August 2010 Brides (& Grooms!)

Taadaa

Hello other August brides *waves*

I am 12th August, have been engaged since xmas 08, didn't realise there was an August brides thread!

We have booked our venue - ceremony and reception in same place.
Photographer - a friend
Flowers - doing them myself
Cup cake tower - probably also doing this myself
Hotel is doing my make up- £25 bargain I think!
Usual hairdresser is doing my hair.

No dresses yet, or colours picked - going in Jan.

Very excited!

I am also on a diet, but I am doing this for me, not because I'm getting married. that was just the incentive!

mmikailian

Hi everyone,

You have all done so much we are getting married 29th August 2009...

Trying to stick to a small budget....

So far:
i have provisionally booked ceremony and reception all at same venue so no need for transport.... got a deal as it is a sunday but as its a bank holiday weekend thought it would be great plus its the day me and h2b starting dating 3 years ago.

Holiday Inn £999.00 package bargain......

Bought Dress collect today from ebay seller
ordered today wedding topper again ebay monogram initials

Still to do pay deposits for venue.....
23rd Jan going to registry office to register the wedding......

Am hoping true MS style to buy bridemaids outfits in January sales......

Will look at wedding cakes from M&S i think....

now to start thinking about wedding invites...only started 3 days ago not so bad!

Good luck x

soph3185

wow you are all super organised we only got engaged last week but have decided on an August 2010 wedding.

So far we have contacted the church and they have pencilled us in for Saturday 21st August 2010 and we are meeting up with the lady who books them on Jan 9th.

Ummm that is kind of as much as we have booked. I have researched a lot and we know that we are going to have the reception in my parents orchard in huge teepees so really need to get cracking to sort out everything else

mellymeep

I've got a lot of it sorted already! which is weird for me, I usually leave everything till the last minute, but I've had a lot of help from my mam who has taken on the role of wedding planner haha!

We've booked the venue (Leeds town hall)
registered our intent to marry, which was quite a stressful interview!
booked the reception (the faverhsam, which is a lovely club and perfect for our 1950s theme)
the bridesmaids dresses are bought (vivien of holloway)
met with the cupcake lady and decided on colours & paid deposit
invitations are designed and I've got the paper ready to print them on
sorted wedding night accommodation for all of my family at Malmaison who have given us an amazing rate, and are going to upgrade us two to a suite for free! & provisionally booked a room in their restaurant so we can treat our families to a posh meal as the thank you gift
also sorted wedding transport, a london routemaster bus!!!
my friends doing the photography & another two friends have agreed to DJ at the reception.

so all in all a lot of it is sorted quickly!! just need to find the perfect dress now, which i'm hoping i've found through another friend of mine's sister, who is a seamstress and is going to create one bespoke for me

mmikailian

mmikailian wrote: »

Hi everyone,

You have all done so much we are getting married 29th August 2009...

Trying to stick to a small budget....

So far:
i have provisionally booked ceremony and reception all at same venue so no need for transport.... got a deal as it is a sunday but as its a bank holiday weekend thought it would be great plus its the day me and h2b starting dating 3 years ago.

Holiday Inn £999.00 package bargain......

Bought Dress collect today from ebay seller
ordered today wedding topper again ebay monogram initials

Still to do pay deposits for venue.....
23rd Jan going to registry office to register the wedding......

Am hoping true MS style to buy bridemaids outfits in January sales......

Will look at wedding cakes from M&S i think....

now to start thinking about wedding invites...only started 3 days ago not so bad!

Good luck x

Update.....

Poundland have champs bottles bubbles to go on the table £1 for 6 liked so much bought 5 packets, will be nice for the kids....

Have now bought my invites bargain at TKMaxx £7.99 for 50 invites includes RSVP cards and envelopes for both, and £3.99 for 50 matching place cards. I bought two boxes of both just in case i make a mistake total 23.87 how good was that!!!

The first TXMaxx I went to have lovely colours greens yellow and roses and lilly ones great choices but not the one i wanted so i thought i would try another and hey presto they had my colour cream and gold..... all i need to do is print the details inside the card.

Also my cake topper turned up today what speed and again it looks lovely.

I think with the bargains i am getting at the moment my wedding will be lovely and in on budget......

mmikailian

mmikailian wrote: »

Update.....

Poundland have champs bottles bubbles to go on the table £1 for 6 liked so much bought 5 packets, will be nice for the kids....

Have now bought my invites bargain at TKMaxx £7.99 for 50 invites includes RSVP cards and envelopes for both, and £3.99 for 50 matching place cards. I bought two boxes of both just in case i make a mistake total 23.87 how good was that!!!

The first TXMaxx I went to have lovely colours greens yellow and roses and lilly ones great choices but not the one i wanted so i thought i would try another and hey presto they had my colour cream and gold..... all i need to do is print the details inside the card.

Also my cake topper turned up today what speed and again it looks lovely.

I think with the bargains i am getting at the moment my wedding will be lovely and in on budget....

Boxing day update......

Wow back from the sales have just bought my three bridemaid dresses in debenhams on the web site said it was sold out but then went in store and collected one, the one i collected had a small mark so was give another 20% off that meant the dress was only 32.00 whoopie. the others where reduced by 50% down to £40 the others will be delivered in the next 5 days and only cost 3.99 delivery. I then bought the 3 bridemaid shoes and they where also reduced in BHS down from £25 to £12.50.

so the orginal price would have set me back £315.00 instead I paid £153.49 including postage....saving a grand total of £161.51

Also in TX maxx managed to buy the Menu cards £4.99 and the Thank you cards £4.99 that match the invites i had already bought.

Think i need to stop spending now........

Am thinking to take HTB out tomorrow for the wedding rings see what deals we might get........

Snowmoredebt

Hi
Im getting married 14/08/2010 in Plymouth. I am the groom my beautiful bride to be is doing most of the planning. We have booked the church, the reception and put deposits on the cars, photographer and wedding cake. OH has brought her wedding dress £1200 reduced to £150, shoes for her and 2 older bridesmaids, hair pins, veil and tiara. OH is making invites and sent off for samples from different sites and is also making crystal bouquets for small bridesmaids.
We now have to find the deposits for bridesmaid dresses, suits, flowers and pay the remainder outstanding.

gingerzest

Hello everyone!! I am going to get married on 28/8/2010!!!

So far we have
1. booked the church
2. booked the reception (in the church's hall)
3. bought the dress

and we are looking for
1. photographer
2. florist
3. cake (thinking to use marks n spencer and do some decoration)

Happy New year!

hollie164

Hi

I got married in Plymouth in July 2009. I arranged my whole wedding within 4 months. I went to a few wedding fairs but I found that some were quite expensive, do shop around and try to do a lot yourself, I enjoyed doing that, I made all of my wedding cards and thank you cards.

mmikailian

mmikailian wrote: »

mmikailian wrote: »

Update.....

Poundland have champs bottles bubbles to go on the table £1 for 6 liked so much bought 5 packets, will be nice for the kids....

Have now bought my invites bargain at TKMaxx £7.99 for 50 invites includes RSVP cards and envelopes for both, and £3.99 for 50 matching place cards. I bought two boxes of both just in case i make a mistake total 23.87 how good was that!!!

The first TXMaxx I went to have lovely colours greens yellow and roses and lilly ones great choices but not the one i wanted so i thought i would try another and hey presto they had my colour cream and gold..... all i need to do is print the details inside the card.

Also my cake topper turned up today what speed and again it looks lovely.

I think with the bargains i am getting at the moment my wedding will be lovely and in on budget....

Boxing day update......

Wow back from the sales have just bought my three bridemaid dresses in debenhams on the web site said it was sold out but then went in store and collected one, the one i collected had a small mark so was give another 20% off that meant the dress was only 32.00 whoopie. the others where reduced by 50% down to £40 the others will be delivered in the next 5 days and only cost 3.99 delivery. I then bought the 3 bridemaid shoes and they where also reduced in BHS down from £25 to £12.50.

so the orginal price would have set me back £315.00 instead I paid £153.49 including postage....saving a grand total of £161.51

Also in TX maxx managed to buy the Menu cards £4.99 and the Thank you cards £4.99 that match the invites i had already bought.

Think i need to stop spending now........

UPDATE: debenhams let me down said no size 12 bridemaid dress in stock but went to another branch last night and they had it there yeah....one of my Bridemaids had lost weight so mange thankfully to change her dress too sheesh buying in sale can be hard work.......but worth it with the savings......have bought 3 matching necklaces yesterday from accessorize 70% off £10 down to £2.40 each, TMy Bridemaids totally sorted now.....

The one of the small bloody diamonds fell out of my engagement ring OH does not know where he put the receipt handy any way shop sent off for estimate to replace stone have the roduimum? done and reshaped £60....White gold engagement ring back by the weekend!

HAve paid deposit for Venue £250. waiting for documents from Holiday Inn

Am thinking to take HTB out tomorrow for the wedding rings see what deals we might get........