Just read the new discussion about the Sophisticake whos joined up with this major competition and it just made me wonder what all you beautiful brides to be would want to do with the £25k if you won that you wouldnt have been able to do before hand!
Me personally, I would move the wedding to later summer next year and have everybody there for the full day - breakfast, ceremony, meal and reception. Plus have a free bar!!! (I'd prob do alot more but thought i;'d get the ball rolling!)
I know from the other discussion they give you a set amount to spend on each area of the wedding but I mean if there was no ties...and you just had £25k...what would YOU do!!!
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Got together 18th December 2008
Engaged 19th November 2011
Getting married 20th June 2014
Venue is Manchester Utd Football Ground!!!
CommentAuthorRoxy
Rent a castle for a weekend, and have a weekend thing :)
CommentAuthorbecky -mrs firth
u dont get the 25k in money girls its all together, liek the hotel is picked cake honeymoon etc
Engaged 27th November 2010
Hen Do Newcastle 2nd June 2012
Marrying the man of my dreams 11th August 2012!
Honeymoon To Jamaica 14th October 2012
CommentAuthorRoxy
I know that but the question was what would you do if someone gave you 25K and you could spend on it on your wedding however you please :)
CommentAuthorbecky -mrs firth
awwwwww lol heheh i wudnt change much about mine, i wud buy my bm dresses have few extras and weekend abroad for hen do
Engaged 27th November 2010
Hen Do Newcastle 2nd June 2012
Marrying the man of my dreams 11th August 2012!
Honeymoon To Jamaica 14th October 2012
I would have paid for my other BM to come out to Vegas, but that's it. I wouldn't have changed anything else.
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CommentAuthorJillybean
i think i would just not want any of my guests to go out of pocket! I wanna pay for all their travel and hotel costs all their food and drink. Have an epic hen-do in vegas or something and get a custom made dress! Theres just too much you could do! x
Got together 18th December 2008
Engaged 19th November 2011
Getting married 20th June 2014
Venue is Manchester Utd Football Ground!!!
CommentAuthorRockabilly chick
If I had that amount to spend....... wow it would be AMAZING!! I'd probably still want to get married at Loch Lomond but Id upgrade my venue to the fanciest place. I'd hire someone to decorate it and pay for rooms for everyone. Yep then I'd go on a 3 week honeymoon to Florida - maybe 2 weeks in Florida and 1 week in New York. That would be AMAZING. Id get everything that I cant afford to get now, like an amazing photographer and a beauford car....
This has made me feel sad because I cant afford those things booooo lol
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CommentAuthorJillybean
yer ditto me neither! But the florida honeymoon sounds amazing! I'd love to go n stay in like the ice hotel or the underwater hotel in fiji for my honeymoon!
Hotel In Fiji Underwater!
Got together 18th December 2008
Engaged 19th November 2011
Getting married 20th June 2014
Venue is Manchester Utd Football Ground!!!
CommentAuthorJane
a'd pay the whole wedding bill off then donate the rest between a child n animal charity :) xxx
yay soon 2 be Lady Jane Bradbury
CommentAuthorSweetchilli
I just wouldn't change anything. I love everything that I have picked for my wedding. Maybe buy more expensive rings but my wedding ring has sentimental value rather than value so no I wouldn't change my ring lol but I would have a longer honeymoon.
CommentAuthorJillybean
aww that sounds really nice jane & sweetchilli! I feel ive come across as materialist and shallow now! Im not i promise, im just skint n excited at the thought of £25k in the bank lol xXx
Got together 18th December 2008
Engaged 19th November 2011
Getting married 20th June 2014
Venue is Manchester Utd Football Ground!!!
CommentAuthorAtaraxia
Erm... Wouldn't change much really... Maybe offer to fly everyone out and rent villas so they could all stay with us for a whole week and organise loads of fun things to do?
Would obviously have a totally amazing honeymoon, something like what we want to do now but just a bit more like first class tickets or five star hotels and limos haha.
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CommentAuthorJillybean
ive always wanted to fly first class! God imagine if you had enough just for your own private jet! EPIC! x
Got together 18th December 2008
Engaged 19th November 2011
Getting married 20th June 2014
Venue is Manchester Utd Football Ground!!!
CommentAuthorRockabilly chick
Me too Jilly, I dont care though what if I sound materialistic though because its only a fantasy to me lol. I've not even entered the competition. We are on such a small budget it upsets me sometimes, there are so many things we cant have but I have decided that I have to make the best of what I have. I was desperate for a Beauford though, ever since I was a wee girl I wanted to have the photos of us getting out of the car and confetti being thrown over us. But we just cant afford £300 on a car. Its crazy money!!
Its really hard being on such a small budget especially cos I wanted a really nice honeymoon and have found out we wont have enough money for anything fancy. Ive never really had anything fancy ever
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CommentAuthorJillybean
yes i no i still think two n half years for me isnt enough time to save! N even then it'll be tight coz you gotta carry on living! lol if only i could stop eating, smoking, drinking and driving for two years lol would save a mint!
My absolute without a doubt idealhoney moon would cost nearly £30k n it would be two weeks all inc. on the Turtle Islands - OMG i've never seen anything more beautiful or romantic!
Im sure whatever you pull off on your budget will be amazing, after all its just one day n you got each other for the rest of ur lifes! Cant put a price on that ;-) if theres anything your really stuck for a know people here and there just give me a shout! x
Got together 18th December 2008
Engaged 19th November 2011
Getting married 20th June 2014
Venue is Manchester Utd Football Ground!!!
CommentAuthorEcoFreak
Wow Jillybean that Poseidon resort looks incedible! As two scuba divers that would be our ULTIMATE wedding/honeymoon destination :) But at $30,000 for the two of us for a week (and only 2 nights of that underwater) I think not... :p Xx
CommentAuthorJillybean
we can always dream! i'll bare you in mind if I win the euro millions tho! x
Got together 18th December 2008
Engaged 19th November 2011
Getting married 20th June 2014
Venue is Manchester Utd Football Ground!!!
CommentAuthorxox-Zoeee
my wedding wouldnt be much different really. i would add a couple of people to video the day instead of a family member doing it. , free bar, more people to the wedding breakfast, add the sobets inbetween each course, and the cheese board to end. and would buy the bridesmaid shoes as its the only think they have to pay for. maybe a 12 tier cake.
i think my worst nightmare would be winning 25k and having to spend certian amounts in certian shops and with certian companys i wouldnt like that at all. xx
CommentAuthorJillybean
this is very true I hadnt thought of that! omg a 12 tier cake would be epic! x
Got together 18th December 2008
Engaged 19th November 2011
Getting married 20th June 2014
Venue is Manchester Utd Football Ground!!!
CommentAuthorMrs van der Lee
I'd be really boring and keep my wedding plans as they are & me and my fiancé would go off on a lush honey moon (probs to aus where we'd kill 2 birds with 1 stone & look at some houses heehhe)
Sam & Adele
Mr and Mrs van der Lee
10-08-2013
CommentAuthorJillybean
fair enough, ive always wanted to go aus n espesh NZ! x
Got together 18th December 2008
Engaged 19th November 2011
Getting married 20th June 2014
Venue is Manchester Utd Football Ground!!!
CommentAuthorLolaMay0412
I would have a slightly bigger wedding with everyone there. And I would have probably gone for the more expensive dress. I would make it an open bar and I would have an amazing honeymoon.
CommentAuthorfairy-cakes
i rekn i'd still keep everything the way it is but not stress bout the paying bit, but then i rekn after the ceremony i'd take just family over to the tiny church where my mums buried and have a blessing and pictures... carry on the party making a weekend of it then take a selection of the closest guests somewhere hot and carry on the celebrations.... whatevers left i'd give to charity :0) xxxx
CommentAuthorMrs T Hurley!
I'd have everyone flown over 2 Italy 4 our wedding. I don't know what else really. Not into the material things really (except the dress and shoes!)
Met 18/09/03
Engaged 06/09/08
Getting married 05/09/17
CommentAuthorFuture mrs mac
Not much, fancier cars, more on the dress, more food and drinks, a bouncy castle and allday creche for the kids, a band - would have a honymoon!!x
CommentAuthorJules
Goodness me there is so much that we'd change as we've had to do ours on a really low budget, we'd have ours next year instead of 2013 & prob have a honeymoon as we've decided we can't afford 1, We'd probably move the venue to somewhere with beautiful grounds, i'd have a more expensive dress, probably have some1 come and do my hair & makeup. I'd also give some to our local Sea Cadet Corp. WOW girls wouldn't it be amazing tho to win that amount of money, i'd be happy with an extra tenner at the mo as i'm sure you all would LOL x
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CommentAuthorLittleMissBossy
I wouldn't want to spend 25k on a wedding thats certainly not my dream wedding BUT it would be wonderful to fly everyone in, pay for accommodation - like said before that no guest has to pay a penny.
It’s so great to find that one special person
you want to annoy for the rest of your life....
CommentAuthorClareS
I don't think I'd change much to what we've already planned. I'd just make sure it was a free bar and that the guests had accommodation so could stay over. Would maybe think about having a honeymoon. At the minute we're not planning on having one. even so I don't think I could spend that much. x
CommentAuthorOfficially Mrs M
cancel everything but my dress and start again. i've got long enough to rebook everything
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CommentAuthorbarbie86
I wouldn't change the venue, dress, food etc. I'd definitely get a string quartet for the ceremony (at the moment I'm undecided as we're already having a band later which will be £800, and £600 just for the ceremony for a string quartet is a lot), and we'd probably have a free bar (at the moment we're putting £1.5-2k behind the bar, which won't quite cover everyone's drinks in the evening). I'd also probably get 2 photographers rather than just one, and I'd pay people's transport costs (or hire a coach or something) so everyone could let their hair down properly. I'd also give my BMs much more to spend, and I'd buy them something like a Tiffany necklace as a gift :-)
CommentAuthoremmaaa
Wouldn't change much to be honest. I'd be able to put the wedding savings pot into the house savings pot, but our budget was partly set by the amount of money I'd be comfortable spending on it! Having said that, we're still not sure quite whether our dream honeymoon in New Zealand is achieviable or not, would definitely spend a large chunk of it on that!
CommentAuthorTori-Mrs.Mitchell2b
id invite all my family to come down to plymouth from london as they cant afford to and put them up in a hotel. we would invite the guest's we had to cut off the day time as couldn't afford it. id also have a open bar for a few hours. we would go some where special for our honey moon. id also buy some special outfits for mine and h2b mum as they deserve it!
CommentAuthortillyturtle
i dont think i would change any of my actual wedding but i would ensure that all of it its 1st class, for example the 20 people flying out with us, we would pay for it and we would be able to pay for all drinks etc.....our wedding for us is perfect but the extra money would just be a weight lifted and a thank you to thoses who have stuck by us x
CommentAuthorJillybean
Wow some great ideas! I like the idea of an all day creche! Maybe an all day and all night creche would be good! lol x
Got together 18th December 2008
Engaged 19th November 2011
Getting married 20th June 2014
Venue is Manchester Utd Football Ground!!!
CommentAuthornini
Ooh where to start! I would keep my venue definitely, I would go dress shopping without worrying about the cost, I would pay for all the children I can't afford to invite to come, I would book a fantastic honeymoon.
CommentAuthor*Kat B*
I'd prob decorate the chairs on the evening as well but other than that don't think I would want to change a thing I've done alright on the limited budget I have now lol.
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CommentAuthorSkamer
I think the only thing I would change would be the honeymoon. We have priced an ultra luxiourous trip to the maldives for our honeymoon but we are going to have to take it on our first anniversary, so if I had 25k I would move the honeymoon to immediately after the wedding!
CommentAuthormummy2Olivia_Lisa
i would hire a beautiful boat and marry at sea just as the sun sets,then party the night away id have fairy lights n candles everywhere, then we'd anchor on a beautiful prvate beach for a huge party under the stars xxx
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CommentAuthorMrsowen2b
oooooo lisa that sounds lovely!!
i would probably have the same set up as what im looking at but have a free bar and better decorations and a wedding planner and errrrrmmmm what else! i cant think at the min haha!
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CommentAuthorhoneypie
I'd stop having sleepless nights thinking everything was going to go wrong knowing that it was all paid for :) x
CommentAuthorbridalmiss
Yeah, as ours is a pretty big wedding it's costing us 18k already! I'd maybe extend the honeymoon to 2 weeks though and include a stopover on the way, and I'd be tempted to make the bar an open bar for the guests rather than a paybar after the speeches!
Ooh and I'd probably splash out on an LED dancefloor as well :-)
CommentAuthorJillybean
wow LED dancefloor would be brilliant! and awww honeypie im sure it'll all be fine x x x
Got together 18th December 2008
Engaged 19th November 2011
Getting married 20th June 2014
Venue is Manchester Utd Football Ground!!!
CommentAuthorClareDixon
Hi im Clare a newbie only 21 and getting married on August 1oth 2012 if i won i'd get the venue with lots of green grass and nice gardens ive always wanted and i get the big princess dress with lots of bling on it ive always wanted and the horse and carriage but still it would only just be a bonus on top of the fact that im getting married to my dream guy that alone makes me smile
CommentAuthorJillybean
I think if i just had the £25k that i;'d go to my ubersuperdooper dream honeymoon location which would be the turtle islands in Fiji! I think the £25k would only cover us for a week n a half tho! lol WELCOME CLARE! I think ive friend requested you? Be warned, i only joined this just under a week ago and MY GOD its addictive! ;-) x
Got together 18th December 2008
Engaged 19th November 2011
Getting married 20th June 2014
Venue is Manchester Utd Football Ground!!!
CommentAuthorClareDixon
lol yes it is jillybean can't pull myself away from my pc mind i find doing stuff for my wedding addictive to lol
CommentAuthornini
Claire we are getting married on the same day! Whereabouts are you?
CommentAuthorJillybean
I know if i'm like this now, what the hell am I going to be like in 2yrs time when its closer to my wedding day! hahahaha x
Got together 18th December 2008
Engaged 19th November 2011
Getting married 20th June 2014
Venue is Manchester Utd Football Ground!!!
CommentAuthorhello-kitty
i would see if i could get 30 seconds to mars to play at my wedding reception! not even joking!
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CommentAuthorJillybean
Why dont you find out how much it would be!? Just search on google for their agent then contact their agent! Tell them you have no budget and see what they come up with! My friends doing it for her wedding & she's looking to have Bill Bailey! x
Got together 18th December 2008
Engaged 19th November 2011
Getting married 20th June 2014
Venue is Manchester Utd Football Ground!!!