September 2011 brides... lets talk!

Morporkian

Welcome to the new people here. It really is filling up fast

We're doing ok, I suppose. Trying to get Christmas out of the way before I go too mad on buying wedding bits. Hopefully will be convincing the fella to go to Snetterton Market soon though to have a browse around and see if there are any little bits there that we can find to use for the wedding in any way
We've still not booked the Church, but we do now have the number, so I shall be giving them a call this week some time. Hooray.

I have also been keeping to my plan I made to tell everyone (other than a few people) that the Debenhams dress is my actual dress, so that's going fairly well. I am soooo tempted though to keep going into the shop to put the Sincerity one on. It doesn't help that I walk past the shop almost every day! LOL
I am starting to think about things I can do to slightly modify the dress though. Ive seen it with a sweetheart cut, or a colours ribbon around the waist, which both looked lovely. So I'll just keep thinking

fybee wrote: »

...paper lanterns to create a light path to the doorway and along the outside...

I had an idea for using paper lanterns too when I saw them in Hawkin's Bazaar the other week. Mine would be for the tables I think though - with maybe a few dotted in other places?

I then went on a major search for them online and found loads of different colours and styles etc. If you would like all of my links, just PM me and I will send them all over (And anyone else too)

Impet_Limpet

I'm cursing that the VAT rise is screwing up my budget it'll add about an extra £100 to the cost of the venue and food. Booo! :mad: The only way to get out of it is to settle the cost of the venue in full before 31st December this year so thats going to cause some cash flow problems.

We've got quotes for the honeymoon, its Vegas for 4 nights, san fran for 3 and mexico for 7 it's quite exciting!

I've ordered my dress, it should arrive after Christmas I know it's very soon but I can't wait and I'll feel much better once it safety at my future MiLs house and it was only £236 including hoop - bargain. :j

Toothfairy4

Impet we are doing something similar for our honeymoon, Vegas for 4 nights, Hawaii for 7 then San fran for 3. We've now booked our flights I can't wait!!

Impet_Limpet

Woo toothfairy, that sounds awesome!

We paid our deposit for the honeymoon today and we requested the final invoice from the venue too.

deano23285

right update time again, 37 weeks and 6 days to go!!

things sorted:
venue booked and deposit paid
menu
dress (brides) 50% paid
honeymoon booked and 2 deposits paid
invites being desighed by a friend
2 bridesmaids picked, possibly a 3rd to add
rings all paid for
glassware for centrepieces all sorted.
DJ booked
Photographer book and paid

things to do:
groom party suits (will be done may/june time)
bridesmaid dresses (should be ordered at end of month)
invites finalized and sent out (march/april)
bridal accessories (hair, makeup, shoes etc)
gifts to each other on the day
few alterations to the honeymoon
wedding insurance!

plus finding the money to pay it all off lol

buddiebabe

Happy New Year everyone

Can't actually believe that the wedding is now officially this year!!! and in 37 weeks time i'll be wearing my dress...... how scary and exciting is that!!!!

We still have loads to do and lots of money to find from somewhere! Am going to spend 2moro working out what we still need to get and how much we still need to save

Hope everyones plans are coming along well

Buddiebabe x

Norton_Blade

Eeek!

I'm going to be married this year!

Haven't really been doing too much wedding stuff but being an intimate and informal do, there isn't too much to sort.

We paid in full for our ceremony at the register office when we gave our notice of intention in November so we avoided the rise in price which occurs every April. In Sheffield, the register office is in the Town Hall which is a lovely old building... all marble and walnut panels inside which makes it look as grand as a church.

Our reception venue is a local golf club. The room is £50 for the night and a hot buffet is £8.50 a person. In order to help pay for the wedding, I've actually been working at the golf club on a casual basis so I know what they can offer with regards to decorations and DJs etc. I just have to get a few bits from Ikea and Amazon to trim the room up a little more and the owners have said that I can come in the day before and sort everything if I want to so I'm not stressing on the day.

Then I was having a neb online today and we've ended up ordering our wedding rings. I wanted a plain white gold band and my partner has gone for the same. Thanks to being in the sale, my ring was £22 and my H2B's was £38. Both rings are cheaper than my H2B's should have been on its own

I want to lose the half stone I put on over Christmas (:eek:)before I start thinking of dresses. Still thinking of ordering from China so need to leave plenty of time for alterations or back-ups if it turns out to be rubbish.

My partner is charged with designing the invitations because he's good at that sort of thing. He's also got a suit to sort out too which his Mum has promised to supervise.

So, it's nice and relaxed at Norton Towers at the moment

BFem

Norton_Blade wrote: »

Eeek!



Then I was having a neb online today and we've ended up ordering our wedding rings. I wanted a plain white gold band and my partner has gone for the same. Thanks to being in the sale, my ring was £22 and my H2B's was £38. Both rings are cheaper than my H2B's should have been on its own

Where did you buy your rings from? Was it online? If so, would be really great if you could share the info x

Norton_Blade

BFem wrote: »

Where did you buy your rings from? Was it online? If so, would be really great if you could share the info x

Hello...

Yeah, I ordered them online from Half Price Jewellers: http://www.hpj-jewellers.co.uk/

There's only a limited selection of styles but luckily, they had what we wanted and in the sizes we needed them

s23xy_c

Im back on planning from tomorrow!
Managed to get a few things thru December though, bought fishbowls for my centre pieces from B&m for £2.99 each and I also managed to get my bridesmaid shoes from Dorothy Perkins for £8 each on sale
Tomorrow im going ot hunt for a decent wedding insurance, and transport and I guess I really need to start thinking about looking for a wedding dress for myself too :S