July 2012 Brides and Grooms

MrsDrink

Will have a look and compare it to my list later Emma (probably at the weekend if you repost it/remind me). Nearly bed time - am on a promise...



... of a massage after tonight's run!

... lol ooops a Dominos chicken combo, pepperoni passion pizza and some cookies have fallen into my mouth tonight. :rotfl: Still at least I went for a run right? lol!

PinkPrincess83

Well at least you did go for a run. that makes it not quite so bad!!;)

Cheers- ill remind you over the weekend- it looks far too short so I must have missed out lots!!

FutureCooper

[QUOTE=PinkPrincess83;
Remain calm!!
Try not to become bridezilla
Try and get a balance of doing what we want as its our day and keeping others reasonably happy!!


What have I missed out?[/QUOTE]


Same priority list as mine!!!

FutureCooper

MrsDrink wrote: »

Will have a look and compare it to my list later Emma (probably at the weekend if you repost it/remind me). Nearly bed time - am on a promise...



... of a massage after tonight's run!

... lol ooops a Dominos chicken combo, pepperoni passion pizza and some cookies have fallen into my mouth tonight. :rotfl: Still at least I went for a run right? lol!

Ha ha don't you just love it when food falls in your mouth!! Still you could burn some calories if you have an early night!! X

PinkPrincess83

FutureCooper wrote: »

Same priority list as mine!!!

I must keep reminding myself of these 3 points!! If I can stick to points 2 and 3 then Ill be able to stay calm- I just need the odd reminder of point 2 and 3!!

MrsDrink

Good morning everyone

So while I remember, here's my list of things left to sort out... lol sorry for the OTT detail!!


* Collect MrD's trousers (Tues)
* Finish off Buttonholes (Done - just need to double check them - and then I want to take a photo of MrD's against his suit jacket).
* Buy a giant jenga
* Buy giant pick up sticks
* Sort out a gift for brother's wedding

Pay the remanding £500 off our honeymoon
Sort out MrD's wedding ring.
Phone restaurant and book 'hen do' night.
Finalise Guest List
Finish addressing the Envelopes
Post invites
Check with MrD's mum that she's happy for my family to go to her's on the morning of the wedding
email maps & directions to everyone who RSVPs
Organise Stag do
Pay off remainder of photographer- £150
Get fizzy drinks/Grolsch/Carling
Run the Lincoln 10K
Get MrD a dive computer, boots, and get us a dive bag
Sort out the music list for the party.
Pay remainder of hiring the chairs - £20
Order passport in change of name - £70
Discuss ceremony plan with MrD
Organise and ask people to do some readings
Organise music for the ceremony
Sort out what photos etc would like from photographer
See Sarah Millican 11th April
Pay for the diving on our honeymoon
Sort out diving insurance (holiday insurance already sorted)
Sort out carparking for honeymoon
Pay registry office fees & send off ceremony plan - £250
Cut the hedges
Get the dining room plastered.
Complete the downstairs toilet (new toilet, cistern, taps, bottle trap,connect the sink, new cupboard, tile)
Carpet downstairs
Paint the kitchen tiles.
Sort out MrD's birthday present
Redo the tealight holders
Run Louth's Race For Life
Finish off paper hearts
Order cheesecake ingredients
Order freezable foods for the party & all the food for the BBQ
Make cheesecakes - cut into individual sizes, freeze
Make sure MrD has enough deoderant/aftershave
Order fresh foods for the party
Go on 'hen do' day - Get hair dyed red and cut, have a pedicure, manicure, and body scrub, go out for tea with CBMIIWHO
Make buffet signs (little flags on cocktail sticks in the same format as the invite envelope addresses)
Pop to tescos to get last minute bits for BBQ

On night before wedding:
Give Rings to MrD
Give MrD Buttonholes for him and his parents.
Give MrD his anniversary card & gift
Pack up all MrD's accessories - new socks, pants, belt, cufflinks

On the morning of the ceremony:
Get meat out of the freezer
Shower & Shave
Hair
Make up
Dress
Shoes & Accessories
Bouquet
Buttonhole for Granddad and Mum
Ask someone to get a Louth Leader* (I'm not sure about this one - I *think* our local rag only comes out on a Wednesday - so it won't be the 'days' paper.)
Get Married!
Order 1 extra marriage certificate
Pay for marriage certificates
BBQ
Let everyone know change of email address

Day after ceremony:
Go to work
Get MrD to practice tying up my dress.
Begin notifying change of name
Put tablecloth, runner & some table confetti over the table in the dinning room
Organise drinks & glassware on said table

Day before party:
Tidy up (again)
Put gazebos up
Nails touch up
Hang anniversary cards up
Blow up balloons
Tie balloons into cloud 9s
Mow the lawns & touch up hedges
Tie ribbon and gerberas on the side of the chairs?, store in garage? (OR put them out in the garden - depending on weather forecasts).
Put tablecloth & runner over the kitchen worktops
Sprinkle table confetti
Put out platters/bowls
Put the cutlery/plates out
Put Mr & Mrs sign up
Clean bathrooms/loos
Hang balloons around the house
Tie ribbon bows on the torches
Pop to morrisons to get last minute bits for buffet
Put Mr & Mrs spoon & fork out
Put cake stand out

On the morning of the party:
Defrost cheesecakes and place onto the cake stand
Hang paper hearts around garden (then pray to god it doesn't rain and they don't get sodden)
Tie ribbon bows to gazebo legs
Put chairs out (OR tie on ribbons & gerberas)
Hang balloons around the garden
Place candles in the ground.
Put glass jars out on the path
Light glass jars
Make buffet
Hoover
Take Bun upstairs
Take photos before guests arrive
Set up speakers & sort out music
Put out Jenga, Pick up Sticks and Smite games
Put lights around gazebo legs

After the ceremony and party:
Go on Honeymoon! (buy some hair bobbles)
Finish notifying change of name
Visit Grandma's grave and place my bouquet on it.
Get my hair re dyed.
Attend brother's wedding

October half term:
Complete Advanced Open Water diving certificate.



And breathe. Lol.




OOOOOO and before I forget. (I'm writing this before I've completed my list).
I'm going on a little unofficial hen do weekend with some of the girlies from work. They are organising a random weekend away at my local spa hotel, and I wasn't planning on going to it cause it's £198 for the weekend - 4 meals included, and 90 mins treatment. And with the wedding, MrD's bike racing, diving, and tidying the house up ready for the party we just don't have that sort of money spare. Anyway was chatting to MrD last night and he said I should go and he is thinking of not racing until after the wedding :T I am very excited!!

lovecake

MrsDrink wrote: »

Rachel - shame that you don't like your job and feel like your wage is crap too. Does it have any benefits - like school holidays? These have definitely helped me in the past!! (5 weeks 2 days till Feb half term ha!)

Nope, no benefits at all - just the usual private sector holidays, no pension. no bonus, no perks at all really. But I'm not going to dwell on it - I just need to get my bum in gear and find something better.

That's a heck of a to do list! V. Organised! I should do one of those...

Right, I'd better get to work - I might pop back in at lunch time

FutureCooper

Natalie - your list has scared me!!!!! :eek: I have nothing so comprehensive at all. I thought i was clever putting together a spreadsheet of monies budgeted, deposits paid and the final dates for remainding payments and the cash required on the actual day.

Better get myself a list. I'm all for writing lists and have different notebooks for allsorts and i have a beautiful wedding planner that i take when i go wedding shopping as i have swatches in it etc.

I have used my work printer today (cheeky!) and re printed my day invitations as we have changed the wording now that we have booked a bus to take our guests to the Register Office. It reads:

Melanie*** and Ian ***
request the please of your company
to celebrate their marriage on Friday 27th July 2012
at The **** ****** House Hotel, T****
Please arrive at 1.50pm for transport to
St**** Register Office for the ceremony

RSVP by 27th June 2012 - address etc

I have had to have a black ink this time round as we don't have coloured printers at work. . . . imo the coloured ink looks nicer but i can't spend anymore on them! I shall print the menu choices in coloured ink as i only need 18 A4 sheets of those. I have also designed those today. I just need to source a similar paper colour as the card inserts now, then i can start putting it all together. :T

MrsDrink

Fab news Melanie - it's good to get things done and ticked off.

Lol yes my list is a bit of a beast - but EVERYTHING is written on it so I know nothing will be forgotten. I dread waking up the day after and say finding all the paper hearts I've made and realising I'd forgotten to hang them up on the day!! Just call me Miss Organised lol. I'm the same at work - super organised - everything on a list. But everything else at home is chaos lol. I tell MrD I'm like one of these children who can keep everything together at school but then because it's so hard doing that the moment they get home they relax and let rip. I'm the same - I go into organise overload at work so by the time I get home I'm so drained everything goes to pot. lol. I do love my wedding planning list though - and it's so satisfying to know I can tick so many things off lol. It is all split up into months, and then closer to the wedding days.

Well my buttonholes are all done. Will take photos at the weekend to show you - hopefully will have some good lighting then!! (I was looking this morning at my photo of the Mr and Mrs spoon and fork - I either need to lighten it in editing software - or I need to reshoot it cause it's really dull compared to the rest of the photos I've taken... lol but then again on the day it may not be a bright sunny summer day lol. (God I sincerely hope it is and it doesn't rain!!)

PinkPrincess83

I like to have a list to give me some guidance but I dont like being too organised- cos then I start flapping and faffing when things dont go right!!:D

What are you all doing the night before the wedding? where are you staying? Im hoping oh can stay at his mums so I can stay at our house with my 2 bridesmaids, get a take away and just chill, then will head round my mums in the morning.