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Do you have any idea what kind of venue you'd like?

other 2016 Brides

Mrs Trouble, that does sound exciting. You'll have to let us know how you get on with the dress shopping.

All starts to feel real when you put the deposit down on your venue!! x

Have a great time dress shopping!

Aaaaahhhhhh...!!! MY DRESS HAS ARRIVED!!!

Got to go in Saturday to check it over, try it on and pay the other half !! They're then going to keep it for me until mid-late February until after I've moved house so not to get damaged etc and then I'll be booking in for alterations next year! eeeeeep I'm so excited! Been waiting since July for it to arrive!! xx

Yes def Flossie, its taken all the current stress away about the move at the moment and got me all excited about the wedding!! eeeeeeep :D hehe xx

aww thank you ! I'll be putting one of me in it on the weekend when i've tried it on again - I'm having the straps removed as i dont like them but the dress itself is GORGEOUS! hehe xx

Oh yes KatieD I'm so excited I cant control myself - it also seems as though work is going super slow though :(( Just want it to hurry so i can put it on again haha!! xx

oohhh i dont blame you! I went to so many diff bridal shops here in Bristol it was unreal! When i got the call yesterday even the owner of the shop was excited for me too!! haha xx

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i thought I'd be going to loads as well - untill i went to my second shop tried on 5 liked them but didnt 'love' them, untill mine caught my eye from the rail. Tried it on and fell instantly in love with it KatieD!! Where is it your getting married too - seeing as your from Bristol like me lol xx

Kayleigh that sounds so much like what happened to me. We had been in the shop 2 hours and were just leaving when one caught my mum's eye on the rail, and that was that :)
We are getting married in a Church in Hanham. Then the reception will be at a hotel in Bath x

Same as me Louise :-) x

Ahh you are getting married the same date as me Kayleigh!! :) x

Haha I feel exactly the same but I think it's best to get things booked then you aren't running around at the last minute and worrying in case you can't get what you want!

So far I have booked my venue (booked Oct last year) and registry office, DJ, photographer, ordered my flowers, bought my shoes and each month I order little bits and pieces for venue decoration and other little inexpensive things, that way it spreads the cost a bit more. In the next few months I am going to try and get my cars booked and cake ordered. I have pretty much everything planned out but as I am saving each month I am just getting things between now and the end of the year, trying to be pretty much finished before next year so I can relax before the wedding, not sure if that will happen though haha! x

Haha I've been engaged since last Christmas so I've had a while to think of it all, waited 10 months to book the venue so I was so excited to start booking things! It makes you feel like you are doing something all the time even if you are only spending as little as £5 and if there's months when you can't afford to get the bigger things you are still doing something :)

I got a lot of my contacts from FB so I suggest trying there too, but fingers crossed you have some luck at the wedding fair! Will you not need a car to get you from where you are getting read to the church? x

That's great news Sarah! Good luck and happy planning :) x

It's great when you bring it forward even just a little, we were orignally looking at July but ended up booking for May which was so exciting :)

Have you got much sorted out so far? x

That's good at least you already have a possibility for the photographer and you've had photos done with them before so you know what their work is like :) we didn't have an engagement party so had nobody in mind when we started planning lol.

It's going quite well, I'm buying things like crazy at the moment haha. I have booked my venue, registry office, photographer, DJ, ordered my flowers, bought my shoes and I am waiting for my bridesmaid dresses to be delivered this week. I am also buying little things each month like things to decorate the venue, favours, centrepieces etc so that I can spread the cost out rather than pay for everything at once :)

The next big things for me is to find a car and somebody to make my cake. Then I am going to start dress shopping in May/June :) xx

It makes it so much easier and doesn't make the overall cost look to scary haha! I have bought organza bags for the favours and decided that I am going to put heart chocolates in but obviously I can't buy them yet as they will go out of date. It definitely keeps you occupied even if you aren't booking big things each month, plus I tend to forget things that I've ordered online so it's exciting when they arrive lol!

I have had a look at some dresses but I want to lose a few pounds before I get a dress which is why I am giving myself until May, then I have a year to find one and get any alterations done :)

Thankfully my bridesmaids all loved the first dress I fell in love with, it shocked me because I thought at least one wouldn't like it but I was so happy lol. I thought it may be too soon to buy them but none of them are going to lose or gain much weight between now and the wedding so I just went for it. I have my flower girl dress too, my flower girl will be 3 and a half at the wedding and I have bought the dress in a 4-5 so it should still fit by then :) x

Jumping in here! Sarah - do you know anyone with a baby? We are doing sweetie jars and are getting my auntie to save us the little glass baby food jars so all that needs doing is soaking the labels off them, and you have your jars for free! :-) x

We are making our own invites too, I have designed them on word and bought some plain white A5 card to print them on to, can't wait to start making them :) we are doing a sweet table and have bought all of the jars, scoops and sweet bags for £20. Eb@y is amazing for things like that, or like Flossie said if you know anybody with a baby you could keep the jars from the food.

The good thing is there is still plenty of time so if you haven't lost the weight by the time you want to, you still have a while to lose it :)

Lots of family members have been telling me they have certain things I am looking for, it's great when that happens! Saves money and there is sentiment to it :) xx

Hey ladies, glad to see more 2016 brides and everyone's plans are going well...booked our cake lady on Friday, exciting! Don't have to finalise colours until 3 months before which is good as I'm struggling...excited for the wedding show at the end of the month for some inspiration xx

Hi Sarah, if I'm honest I wasn't bothered about a cake as they all seemed so expensive but I went to a wedding fayre at my venue and saw one which me, my mom and mil all said "ooooo that's pretty" ever since have had my heart set on it. I'm going to the big one at nec in Birmingham with h2h be. Went to it when we first got engaged which was back in 2010 with about 6/8 people so was abit crazy, glad to be going with h2b only this time as I won't have to split myself in 2.... How are your plans going? Xx