Becci- lovely to see you back - saw a couple of yiur weddings pics, looks like you had a lovely day, where did you go on honeymoon? Xx
CommentAuthorBecci93
The church was nice Michelle but the venue was nothing short of a disaster for me and hubby.
We went to riviera maya in Mexico ... really lovely
CommentAuthorElinor Claire
Congratulations Jenn. My instincts were wrong, I was convinced I was having a girl until the scan. Joseph caused problems too, they sent me to go to the loo part way through, which I was very grateful for.
30th August 2014 was the best birthday ever.
It was the day that I became Mrs. Dixon.
CommentAuthorElinor Claire
Better night last night. Joseph woke when we were going to bed because his cough disturbed him, so I put him on the breast at that point to settle him. Then he woke up at 3:45, I used the dummy first as I thought he could go another hour, but he was crying again at 4:00 so he had his bottle then. I thought with the 11:00 feed which he doesn't normally have he'd go longer, as he sometimes goes as late as 5:00. He slept the rest of the night though. He's exhausted after a busy day, M0nkey Mus1c this morning which he loves. It's in a local supermarket in a community room, and he fell asleep while I did some shopping, I didn't have to get him to sleep. After lunch we had an antenatal class get together, I think only the second time all seven babies have been together, although there is a meet-up most weeks. Everyone is so busy it's difficult to get everyone together. It was very exciting for all the babies, and great to chat about weaning which is the next big stage for everyone. So far Joseph is loving it.
30th August 2014 was the best birthday ever.
It was the day that I became Mrs. Dixon.
CommentAuthorEmily17
Congratulations Becki xxx would love to see pics xx
Been a long week unfortunately. Found out at cubs on Monday that one Cub is bullying another Cub. Just started crying on my drive home and been struggling with it since. I'm hoping that steps we've put in place will deal with it but just heartbroken. Oh on nights so in for a long night again.. least it's his last! :)
Met in 2009
He proposed Jan 2014
Will become Mrs P 7th October 2017
Met in 2009
He proposed Jan 2014
Will become Mrs P 7th October 2017
CommentAuthorBecci93
I've put the link to them on my wall for you Emily x
CommentAuthorFlossie
I've just had a nose... you look amazing Becci. You've got some really lovely shots there x
Happily married
18th June 2016
xx
CommentAuthorNicolaB7220
Beautiful pictures Becci, congratulations!! xx
CommentAuthorJoannaS
Gorgeous pics becci x
CommentAuthorBecci93
Thanks ladies x
CommentAuthorJoannaS
You said that the venue was a disaster Becci what went wrong?
CommentAuthorJennK
thanks EC, my mum and best friend were convinced he was a girl cos I've been so sick with him.
We're going to the baby show at Olympia on Saturday, finally feel I can go on a shopping spree!!
Becci pics are stunning ! Huge congratulations!!
Our perfect day - 08.08.15 <3
CommentAuthorJennK
I could murder a subway right now, the one in my town used to do home deliveries, it was genius.
Our perfect day - 08.08.15 <3
CommentAuthorFlossie
The baby show sounds amazing... happy shopping!!
Happily married
18th June 2016
xx
CommentAuthorJennK
The credit card is definitely coming too, if we can get a good deal on the travel system we want we will order it there :)
Our perfect day - 08.08.15 <3
CommentAuthorBecci93
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What went right Joanna would probably be easier. We're devastated .. there's too much to go into (3 a4 sides of paper of mistakes)
A brief 'main issues' On arrival 3 issues - guests not in garden for drinks like promised unless raining (no rain 21degrees in fact!!!) Cars parked in front of the hotel when they promised they wouldn't be Went in hotel got our canope (fish and chip cones) was meant to be chunky chips instead it was fries .. in all our meetings they kept saying fries might be better and we specifically said on several occasions no chunky chips (when questioned on this it turns out the chef took it upon himself to make the decision that morning after filling the cone for a test (the morning of the wedding even though we gave them the cones a week prior!?) because he felt you didn't get enough chips if chunky which we said it was meant to be a canope we only wanted a couple!
Walked further in the moc took hubby away for a private discussion so I immediately was left on my own .. luckily my came out to meet me which gave me the opportunity to have emergency hair repairs after the wind dismantled it oops!
Then photographer scooped us away for photos At 3.45 (15 mins before receiving line was due to start) moc came over and said we should really be going in we normally start 15 mins early so I said no photographer wants until 4 After photographer finished went inside to find moc Bm wanted the loo so I said wait till she's back to start .. in the meantime I took my god daughters pram into the room ready for her .. only to find that there was dirty serviettes on the floor and the tables were all set up totally wrong and not inline with my table plan what so ever. Pram was in the middle of the room despite me putting it on the edge near the door in case they needed to nip out with her their solution? Span the table round to put her on the outside. But the table she was on also had all my bms on and it was the furthest table away from me even though I put them at the front nearest me ... told them I wasn't happy and walked out before I cried .. hubby made them change it but they would only swap the two outside tables at the back even though the full back row was the wrong way round and the bridesmaid table was meant to be at the front ... now delayed almost an hour
CommentAuthorBecci93
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Started receiving line now fuming upset etc, half way through noticed they weren't playing our music we'd given them for it so stopped it half way and told them to put it on. No microphone for the speeches like we were told. Simons mum in a wheelchair - venue well aware - didn't leave enough space to get wheelchair behind top table in front of fireplace and put a table leg where her place setting was so had to swap all the seats over
Starters came out ... they forgot top table bread so had to ask for it.. took ages to clear. Main came out ages after, 'meant to be chicken breast wrapped in bacon with Yorkshire pudding and mash .. chicken came with a bone in - had asked them prior to the wedding if there was definitely no bone as I don't like meat on the bone nor did a lot of guests and the potatoes were roasted not mash .. I don't like roasties and Simons mum couldn't eat them because of her stroke! Apparently our veg was cold too. Because the food was wrong Simons mum took a lot longer than everyone else to finish .. she felt awkward so after everyone else had been finished 20 mins with only Simons mum eating I went to the kitchen hall where all staff were stood talking and said can you go clear my guests tables please you can see they're getting agy just leave the top table .. told me it was cause she was still eating and I said yes I know but you can see everyone else is wondering what's happening please clear you should have come and discussed this with us rather than just standing here .. so they cleared. I spent months preparing a disk of music to have playing in the background of the breakfast ... didn't even bother playing it!
Deserts were fine. Evening guests atarted to arrive while we were still eating .. no staff directing them so I had to blah blah blah.
Many guests were served red raw burgers on the BBQ as in inedible - many saying they think they must have been an cooked pile they were that bad. When we were announced into the room they sent us through a door onto the dance floor ... where a full pint of coke had been spilt and not mopped up .. it was there for two hours before I told best man to get the staff to sort it out. Apparently early on into the night the toilets had no toilet roll despite staff being told on 4 occasions.
Loads more went on but it's a long post already! Went up to our room around 2am (me stone cold sober simon - hammered drowning his sorrows) I was going to get a bottle of water before we went up but all all guests said they had bottles in their room - didn't bother getting any .. went to our room "honeymoon suite" no water, no nothing in fact just a plain room - nothing special ... next morning I tidied everything up on my own .. including our garden games that had been left out in the pouring rain all night but noticed a few things were missing like our dismounted off the tables, personalised heart table decorations, favour packets for a couple of guests that didn't turn up to the day along with their wooden table names so I asked at reception for these .. we'll find them .. went back 4 hours later - still not there .. member of staff went looking for 15 minutes - came back with loads of excuses where they were - in reality sounds like it's all been binned!! Breakfast room - my guests were sat on big tables with people they didn't even know ... they put some of our guests in a little room just off the main breakfast area but then put the 3 couples that were not wedding guests right down the middle of the breakfast room. They served my food on my parents dirty breakfast table (still had all their dirty plates etc on) gave me no clean cutlery or butter had to get all this myself .... argh! Now they have the cheek to threaten me with solicitors to resolve it!
CommentAuthorBecci93
Oh, I forgot .. I also caught a member of staff finishing someone's prosecco toast right behind them in full view of guests! Apparently this same member of staff was caught eating all our sweets on the candy Ferris wheel too!
CommentAuthorNicolaB7220
Oh Becci what a nightmare. Are you complaining to them? You're definitely well within your rights to xx
CommentAuthorBecci93
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Yes but they will only discuss it further in a face to face meeting and they will only allow me and Simon to attend .. won't even let my mum go, told us otherwise they are happy to let their solicitor sort, they're also saying that there are differences in opinion from what I've said and staff are saying but everything I wrote was 100% factual
Plus whatever the outcome of the complaint it won't make anything better; you only get one wedding day, one chance to make it perfect and they failed. I'm the first in my group of friends to get married so that means I now have to go to all my friends weddings and be pleased for them when really it will break my heart knowing I never got to be a bride properly
CommentAuthorFlossie
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Well of course their staff are going to say different, they're trying to cover their own @rses!!
Happily married
18th June 2016
xx
CommentAuthorBecci93
I know :( after all the stress they caused me in the planning I thought the day they would do their best to get right .. I even told the manager how much I was dreading it the week before and he promised it would be perfect and memorable for us .. memorable for all the wrong reasons it seems :( it was all rushed because they took an 18th party the night before our wedding two weeks before the wedding, this stopped us from setting up like we wanted to to make sure everything was right - moc even told us the week before that the latest a wedding room would normally be set was the Tuesday or Wednesday if it was a Saturday wedding!! Wedding planner went on holiday a week before the wedding didn't bother to tell us and was still on holiday for the wedding too... so normally the weddings there have moc, hotel manager and wedding coordinator .. ours just had moc no wonder it was a failure
CommentAuthorGlitterfairy
Afternoon all.
Popped out to get cards yesterday for my eldest as it is his birthday today, picked up the girl on the train book, came home, made a cuppa and sat on the sofa all afternoon reading. It was a lovely afternoon. Managed to get well over half way, this morning I read a little more, went to pump and came home, cuppa and finished it off. Very good book.
Our wedding day - 6 October 2012
CommentAuthorNicolaB7220
Oh Becci what an absolute nightmare and I can't believe the Manager is being such an idiot about it. I don't see why he only wants you and hubby at the meeting, as the end of the day it's up to you who you bring to a meeting, especially if she contributed towards the wedding which they appear to have ruined for you. Stand your ground and don't be put off by threats of solicitors xx
CommentAuthorFlossie
Happy birthday to your son GF.
I can never get my head round why some organisations offer such poor customer service... surely the best thing for them to do would be to admit they messed up (even if their internal investigations say otherwise i.e. their staff are lying), offer you appropriate compensation and move on. There's just no need for them to be so awkward about it and drag it on. They have clearly ignored your instructions and gone against your wishes, effectively you've paid for a service that they've not given you - really can't see how they can't accept responsibility for that.
Happily married
18th June 2016
xx
CommentAuthorGlitterfairy
Thanks Flossie, cannot believe he is 24!!!!!!!!!! I am not old enough to have a son that age!
Our wedding day - 6 October 2012
CommentAuthorBecci93
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I'm not sure if it's the manager Nicola, We didn't even book with them, 2we booked with the old owner who was amazing now this company have bought them (nothing mentioned when we booked) when we had a meeting about our concerns about this in Feb they never even gave us the option to cancel
CommentAuthorGlitterfairy
Becci, not trying to stick up for the venue, but maybe some guests maybe took some of the bits thinking they were available to take. I only say this because at our wedding, we had fishbowls with lights in and people were going off with the lights. I got a couple of sets back but had to replace the others as they were hired.
Our wedding day - 6 October 2012
CommentAuthorBecci93
Gf, all the bits were for the guests to take but I had three guests that for one reason or another were unable to attend on the day; one of the settings weren't even on the table but these are nowhere to be found either. Plus there was tonnes of diamontes of ours on all the tables but none of these anywhere returned. Needed them for my goddaughters christening .. not really that cheap either at £10 for a 10000 bag
CommentAuthorGlitterfairy
I did not get my diamantes back either but then I was not bothered about it as they were not needed, unlike yourself. It's a shame you had to go through all that after all the planning.
Our wedding day - 6 October 2012
CommentAuthorNicolaB7220
It's just so unfair that they are treating you this way and now you have such bad memories of your wedding day (after the service anyway, which I am sure was beautiful). Like you say, you only get one wedding day and they can't change what happened but an apology ands some compensation would at least be more civilised rather than being downright rude to you xx
CommentAuthorGlitterfairy
I'm quite excited, tomorrow the kids are not at school as they break up today, I am on a late so planning on staying cosy in bed for ages in the morning. Bet I shall find myself getting up early though.
Our wedding day - 6 October 2012
CommentAuthorBecci93
Are you going anywhere nice for half term :)?
CommentAuthorGlitterfairy
I'm doing night shifts Sunday Monday and Tuesday so no plans. We have just been away with the kids to Newquay for a long weekend though.
Our wedding day - 6 October 2012
CommentAuthorJoannaS
I can't believe the agro you had with the venue I would be making a right fuss and wanting some money back but even then like you say you can't do it again it's disgusting the way you have been treated x
CommentAuthorGlitterfairy
Taken the boy to the orthodontist and now chilling before heading back to the gym for spin. It's making up for not being able to do a class tomorrow evening. I'm happy though as they changed the timetable and took pump away on a Saturday morning and are now going to be doing spin so at least I can do that instead.
Our wedding day - 6 October 2012
CommentAuthorElinor Claire
That's awful Becci. The fact that they won't allow anyone else at the meeting makes me think they are worried. Are there any photos that can show some of what you've said? Statements from other guests might be helpful two. I hope you can at least get some money back. I know it can't change what happened, but maybe you can put it towards a celebration at some other time, like a renewal of vows.
30th August 2014 was the best birthday ever.
It was the day that I became Mrs. Dixon.
CommentAuthorMrs Jones
Just had a look at your photos Becci - you look beautiful. Sorry to read about the wedding reception venue and all that happened. I can understand why you would feel devestated. Hope you can get some of the issues resolved and a refund on all that you spent.
First Date 26 April 2014
Proposed 27 June 2015
Happily Married 18 June 2016
CommentAuthorBecci93
The md has just messaged me saying he only wants the two of us to keep it as simple as possible and he's confident they can resolve it if both parties respect the other etc.. meeting isn't until 11th November and I told them I don't want to go back to the place we married, bad memories and a 30 minute drive so they agreed to do it at their sister hotel in our town ...
Hopefully won't need to go into guest witness reports and things - I hope!
We have a few photos but we didn't really think, the photographer unknowingly got one of the tables set up showing they weren't as per instruction and mum took a photo of my feet (took my shoes off for an hour) and they were literally black, they claim they sweep and mop after every event but other guests commented on how they were sticking to the floor too and the dirty napkin o found proves they didn't clean thoroughly so doubt the floor did get mopped on this occasion
I feel a little sorry for the staff - or did! I truly do think those on duty did try their best but the moc was only about our age and it was a fair sized wedding for one person to do everything
CommentAuthorMrs Jones
Sounds like there are lots of lessons for them to learn from, sadly it had to be your wedding day.
Really hope you can reach a resolution on the 11/11. Shame it's not earier as I am sure you won't be able to focus on anything else other than this.
First Date 26 April 2014
Proposed 27 June 2015
Happily Married 18 June 2016
CommentAuthorBecci93
Might not be much but I'm getting somewhere a little more at least now, he's agreed to allow my mum to the meeting!
CommentAuthorJoannaS
I love you mum's hat Becci
CommentAuthorBecci93
It cost an arm and a leg!! £145 to be exact ... we nearly died when we went to pick it up haha... it got its money's worth though, don't think there was a single guest who didn't try it on!
CommentAuthorMichelleC961
Aww becci so sorry you had a disaster of a day and really hope you can get compensation- sounds like honeymoon was good
Photos are stunning xx
CommentAuthorMichelleC961
Seriously wish today was Friday! Been a rubbish week and one of my top girls told me today she has a new job- I'm gutted but pleased for her as its much closer to where she lives and means no more nightmare daily journey on M6
CommentAuthorGlitterfairy
Morning all
Well my lazy morning in bed did not go as planned. I was awake about 530am, managed to stay put until 7am though when I decided enough was enough of being a Mexican jumping bean.
Will just have a lazy morning on the sofa instead and then iron my uniforms and go to work later.
Hope you all have good days.
Our wedding day - 6 October 2012
CommentAuthorSarah D
Morning ladies
Hubby back to work today after being home almost 4 weeks think I'll struggle to sleep tonight!
What's everyone got planned for the weekend?
Becci lovely pics xx
Became Mrs Duthie 7th October 2016
CommentAuthorBecci93
Sarah I thought you were off to Mexico for your honeymoon!?
CommentAuthorFlossie
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Glad it's Friday... say it every week, but really need some chill time this weekend, I'm just feeling constantly drained and knackered at the moment! The weeks are just whizzing by so quickly.
Feeling a bit out of sorts today. Had a banging headache all morning that I put down to skipping breakfast but I've been snacking all morning to make up for it. Starting to get a sore throat as well which normally means the start of a cold.
Not got much planned this weekend... football tomorrow with my mum then probs get a takeaway and watch cr@p telly with hubby. He'll be playing football Sunday morning then not sure what we'll do with the rest of the day. Mum will be bringing her new doggy round to us at some point so we can see what he's like with us in the house and with our dog etc... her and her partner are thinking of going away for the night next week so I've said we will look after him.
