Wedding Forum - Wedding Planning Diary 18.06.2016♥ update...

Aww that is so cute.. Will have to remember that idea for when we have a babba ;) love personal touches like that x

It is lovely. Especially when you have a blank wall. It is so personal and helps you protect those things that you want to keep as well. For the wedding you could make add a few of your flowers, with your garter (if you are having one... never really thought of one of those, dont think I like the idea much!), maybe a photo and something from the morning before the ceremony. I have also seen ideas where someone has left a glass jar out and collected the rain from their wedding and kept it. I always thought that it would go off though? It sounds odd but over the years wouldn't it become cloudy and a bit discoloured? x

I know. Don't think I will be doing the rain idea and not sure about the whole garter thing. Doesn't tradition say if you wear a garter your h2b has to bite it off your leg or something in front of the wedding guests? That would be a bit embarrassing and cringey for me! I could not do that at all. And like you said, it would be annoying if it kept sliding down x

Thinking I might buy them.. It's my birthday in 3 weeks so will put the money I get for my birthday towards them. It really is a bargain and they are beautiful.. If it turns out that they don't go with the dress I end up choosing then I'm sure I will have no problems selling them on again, especially as they have been discontinued.. What are people's thoughts? xx

Do it do it do it! I'm going wedding shoe shopping in Tuesday :)

Shoes are lovely :) x

Thank you :D just got to wait for them to arrive now.. I chose the free shipping option which means they will be shipped within 10 working days.. Going to be torture!

OH asked if he could see a picture of them. I said no.. He can't see my shoes can he?!?!

Thank you Mrs M :)

I'm a little bit anxious now.. I have just had a call from the place I've ordered them from. They are actually the pair that were on the shop floor so she said they are showing 'small signs of wear'. I could tell she was going to say something like that when she started off telling me how gorgeous and beautiful they are lol.. She said she will send them out to me and if I'm not happy with them then I can just send them back.. but if I do love them and still want to keep them then I can phone back and we can discuss refunding some money back to me.

I feel a little bit gutted now :( oh maaaaaaan xx

Oh no Flossie fingers crossed they're as lovely as they look :-) x

I don't see why he can't see your shoes but if you want to keep them as a surprise then do. My OH has seen the hair piece I've chosen as I tried it on at the national wedding show when he was with me. The only things OH wont see are my dress and veil x

Had an email from RMail to say my shoes have been delivered!! There is no one home today so I hope they have left them in our side cupboard and not given them to a neighbour.. Thinking of popping home at lunch time to have a peak.. eeeeeek. I feel really nervous now.. I hope they are ok and not too 'worn' :( x

I popped home.. no joy! They have left with them one of our neighbours but they weren't in, boooo. Have to wait until this evening now, aaahhhh I hate waiting! xx

Yey for shoes! I wasn't going to show my OH my shoes but I was worried I'd be too tall as we're the same size, but I showed him as it was bugging me and also I'd have to wear them in round the house anyway! x

Good news guys, they are stunning! I am soooo pleased. I probably wouldn't have even noticed they had been on the shop floor if the lady hadn't said.. they are beautiful! I think there's possibly one little string of pearls missing on the front detailing, but unless you looked reallllly closely you wouldn't notice. I have added a few pics to my albums if anyone wants to have a look :)

She said if I wanted to keep them then I should get in contact with them and they will arrange refunding some money back to me. I have dropped them an email, just waiting for a response.. How much money back do you ladies think it would be fair to settle for? Considering they were already £99 down from £210 xx

Thanks Jessica :) I have left the ball in their court for the time being, have asked them how much they would be willing to refund me.. I was thinking I would be happy with £15 but £20 would be a bonus. To be honest I wasn't expecting any extra discount - they could have not even said and I probably wouldn't have been any the wiser! Great customer service though xx

Excellent customer services. Can you put a link on my wall. I am currently shoe shopping so I can take measurements to order my dress :-)

Thanks Carrie :) just popped the link on your wall xx

I think you should try for 20% mention the lace missing on the front. But if they say no, buy them anyway!

Well... That was easy!! Lol.. "We would be happy to increase your refund to 20% due to the condition, please rest assured this will be actioned immediately and the monies should be refunding to your account within 7 - 10 working days". xx

Yay so glad you're happy with them Flossie :-) the 20% is a bonus too

Yay! So glad the shoes worked out for you :)

Thats brilliant Flossie, can't fault their customer service really, they seem like they have tried to keep you a happy customer and it has worked :) I am pleased for you that you have the shoes you want at an even lower price than you expected! What is next on your agenda? xx

Definitely! That is what I am doing Flossie, I am saving up, and getting family to as well, glass jars from jams and drinks and stuff, anything with odd shapes too and I have twine in the house which I originally bought to decorate wedding things but have been using around the house to hang photo frames up. I actually decorated a large floor vase with some so that it wasn't just plain and boring. It took me the best part of about two hours to do it and I used up quite a large amount of the twine doing so and then a couple of days later my daughter knocked the vase over and smashed it so I had to throw it all out :( I could have cried! Haha. But that is a great idea. It saves you money and personally I think it looks better. It has that personal touch to it and I think you will see a greater result at the end of it as opposed to buying stuff in already like that or paying people to do it for you.
Also, I would definitely chase up the email you sent as they may think that by replying now the discount or whatever they would have given you from booking because of the wedding show may be a bit redundant. Just explain that you were really looking forward to hearing from them straight away when you sent your last email just after the show and that you were thinking of booking them to do whatever. Hopefully they will get back to you! xx

Thats a good idea. Luckily I have a lot of crafty people in my family and in h2b's family and I dabble a little bit trying to experiment and see if I can do something nice. Im not amazing but I can do some really nice things. I think FMIL is actually going to make the invitations for us. Not 100% sure on that and need to clear it up with her before it causes a lot of confusion. H2b has warned me and said I need to make it clear with her exactly what I want her to do otherwise she will just think she is doing everything, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it just means I won't be able to do anything and it might not turn out how I want it.
I hope they get in touch with you and they aren't too pricey though! xx