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'I got my dream wedding for £2k' - MSE News
One MoneySaving couple pulled out all the stops to throw their dream wedding for just £2,000, including making their own flowers and using a discount card to bag 2for1 cocktails...Read the full story: ''I got my dream wedding for £2k'' Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply.
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Corkage fees
Mr step son got married yesterday and the venue charged £6 corkage fee for every bottle we purchased. They charged £360 for the 60 bottles in advance. During the reception I asked where the rose wine bottles were as I couldn't see any had been put on the tables and was told they would be given out later when the bbq was…
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MSE tips to keep your wedding guests cool in summer heat?
Hi Forumites! What hot weather we are having! Ideal for a wedding... or is it? I'm off to one next weekend where I will be a bridesmaid! :j I'm feeling very excited to walk down the aisle with my best friends - but nervous about how uncomfortable it's going to be if this heat continues... Not to mention my make-up and hair…
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Choosing Hairstyles
Hi all, I'm a bridesmaid (there's me and one other) and we are off with the Bride to have our hair and makeup trial soon. I thought we would be able to kind of choose ourselves what we wanted, but bride showed me a picture (Just one) of what she thinks will be nice for us. It's a kind of up-do, like a messy bun but sits…
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Slush wedding company name idea
Hi guys, I'm starting a company where I will be providing alcoholic slush cocktails for weddings. Set up on a cart with 2 wheels so it does look a bit fancy and not cheap. Just need ideas for a company name. Eventually I would like expand the business and provide other equipment though so i might not want a name that will…
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Payment For Venue
Hi everybody, I am new to this website but hopefully I might get some help. I am getting married June 1st. I booked the venue over 12 months ago, paid a deposit of a few hundred pounds. The final payment needed to be paid about 2 months back. I rang up and gave them £1500 on a credit card and the rest from a debit card. My…
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Shaped ring.
So I have a really awkward shaped engagement ring. I need a ring similar to this: https://www.weddingrings-direct.com/ring/twist-shaped-wedding-rings-designed-to-wrap-around but the ones I've found so far have not matched it perfectly. Any ideas on anywhere that will make a plain white gold band at a reasonable price that…
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Extra guests for evening reception
Hi We are having less than 50 guests at our wedding at the end of May, so quite an intimate day. However, there are a handful of people we’d quite like to invite just to the evening reception, and by handful, I mean less than 10. I feel that normally, when people have evening-only guests, it’s usually quite a lot more than…
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Still no photos nearly 5 months after wedding
We got married in November last year. The photographer was excellent and a month later sent through a set of sneak peak photos for us to view whilst he finishes the final edit. We have since tried to contact him multiple times (3 times just since February) and we haven’t had any response. What should we do? He seems to be…
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WWYD? Wedding dress dilemma
I ordered my dress from a shop, start of october 2018, with a delivery estimate of 6 months from the manufacturer, left a deposit of half the total cost. I then received a letter from the shop in december stating they have decided to close their shop however this will not affect my dress being delivered. I was a bit…
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Wedding Venue hell
Any advice: We booked our wedding for Christmas last year, a year in advance. Due to an illness in the family, we enquired about bringing the date forward to summer last year. The venue sent a new contract, automatically cancelling the old one, without our permission, and without the new contract being signed Demanding…
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Seating chart
Hi Looking for advice on a seating chart for our wedding. We are having an E-shape table layout (three long tables branching off the top table) and a lot of the templates on wedding stationery websites aren't suited to this layout. Has anyone had an E-shape table layout and if so do you have recommendations for where we…
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DIY Wedding Catering
Hello, I'm planning a wedding for June 2020. I'm looking at a village hall on Saturday and have all my fingers and toes crossed that it's outside space is suitable for us. It seems to be the only hall in a 10 mile radius that has a green we can use, unless we want to hire separately from the council! I'm currently thinking…
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Can't get hold of the photographer...
...when should I start to worry and create a plan B? Our wedding is a month away and our photographer is not returning emails or voice mails which has got me worried. We had met the photographer at previous family events and the photos they produced were really good quality. We met them and paid a deposit then after that…
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What did you put behind the bar?
Recently engaged here and thinking of doing a pub wedding - we're based in London and will be organising and paying for everything ourselves, so laid-back and convenient is key! Probably a small registry office ceremony and meal with a handful of very close friends and family, then an evening party for 100+ people with…
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Evening reception invitation wording
Hi We've bought some generic invitations to send to guests we'd like to invite to the evening reception only. However, it's just occurred to me that the wording is "kindly join us for the wedding reception of [names] at [time]", and that people could still misunderstand which portion of the day they're invited to. Even if…
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MOB Outfit?
Shortly will be looking for an outfit for the summer - but not sure where to start. I'm usually very economical with clothes but this is a time to not be frugal - but I don't want to waste money either. Lots of people tend befitting the event.go to the specialist MOB shops which are really pricy. Where does Country Casuals…
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Engagement Ring Recommendation
Hi All, I recently proposed to my partner and she is currently looking for an engagement ring. I don't have an insurmountable budget for this but I also don't want her to be disappointed. Where is a good place to look for engagement rings and can I get something good for around £1k or is this too low? Thanks in advance.
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Sweet cart on the cheap
We want to DIY a sweet cart (well table, no cart!) at our wedding in March. We're not having a desert, just a cake plus the sweets. Haven't properly started looking into it yet but thinking: Costco (Mom works in the public sector) for the sweets, or a local sweet shop will supply in bulk too. eBay/preloved/car boot for…
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'40th' Birthday Party ideas
We are going to host a late 40th birthday party, but are wanting some advice on what to do in terms of invitations? We are wanting around 150 people to attend, but these days we are unsure what to do, as around half of the guests are on Facebook and the other half aren't. Would you send invitations to everybody, or with it…
