Hi ladies, there are lots of wedding insurers that will cover you even after deposits are paid, Debenhams and John Lewis both do and lots of the others too

The George Hotel at Piercebridge

Good deal mine cost £76 I think from the store that begins with a D...

Another step closer just paid the deposit to the wedding planner, for the legalities and translations :-)

The one I have doesn't it covers anything you pay from the day you take the insurance out x

Thanks linzi got it :-)

Well MrsMck2b

Church is booked & deposit paid
Reception is booked & deposit paid
Cars are booked & deposit paid
Vintage bus is booked & deposit paid
Photographer is booked & deposit paid
Harpist is booked & deposit paid
Groomsmen attire is chosen & hiring is paid outright
Bridesmaid dresses are chosen and slowly being paid
My dress is chosen and slowly being paid off
Invites are designed & awaiting for the right time to print & pay for
Save the date cards are going out for Easter week
Cake is organised
Just having Floristry appointments before we book. Then once that's done only thing left to do is pay deposit on rings & we can sit back and relax for 8-10 months :)

oooh it's getting exciting KelBel!!!!! :)

Hi Ladies

How are you all? It looks like all of your planning is coming along nicely!

I've not been on for a while but have sorted out a couple more things for the wedding. I lost my engagement ring in January (It was loose on me because I'd lost a little bit of weight - I was absolutely devastated) so my lovely H2B took me shopping to replace it and we decided on a bridal set so that both my engagement and wedding rings fitted together perfectly. We also ordered our invitations, save the dates and rsvp cards. Next thing on the list is to go through our photography quotes.
xx

Hi Ocean, I was absolutely devastated! I felt sick when I realised. H2B was excellent about it and done all he could to make me feel better. Lucky for me he offered to take me shopping for a new one that weekend. And, on a positive note, at least I can tick the wedding ring off the list now :) And my new engagement ring fits perfectly (even though I keep checking it's still on!)

i hope you also bought a smaller size!

Oh no Bev, that must of been awful D:

JUst booked my chair covers! Need a DJ cake and photobooth now and Im done!

Oh, i need to get someone to do teh lighting for me as well, im having issues with this one

Everyone seems to have completed so much planning and I have done so little, I am so jealous... Mum is coming up at the Weekend though and were going dress shopping :-) x

Aww bev I'm sure you were gutted. I think h2b would kill me if I lost mine haha. I am going on thurs night to look at dresses. My mam is paying for my dress so not worried about that bit. Trying to make an appointment for over Easter week in another bridal shop to keep my options open. Everyone keeps saying its very soon to be booking stuff but I'd rather book it now than maybe wait & misout on something I wanted. Oh & just found out my preferred beautician is getting married the same day as me so that's her ruled out for make up! Lol

Yeah my sister got married in 2011 so I asked her what all her stuff cost to give me a rough idea on cost but as you said Kelbel definitely would rather have a grand total to save towards rather than having different costs being added all the time. I got an appointment sorted for 11am on easter tues so I'll definitely know what style of dress I want by then (I hope). Where ever I get my dress out of I'll prob get my bm dresses there too. Are you buying you're bm dresses or getting the bm's to pay for their own?

Im buying the BM dresses, but im getting them high street dresses or hiring, im not spending a fortune. I'll prob get their shoes as well they are all happy enough to sort out their own hair and make up lol and they can do what they want with it as long as it's more of a natural look, which tbf, that's what they'd go for anyway.

I have 4 adult bridesmaids which are h2b's two sisters and two of my friends and I have my 3 daughters as my flowergirls, the bridesmaids will be paying for their own, we're gonna try styles on and then I'm gonna buy a similar one off the Internet which'll make it cheaper for them, I'm buying their accessories and paying for their hair so this is how we compromised, trying to at least get the dresses for under £100 each... The flower girl dresses I've seen in bhs are £31 at the moment so really tempted to buy them now going by their sizes they're in now but obv for next year and then putting them away! My daughters will be 8,5 and almost 4 when I get married ... The older two I can get away with a age 8,5 and the littlest one a age 3 as she's 2 now but only in 12-18 clothes x

Beccy I'd say let it be informal, then ppl can just sit wherever, if u want a seating plan then do one xx

BeccyL: I would probably go with informal rather than a seating plan, but, as the ladies have said, it's whatever you feel will work best for your day. Xx

I thought that today that it seems to have gone down dead quick...soon be Xmas again...it's nearly the end of another month as it is! Can't believe it's Easter again next week!

I think that with mine,she's 2 and can be a handful sometimes and h2b said who will look after her as well as my eldest two but then they will be 8,5 and almostb4 when the big day arrives so not so little anymore x

almost a 3rd of the way through the year already!!! Its going so fast, we have such a busy second half of the year as well, its going to be next year before we know it and we'll be saying we get married THIS YEAR haha wooo, its so exciting :D

It really has gone quick! 534 days left for me :D

Thanks Bev, i'm hoping to loose more though x i used to be slimmer than i am now but found the loveliness that is red wine when i met H2b and together with contentment put the 4 stone on!

I'm loosing weight because i'm not happy with my size any more - not just for the wedding x

cool :) xx

Hey girls,

In need of a little advice... A few years ago I had to have a hip operation, anyways cutting a long story short because of a re-call on metal on metal hips I needed to go for an MRI Scan to check the metal content in my body, however yesterday I had a phone call from the doctor to tell me whilst looking for the problems related to my hip they have found a large cyst in my pelvic area and this now making me panic and worrying like crazy. My h2b says we need to carry on planning the wedding as normal and we have taken out wedding insurance but I am not 100% sure what to do... It could be perfectly harmless, but do I take the risk in continuing to plan the wedding and possibly have to lose money? Tbh the wedding planning is taking my mind off things.

Thanks Beccy xx

Carry on as you are for now, whatever happens you ARE insured, but I wouldn't let it stop you for the time being, especially as its taking your mind off it! Listen to your man and see what your doctor says before making any rash decisions