Introduction (I'm a newbie)

Hi Mel, You have forgotten the most important thing.....pictures of the dress, rings, bm dresses, venue EVERYTHING we need pictures.

Hello!

nice to 'meet' you

but im afraid i have to agree with pg, with only 45 days left we need to see evidence of planning! should also help with your procrastination haha

xxx

Hahaha I've made my own invites but I don't have any pics of them I'm afraid cos I have no camera. And my phone is really old - it's one of those Nokia's you can practically throw at the wall, drop into the toilet and it's still fine. My dress is vintage so it's not online but it's a Margaret Lee that my family all chipped in to buy me for £600. I can describe it though - it's ivory, got two rows of buttons down the back that split at the lower back, with a bow where it splits, then the two rows split into two separate rows which go off at a triangle and end in a bow at the end, and in the 'V' that's created, there's a spattering of crystals. There's a spattering of crystals over the bodice, and spatterings up the front from the bottom and other spatterings from the side...I'm not doing a very good job of describing it am I?

Anyway...we're getting married at Kings Church, Medway (- you can google it) at 1pm. And we're having a meal afterward at the church, then a reception from 7pm at The Royal Function Rooms on Star Hill. My friend is doing the photographs, she's doing a degree in photography, the church is doing the videography for free...

Our friend Sasha's parents have a Rolls Royce Corniche, convertible that they're going to drive me in for the day (and it's exactly the same colours as my invites!!!!! - I was AMAZED when Sasha told me)

We're making our own invites and my sister is making my cake - she made me a cake for my birthday and it was so good, she started her own business! See www.fabbycakes.com

What else? We're going on honeymoon to Trenython Manor resort hotel but we're having a self-catering apartment lodge thing, a couple of friends from church have offered us their holiday package thing for the week. www.trenython.co.uk (to see the place, go to the photos and the lodge things are 7th photos and I'm guessing the insides are the photos that follow them because they have cookers)

Our best man and his girlfriend are paying for the 1st and 2nd night hotel but I don't know where it is, because Samuel organised it himself as a surprise for me (cos traditionally, the groom is supposed to organise the honeymoon as a surprise for the bride but the couple from church did that with my overseeing so I told him to do the hotel instead haha)

I know we're the most blessed couple in the world because we haven't had to pay for any of our wedding yet. My bridesmaids are in cornflower blue, my CBM is in a sandy yellow colour (cos they didn't have the exact colour I wanted in the same style as the BMs but it will do!)

My dad is flying in from Australia to give me away, he said initially he wouldn't be able to come but last week he emailed and said he would.

How do I upload pics?

This is Samuel proposing on stage at church...

Awww was your dad not able to give away your sister the other day? thats sad...bet she was gutted that he coudnt make it for hers but least she'll get to see him...

i see shes away on honeymoon till 10th may, hope shes started your cake!

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this is the cake my sister made for our engagement

this is the cake my sister made for my birthday...my name "Melissa" means honeybee, which is what Samuel calls me

this is the queen bee on top!

this is another cake my sister made, and I've asked her to put flowers like these on top of our cake. Can't show you a pic of mine, cos she hasn't made it yet.

this is me and my 5 brothers and sisters at my sister's wedding on Saturday. I'm in the middle at the back, the sister who punched my glasses off my face is standing to my right in the pink shawl and my little sister Tabby is on my left. My brother Stephen is the usher and our brother Victor is the other lad on the end next to Chrissie the bride. Marc is the groom

Nope, he sent the father of the bride speech which my mum read out in his place. And she's not on her honeymoon in Australia because of the volcano ash! She got her money back for the flights because there's no point in going to Australia for a week and a half. They've gone to Dorset instead! haha they're at Longleat Safari park today - they've hired a luxury caravan for a week cos they didn't want to sit at home and have decided to go do some English sightseeing which tourists do haha! Totally spontaneous, I love it! They're going to go to Florida in the summer.

And no, she's starting my cake closer to the day. She's on honeymoon at the minute!

?hi, welcome to hitched, love your engagement cake x

Welcome to Hitched and big congratulations! That proposal is so sweet ?

Thanks! it's gorgeous huh?!

Wow! Love those cakes! Lucky you to have such a talented sister. Welcome to Hitched.

PS So glad i've got more than 45 days to go else I'd be panicking by now.

I know! I'm so very blessed! Only 45 days to go! Can I say 44 yet? Cos today is almost over....lol

I'm not panicking at all...

There's still a few things we need to do - we haven't got our rings yet, or the men's suits, or got the DJ booked but I don't get my student money until 12th May (ish depending on Studentfinance direct!) so we'll be finalising everything then.

Oooo got to have my dress pressed too. Can you do it yourself if you're careful??

aw congrats!! good to see another christian on here! ? so am i! Well heres hoping you next 45 days are fab, thethe rest of your lives after that - even better!! ?

Ah! Another christian yay! I was wondering if hitched did a christian forum! hahaha

WElcome to Hitched, such a beautiful proposal, and what fantastic friends you have.

Aw thanks Zippy! It's more that I have a friend called Jesus, who puts it on people's hearts to do things for others. You'll see one day, we all will...lol