ok all there :)

Aaaaaa thanks :)

Not long now! Time is flying by.

I am starting to get a bit fed up. Im having a really stressfull week and I just can't think about weddings. My poor nanna is in hospital with a very bad chest infection plus I got news on saturday which brought back loads of horrible memeories and by sunday I seemed to have a a break down and ended giving Mark my ring back and calling off the wedding. It was a horrible day that got too much for me, Mark understands and gave me back the ring when I calmed down.

Things seem a bit better after I exploded but because of all the stress my IBS is giving me problems and I feel run down and sick!

Sorry ladies bit of a winge im afraid!

Well we posted out all of our wedding invitations on Friday with an rsvp date of May 14th and we have already had 10 people rsvp back that they are coming,we have had 2 replies by post and 2 on our webpage.It makes it feel real.We are having a wedding and people are coming yeh! xxx

Ive sent my day invites out and have pretty much had everyone respond, will be sending my evening ones out in August i think x

Clarabella i am getting married at 1pm,i didn't want to be too early and be rushed but i also knew that i didn't want to be hanging around waiting for it to happen if you know what i mean.I also asked the wedding co ordinator at my venue for her suggestions on the best time.She advised that if we married at 1pm the ceremony would take until 1.40pm and by the time we had some piccies and driven back to the venue it would be 2.30pm.We would then have welcome drinks and mingle with our guests and more piccies and aim to be sitting down at around 3.45pm for the wedding breakfast.She advised that the wedding breakfast would take around 2 and a half hours bringing us to 6.15pm leaving us with 3/4 hr before our evening reception starts at 7pm.
So really i couldn't have gone much later without being a bit rushed between things or having to start the evening reception later xxx

Hi ladies,
Not been on for a while. Been hectic at work. But working in a school has its perks as I have 2 weeks of for the easter hols!!! wooohoooo!!! So that means I can get back into the swing of wedding planning. Think I'll write myself a little (or rather long!!) to do list starting with giving notice to the local registry!!! I never actually thought I could get this excited about my wedding. I never wanted to get married until I got with Paul. Just can't wait!!

Clarabella, we're getting married at 2pm, sitting down to dinner at about 4.30pm and the reception starts at 7.30pm.

OMG Kirsty! I cant believe you already have your RSVPs back! So organised! lol

Hope everyone is well

Emma xxx

I know what you mean about wedding co-ordinators, ive met mine twice and lets say im not particuarly impressed, the impression she gave me was like 'we have a lot of other weddings going on here you know' sort of thing and made me feel like me spending all this money was irrelivant. Needless to say if she is like it again when i see her next - which will be May- i will complain as i dont feel its on. If it wasnt for the hotel style and decor i wouldnt want to get married there purely because of her - bad isnt it!

Anywho, i did speak to someone else there and he said the best time for me to marry is between 1 & 2, then have meal after photos around 4/4:30 then the evening do starts at 7:30. We have decided to marry at 1:30 : D x

Yeah timings are always difficult as its having the balance between not rushing everything and trying not to leave people in limbo for hours!

Im actually now a little annoyed about the hotel (has just triggered a memory!) im staying at the hotel the night before the wedding for £55 for a double room and the night of the wedding we have the honeymoon suite which is included in the package. Now, my mum is also staying in the hotel the night before as she doesnt want me to be left alone and shes also staying the night of the wedding. Now the hotel said they would reserve rooms at a rate of £45 for the night of the wedding for 5 rooms, but my mum managed to get both nights for £45 each....... does this sound a little off to you seeing as i am paying thousands to have my wedding there?!?! x

I am awaiting any time now my invites. As soon as I have them I shall send them out. Need to get an appointment actually to give notice, so glad I came on here and it made me remember.

LOL ^^^^ I know what you mean. My bank balance looked good until I paid for the deposit.

Oh and I lost 2lb this week eeeeeeek xx

Glitter fairy, how many times are you exercising a week? You may find you actually need to eat more in order to loose weight. Professionals recommend that if you regularly exercise and are on a diet you shouldn't really go below 1500 calories a day as it has the reverse effect (which it seems you may be experiencing).

You may also wish to consider how many carbs you are eating and when. You need carbs to keep your energy levels up but limiting yourself to only eating them after exercise or say lunchtime is better for you and this will help your body to consume the nutrients from the food and store less as fat. X

Well the first lot of invites have been sent out. All seems very very real now!

Yep it would be nice to actually have it on paper that they are coming. Wonder how long I will have to wait for rsvps

It's exciting talking about flowers, fortunately one of my bridesmaids is a florist so I have been über organised and already sorted them..... Kinda!

I was also originally going to have fish bowl centre pieces but went shopping at the weekend and fell in love with these dangling birdcages which were really cheap - like 8 pound so I ended up buying them instead which means I now need to look for some flowers to go in them. I've decided to use led candles instead of real ones too so it's a lot safer! X

My friend started on our flowers yesterday as having silk ones. She has made a start on mine so far, hoping to get it done today and then start on the bridesmaids ones.

That happened to a friend of mine last year. She had her sister doing the flowers, which she brought round the night before the wedding and they were awful apparently so on the morning of the wedding her friend who was giving her away and her bridesmaids were out buying bunches of roses from the supermarket and took them to a florist to make one up last minute.

If you are having a florist doing them though and you have shown them what you want, I doubt you will be upset by them. It was only because she was cutting costs (like me) and getting her sister to do them.

Think I have finally found the MOH and BM dresses. I love them both, so hopefully they shall be the ones we pick. One less worry then.

I've only had one invite back but that was just a message over faceyb and not the actual RSVP.

Yeah, I have only just given the majority of them out at the weekend so give it some time eh?? LOL

It's difficult because when you start listing things to still sort it can look huge but when you think of the content etc a lot of mine are minor things to sort!

From your list a few things that pop into my mind for you would be;
Suits, flowers, centrepieces, favours, placenames, entertainment, venue decorations, wedding cake, shoes, jewellery, transport, honeymoon, hair, make up, songs for ceremony and evening to name a few!

Hope this helps x

Well I'm so chuffed! Had a really good day shopping with my mum, found her fascinator and bag but most importantly I've found my tiara and matching jewellery! I'm so amazed as I was really struggling and now I have some beaut pieces of jewellery, massive weight off my shoulders xx

hi ladies, sorry not been on for a while,you all sound like things are getting on well,a friend asked me the other day what i have left to do and i sat and thought and not too much.thank god.still abit.not sent out any invites yet though,next month will do.major things done and rest in progress.not got any flowers sorted and still deciding on hair accessories.will pop in to see how your plans are going and how far behind i am.....lol