Honeymoon of 2 weeks in Domincan Republic (Iberostar Bavaro) all booked and finalised today! It freaked me a little to book it as Mrs!!!

Saw a pic of those bridesmaids dresses and I have to say Ataraxia they were lovely and definately goes lovely with the scarves..

We have paid deposit now for my dress, car & photographer.. The only things left is suits & bridesmaids dresses..

Has anyone posted invites yet? xx

I'm posting mine end of January - if they arrive on time xx

hahahaha I know what you mean Sijen, even our caterer has been counting the days till the "BIG DAY" & sending me emails just to remind me!! Last year it was easy saying oh we've got ages yet, not get married until next year ... Now it is like CRAP I'm going to be married in a few months hahaha. How are all your arrangements coming?? x

Well, my invites all got written yesterday. seemed to take forever! now to hand them out. very exciting! everything sorted now really apart from BM dresses. not too long to go ladies!!! :-D xx

o ladies all this talk of posting invites out is freaking me out!!! ive not even made mine yet!!!! I was planning to send them out at the beginning of march. With an rsvp date of end of May surely thats enough time of everyone as they already have the save the dates???!!! :oS

Thats ok then, I was starting to have major stress over not having enough time. I already had a nightmare that I had to cancel the wedding as I never send out any invitations!!!!!!
Having serious issues with the Honeymoon too, its looking far to expencive and we are now trying to find ways of cutting down the costs. :o(

Just arranged for my first hair and make-up trial .... nervous isnt the word for that day hahaha But I need to get my tiara and to be honest I havent got a clue on what style I want OR that will go with the dress!!!!!

At the minute BRIDES2B I'm more concerned about toning my arms up for the wedding, I'm literally trying every concoction known to man & every exercise that will sort of help me, any ideas would be VERY VERY HELPFUL!!

ladies........... not bein nasty or anything lol but i wish ure weddins will cum quick so then i know its nearly min elol

I'm using wii fit and the Just dance game. seems to work for me.

Ordered my cake topper today too, really back into the organising after a hectic christmas at work.

Thanks girls, to be honest I've been using the wii & other arm exercises aswel but the problem is the very top of my arms that will not for some reason tighten up. Several years ago I lost A LOT of weight & now because the wedding is getting so closer & i'm getting more & more excited everything seems to be going wrong :-((. xx

Hello ladies, only 5 months to go hey? Any updates on plans?

I booked my hair trial yesterday for 4th June, got a meeting with our venue to go over finer details at the beginning of April and going to the venue with our decorations people on Monday to sort out specific details, decs and choose chair covers etc. Can't wait.

We also booked our cake last week with my cousin's wife who is baking 50 cupcakes for us so we've got pretty much everything sorted now. Going to finish off the invites next week as its half term and then things can get sorted out.

Ooh it seems so close now!! Can't believe it's been 6 weeks since Christmas! Where is the time going?

We have now sorted out flowers. White roses and gerberas. Think I might the plunge and order some shoes of the internet soon so I know they are right and will be sending out invites in a couple of weeks (half term). My decorations person has disappeared though. As in can't get hold of her, and she has apparently had a change of career, so looking for a replacement. I'm getting a but antsy about bridesmaid dresses as they are not sorted at all.

All getting a bit close!!!

Does anyone else think that time seems to be speeding up....my weekends are filling up really quickly with little jobs to do!

My most exciting part of the day has arrived....my shoes!! So excited (picture in my album!). I'm a shoe person so to me this is more exciting than the dress itself!

Feel like i've got most things covered
- Venue Booked
- Photographer Booked
- Legal stuff - sorted!
- Dress/shoes bought
- Venue dressing booked
- Harpist and DJ booked
- Car hire booked
- Rings bought
- Men sorting suit hire this week
- Honeymoon booked

All thats left is hair/make up / flowers. Bridesmaid dresses have been found so now on a mission to get fit (with my bridesmaids) so we can get the best size possible before we really need to order them!

Invites need putting together and baking my own wedding favour biscuits!

Definitely a wierd feeling being so excited but nerve at the same time

Well we chose our covers and sashes today for our chairs. went with a totally different idea than originally planned but soooo excited now!

Getting really excited for the wedding this week heehee.

How are everyone else's plans coming along?

Ditto wifey...it'll soon be here

Yeyyy...

We're not going to any more fayres as we'll just end up booking more stuff lol.

Aw he'll love it. I was really surprised my H2B did ha - fashion show was boring for him but he loved the suits and cake tasting lol.

brill - just what he needs lol. My H2B only made it through 2, one of them he had no choice because it was at our venue and the 2nd one was only down the road at Liverpool Football Ground so he wanted to go ha.

Aww brilliant, good choice lol. My friend is in the Navy, she got married in St Ives last year at Tregenna castle.

im totally panicing now as ive still not made my invites!!! how far in advance are you sending out your invites?

Well, it has been a busy few days for me and H2B! It is my half term at the moment and he is also off work this week so we have been going crazy trying to get everything wedding related sorted that we can!

Since last Friday we have:
Started making the invitations (all 100!) and tonight I have pretty much finished them. Tomorrow we will just need to finish addressing the envelopes, put them in, buy stamps and send them! Lows the only reason I'm sending them out now is becuase we live in France so we aren't in England very often, and I wasn't paying to send them from France! I am very proud of them now that they are finished, I have spent so many hours on them in the last 6 days!
Chosen our rings, mens suits (and payed deposit), confirmed our cake design, got my shoes (I think!), had my hair trial and then tried my dress on with my accessories and decided that I do like them - I was a bit unsure before!
I also went to a wedding fayre at my reception venue, met my DJ, chatted a lot with our wedding organiser and met someone who will hopefully do my makeup for the wedding.
We also met with our priest and discussed readings etc and we're meeting with the church organist this Sunday and I'm meeting our florist on Frida

I've also had lots of parcels that have arrived this week like bubbles, disposable cameras and outdoor games for the kiogetds.

It feels like it is finally coming together, just over 4 months to go!

I am actually panicking at how much everyone has sorted and how little I have!! Got flowers sorted now and we have picked the type of cake we want. Just have to have a quick meeting and pay the deposit. We have sorted cars, suits and bridesmaid dresses, my dress, chair covers, centrepieces, dj, photographer, church and reception venue.mos of the big stuff really but we still have to sort rings, hair and make up, shoes, invites, jewellery etc. Panicking just thinking about it.

Another productive day! Notice given and honeymoon booked! We're off to the Maldives, I'm so excited, it looks amazing!

Ooh the Maldives...jealous!!!

I'm hoping we can book somewhere fancy for our official honeymoon/1 year anniversary holiday. Don't know where we facny though. Would love the maldives.