July 2012 Brides and Grooms

FutureCooper

Big hug for Natalie :grouphug: - feeling fat is the worst feeling ever. Men do not understand, my H2B pretends to but he is stick thin, eats and drinks like a horse and remains the same. Me however, i sniff a mince pie, and i put weight on.

I really need to get back on instead of whingeing on about the country lanes. I'm driving so its up to me. Today i have brought crispbread and cottage cheese for lunch and i will NOT have any of the biscuits or mince pies shouting my name in the staff kitchen.

I love your organisation Natalie with your Xmas wedding jobs all laid out ready. I break up on the 16th (earliest ever!) so i want use my time constructively. I am planning on putting together my evening invitations as i have tweeked the design. I am now going for a smaller folded card. Having changed my mind over the originals i got printed this will save money as i get 2 invites out of each sheet of card. I have printed the inserts myself and will be glueing a single button on the front over the patterned paper i will use. I feel better for making them myself and have justified wasting the originals by saving money second time round! :rotfl:

wanchai_2

MrsDrink wrote: »

Oh and today is Day 1. I actually cried last night about feeling really fat. I have 1st7 to lose. It is possible but I need to pull my finger out and stop all this tooing and froing. I have decided every 7lbs lost I will put aside £50. Then at the end I will have £150 to spend on something dive related.

Aw I know how you feel, and have the same amount of weight to lose! I will do the £50/half stone challenge with you! WI on Monday? xx

Are you getting a lot cut off your hair?

FutureCooper wrote: »

Big hug for Natalie :grouphug: - feeling fat is the worst feeling ever. Men do not understand, my H2B pretends to but he is stick thin, eats and drinks like a horse and remains the same. Me however, i sniff a mince pie, and i put weight on.

I really need to get back on instead of whingeing on about the country lanes. I'm driving so its up to me. Today i have brought crispbread and cottage cheese for lunch and i will NOT have any of the biscuits or mince pies shouting my name in the staff kitchen.

I love your organisation Natalie with your Xmas wedding jobs all laid out ready. I break up on the 16th (earliest ever!) so i want use my time constructively. I am planning on putting together my evening invitations as i have tweeked the design. I am now going for a smaller folded card. Having changed my mind over the originals i got printed this will save money as i get 2 invites out of each sheet of card. I have printed the inserts myself and will be glueing a single button on the front over the patterned paper i will use. I feel better for making them myself and have justified wasting the originals by saving money second time round! :rotfl:

Your invites sound fab, will you be able to post/pm pics?

I haven't even started THINKING about invites lol! Am dying to get a dress sorted, can't even think about anything else yet!

:rotfl:

After the dress, everything else is a doddle, right?

FutureCooper

Wanchai - you have no idea how much i am looking forward to you getting your dress!!! For you it has become the main thing so everything esle will fall in place i am sure.
I am only fussing about my invites because the first ones i designed and paid to be printed are useless now as i have changed the venue and changed my mind over my colour scheme. It was coffee and cream and now its purple and lilac because my BM refused to wear a coffee dress as it was too 'uncool'.

Good luck for tomorrow's dress hunt.

MrsDrink

wanchai wrote: »

Aw I know how you feel, and have the same amount of weight to lose! I will do the £50/half stone challenge with you! WI on Monday? xx

Are you getting a lot cut off your hair?

I have changed my WI day back to Fridays - this is the day I used to use back when I was following Tesco Diets and lost so much. So far today has gone well and in a min I'm off to do an exercise DVD (haven't done any exercise other than pilates and yoga for months!) I haven't decided how much I'll talk about 'dieting' with you all to be honest - cause I feel like such a failure if I have an off day that I think it compels it into something even bigger than it is if that makes sense? I will of course let you all know when I have reached each 7lbs loss.

I last got my hair cut at the end of July - so yep there is a fair amount to get chopped off and I just cannot wait!! I loved the length back in July!! I usually go every school hol - but the October diving trip ate all our money so I couldn't afford to go then and had to cancel my appointment. And then because it's Christmas coming up the next date I was able to go was the day after I break up!! I really cannot wait! It is so in need of some TLC!

I *think* I've nearly decided to say sod it buy some rainbow club shoes, and to not wear any jewelry other than my wedding ring And let my dress sing instead.

PinkPrincess83

Hey everyone!

Well the normal Emma is back!! Oh is back home so im , plus ive had a lovely day shopping in brighton with my sister and we have done most of our christmas shopping so thats a relief (although I have petrol money and thats it till payday!) so im feeling much better! Oh and I was in past times and everything was 50% off and I spotted a lovely plain pearl necklace and matching earring which my sister really liked so I have now got her bridesmaid jewellery- should have been £40! its this necklace and the matching earrings:

http://www.pasttimes.com/christmas_3/christmas_gifts_for_her/sterling_silver_and_glass_pearl_pendant-858147.htm

My sister liked the simpleness of it, and as £20 for the set I decided to go for it so thats another thing ticked off!!

Natalie, sending you a hug. I think weigh in on a friday could be a good idea- especially if you found it worked for you before! I have been terrible this week- I have eaten so much naughty food- but i will get back on track. I think I may do a weigh in on like a weds or thursday.

wanchai_2

FutureCooper wrote: »

Wanchai - you have no idea how much i am looking forward to you getting your dress!!! For you it has become the main thing so everything esle will fall in place i am sure.
I am only fussing about my invites because the first ones i designed and paid to be printed are useless now as i have changed the venue and changed my mind over my colour scheme. It was coffee and cream and now its purple and lilac because my BM refused to wear a coffee dress as it was too 'uncool'.
Good luck for tomorrow's dress hunt.

Thanks - I suspect that there is a certain amount of anticipation on here about my dress!!!!! :rotfl:

Can't believe your BM caused your change of colour scheme!!

PinkPrincess - that necklace is fab! Glad your OH is back too xxx

PinkPrincess83

thanks Wanchai. I dont know how people cope with their partners working away regularly, i really struggled.

Well im back to thinking wedding again now (know it sounds silly but didnt really want to do or think much about the wedding wsohen he wasnt about) and so im thinking what I still need to do- i have everything booked but with most things the plan was to finalise details in the new year- and it suddenly dawned on me thats next month!!

so i need to:
need with dj and pay a deposit- i think this will need to be jan time
have dress fitting- first one is booked for april- this is when I need to lose my stone by!
Meet with caterers in April
Meet with photograph- not sure when he would want to do this
Meet with cake lady to confirm details- i guess this will be may/ june time
have a hair trial- I may need a couple as I know what I want but knowing me wont like it on me
Have a make up trial- I think this may be may or june- I may try and do this the same day as either one of my hen night outs or my birthday night out! -I want very natural but with nice eye make up!

Im having a brain blank out though and cant think of everything else I need to do!!

Wanchai- im so hoping you report back here tomorrow having got your dress, or if not one day next week having booked in with a dress maker!! So exciting to hear what you finally go for.

MrsDrink

There is definitely anticipation here about your dress wanchai!!

Well my mum text me to say she'd finally managed to find out if my Granddad wears cufflinks- he does - so today I'm going to order some "granddad of the bride" cufflinks. So that is something weddingy to do

My jobs this weekend:
* Tidy the rooms I've spring cleaned so far, and move on to our bathroom/ensuite.
* Empty my car full of the paperwork from school and other crap I've got littering it.
* Go and dig up a Christmas tree tomorrow.
* Decorate said Christmas tree.

I do love Christmas - love the build up!! Cannot wait to give MrD his gifts!!


P.S.
Eeek when did it get to less than 230 days?!
It is 227 days, 3 hours, 6 minutes, 41 seconds until Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at 2:00
Soon it'll be less than 200 days!! *gulp*

MrsDrink

Cufflinks ordered


Nice that the say 'Granddad' rather than 'Grandfather' as he is my 'Granddad' (although it does bug me that there is only one 'd' in the middle).

MrsDrink

Do you know something? I cannot wait till the 18th July 2012 when I can come online, share a few photos (hopefully) with you all from our wedding and just gush about how brilliant it was. Lol. And for everyone to coo and ahh in agreement with me. Lol. I just cannot wait to be a Just-Turned-Wife.