Wedding Forum - WE DID IT! RECAP with Student Photographer...

GOT/PAID - £2029.04
Engagement Rings - £119
Inserts - £10
Invites & OOS - £22
Photoframes - £2.97
Flowers - £10
Favours - £6.93
Centre pieces - £17.50
Guestbooks & Pen - £48.76
Wedding Rings - £1032.96
Veil - £28.25
BM's Dresses - £14.96
BM's Alice Bands - £5.78
Cufflinks - £1
Mens Ties - £3.78
Garter - £1.67
Tiara - £4.50
PB Ties - £3.98
Dress - £695

STILL TO GO

CANT CHANGE - £287.03 (will take 3months to get)
Ceremony Room - £170
Wedding Certificate £4
H2B's Name Change - £30
My Notice - £35
H2B's Notice - £35
Shoes - £5
Toasting Drinks - £8.03

FLEXIBLE ON COST - £688.50 (will take 6months to get after above)
Reception Venue - £160
Catering - £358.50
Photographer - £50
H2B's Suit - £100
PB Jackets - £20

FLEXIBLE ON NEED - £1150 (will take 9months to get after above)
Entertainment - £100
Videographer - £50
Honeymoon - £1000

TOTAL TO SAVE - £2125.53

ALL
18 months - £118.09
30 months - £70.86

WEDDING WITH HONEYMOON FOLLOWING YEAR
2015 - £62.53 (18months then) £76.93 (13months)
2016 - £50.61 (42months)

that it is velcro lol well thats most of the xmas presents sorted this year at least
MIL2B - Home brewed wine
BIL2B's GF - Home Brewed Wine
BM - Home Brewed Wine
FIL2B - Home Brewed Beer
BIL2B - Home Brewed Beer
Mates - Home Brewed Beer/Cider

Grandparents... hmmmm (non-drinkers) hmmm..... (Diabetics)... hmmm....

Kids - Well god knows!

sounds nice, i asked my youngest what he wants for his 4th birthday this morning...
me: What do you want for your birthday mate?
son: phone
me: what else?
son: laptop
me: what else?
son: chocolate
me: what else?
son: crisps

well this is going to be interesting.... im not buying him crisps or chocolate for his birthday... & hes certainly not having a phone or laptop! (my boys already have a laptop type thing that teaches phonims & numbers etc.)

*booze
*before
*mixed
*you're
*lucky
*talented
*that
*worked
*first

stupid tablet!

Not that I want silver wedding shoes or anything... but.... found these for £5!

Ok well they arrived but with reverse colours, i have sent them back having had confirmation that they are holding the correct colour shoes for me. the ones i ordered are above, the ones i received were black shoe, red platform, bow & heel. if they dont arrive today then they are due to arrive tomoro. Hopefully this time they will be correct.

they are a tad untrustworthy.... this is the comment i left for them on their site...

"i made my first purchase on 26th oct, the wrong item arrived, it took 4 days for them to let me know that they have checked stock & do infact have the item i purchased & are holding it for me, they then received the wrong item to exchange & im still waiting on the correct item! they have sent me notification that it has been dispatched, only to then get an email stating i am being refunded, then another email stating i had ordered the wrong shoes (meaning they placed an order on my behalf for the shoes i returned!) then an email stating that order had been cancelled & another order has been placed by them on my behalf for the shoes i have already ordered - the original order!.. when contacting them via phone... they have no clue whats going on! completely unreliable & im glad i paid via paypal & chose to pay after delivery! pathetic! no way would i ever dream to treat my customers in such a way!"

I am still waiting for the correct order...

I will place the link on your wall for you hun...

they might be if they turn up getting tired of waiting if im honest... wouldnt be so bad if i had ordered before hand & not had any problems, but this is my first order with this company.... its not looking great atm tbh

Well they arrived today....

GOT/PAID - £2034.04 (Average of £36.33 per month Apr 2009 - Nov 2013)
Engagement Rings - £119
Inserts - £10
Invites & OOS - £22
Photoframes - £2.97
Flowers - £10
Favours - £6.93
Centre pieces - £17.50
Guestbooks & Pen - £48.76
Wedding Rings - £1032.96
Veil - £28.25
BM's Dresses - £14.96
BM's Alice Bands - £5.78
Cufflinks - £1
Mens Ties - £3.78
Garter - £1.67
Tiara - £4.50
PB Ties - £3.98
Dress - £695
Shoes - £5

STILL TO GO

CANT CHANGE - £282.03 (will take 3months to get) (Or 2 Months at £141.02) (Dec & Jan)
10th Dec 2013
Wedding Certificate £4
H2B's Name Change - £30
My Notice - £35
H2B's Notice - £35
Toasting Drinks - £8.03

7th Jan 2014
Ceremony Room £170

FLEXIBLE ON COST - £688.50 (will take 6months to get after above) (Or 5 Months at £137.70) (Feb, Mar, Apr, May & Jun)
4th Feb 2014
H2B's Suit - £100
PB Jackets - £20

11th Mar 2014
Photographer - £50

8th Apr 2014
Reception Venue - £160

3rd Jun 2014
Catering - £358.50

FLEXIBLE ON NEED - £1150 (will take 9months to get after above) (9 Payments over 8 Months at £127.78) (Jul, Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb)
1st Jul 2014
Videographer - £50

29th Jul 2014
Entertainment - £100

10th Feb 2015
Honeymoon - £1000

TOTAL TO SAVE - £2120.53

ALL
16 months - £132.54
30 months - £75.74

WEDDING WITH HONEYMOON FOLLOWING YEAR
2015 - £70.35 (16months then) £76.93 (13months)
2016 - £53.02 (40months)

I have changed my tactics now.....

GOT/PAID - £2046.07 (Average of £35.28 per month Apr 2009 - Jan 2014)
Engagement Rings - £119
Inserts - £10
Invites & OOS - £22
Photoframes - £2.97
Flowers - £10
Favours - £6.93
Centre pieces - £17.50
Guestbooks & Pen - £48.76
Wedding Rings - £1032.96
Veil - £28.25
BM's Dresses - £14.96
BM's Alice Bands - £5.78
Cufflinks - £1
Mens Ties - £3.78
Garter - £1.67
Tiara - £4.50
PB Ties - £3.98
Dress - £695
Shoes - £5
Wedding Certificate - £4
Drinks - £8.03

From now on I have worked out how many of each coin/note is needed for each item, I am starting the savings with the smallest coin & working to the largest (no higher than £20 notes). I have put £20.53 aside this month & will be putting the rest towards a new car as our van has broken down. Next payday (two per month two every 4 weeks) I will put aside £90, then from then on I will be putting £80 each pay day.

The following dates are when I should have all money for that particular item, there will of course be other items on the go due to getting all the smaller amounts out of the way first.

11th February 2014
Name Change - £30
My License - £35
H2B's License - £35

11th March 2014
Ceremony Room - £170

15th April 2014
Grooms Suit - £100 (estimate - hopefully cost less)
PB Suit Jackets - £20
Photographer - £50 (college student)

13th May 2014
Reception Hire - £160

29th July 2014
Caterer - £358.50
Videographer - £50 (college student)

5th August 2014
DJ - £100

23rd September 2014
Cake - £250 (unless I settle & do it myself)

13th January 2015
Honeymoon Camper Van Hire - £585

10th March 2015
Honeymoon Spending Money - £415 (to include fuel, meals, activities etc)

I dont really know what to say.... Devastated just doesnt begin to express how I'm feeling right now.... I was leaving Tescos, took my hand out my pocket & realised my ring wasnt on my finger! I dont even remember the last time it was on my finger for sure.... i cleared the van as we are selling it, it was on my finger then. I dont remember taking it off to sort the home brew bottles out. its not by the kitchen sink, its not in the shopping bags, its not in my coat pocket, or my jeans, or my jumper. its not in the bedroom (which i havent been in since getting up this morning except to check if it was in there), its not in the bathroom, not down the sofa or under it.

its just gone!

I've lost my ring before, luckly it turned up in my friends car , have you let tesco know incase it turns up?

I couldn't begin to imagine how devastated you are! That is always my one fear that I'm going to lose my ring! I really do hope you find it and you just put it down somewhere. x

my h2b and neighbour have gone back to tesco to have a look for it..... hope they find it....

I hope they find it , mine is loose but I have an eternity ring which is tight in front of it to stop it coming off x

Any luck with the ring?

have you tried calling police incase someone handed it in at the local station ?

was just signing in to state....... Night before last i pt some brufen gel on h2bs shoulders, i took my ring off and placed it on the top of the bed, put the gel on him, baby wiped my hand, put my ring back on. then yesterday i cleared out the back of the van, i was wearing the ring then. we went to burger king, then tescos, on the way out of tescos i noticed it was missing. I have a friend "Auntie Bobbie" one of my BM's who knows my house inside & out, I can ask her to find something for me whilst on the phone to her & she can find it, its weird but it somehow works. anyway she told me to check the top of the bed, i did this a couple of times. It was not there. well this morning i wake up, and on the top of the bed (our headboard has storage with a shelf either side - with nothing on it except brufen gel) so as i was saying... there on the top of the bed was the brufen gel & right next to it... was my ring! Which was not there lastnight! Its not like i could have missed it either, i took everything off (the brufen) the shelf then took the shelf out of the end to see inside where there was nothing lol. but when i found it there was the brufen gel which i put back on the shelf and the ring was about 10cm away from it, nothing else was there! I am the luckiest woman alive if somewhat confused lol

0 oh lucky girl!

it was insane when the student lost her key .... she was having a real panic so i said look it cant hurt to ask for help ...

we walked up onto the field looked around for 20 mins .. decided to move to a different area when i looked and said whats that ... and there was her key

Oh that's great katya, so glad you found it

Woo! You lucky girl, i bet the relief was unbelievable!! xxx

Glad you found it x