Thank you all, we had a totally incredible day, I'm only just floating down to earth
There were so many things that went wrong but we managed to sort, a few days before the wedding I'd delegated a few things to people and said if anything goes wrong with what you're sorting please do your best to avoid telling me because it was such a whirl of everything going on and I felt my head would explode and I wanted to try and get enough sleep so I could look ok in the pictures and enjoy the day anyway afterwards I found out...........
My mum's best friends husband died the night before (but she only told me this yesterday )
The venue had crossed our booking out by mistake but luckily no-one else had booked the room and we had all the paperwork so was ok.
3 of the suits had jackets with arms too short and the best mans gf sat up until 12am the night before the wedding unstitching them.
Some of the shirts were dirty!
2 of the waistcoats didn't arrive when they should have so had to collect the next day.
The suit shop went bust the day before our wedding so we were lucky to get suits at all
Dressmaker forgot to alter the length of 2 of my bridesmaid dresses (supposed to be collected on weds luckily my sister collected them on the friday instead so not bad)
My sisters dress when steamed had numbers a few inches tall all over it and the dressmaker managed to get them out with washing up liquid.
Some of the mens buttonholes died overnight so had to get replacements on morning of wedding.
DH dropped the ring because he was so nervous, which I thought was pure comedy genius it really broke the ice and everyone relaxed more after that.
So it is THANKS so much to everyone who sorted all those things out to avoid stressing me out so I could relax and enjoy our wedding day now for the good stuff.......
On the morning of the wedding I woke up about 8.30 listened to this whilst drinking bucks fizz then my bridesmaids gave me a book they had put together about how much they loved me and their memories (they said they had all done their best to make me cry - I was close a couple of times!)
We had a relaxing morning getting ready, we sat around drinking pink champagne in the early afternoon, everyone looked stunning, my girls looked gorgeous and I felt so proud, then the photographer came, the car arrived and we went to the church, when I walked into the church it was so nice to see everyone close to us and as I walked to the front I tried to concentrate on DH but he was trying not to look (told me afterwards that he didn't want to cry - awww) when I got to the front and he looked at me he had tears in his eyes and struggled to say "wow" which made me melt!
The service was lovely and so romantic. The reception room looked amazing and everyone clapped as we walked into the room. The speeches were really good too, the best man and DH were so nervous about theirs but they did brilliantly. Everyone had made so much effort and I was overwhelmed with how hard everyone had worked to bring it together just as I'd imagined.
There was a slideshow of us growing up as we ate the buffet, the band were really good, during their second song my uncle slipped on my dress and I had to have the back of my dress repaired by my mum but nothing could spoil the day it was amazing I felt so close to everyone and they all kept hugging us telling us how much they loved us. We danced and chatted the night away.
The next day we had people round to drink champagne and eat with us, everyone was so happy, it was a totally amazing experience and the atmosphere was full of love.
I know I'm gushing and soppy but I can't believe how lovely it was and Dh and I felt so proud and happy and in love. We got back off our honeymoon yesterday and we are still floating on air and feel closer than we ever believed possible.