Champagne gold and sparkly with it being new years eve. We were really made up with the company today, she was so friendly and accommodating, Its what you want isn't it.

Is purple your fav colour? Green is mine I very nearly went with it, I found it really difficult to pick. x

We're off to the shops Sunday to get my 3 child bridesmaids/flower girl dresses (hopefully!). My adult bridesmaids are gonna try and get their shoes and im hoping to get my wedding shoes as well.

Then the following week we're off to my cousins to get our invites made, she makes them as a side business and is doing them as a weding present to us which will be great, we're hoping to then send them out in january after christmas, can't wait for the rsvps to start coming back through the post.

We've finally finalised the guest list, got 70 on the day and 141 on the night, its more than I thought there would be but I'm guessing they won't all come! Xx

Our colour scheme is a light turquoise colour Leanne. The bouquets are pale pink and ivory, all the colours seem to complement each other really well :) xx

Do you have people coming from far away Flossie? x

The girl in the shop today told us to send ours out in April for our wedding in the Dec, I was a bit shocked how far in advance. We are having all ours with the same theme, its nice for it all to follow through xx

Just waiting on them coming back from the printers this week and then they will be going out. As we are only sending then to day guests we prob do need to send them out that bit earlier. x

We are hopefully sending our invites out jan/ February

Starting to think of things to do for my hen now. Sil was meant to be sorting it but she's done nothing so far

We have to have our final guest list to the stationers by end of Feb and the invites with be with me by middle of March....

I need RSVPs back by June the first giving me a couple of weeks to chase as final numbers need to be at the venue by the end of June.

Eeeek, that's so exciting Michelle.... I wish we could order ours but just not ready yet money wise

Hi Ladies. Looks like all your plans are coming along nicely. We haven't had much to do lately but I've finally bit the bullet and ordered the invites. It's something I've been putting off as it just seems so confusing and I kind of babbled on a bit in my email to the lady making them and ended up confusing myself so god knows how's she's feeling! LOL.

I'm sure there is nothing to worry about as she is the expert so I'm just looking forward to seeing the sample when it's done.

I went with my mum to look at mother of the bride outfits and saw a waist coat with pink swirls on in the matching pink to our colour scheme so I said to OH if he would want to wear that and the other groomsmen just have ivory. The place we are hiring the suits from had one but the pink was too pale so just to hire the waist coat from this other place is £35 which I think is fine. Taking him to see it soon so he can decide.

Spoke to Sil and she's not thought about hen do yet

Emailed a local venue that does champagne breakfasts so thought that could be a possibility depending on prices

I was so confused trying to think of all the info we needed to include etc. It's one of the things I've been dreading, the other thing being the order of service eek!

Your mum will see something she likes when she's ready and I'm sure she will become excited then. Try not to worry :) xx

It is confusing Katie, I couldn't agree more lol

We don't need an order of service I don't think.... Is that for church weddings?

I'm the same as you Emma. All I'm bothered about is OH and LO being there. If my family dont want to be there, there's enough of OH family and all our friends to make the day memorable. Not letting things bother me anymore

Can't wait for our invites to be made and then sent out in mid to late january, will be exciting for the rsvp's to come back through although i'm sure there will be a few that need chasing up! Xx

We are having an "order of the day" - will probably just get a chalkboard or a large sign or something and display it in the venue, rather than doing an individual one for everyone. I think it will just be nice for everyone to know what's happening and when. Might make our own and follow the same design as the invitations etc.... can print on A3 at work and then just display on a little easel.

I think that is more than enough hun. I haven't even started that bit yet. Want to get all the big things ordered first. Still got rings, my dress and order bm dress. I love the pastel colours, if we had of been having a summer wedding thats what we would have had. I tried to do it with winter colours but it didn't really work so thats why I changed. xx

Is he having trouble picking between people Sarah? x

Thanks for the reassurance ladies! We still need to get gifts for parents and best man, and also need to order a bracelet for my flower girl but have got my eye on one.

I think he should have both if he can't choose between them Sarah! OH is having 2 xx

Here are some pics of the bracelet I want to get for my FG. The first image is the original and I asked the lady if it would be possible to do it in lemon and change the charm to a flower girl one to which she said no probs, and she even strung some beads together for me so I could get an idea of what it would look like. I think it looks so gorgeous, but more than I was looking to spend at £35... but I think I may go for it. Comes with a lovely little gift box too and it is something she will be able to wear for a good few years with the adjustable fastening until she grows out of it.

I'm really struggling to find nice cheap ones that don't look tacky.. I guess you get what you pay for! Like you say though she will get use out of it and I haven't spent a huge amount on her yet. This is by far the nicest one I have seen. Also it's really hard to find lemon coloured ones - can find every colour but!!!

Hey Ladies,
Isn't It mad that you miss a few days on here and you guys chat so much... I can't keep up lol
I'm putting weddings aside for a short time. As I'm getting married abroad I have a brilliant wedding planners the means I can do that because if not I'm never going to get better and I'll end up in some bother!! And whilst I'm not getting stressed about the wedding as I'm at home all day due to my back my anxiety is being affected. I'm just not in a great frame of mind

I will be snooping on here to find out how you are all getting on as you were so lovely to me when I joined (and forums can be hard to join sometimes!) but I'll rejoin you officially at some point in the new year when I'm feeling better physically and emotionally

Happy wedding planning speak soon
Sarah xx

Sorting out the last few addresses today to print on the back of our rsvps to send out in january. I need to msg a few evening guests to get their addresses, i'm just worried that the people I message will assume that theyre coming to the whole day and not just the evening, any suggestions on wording without offending them? Xx

The invite lady who did us an invite sample follow up emailed me today. I was honest with her an said we like the designs but can't decide exactly what we want yet and that we didn't get the discount voucher she mentioned so she emailed me a copy don't know how much discount it is if check once at home and on wifi