Wedding Forum - August 2015 Brides unite ;)...

Oh Appy big hugs, I had a nightmear year last year.

I know it's hard but try to stay positive. We are all here for you xx

OMG my h2b has just rung me, when we visited his parents a few days ago they said they wanted to give us something towards the wedding, they've just told him there transferring £2,000 into our account :D
We already have enough to cover everything (if it comes in on budget) so that's going towards our honeymoon.

Oh wow what an amazing gift MrsRobson, bet you're over the moon :) very generous of them x

Yeah I know what you mean. When you appreciate the value of money it is hard taking such a big amount from someone x

We've been looking into mexico for a while now but I'm not sure as h2b isn't a sit by the pool kind of person, but there's lots of good excursions there.
Fab news on your honeymoon

Yeah we're going to Mexico. can't wait. We are planning on spending quite a bit of time in the hotel as we've booked a VERY nice one, but that will be a mixture of the pool, the bars and just our room. But there are also loads of excursions which we want to go on, things like swimming with turtles, swimming with dolphins, there's an amazing water park there that we've been told about, visits to all the ruins, visits to the market places and stuff ect.

Oh I'm so jealous of you honeymoon and cash gifts my mum is saving hard to give us as much as possible but I feel guilty taken anything from them as they aren't exactly rich anything we do get is going towards out family moon in Florida the following may do we can take ds too.

Donna can you tell me the name of your hotel your staying at in mexico if you don't mind. We might be going away for 7-10daysbafter the wedding but will ser what happens as we also want to move

Wow, yours sounds amazing too Donna. The swimming with dolphins is something we've always wanted to do!

The honeymoon is actually really stressing me out, we were originally going on a mini-moon & then a family holiday in Florida the following year. Now were having a proper honeymoon & no Florida :( as we are going to be saving big time so that we can buy a house.
All of the nice mexican hotels are about £4,000 which I think is way to much, especially when we'll need approx £1,000 more for excursions & spends. Think were going to go into a travel agents & ask for some recommendations, the only preferences we have are all inclusive, adults only & lots to do.

I was thinking around £3,000 for the hotel & flights, the hotel you have booked was coming out cheapest for us at around £4,100

Have the prices changed much from when you booked?

It was either Stanstead or Gatwick I can't remember exactly as we've looked at so many!!
I have been advised by a friend (travel agent) to put off booking for a bit, as with the fuel prices dropping the flights should come down. Knowing our luck they'll go up!!

Just posted a link on your wall for one I've found for just over £1000, that's only for one week though and I'm not sure if the date suits you, but you could play about with the date on it. Would you rather have two weeks though?

Just had an email & text from the vicar we have to attend our marriage peperation meeting on the 28th Feb, our banns are being read on 21st, 28th June & 5th July.
He also told us the fees are now £771 (2014 at our church was £744 so not to much of an increase) or £811 if we want extra pew end flowers.
Its all becoming so real :)

I might give contacting the warden as a job for oh when he's on half term in Feb

I wish my Jan was more busy, it's dragging... although I do have a lot of uni work to do, so it's probably good that I don't have more plans.

I think my bridesmaid dresses came today, either them or some mother of the bride and mother of the groom glasses I ordered. They're at the post office though and I don't think I'll be able to pick them up until Thursday :(

Yeah, we're not even half way through Jan-I do think it's a bit of a miserable month though, I bet once we get into March and April and it warms up the time will go a lot quicker.

What! Why would she even think she could do any of those things? That's just crazy

See that's the reaction I've got from people too! Family have stepped in and are helping, you don't wear white to a wedding!!

That's true-I really hate Jan, I'd even avoid having a baby in Jan if I could (although I'm sure when we're trying I won't be saying well let's not do it this month as it'll be a Jan baby lol)

I just can't wait for 8th Feb and to be able to say we only have 6 months to go! That's crazy! Although will also mean the venue want loads of pennies.

Wow-I wish we had a busy Jan


I always think people stand out and not in a good way when they wear white to a wedding. I was watching 4 weddings the other day and one of the brides wore a white lace dress and pearl necklace to one of the others wedding :o it was crazy.

I don't think I'd do anything if anyone wore white at mine, but I'd be a little peeved... possibly not on the day as I wouldn't let something like that ruin it and hopefully would be too busy to even notice, but when I saw pics I'd be like-as if.

I wouldn't say anything but I certainly wouldn't be pleased about it but it's to be expected as she always tries to be dramatic and the centre of attention. I did think she'd let me have my one wedding day for me but I was wrong.. I've briefed all the family and told them not to give any details away because I know it will only bite me on the bum with her!

Still not heard back from the cathedral so I sent a chaser. Last email was sent on 16th December with no reply so I think that's ok? Really need to know how much, service content and rehearsal date because we have stuff to sort now that is being held up by this!

I guess for some people it's ok but the majority are like us and say it's a big no no! I'd have been so embarrassed if that had been me :(

I've just ordered my 2 adult bridesmaid dresses from the bay for £38 each delivered, I was planning on getting them from y0ur brid@l we@r for £90 each but the seller has great feedback, so I thought it was worth a chance. I ordered in normal sizes rather then custom so if they aren't what is expected they can be returned.
I wonder what seamstresses charge to alter dresses though as they'll probably need taking up, they are corset back so shouldn't need taking in.
This is the dress but in sea green not blue, the sea green looks like mint green (which is the colour I've been hoping for)

I've made an appointment for tuesday to try dresses on, hopefully I like one lol.
I feel quite guilty because I'm planning on getting my dress from "she who can't be named" so I feel like I'll be wasting the shops time, obviously I'm not going to tell them I'm not purchasing from them.

Glad your all coping okay (well as well as you can do in the situation) I think not taking the kids to the funeral is a good decision, if it can be avoided I don't believe they are the right places for children. Also would be nice to sort some wedding stuff out with your mum, especially as she lives so far away.

We are hoping to get my partners parents up here in February (they also live about 4 hours away) to go through the guest list before we send invites. It's also my fiancé's Birthday in Feb, so we have quite a bit to look forward to next month.

We don't usually do anything valentines day either, but we have talked about doing something this year. Not sure what though, we have said if we want to go out for a meal we will have to book it early as it's a Saturday this year. Which is something, we could do with knowing when his parents are wanting to come up, as if they are coming up then we will probably arrange something with them (romantic I know lol) but if they aren't coming up we will want to book something. They have a habit of leaving things up in the air as to whether they are coming up or not until the last minute, which is a pain for knowing whether we can plan things.