September 2014

strawberry_assassin

Hi all

Anyone for September 2014? What has everyone sorted so far?

So far we have:

- venue and registrar booked (deposit paid)
- DIY invitations bought
- insurance sorted
- save the dates sent
- photographer organised

We have also sorted the ideas for some of the favours but so far only bought the boxes, as some bits can't get till nearer the time.

yellowcrocus

August 2014 for me so pretty close to September.

We have booked the venue and the caterer and paid the deposits.
Photographer sorted- she's a friend.
Dates saved- we are having a destination wedding so we already have our RSVPs
Insurance bought.

Nothing else bought as yet but everything planned to the nth degree.

And I'm rather embarrassed to admit that I know without looking that there are 406 days to go!

CompBunny

August 2014 here too

We have:
Booked church
Booked photographer, deposit of £150 paid
Sorted DJ FREE (family friend runs a mobile disco so that is his wedding present to us, very kind of him )
Veil bought £15, ebay
Shoes bought £18 using codes from debenhams
Bridesmaid dress bought £25 second hand but dry cleaned, ebay
Bridesmaids hair accessory bought, ebay £2.50 from china, so impressed for the price
Ordered our save the dates FREE
Stuff for DIY place names bought £5
Tulle for pew end bows/general decoration bought £7.50 for 14 rolls

Really pleased with how everything is working out so far, considering its been mainly done in an energy saving manner...from the sofa!

lettice

September 2014!

I feel like we have organised a lot but we are waiting to receive the venue hire contract and pay the deposit fee before we book anything else. It's frustrating, as I really want to get everything sorted!

Here's a list of things we're going to have sorted by the end of next week:
- Our venue! We've found it, viewed it, and reserved a date. We are just waiting to receive the venue hire contract and invoice for the deposit fee.
- Wedding insurance. We're taking it out from Debenhams via Quidco.
- Our photographer. I've found one who takes lovely pictures, is available on our wedding date, and have asked her to send us her contract. We'll sign on the dotted line and pay the deposit fee to secure our booking once we've crossed the above two items off the list.
- The registrar. I've been in touch with the registry office and checked that there's a registrar available at our preferred time (2.30 pm). I've got their telephone number and just need to ring them to confirm the booking and pay the £50 deposit fee.
- Our caterers. They are the ones recommended by the venue and I've been in e-mail contact with them since we viewed the venue. I'm just waiting to find out from them what the next steps are.
- My wedding dress! I wasn't looking for a dress but noticed Monsoon had a sale on when I was out shopping. Found a dress I really liked on their web site, reduced from £299 to £149.50, so bought it. I'm hoping it will arrive tomorrow and I can try it on to assess whether it suits me! I think it's going to be quite tricky because I already know it's going to be far too long. I've obtained a quote for shortening and altering it, which is likely to be in the region of £150. I want it hemmed by 10" and the bodice altering to fit me perfectly.

My friend who married last summer has offered her veil to me to wear so that's my 'something borrowed' sorted! I've also chosen my bridesmaid and flower girl and we've chosen our colour scheme (navy and light pink).

We're moving next month so we are trying not to buy anything wedding-related until we are settled in our new place, as it's just more stuff to pack.

EmmaLou87_2

September 2014 here too....

Reading all the above posts, I'm starting to panic a bit!! We have soooo much to do!
We have just changed our plans, we had planned on getting married in Greece, and found the hotel we wanted, and nearby hotels for guests, started arranging all the legal paperwork like translation of documents etc but my OH's parents have been going through financial difficulties lately and won't be able to afford to come. We are on a budget, so can't pay for them either, Understandably my OH doesn't want his parents to miss the big day, so we have decided to scrap the whole thing and start from scratch, getting married at home.
We have no venue, we are really struggling to find somewhere we really like within our price range. We are looking at hotels and such like, so we can have a civil ceremony and the reception all in the same venue. We live in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, so if any of you lovely ladies have any suggestions it would be massively appreciated!!
I have my wedding dress, and have paid for half of it.
We have decided on a colour scheme of purple and silver....That's it....
I can't seem to start on anything else until we can find a venue we like and can afford!!
We are looking for somewhere with nice outdoor space, as we would like to have a BBQ in the evening, and for the photographs. We can afford about £3,500 - £4,000 maximum for the venue.
Any ideas at all will be great!

Samzyzg

Wow you have so much sorted already, we have a rough idea for around august/september 2014 (this is mainly because my OH sister will be away so its a bit much for her to travel to our wedding, his family will have to travel regardless but she will be much further away). Its annoying me that we don't have anything definite yet but hopefully soon we'll find something that works.
I'm trying to look into how much I can do myself, so we already have hair/make-up sorted as well as invitations since me and my best friend will be sorting all of that out.
My dad has offered to pay for my dress, so as a joke i asked my best friend to find the most expensive one :P. If she had the time she would've happily made my dress but she really doesn't unfortunately.
My mum has been asking around about cakes, and either my grandads partner would make one for me or her friend who recently opened a small business making cakes and such so thats something which is also sorted.
My OH dad made a joke a while ago that he'd by a kilt for my OH just to see him in one (he's from luxembourg) and recently said he'd still do so.
A lot of his family are into photography and do so as a hobby, so a photographer isn't a big concern of mine.
The main big things i'm looking for just now is obviously a venue for the ceremony and reception, if i have them in separate places it'd make the meal easier as I could then have it as only immediate family with a buffet at the reception. Flowers, just nice small cheap and cheerful for that, so not really a proper bouquet which as i've read can cost a fortune.
I'm waiting on deciding upon a venue before thinking too much about decorations as if they can offer for a small enough extra price to decorate then I may be happy to except that. And DJ's do seem not overly bad price wise so I doubt there will be much issue there.
Also transport is something which is also a wait and see as if my OH dad gets his way he wants to get another old timer car (they have 3 at the moment but one is currently being repaired and the others are 2 seaters) which is a 4 seater so if he does then our transportation may be sorted for free

bonkers007

me too! im sept 20th! some days it feels like ages away, others it really really doesnt feel long enough!!

I have:
bought insurance
booked and paid 10% deposit for venue, which also includes my first night hotel and all my food(and rooms for immediate family)
booked registrar and paid dep, to do more this sept!
bought my wedding ring
bought my wedding dress (one off Ebay... its arrived and rather nice.. even though i gave them an inch above my sizes, its very tight! so gym here we come even more!!)
sent out my invites (half the family are from abroad so wanted to give lots of notice to save money and fly over etc so everyone got invites at same time! abd all equip at home to make 'remember the date' cards table numbers etc etc)
ive started buying and making venue decorations
ive booked photographer
booked DJ
booked entertainment for the day bit
found makeup artist... yet to decide if i actually want one though..!

eeks thats about it... i feel like i should have done more already!

left to do - boys suits
go shopping with girls (have given them money towards a dress they want)
find some shoes for me
sort out cars
sort his ring
design menu and drinks
finish decor

think thats it off top of my head!
xx:T

yeah i did forget bits!
Cake - im making with help of grandma
flowers - im doing fakes


my colours are vintage pink, cream and burgundy with a semi parisian theme... weve been saving since 2011 when we got engaged and still loads to do (saving wise!) but we will get there and hopefully not have to ask parents for money!

kazza85_2

September 2014 wedding for me too.

Wow everyone seems so organised.

I have:
paid deposit for venue
paid deposit for band
paid deposit for photographer
booked humanist
started wedding dress shopping and should hopefully have something bought this month
o/h has bought his kilt
started looking into invitations/favours/centrepieces etc. would hope to have these sorted in the next few months.

Lots left to do!

louthemoo20

Where did you order your save the date cards from for free??

Lxx

CompBunny wrote: »

August 2014 here too

We have:
Booked church
Booked photographer, deposit of £150 paid
Sorted DJ FREE (family friend runs a mobile disco so that is his wedding present to us, very kind of him )
Veil bought £15, ebay
Shoes bought £18 using codes from debenhams
Bridesmaid dress bought £25 second hand but dry cleaned, ebay
Bridesmaids hair accessory bought, ebay £2.50 from china, so impressed for the price
Ordered our save the dates FREE
Stuff for DIY place names bought £5
Tulle for pew end bows/general decoration bought £7.50 for 14 rolls

Really pleased with how everything is working out so far, considering its been mainly done in an energy saving manner...from the sofa!

CompBunny

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4658699 see this thread for the free save the dates Lou

iclnws1

Wow! now I feel really bad...

13th September;

Insurance bought.
Church booked.
Venue booked
Additional rooms for guests booked/reserved.

Nothing else done... Better get cracking with the planning.