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Archives for December 2009

Bargin Filippa Scott shoes!
Hiya. I've been wanting some Filippa Scott shoes for ages but really couldn't spend £145 on the pair that I wanted. I was Googling them to find the cheapest pair and ebay brought a few pairs up for £35. I bought them and thought that I might have been ripped off but they arrived this morning and they are just…
City centre reception venue ideas?
Aargh! So... Register office booked for beginning of next December. Currently looking for an evening reception venue. Have browsed local hotels, lots of lovely places but we're on a tight budget and room hire is looking to be out of our price range. Sister suggested community rooms but after browsing council website, OH is…
Would you be annoyed?
Hi I was looking for a bit of advice really I'm so annoyed but don't know if I should be or not. Basically for months me and my OH have been planning to get engaged on christmas day, we told his mum on sunday as she asked us what we had bought eachother. Everything is fine till tonight I got a txt of my OH saying his mum…
Possible bridesmaid dresses
Debenhams have got some really nice evening dresses heavily reduced. This ones nice http://www.debenhams.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/prod_10001_10001_008010223448_-1 £45 all sizes still available. All the other dresses are here.…
BM bits from Coast sale
Just picked up two of these for my BMs: http://www.coast-stores.com/STEPHANIE-GIFT-SET/Sale-Jewellery/coast/fcp-product/2840001441 The jewellery sale is limited, though I was in store at lunchtime and they had more there. A pretty decent selection of nice bags in the sale though. And Coast stuff is gorgeous. :) Some long…
help needed to get deposit back!!!!
Hi all, Seriously need some help! Booked our dream wedding with gretna weddings with castle, hotel, the lot. Paid 700pound deposit then have had to cancell due to illness to partners mother, and fears she will not be able to go to the wedding. Ive explained the situation and that i understood what a deposit was and that it…
Do we have to out surnames on wedding invites?
Im making up my wedding invites on vistaprint and with our surnames it looks to 'wordy' if that makes sense? Its looks nice and simple and stylish without them. But is it a requirement to put the surnames on? Its only a small wedding so people know who we are :rotfl:
saving snow balls for June wedding... how?
With all this snow and family coming over from SA in June - is there anyway I can get loads of snowballs into my freezer? Have loads of the white stuff in the back garden and it would be really cool (pun intended) to have a snow ball fight on the wedding day! ;-) If I stick them in the freezer they will turn to rocks but…
Yay my dress is on it's way
Just woke up to an email to say my dress has been posted, fingers crossed that sec time lucky and this dress will be perfect.
People having butterfly weddings.
If anyone has a JTF near them or knows someone with a card they are doing butterfly decorations (butterflies on small sticks) and I think they are 2 packs of 12 for £1.00 plus vat. They look fab in tables etc. and are a bargain. I think they are in blue, gold, silver and burgandy. I had the sale book today and they are fab…
Bit of a daft question?!?!?!?!?
We are in the process of picking our music for the ceremony, this is something I keep putting off as finding it quite hard!!! Seeing as the wedding is next week we are now runing out of time so have to crack on!! We think we have picked the song we want to walk out to but are now wondering if it will be ok. We are getting…
Please help, can anyone say where we stand?
In September me and my partner signed a booking form and paid a deposit on a venue for our wedding which is 24th July. We haven't discussed what we even wanted yet, just paid the deposit secure the date. Around 6 weeks ago we received the terms and conditions to sign and return, we haven't done so due to shaky finances and…
Ruby Wedding Present
Oh's Aunt and Uncle will be celebrating their ruby wedding next year and I would like to stitch them something to nice I was thinking of stitching a sampler showing the names of their children, spouses and grandchildren but am concerned that if (and I know this sounds awful) the children split up from their partners then…
Wedding Invite/Meal Advise - Univited Guest & Wedding Crashers
Hi all Just in the process of looking at invite designs through a friend of a friend who has a portfolio of Wedding designs he does for a decent price Just want to know how would you politely word a Wedding Invitation so the invited know not to bring additional guests or wedding crashers. Would you have an additional…
in a bit of a wedding ring pickle!!
my h2b has been handed down two gold bands from his great great grandparents that he wants to use as our wedding rings, which is a lovely thing, but in all honesty i really dont like them, and i feel horrible for it! they are just plain bands, which actually fit us both perfectly. the thing is, i just do not suit yellow…
i got my evening dress today!!!
its a lovely 50's style wedding dress i got it on ebay for £7!!!! i expected it to go for a lot more but i guess its not in that much of a demand as i thought! it is by a american designer called dolly couture! question is though how do you get creases out of a dress?…
Next sale - wedding items
From Tuesday 22nd December next are releasing a vip sale. I have just had my invite and even clicking onto menswear there are a lot of items available. Ties/cravats from £7, waistcoats from £15. HTH.
Possible hand tied?
Just saw a link to this on the grabbit board and believe it could also be used as a bouquet especially for those wintery weddings. At £8 its a steal. http://www.johnlewis.com/230649747/Product.aspx
Made the first invite!
Just made the first invite using all the proper materials (until now it had been a mockup on normal paper). Going to get H2B and mum to read everything through and check it before I start running them all off. Sooo excited!! And pretty pleased with it. My brother got a wedding invite the other week and the couple were…
Looking for platform wedding shoes but with chunky heel
Anyone any idea how to try find these? Would wedding shops do these? I have these (hope link works) http://www.schuh.co.uk/t-u-k/womens-black-t-u-k-mary-jane-platform-corset/1105477040/ and they are my fave shoes ever. I cant walk in thin heels and these are perfect and comfy too. Something similar. Havent got dress chosen…

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