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Small things that you forgot/ missed for your wedding

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canhearitinthesilence · 03/04/2024 21:02

e.g. just realised that I had forgotten to organise the box of order of services going to the church and also now need a decent looking box to put them in.

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SlebBB · 03/04/2024 21:03

Just put them in a pile or get usher to hand out?

DyddDewiSant · 03/04/2024 21:04

Why do they need a fancy box?

Lanore · 03/04/2024 21:05

I did my own hair make-up and bouquet

When I saw the photos I regretted this a lot 😂

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canhearitinthesilence · 03/04/2024 21:08

We're not having ushers! Box won't be fancy-fancy and will definitely be put to use in the house afterwards.

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Ankylo · 03/04/2024 21:13

Nothing we'd missed or our fault but when the cake was cut, they just did a few slices then put the cake back in the kitchen. Once the small amount that were out on the table were eaten they never cut anymore for anyone else! So many guests didn't get cake, and it got wasted. I was annoyed when we realised the next day!

SprainedBum · 04/04/2024 07:56

One of the wedding rings. They came from separate jewellers and I forgot to pick mine up. Relative did a mad dash and literally gave it to me as I was walking into the church

QueSyrahSyrah · 04/04/2024 08:00

I wouldn't have thought order of service cards will necessarily be noticed or picked up if they're in a box, is there a relative (or even your DH to be) who could be at the church a couple of minutes early and quickly pop them on the pews?

We had someone do that with our order of service and confetti boxes, so each guest had one of each as soon as they sat down.

notgettinganyyounger · 04/04/2024 08:01

Forgot to put the guest book out at the reception

MrTumblesSpottyHag · 04/04/2024 08:21

I didn't get any cake. We cut it and then the hotel staff cut the rest- it was all jumbled up on the cake board and a tray and it was dry and horrible looking by the time we went looking for it the next day 😩

Chocolateteabag · 04/04/2024 08:25

We were having such a good time that we forgot to get any photos of just me & DH

Family friend was our photographer and he did some lovely pictures but we all just forgot to "disappear" for 15-20mins to have a couple of "staring into each others eyes"

Really doesn't matter 15 years on as we only have 2 pictures "on display" anyway

We did get a thick picture mount and have people sign it (use pencil so it doesn't fade) which is now a lovely thing for the DC to look at especially as there are now several people on there who are no longer with us

xyzandabc · 04/04/2024 08:36

We had an Indian buffet for the evening, I didn't even see it, let alone get to try it. Apparently it was delicious according to guests that did try it.

Also, we had a chocolate wedding cake, they cut 2 tiers, most didn't get eaten as everyone was full, but because it had been cut, the venue just threw it away. When we went back the next day, we only got the tiny top tier.

RampantIvy · 04/04/2024 08:48

QueSyrahSyrah · 04/04/2024 08:00

I wouldn't have thought order of service cards will necessarily be noticed or picked up if they're in a box, is there a relative (or even your DH to be) who could be at the church a couple of minutes early and quickly pop them on the pews?

We had someone do that with our order of service and confetti boxes, so each guest had one of each as soon as they sat down.

I agree. It wouldn't occur to me to look for this. Surely, one of the guests could hand them out?

BaublesAndGlitter · 04/04/2024 10:31

I forgot to pack something to sleep in and shoes for the following day.

Something I always suggest to brides/grooms to be is to give someone the job of packing up some cake for you as it's easily forgotten in the busyness of the day (my MOH did this for us).

toomuchfaster · 04/04/2024 11:29

My DM forgot her fascinator and unfortunately the venue was too far away to nip back for it! Apart from that, everything else was wonderful.

fortifiedwithtea · 04/04/2024 11:36

Didn’t realise my lovely Mum was stuck at the back of the crowd when we cut the cake. She was so disappointed to have missed that bit . As I’m an only child there were no more weddings to compensate.

With hindsight we should have taken a moment to check all the important people had a view.

beanii · 06/04/2024 13:53

canhearitinthesilence · 03/04/2024 21:02

e.g. just realised that I had forgotten to organise the box of order of services going to the church and also now need a decent looking box to put them in.

You don't need a 'decent box' - no one will notice.

Anything like signs, flip flops, favours, personalised hangers/glasses/robes etc are a complete waste of money.

MessyNeate · 06/04/2024 13:59

Following this thread.

just over 5 months to go!

coodawoodashooda · 06/04/2024 14:12

To marry a decent human being.

LoobyDop · 06/04/2024 14:15

I recommend revisiting your decision on ushers, OP. We didn’t have them purely because we thought we could claw back a couple of hundred quid on suit hire, and we could have done with them- it took ages to round everyone up for photos because my bridesmaids were, frankly, too nice and polite. And later we changed venue (planned) and again, it would have been useful to have them to help get everyone to the right place.

I forgot confetti on the day. I’d spent ages chopping a copy of Gone with the Wind (aha!) into heart shapes and packing them into nice little cones, and then forgot to tell anyone it was there, so it all just sat in a bag in the corner.

Monkeybutt1 · 06/04/2024 14:34

Not our fault but our venue left our cupcakes that we had instead of wedding cake in an unlocked room just off the bar area so when we went the next day to get them for the guests who had stayed over a group of drunk golfing men had found them and ruined them. I was devastated but luckily we had the top large one in our room. At the time it felt like the biggest issue ever now 13 years later I realise how unimportant those things are.

beanii · 06/04/2024 15:15

fortifiedwithtea · 04/04/2024 11:36

Didn’t realise my lovely Mum was stuck at the back of the crowd when we cut the cake. She was so disappointed to have missed that bit . As I’m an only child there were no more weddings to compensate.

With hindsight we should have taken a moment to check all the important people had a view.

Or your mum could've made sure she could see 🤷‍♀️

WeightoftheWorld · 06/04/2024 15:22

We didn't even have order of services but we didn't get married in a church. I don't think I've ever had one at a wedding that wasn't in a church.

We forgot table name holder things to hold the names of each table for the wedding breakfast. It didn't even occur to us. The first venue had them though and used theirs and put them up for us.

I think that's it although with hindsight I wish we had pre-booked our taxi to our hotel as we had to hang around for quite awhile at the end waiting for one.

A box for people to post through wedding cards would probably also have been nice but didn't occur to us either.

WeightoftheWorld · 06/04/2024 15:23

Oh yes, we forgot to cut our wedding cake! So people didn't get a slice there/to take home. We didn't live locally at that time so unfortunately due to logistics not all our guests actually ended up getting a piece which was a shame and our oversight.

thefirstmrsrochester · 06/04/2024 15:25

coodawoodashooda · 06/04/2024 14:12

To marry a decent human being.

Same ❤️

Enko · 06/04/2024 15:30

I forgot to pack my hairbrush for the hotel. Kinda hard to take down a elaborate hair do without one :)

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