August 2012 Brides and Grooms

BLUis

Hollie84 wrote: »

Just noticed you are in burton,im in tamworth.the place where i got my dress from francesca bridal is having a sale in sept,dresses start from £49,they stock ronald joyce may be worth you coming and having a look.i got my dress the other day,eternity bride,reduced from £600 to £300 and she has knocked me an extra £50 off as it needs a lace up back putting in.they currently have 2 rails full of sale stuff aswell.u never know what you might get

Thanks for that! I have made a note of their website already, but I didnt know they were having a sale!

Hollie84

BLUis wrote: »

I'm in Burton on Trent. Fortunately, we do have a receipt of the deposit paid!! I'm sure all will be fine, but I am just out of my mind with worry now! We got such a good deal, the prices are really reasonable too.

Thats good that u have proof so i should imagine all will be ok,it would be wrong of them to continue with a wedding booked after u but on the same day especially as u have proof of the date etc

Hollie84

BLUis wrote: »

Thanks for that! I have made a note of their website already, but I didnt know they were having a sale!

Yes sept the 30th and august 1st 10am-4pm im going on the fri as they have bridesmaid dresses from £19.she said they will have dresses from lots of other shops coming to them for the sale also,they already have a wide range,u can also pay in installments but they request a £50 deposit upfront

BLUis

Hollie84 wrote: »

Thats good that u have proof so i should imagine all will be ok,it would be wrong of them to continue with a wedding booked after u but on the same day especially as u have proof of the date etc

I really hope so!

BLUis

Hollie84 wrote: »

Yes sept the 30th and august 1st 10am-4pm im going on the fri as they have bridesmaid dresses from £19.she said they will have dresses from lots of other shops coming to them for the sale also,they already have a wide range,u can also pay in installments but they request a £50 deposit upfront

Thats fine! I dont mind paying £50 up front if I can get the dress I want! I might just have to book the day off work!

Hollie84

BLUis wrote: »

Thats fine! I dont mind paying £50 up front if I can get the dress I want! I might just have to book the day off work!

Id say certainly worth the trip they have some beautiful stuff and not short of dresses either

Tiara_2

You sound really well prepared- so glad you got a signed contract from them. It would be horrendous if they just denied all knowledge of your booking and you had no proof :eek:

Will be thinking of you tomorrow, let us know how it goes.

Btw, have just googled the dress you've got your eye on, and it is really beautiful- the style is very different and I love how it is layered at the front. You can tell straight away that it must be pricey though. Are second hand ones not much cheaper?

BLUis wrote: »

Thanks Tiara, I cant believe it really. It was something totally unrelated to the wedding that I emailed them about! They have another venue, which I will be utilising if there is a problem! If it is all ok and we are still booked in, I will be requesting some discount or other!!! I have all the emails saved in my email account, thank goodness, so I will be taking my laptop with me tmrw and making sure that they are still providing everything that they were at the same prices!! We never had a signed contract or t's& c's until I asked for them. Fortunately, I have a contract, signed by them, which they probably havent got a copy of, but I have! We are going to go in on Saturday and not say anything until they tell us what they think we are having!

I dont know what I am going to do with the birdcage yet, Probably have flowers in it on the top table or some other decoration. I was surprised how big it was! I was going to get some smaller ones for the rest of the tables, but I think they are a bit small. I would love to have candelabras, but at £20 each, I cant justify it!!

When it comes to my table plan, i have pretty much sorted it, we are only having 50, so its not so bad. If anyone drops out (and tbh, it will probably be OH's family and I really couldnt care less if they come or not!) I have already said to various people who I cant have at the daytime do, that they will be 'bumped up'. I think some of my work colleagues are quite surprised they arent coming to the day do, but we cant have more than 50 in the room where we are getting married and cant afford to feed more than that!!





Thanks Hadley, I too have everything crossed!!!

BLUis

Up at stupid o'clock this morning because I cant sleep for worrying!!

I have been looking in various places for a second hand dress, prices usually from around 700, so too far out of my price range! I'm hoping that by the end of this year/beginning of next, the prices will start to come down as the newer dresses from this year start to get put on ebay etc. there are a couple of dresses similar in style, so if I cant get the exact one, I will try my best to get one like it. I do love that dress tho!!

ps thanks for your support everyone! will update as soon as I have been later on this morning.

Annioes

Tiara wrote: »

Wow you've done loads- way more than me Do you mind if I be nosey and ask what favours you're having? I can't make up my mind what to go for, it seems impossible to pick something that everyone will like- maybe I just have very picky guests!

What colour bridesmaids dresses are you going for? I can't decidwe on a colour so far (are you seeing an indecisive theme here lol)

Hi Tiara, for our favours we are just doing little organza bags filled with sweets, you can't always please everyone, we wanted to do something cheap, we looked into almonds but they worked out quite expensive so that why we are doing dolly mixtures, it ties in with our colour scheme (fuschia pink organza bags) and also the dolly mixtures tie in with our cupcakes which are going to be decorated with buttercream and then dolly mixtures :-)
As for the bridesmaid dresses they are fushia pink, but they are really nice and elegant looking! When I tell people I am having pink they automatically think it's gonna be tacky but it's not lol xx

Hollie84

Were having the mini packs of love hearts in organza bags,i have access to wholesalers and they sell the huge 3kg bags there so thats what were having