lol Freya studio 24 is fabulous! I think any x mas money I get will be going into the wedding fundage too X

aww big hugs Fiona xx
Yey for getting it done, that's fab, it must feel like things are really coming together :) xxx

Kellyn29, I left a site on your wall for youxx

yes, good reviews but not many pictures. I need to wait to see it in person but I'm getting very impatient

Still waiting on news from caterer. I have literally done NOTHING wedding related this month..

Actually tell a lie we gave notice of marriage, slight embarrassment I told the lady I was certain the second middle name of Tony was something completely different. (Well they both began with m, and to be fair his grandad dropped us of and was talking about his cousin who's name I said, it's also his brothers middle name, very awks) Didn't even notice until she wrote it out on our wedding planner!! She was sworn to secrecy and she didn't tell Tony!! Silly future wife here!!

Thought I'd check back in with an update!

As of now the things we have done are:

Booked venues
Booked the registrar
Booked the photographer
Booked the string trio, band, and DJ
Booked the cake
Booked the flowers
Booked the honeymoon (yay!)
Bought my dress and taken in it for alterations
Bought 3 of the bridesmaids dress
Sent out the save the dates
Decided on the rings
Decided on some of the ceremony music

Things we have left to do are:

Attend the menu tasting (6th November) and decide on our options
Order the invitations and RSVP cards and add ribbons/embellishments to them
Buy OH's suit
Buy the shirts and ties for the groomsmen
Buy 2 more bridesmaids dresses
Buy gifts for the bridal party
Book our pre-wedding shoot
Order the rings
Decide on the other piece for the ceremony
Give notice
Register for our gift-list

Feel like we've done most big things now; and have plans to do most of the other big things over the next 2 months, so, getting there!

Had an awful nightmare last night though lol where OH hadn't bought his suit and we hadn't bought the groomsmen's tie and shirts, and we only had 3 days to go! I swear I woke up sweating and shaking lol

Valentina: OH is planning on getting a tailor-made suit, so, unlikely to happen 3 days before lol. But yeah, the ties would be no problem ;-)

OK so I wasn't going to start looking for dresses yet, but I saw a bargain on the Bay of E and I won it!! Brand new with tags still on!! It is an Elli$ bridal gown, and it was purchased from my local wedding shop and never worn. I won it for £62!!! Just been to collect it, and it's so much nicer than on the photo's. Happy girl

I'd love to put them up, but I do worry that people I know who are also getting married are on here and might see them. In all the pictures of wedding dresses I have seen, they all look lovely and light, but I didn't realise how heavy they are.

I'm not sure if I'll spend it elsewhere yet. I'll try not to, but you never know lol

Wow claire that's awesome, well done!

Forgot to add hen do been booked, 3 nights in butlins for the hot summer party event! x

wow caramel, sounds really yummy. I didn't even know you could have caramel. We haven't done anything else. We should really book the registrar soon though lol. After that, we will leave everything until the new year

im the same Nic8187 wedding planning on hold now till after xmas.....though I am gonna b sending out the save the dates with xmas cards xx

I'm the same; I keep feeling like I should be planning but there's not much I can do. H2B's mum is working on the invitations and will send us a mock up soon. We're going through the playlist for the evening do, which involves playing all the music on H2B's computer and gradually eliminating things. I have booked an appointment for my bridesmaids to sort out dresses in January, and I need to sort out the appointment for the one that lives in the North-East, as we'll deal with that when we're up there visiting at Christmas. I'm not dragging her all the way to Cardiff.

That's really good. I'd like to get involved with buying/choosing my fiance's suit, but he said I pick my dress, so he picks his suit. I'm now back to square 1 with my centrepieces. We went to our venue the other night, and I didn't realise how big the tables were, and the candelabras we bought are too small, and would look silly. We need taller ones. Ho hum, back looking again

My fiance needs to get his ring size measured so we can think of buying our rings. We have our appointment for giving notice on the 2nd December. Has everyone done this yet?

Ladies, need some advice....
Was randomly trawling the internet a few weeks ago and thought id see if our Photographer has any new photos on her website... clicked on the link and it says 'having my make up re-applied, back soon'
Its been like this for weeks - (i keep checking) i emailed her before i looked at her website regarding payment and I got a reply within an hour or so.
Ive just looked today and the website leads to adverts and says the domain has expired... im having a bit of a meltdown and just wondering whether im just worrying too much about this or maybe I should look at someone else.

What are your thoughts?

Have only paid the deposit so it's not too much but still not good.
We do have a contract too. Unfortunately no premises to pay a visit either :-(
I've googled her name and it just brings that info up, she was on the book of face but seems to have disappeared too.
I'm thinking of maybe sending another email just enquiring about her website and see what's said :)

Update from my post.. emailed our photographer - all is ok - website is down for maintenance - panic over lol.

So much for me not planning much for the rest of the year. This weekend we have bought the wedding rings, and the wedding cake. We were only planning a simple 2 tier cake, as we are only having about 50 guests, but ended up buying a 4 tier one lol. I was also planning on a simple flat profile wedding ring, but now having emerald cut diamonds in it.

It's all coming together nicely

makes i more real doesn't it lol x

I've been following the NHS 12 week weightloss plan and I've lost about 3 kilos. You can download it from the NHS livewell website (just google NHS weightloss).

Lighterlife is supposed to be quite good for drastic weightloss.

I've brought my dress, favours, wedding rings are being made as I type, confetti, lanterns, personalised socks and cuff links for the lads.

I've finally started to be excited x