then fine. I've loads going on at work so if we need another get together it won't be until November, otherwise go ahead without me.


It's ok for her, she's a size 6, and looks good in anything...bit harsh I thought.

Ouch, a bit harsh if she's a size 6.. Tbh, whatever fits the other two will be fine on her as long as it's measured for her!