A thread for those getting married in the next couple of months if you would like to join me in my panic?

[LoveMyGirls]

I'm getting married on the 12th September.

I've tried to be really really organised so hopefully it will all run smoothly!

Anyone else want to chat to me about their weddings and hold hands together?

I was wondering what exactly I should be wearing as bridal underwear?
Am I supposed to surprise him with suspenders or something like that?

I'm wearing a bra because at 34DD it would be dangerous not to and then just a pair of knickers, obviously I will get a nice pair of knickers, but can't see that they will be that exciting.

Anyway after all the drink that I'm sure dp will pour down his neck at the wedding, chances are he won't notice what I'm wearing!

No, we are most definitely not organised, but still 7 weeks to go so I'm not worrying

UH- I was wondering the same thing about undies, can't wear a bra because my dress has a deep v at the bust and straps.

I guess it's new knickers then .

W have 2 weeks on saturday so we are pretty much organised here.

UH - We're doing a spa for 2 days I can't wait!

One month today until our wedding I've just been and picked my dress up!

underwear I've gone for
is this now you know why I couldn't drive in it lol

What have you all got left to do?

Off the top of my head I've got to...
look at the seating plan again and make a plan to go in the room (so the ushers know where to sit everyone)
Make a box for cards to go into
Buy ribbon for the cake
Meet with photographer/ florist (my aunt)
email sis in laws with the readings
choose another hymn and let the vicar know/ finalise music for church
pick bridesmaid dresses up
buy shoes for dd2 (did order her some but they are annoying a touch too tight! Though her feet were very hot when I tried to get them on so maybe just that.......LMG hopes and prays but deep down knows it means another search)

Hello

Just wanted to pop back in to tell you all that i had the most amazing day. Everything ran smoothly on the day but the night before the wedding i had the biggest stress.

Ok, I shall call this mini saga Hoopgate: Picture this...
Sat night 5.15pm (night before big day) sat in bath relaxing. DC at his grandma's for the night as is DP. Best friends expected over shortly for meal and wine. I'm shaving my legs and running through the day in my head when it suddendly occurs to me that the wedding dress shop (from where i had picked up my dress just that day) has not given me my hoop for under my dress The dress in heavy and def needs the hoop so that i can walk without falling over and to give it the full effect.

I jump out of the bath and call the shop but at 5.20pm they are closed and not open on a Sun By this point i am getting quite upset. I call my sister as she is the only recently married person i know, which by thr way was six years ago, but she reminds me that you don't generally buy the hoops, you hire them. She tells me to ask my friends but i tearfully remind her that all my friends are single

My sis meanwhile is ringing around her friends. I call several wedding dress shops but as it is now nearly 5.30 there is nobody there. At this stage, i am very emotional and friends cannot even make out what i am saying

I now tearfully begin to resign myself to the fact that i will not be wearing a hoop with my beaufiful dress. The dress will not have the full effect and i will prob trip up and fall on my face in front of all my guests. The dress cost 1000 pounds and i am devestated and with the shop.

I cry for most of the night but good friends and wine see me through. I wake up on Sun and decide that i cannot let it ruin my day anymore and am determined to have the best day i can.

However, on my way to the venue to get ready at 10am, the Wedding dress shop calls apologising profusely for the stress caused (not good enough) and luckily i am in the car so i pick the hoop up on the way to the venue.

Looking back now, and even writing this down, it does not seem like a major problem but at the time it felt a massive deal.Apart from hoopgate though, i had the most amazing day and felt so special. I didn't want to go to bed (was 3am when we went up) and the next day i wanted to it all again.

Good luck to you all and check your hoops are there if you have ordered one

Forgot to say that the shop was open the next day. It was a good job i was getting married at 1.30pm and not in the morning.

Wow LB - What a headache you must have had and how awful!

Tell us more about the rest of your wedding...........more details needed!

Any suggestions for underwear under a lace up dress?just realised when looking at the link that you will see my back!

I really need to send my invites

Hi

Well it's madness here, so tired, so much to do but think it's finally coming together.

How long did it take you to do your table plan? Mine is taking ages, I wanted it to be done last weekend but though I did work on it and dp helped it's still not anywhere near finished, haven't stuck anything on the board yet so far we're cut the board to size, spent 2 hours moving chairs and tables on the floor plan, putting together the table lists, an hour and a half on the phone finding out whose still coming/ what peoples surnames are, putting the names into alphabetical order and then trying to get it to print on the thick card (have managed it and it looks fab) but really I had no idea it would take this long?

Back later gotta go.....

LoveMyGirls, I did the table plan a few weeks ago with my mum and it took ages!!!! It was so stressful had no idea. Still waiting to hear from my friend if she and her boyfriend are coming. And one of dp's aunts is apperently coming but it's all a bit vague no one likes her so no one is calling her to definitely confirm!
And this is only fro about 45 people - ho wpeople do it when they have 150 guests I don't know!

How many are you having LMG?
And are you having children? if so where are you putting them?

I haven't even thought of doing a floor plan....oh dear another to panic about.

I've got 110 coming all day and approx 50 ish coming for the evening (need to count at some point, dp just keeps telling everyone to come and bring who they like I'm guessing some won't turn up anyway)

Children are sitting with parents except my dd's who will be sitting on the bridesmaids table next to the top table (my parents divorced so was tricky) I've brought them some inflatable guitars etc so they can join in with the band Plus they'll have balloons to play with.

We did the floor plan because we wanted to make sure we could fit everyone in, don't think its strictly neccesary I'm just a bit of a control freak of a perfectionist. I'm hoping to get it finished tonight!

I am just sending out my invites! Finally got the menus to send with them

I am just sending out my invites! Finally got the menus to send with them

That's good

I had a lady round last night doing my nails and I've booked her to come the night before the wedding, she does everything from nails to massage so we're in for a lovely pampered evening!

The room the night before is still free so hopefully we will be able to set the room up the day before (for chair covers, table cloths etc that need ironing and then putting on plus all the swags of material etc so to get all that done the day before would be fab)

Have managed to sort out my mum and sil to look after dd's so I've got some time to get a few things done so I can relax on my hen do after that there won't be much left to do, the day before will be manic and I think any chance of an early night is slim but you can't have it all ways.

Hello everyone. Mind if i join you? I met lovemygirls on another thread and she said to come over! I will read up in a mo Congrats to everyone getting married. I have been egaged 4 weeks today. And it's been the most amazing time. I am having so much fun planning! I get married next June so i am a bit of a fraud as it's not the next few months.

Fiiiiiiiinished. So;

lovemygirls Fairydust saysanything sunshine not long now!!! Are you all very excited? Is everything ready?

lovemygirls i might copy you on the guitars if that's ok? We are hoping to find a band - the one i wanted isnt insured which is a requirement of the venue) and we have LOADS of kids coming. Oh and yours and Floopys cd idea. Our photographer is staying til 8 for the first dance but it's a great way of seeing all the fun snaps.

JoJosangels and giddykipper omg. 7 and 3 weeks! How were the big days? Giddy did you get your ring altered ok?

Congratulations lolabella i can imagine what hoopgate did to you. I would be the same. But more details about the wedding please

Hi Kitty, of course you can use inflatables, I think I had the idea from someone on here anyway

I'm doing the table plan tonight, I will not sleep until it is finished

kitty yes, my ring is now great thanks. Phew!

Only 4 sleeps now! And I still haven't booked anywhere to eat afterwards!! Just can't decide where to go. Do we go to the lovely place with the nice view and a garden, or the not so lovely place on the beach where the kids can occupy themselves? Dilemmas.

I had a slightly reflective moment earlier where I thought, why am I getting married when I'm the heaviest I have ever been in my life (aside from when pregnant) and I've got scruffy hair that is in the process of being grown? Not exactly feeling at my most alluring at the moment. Not much you can do when you've only got 3 weeks to plan though!

I'm on for the 19th of December, special license from the Archbish pending.

Can't do anything until that gets granted so am slowly going crazy here NOT booking anything.

I have a dress though, and it's very pretty

frakkin why do you need a special license from teh Archbish? (or should I know that).

Lovemygirls - 110 for the day! I am being bankrupted with 45 .

Still so much to sort out, think of it all then do nothing. Not the best way forward.

Giddykipper, you'll be a beautiful bride and very soon - good luck.

We've had a re-count and it's now 96 for the day and dp has estimated between 40 and 70 for for the evening. We've saved money by having the reception in a social club, family are doing catering, friend is dj-ing and some other friends are playing in the band, my aunt is doing flowers at cost, best man's gf has been a huge help with craft side of things, bm's and ushers have all paid for their own outfits and our famillies have helped with the cost of the big things like my dress, honeymoon, cake, flowers etc so we're really very very lucky to be having the wedding of our dreams. Everything we've paid for we've paid in stages so it hasn't be so bad. Also we've tried to buy things as cheaply as we possibly can, I think all in it will have cost £6,000 at the very most and that's with us having everything we could have wanted, even if we were well off I don't think there's much I'd change, if money was no object we'd possibly have changed the reception venue and have got caterers in but other than that I wouldn't change a thing.

I was up until 12 last night doing the table plan (putting it together at last) and I've just got a tiny bit left to do which I'll do in a bit. I've finished the card box and it looks fab even if i do say so myself i've still got to do..
place names for top table
orders of service
table name cards
these all need to be done asap I'll do as much as I can tomorrow because I can't see me getting much more done today as we have a wedding to go to this evening.

Sorry I've waffled on.......off to get on with it!

Special License needed for private chapel. It's where my mummy and daddy got married [cue nauseatingly sweet emoticon] but we have avoided their wedding anniversary, although we very nearly didn't!

LOveMyGirls that all sounds really great, and it's fab that you've got so much help.

I'm being bankrupted because we're having the reception in the hotel where we're having the ceremony, it's just a lot easier and I don't have the time to organise something myself.
So I'm getting someone in to do the chair covers and decorations and someone is doing the cake (though v cheaply), I don't have any practical help with this really, just getting in laws to be to mind the kids while I sort things out for a wedding to their son is asking waaay too much.... but that's another thread .

Have just realised I still haven't shown dp's birth certificate to the registrar (when i went to book it couldn't find his so had to order a new one), and I have to fill in and send a form back to them!
Must stop hinking about hair and make up or there won't be a wedding!

We have 38ish for the day and 60 moreish at night. I hadn't thought of most of the stuff you have said on here and am still struggling with music at night

Today's the day....

Still haven't booked anywhere to eat afterwards, but the sun is out

Good Luck!!!!!!!!!

Hope you have a wonderful day and don't forget to come back and give us every tiny detail!!!