August 2012 Brides and Grooms

welshbigman_2

welshbigman wrote: »

Over the last few weeks we've been sorting various things.
We went down to Essex (where my OH is from)a few weeks ago and my OH managed to get her wedding dress sorted in and hour and a half!!!! She got it from Brides by Appointment (Barnados' Bridal shop) and only paid £350 which put a smile on my face. Also managed to sort bridesmaids dresses (which I am lead to believe was a lot more stressful) and paid the majority of them off with Debenhams vouchers which we had collected over last year or so at xmas and birthdays.

On friday night we went to listen to a band, we'd heard a couple of their songs online but wanted to hear them for real, we listened to them setting up and my OH decided she wanted them before we heard a song, we stayed about 35mins into the set and left because we'd decided we wanted them by then.

Tasks for the rest of the week, pay the deposit for band and caterer then get prices for tables and chairs

Oh yeah and also finalised details of where my stag do is going to be!!!

Hollie84

She done good with her dress then,i only tried one on and decided it was the one lol
my bridesmaids or my two girls 5 and 2 so wasnt stressful with them,thankfully

screamer

Hi ladies, I've never posted before so be nice :-) Lovely to make your acquaintance, and good luck for August x x x

We're getting married on 30th August. OH's dad has been in hospital a lot recently and I don't know if that's what gave OH a kick up the bum but just before Christmas he decided we should get married. We've been engaged since August 2010 so I already had a lot of ideas of what I wanted so sorting out the next bits were easy. We found our venue, Holdsworth House in Halifax, so went for a real look, fell in love and that's all booked. We've done the notice of intention to marry so registrars are all sorted.

I have bought my dress, flowers and the gubbins that go with it (tiara, veil, hoop, shoes). I've made my own favours for the ladies. Car is booked (Rolls Royce Silver Cloud), all the people that are invited have been notified. My auntie is buying our cake for us, my mum is paying for half of the evening reception and OH's folks are paying the other half. OH is having a suit made at a local tailors.

In the main we still need to find a photographer and have got to go get our rings. We're having matching platinum bands. When we got engaged I laughed at OH, telling him he'd just tripled the price of our wedding rings because he'd bought me a platinum engagement ring. We have found the rings we like and thanks to an MSE poster, we can get a massive discount on them. They would originally be £1950 for both rings, we're getting about £700 off. Wa hoo!!!!

There's pics of my dress and flowers knocking around on the forum anywhere if anyone wants a nosey. There's a link to my flowers too on the bridezilla thread. I've got loads of things that I'll need your opinions on because I've got no one to help me choose things. My mum wants everything to be a surprise therefore my dad's not allowed to see anything either. My chief bridesmaid doesn't give a monkeys and my 2 other bridesmaids live in different countries so they're not close by either. Such a diverse bunch on here so I'll probably be posting for opinions a lot. Well, maybe not so much now because I've already asked a load of questions on other threads lol.

Thanks for reading. I need someone to get excited with me :-) Time for a coffee I think, and to find some socks because it's freezing in here! Roll on August! x x x

Hadley1

Hi Screamer - post away on here - we will definately get excited for you.

Hollie84

Hi and welcome screamer u sound as organised as me

stassy23

hi all thought id join you i am getting married on the 17th of august!!! its only a small wedding and we are on a tight budget. i have brought my dress this tuesday i tried on 4 the first one i saw was the 1st one i put her on i brought it was in the sale from £370 to £199!!!! its lovely and me because i am not a dress person i need a few alterations though. i have booked register office and having notice of marriage done next thurs, the afternoon do is booked for a meal and evening do is booked for social club with disco and buffet. my boys and nephew are being the page boys so i have brought ties so far and my little girl a flower girl i got her dress on ebay it is from next brand new for £5.50 bargain its stunning. i got my tiara, shoes and jewellery. my friend is making my cake and my friends sister is making my flowers. doing ok so far excited but scared also. got a decorations for the social club like banners, balloons etc. good luck to you all. hollie love the rings hun xxx

Hollie84

Hi hun and welcome to the august forum and thank you i cant wait to see the finished product.
Have u been writing it all down? i have tonnes of lists lol

snowybutterfly

Hi everyone
Im getting married on Sunday 26th August. So far i only have the church booked :-0, Im trying to find a reception venue at the moment but having trouble trying to find one to fit all the guests. We have 120 people i have a large family and other half has lots of friends, and we are also trying to keep to quite a tight budget. We plan to have a hog roast for the main meal as we always have BBQ's for friends/relatives in August and people can just pick and choose what they would like.

stassy23

yeah been writing stuff down got a little book especially for wedding lol. i managed to get my sister a lovely dress good old ebay for £4.99!!! and matches the colour perfect!!! it seems so long away but i expect it will come round fast

cookiecrumbs

Hello everyone

We are getting married on August 10th but only decided this at the weekend, originally we were going to get hitched next summer. So I haven't done anything. Not.One.Thing.

Should I be panicking yet..??!