Tillyscoutsmum's brides and wedding chat

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Thread one was in chat - so lost and gown foreeeevvvverrr

Thread 2 is here...
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/2401/558352

Thread three is below... chat away brides to be, chat away!!!!!

Tilly - I'm so glad your dressmaker is starting to get at least slightly reasonable! What a relief. I did think of you on the weekend (is that weird? ).

We've had lots of positive feedback from people on our wedding invites which has been good after all that trauma! My mum did slip a couple of extra names in at the last minute... but we seem to be okay now. Phew.

so now it's the fun stuff. Yay! I have to pay the florist soon though which is less fun.

What do you need to do in the next 10 days?

Awww Bling - that's not weird - its lovely Maybe she felt your "scary" vibes ... I often think about people off here - especially on their wedding days

I've not got much to do really between now and the wedding... Got my (hopefully final) dress fitting on Friday. DP needs to have a trying on session to decide on which suit/shirt/tie he's going to wear. We need to firm up details with the babysitter. I've got hair colour, fake tan and pedicure next Thursday and then just washing/ironing/packing etc. for our few days away.

I've got a feeling the next week or so is going to drag

Hi,

Glad it's all coming together for you all!

I've just booked my car this one

Took dp to a wedding fayre yesterday we think he's going to get his ring made for him which is a nice touch and I've found some flowers I like, we think his friend is going to make the cake (his friend has said we can pay for the cake in installments or whatever so I'm going to stop panicking about the cost)

I'm hoping for a lie in on my wedding day, what are the chances of this? am I being totally unrealistic? Dp thinks we'll go to bed late the night before and up at the crack of dawn im hoping I can get some rest so I don't look and feel a wreck but having never been married I don't know if he's right or not!?!

Lovely car LMG and good news on the ring and cake

I'm intending to have a bit of a lie in on my wedding day. What time do you get married ?? We've got friends coming over for a meal the night before but I've told them they need to sod off home early because I want to be in bed before 11 pm

Tilly we were going to do the polaroid thing but no one seems to make the films for a reasonable price anymore(We already have a polaroid camera) so we aren't doing it now. I still want to though. We do have a guest book.
You have much more planned fr next week than i do! I need to get the boys shoes, buy and prepare the food, get some flowers and make bouquets and THAT'S IT!

LOL at the planned lie in. even if you don't have a million things to do, I bet you'll be wide awake and bouncing around.

You could be right Bling Although I normally love my sleep, regardless of what else is going on.... A bit like my food really - if I'm nervous - I eat, if I'm depressed - I eat, if I'm happy - I eat. I never go off my food (expect when pg and having 7 months of hideous morning sickness )

MoM - you're so clever/brave preparing all the food and doing the bouquets. I dread to think what any attempts I made at the flowers would look like. Remind me again of what you're wearing ?? Have we seen pics ?

MoM left MN - aaaarrrrr - now I understand why all these navel gazing threads with teary eyed oldies saying "Something is not right, MN is not the same" have developed. I will leave them chatting amongst themselves smug in the knowledge I know who they are missing - MoM!!

Thanks for the cardis - I have also discussed it with my Mum and we said we would wait a bit and see if any tights and cardi appear first so my sister doesn't think we are being bossy!!! ... me bossy???.... Urrrrmmmm..... maybe a little bit!

LOl T42 !! I am an oldie too (well ish) and i think a break will do me good, i find that i have more threads and topics hidden at the mo than ones i can actually see!!

I have NO idea what the flowers will look like but my theory is that i will only have them really for the ceremony and i wrap TONS of ribbon round the stems lol!! Will attempt to find the dress, i have linked before so it prob be on an old thread. Was a BARGAIN from debenhams lol!

dress here but have an underskirt to 'flump' it

bridesmaid dress

Both were bargains - my dress was actually £28/£29!!

Hi guys..long time no speak...my wedding was now 3 months ago....i wish i could do it all again.

We did the polaroid book and it was a real success and talking point and so nice to read it again and again!! Do it!! Buy your polaroid film from the USA on ebay..much cheaper!!

MoM - I do remember the dresses now (and the flumping ). They're lovely and you're going to look fab when you wear them in ......... 11 days time !!!

T42 - good plan - wait and see and then be bossy

DDF - can't believe yours was 3 months ago Will definitely have a look at the polaroid films

Dress is gorgeous!

Looked at the films but i doubt they will be hre in time now Wish i had known earlier (not blaming you btw!!)

Oh! Cake stand arrived today! PHEW was worried about that! 7 tier hexagonal stand!!

Seriously about the lie in...... (come on ddf and those who have been married before) how much of a lie in are we looking at? After all the bar is going to be open til 12am and i don't want to be half asleep by 9pm lol!

MOM - if you have 11 days are you sure that's not enough time to get them? Might be worth a try?

T42 what about saying "you you thought about x y z" it might be she just hasn't considered it yet?

Things seem to moving fast on the wedding front this week, I think it goes in waves, lots done then nothing and I think I prefer it that way, anyone else found this?

We've got a photographer coming on Sunday to have a chat and show us her stuff, she sounds really enthusiastic and cool and very open to my idea's so that's good and she's not too expensive either! How much do you think is the most you would go up to paying for your wedding photos?
My sil is going to show me her tiara and said I can borrow if it I like and I've already agreed to borrow my necklace, earring and bracelet from my sister.

Have I mentioned I'm excited LOL!

MOM and TSM you must be really really excited now!!!! (anyone nervous yet?)

SO excited!! The only nerves are because i have NEVER sung in front of my family before and will be doing at threception !

Yeah.... I suppose I'm a teeny bit excited as well.... maybe... just a little bit

I'M GETTING MARRIED IN JUST OVER 10 DAYS TIME - YIPPEEEEEEEEEEE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not nervous at all. Just hoping dd will be ok (her nap will be interrupted to get her to the venue on time - and she does love her nap !). Also a teeny bit apprehensive because mine and dp's parents have never met (and my mother is a funny bugger, god love her )

Quick question....who supplies the confetti? Me or the guests ?

The guests I think MOM though might be nice for a few guests to have some spare boxes to give to those who forget?

TSM - wow that your parents have never met, could you have a meal with them all one night before the wedding?
I'm trying to get as many people that will be at the wedding to meet before the day obviously I cant do it with everyone but I'm mostly trying to get my sister to get to know dp's friends/ the best man etc

MOM you are very brave singing infront of everyone, I wish I was good enough to do something like that, the posh wedding I went to, the bride sang valerie and it was so cool!

LMG - no chance of them meeting before (there are four sets of them and they're dotted all around the country).

Tbh, I think them meeting at the wedding isn't a bad thing - at least there'll be 70 odd other people for them to hide amongst so it won't be as intense (ditto our mum's and dad's seeing each other.) My step mum was the OW (granted it was 26 years ago) but things are still a teeny bit frosty. Similar stuff with dp's parents/step parents. It's going to be fun We've deliberately picked a venue with lots of alcoves and places to hide

MoM - I'm not providing any confetti

I think generally the bride and groom provide confetti if they want it. certainly, as a guest, I've never brought my own. And lots of churches and venues have strict rules about what kind of confetti is okay so they prefer to know it's being provided by the wedding party to their specifications.

Tilly - the step parents/OW/OM thing is SOOO common. A friend of mine's parents seperated when she was 5 because he had an affair. He is still with the other woman, 25 years later. Before her wedding her mother said, "I am not coming if THAT woman is invited". my friend said, "That would make me very said, but I'm not going to insult dad by refusing to invite the woman he's been married to for 25 years!" Her mum came!

Another friend of mine has the same issue next year.

We have it too, but less intensely in that DP's parents are divorced and he's been living with someone for years who his mother has only met once. So seating arrangements will be complicated, but at least no one is insisting that she isn't invited or anything. Phew!

The beauty of being the bride/groom in my opinion is that if your parents/step parents/dp's parents are arguing or whatever, you can ignore it and carry on having a good time!

LMG : Valerie is one of my songs (The Mark Ronson version) but am doing Black Velvet with the band, will do the others on the karaoke

ok...will change my facebook status after our meeting on friday to let ppl know about confetti(or at least hint that if they want to throw it they will have to bring some!)

Psssst Tilly........10 DAYYYSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

MoM - are you having a video ?? I can't wait to see your photos but I would love to hear you singing as well. You could put it on youtube ...

Bling - our parents/step parents are fine really. They've been civil to each other before (at our first weddings and dd's b'day party etc.).