Wedding Forum - Liverpool...

haha good stuff! In the last week i've bought new tiara (old one broke), new shoes (bargain and thought could be spares but are actually more comfortable than original pair), sugarpaste for buttons, and paid for the stationery.

Ooh what's the groom's cake like?

Ooh i love Ness Gardens honey pie, that's going to be gorgeous!!
I'm going to sound really dumb here but... what's a groom's cake? I'm new to this wedding thing and sadly don't have my mum to help me along :( Never been one of those girls who knew exactly how they wanted their wedding either = nightmare haha! xxx

Yes and no... I wanted my friend as CB which is ok but then Bridesmaids...
My sister and i was hers last year then my sister in law had demanded she has to be one (in a friendly way, even though i wasn't herd) and then... apparently i was told I have to have OH sister as it's tradition!!
Problem being OH sister is 6ft odd and my CB is 5ft 2''... is going to look stange! Also.. is 4 BM too many??

ALSO... his sister hasn't always been the warmest of people to me, don't get me wrong, she's never been rude to my face or anything. She just doesn't make an effort with me at all, i also think she really doesn't like me... so i really don't want to ask her but it's 'tradition'... ARGH! I don't know! xx

Ooh meant to add, my mum has just bought us a great deal on Gr**pon at the Doubletree by Hilton spa in Chester. We're going on the Monday before the wedding (she's just booked it) I've picked to have a Tropical Saltmousse Glow body scrub instead of a facial as the man on the phone advised against it as it's a very deep cleaning facial. Going to have a massage and pedicure as well - may as well spoil myself ey?

So excited...really can't wait already ha!

Some Holiday Inn hotels have really good deals. My mum's friend's daughter was married at their Widnes hotel last year and it was a gorgeous day. Set in really lovely grounds too.

Yep - ours is 12 and half weeks away, getting really excited now. Especially now we're getting our RSVPs back in. Got to write out our evening invites at the weekend and send them out next week.

Have you got a date in mind then?

Ah so sorry to hear that Hayley. May would be a good month then!

Britannia Hotels (the Adelphi) do good deals too. And keep an eye on gr*upon as they often have offers too. The Isla Gladstone has been on there a couple of times.

Bride cake and groom's cake isn't really normal - it's more like a compromise - instead of one big wedding cake we're having two smaller ones - bride cake is quite classic and white, sponge, flowers etc - groom's cake is a bit more over the top and chocolatey to suit him (and of course with lego people on top!!)

Before you think venues I'd say roughly decide on the size of your guest list - only because if can help you narrow places down. I seriously considered Chester Zoo - there's a lovely old manor house right in the middle which you can hire out for the day and have the gardens too, in the evening the zoo is closed to the public and your guests can wander round and look at the animals if they wish! (a bit different and definitely memorable!) I would have loved it - but unfortunately the room they would use for the evening reception/dancing was a bit too small for the amount of guests we wanted for the evening so had to pass.

I've got 8bms & one flower girl, and 9 groomsmen (!!) and I've kept it only our brothers and sisters (we both come from a huge family!) so the more the merrier!

Aww honey pie, Chester Zoo ia an amazing idea!! I love it, so unusual too!! I feel ok with having 4 BM then haha! Wow, your family is bigger than mine!! xx

My friends (the CUC couple honeypie!) are now getting married at town hall at 5pm and then hiring the function room in Leaf on Bold Street for the after party. Not too expensive, mix of formal and informal and should be fun. You can do whatever you fancy!

Sent my invites yesterday and have had some texts, they've arrived! No going back now!

Oooh Elude looks gorgey! Very classy! xx

I've got the new booklet about the registry office on my desk actually. My boss is chairman of St George's Hall too and he gave it to me to have a look at. Looks lovely!

Yeah hes Navy reserve at the moment, going into the Royal Marines as an officer full time (navy isnt enough of a challenge for him!) We love it there. Bars cheap, setting is beautiful and its a little military link to what he does x x

Ah so exciting!!!

I can't believe how quickly it's come round. I think it flies by when it's someone else!

I know - have been hunting online too for dance tuition as even though we've picked a song, I think we need some pointers on how not to slow dance like we're at a school disco!! Ooh the pressure!

Hahaha! Sijen, too funny! What kind of dancing are you after Bridalmiss? xx

Oh me too. Dreading it! Bil and sil had proper dance lessons and did the foxtrot. But I can't lie, it was abysmal! I would rather just learn some simple steps. Also I've picked a really upbeat song! But I don't want to change it so we're going to have to practice something!

Planning to get to the chorus and then get the dj to encourage people to join us!

Wow. Amazing! I'm so excited to see the finished product. She's worked so hard on it! I struggled to make some buttons!

Yes - my mum is making our wedding cake, and has gone crazy on the sugarcraft x

Just had an email from the inlaws to be, H2B has some family who he's not seen for years but they send birthday/Christmas cards every year without fail, so they obviously think about him etc. Early on his dad asked if we were inviting them, as it's the sister of his ex wife, but as they still keep in touch he suggested we invite them to the evening only - we said we would do, then as it turns out we decided to invite them all day, as we were sure they'd want to take part in the celebrations. They RSVP'd straight away and they're even coming for the meal the night before - email from H2B's dad today says that he's been talking to H2B's half sister, and they now think that they should be invited for the whole day, and we could sit them with his sister! Thankfully we'd already sorted this out but I can't believe with 5 weeks to go till the wedding they're suggesting extra heads for the reception meal and also where to sit them - we just did our seating plan this week and were about to print it next week! Here's hoping they don't come up with any more bright ideas between now and the wedding as it's mostly all sorted...!

Have you sorted a dress Natalie?

I know families are difficult :-( Mine have been ok actually. H2b's are being too fussy the opposite way to most people. Saying 'oh you don't need to ask X and X' but it's only fair that we do so we're going to, yet mil keeps insisting we don't need to. We know!!!!! but we want to and are going to! Grr. Said it a million times!

I still can't believe it's 5 weeks Becky. Madness. I'm so excited for you!

Argh! Stress all round!

I'm having to invite my cousin that I haven't seen for 14 years, he's a lot older than me and I don't like what I hear about him really. But he's my mum's nephew and i'm inviting his parents and sister - and most importantly as my mum is paying a lot towards the wedding I am gonna give her that one. His kid can't come though. Ha.

awhhh lovely!! x

Stunning Natalie :) xx

I like dresses with names. Mine is called 59628! Rubbish!

Haha fab, I've got my fitting appt tomorrow so that'll be the moment of truth!

Clare if you haven't got oasis balls yet you can have ours as due to not needing so many tables, we've got 5 12cm ones left over unused :-)

Haha I still have no idea, Lynn was very efficient in the shop and said I was going to have pink, yellow, green, purple, orange, think tropical she said!! I think the buttonholes are going to be cerise and orangey roses with some spray around them, but I have no idea what's in the bouquets - crazy really as I'm popping in tomorrow to pay the balance off! Am sure she'll have it all under control...!!