thought i would join you all

knithappens

Just wanted to say hi again, I was posting in this thread at the begining of the year, but due to the military changing its mind and sending my hubby away we had to cancel the wedding we never had, so now he is out for good, we are going to renew our vows and have a wedding of sorts. I am trying to do this on a very restricted budget, I am hoping, being the frugal person I am to do it for no more than £1000.

I am thinking registry office (late in the day), for the renewal, and then to a restaurant, for a meal afterwards, as it will be an intimate occasion. Hopefully with asking friends relatives to pitch in, cars, flowers etc, thinking of making a cake myself, we can hopefully do it. If we have to go a little bigger then use a social club for the reception.

I am calling the registry office today to see if they have our wedding date available for April 13 2009, hopefully they do, if not we will go with the same date 2010 and have a little more money to spend.

We could afford a bigger wedding, but i see it as a waste for us, secretly I am too cheap lol. Plus it will make it more fun finding things cheaply.:D

flowerscotland

hi and welcome to the board ! you will find lots of money saving ideas here

your day sounds lovely :j a lot like mine is going to be.

congrats on deciding to renew your vows

knithappens

thankyou flowerscotland, i just booked at the registry office, go in next week to pay for Tuesday 14th April, at 3.45 pm, and have just phoned the social club, and they are charging me £25 for hire of the room the cost of extra staff at their wage rate for the 2 extra hours before they officially open. Buffet is £3.99 a head. The room holds 130 comfortable with 180 max, not that we will have anywhere near that number of guests, and everything is in a 3 mile radius of the house, the social club is 3 minutes drive from the house.

Going to the social club tonight just to check it over as it has just been renovated. With it being a social club, they have the back room booked for a darts lol, so may have afew party crashers, but i dont care as there are only 7 of them LOL.

I am so excited now.

flowerscotland

aww thats fantastic ! what a great price too

I was so hyper the day I booked my registry, I put down the phone and I was like :eek: OMG !!!! Im getting married this is really it :rotfl: jumping about all over the house ! lol !

keep us updated with your planning, what will you wear ?

knithappens

flowerscotland wrote: »

aww thats fantastic ! what a great price too

I was so hyper the day I booked my registry, I put down the phone and I was like :eek: OMG !!!! Im getting married this is really it :rotfl: jumping about all over the house ! lol !

keep us updated with your planning, what will you wear ?

I definatley want a dress, nothing too big and flouncy, i did not get to wear a dress first time around, going to start searching ebay and such to see what i can find in my price range.

flowerscotland

fantastic !

have a look on millybridal and landybridal.

there also a show us your dresses thread on here, have a look there, it may give you some inspiration

knithappens

ooh do you have a link to their sites?

paddingtondoo

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Landybridal-asapbay_W0QQssPageNameZstrkQ3amefsxQ3asstQQtZkm
Landy Bridal are also on eBay - this is a link to her shop.

Should keep you busy as she has just over 1000 dresses listed :eek:

daleigha

hello!! :hello:

its so exciting when its booked, isnt it?!?! good luck with your planning!!

yeah, paddingtontoo is right - when i found the landy site i think i spent most of the day in work looking at it haha!!

xx

paddingtondoo

I've just had a sneaky look and have found a dress for my friends wedding next year :j - don't think it would arrive in time for my step daughter's engagement party.

McKneff

Hello there,
Making a wedding cake is so easy peasy it really is a case of chucking everything in together and mixing, needs a bit of maintenanc afterwards but like i say - piece of cake!!!! , i made mine but had to find someone to ice it.

Good luck