May 2011 brides!

OMG, tell me about it ?

I know! 8 weeks on Sunday eek!

Tbh, I've not much left to sort, just enjoying the run up

6 weeks today for me!!

Anyone else got a constant sicky/excited feeling??? ?

Thought I was all consumed with the wedding before but now it is on my mind all the blo*dy time!! But its all good!!

And I have a meeting with my hens at 1.30 today to discuss the hen weekend which this time in two weeks I will hopefully be sunning myself by the pool with a large ?

Same as Gemmalouise and everything just about done just got to put all the little things together which is the fun bit

Hows everyone else doing??

x

5 weeks today for us and I am absoloutly cr*pping myself!!!

We still have a lot (I MEAN A LOT!) of little things to sort! And a lot of stuff we have left to do is making things and making last little decisions, like First dance (thats a nightmare) and table names etc.

OH MY GOD i actually feel sick, i cant even feel excited yet cos Im so stressed ahhhhhh!!

We decided that the easter weekend before the wedding were hoping to have most things done and dusted and we can lock ourselves away at home and just chill ?

Im coming out in spots aswell to top things off! ?

It's a month on Monday for us and I'm exactly the same....can't stop thinking about weddingy stuff, but totally crapping myself at the same time!

We leave 3 weeks today though,so that's pretty much our 'D' day; After that, anything we've missed will have to stay missed! The penny well and truly dropped for me at work last week when I was talking to one of my regulars. She was going on about how quickly we'd got to this point, and how fast these next few weeks would go, but when she said that "this time next week it'll be little more than a fortnight and you'll only have one week left at work" that it really dawned on me just how close it actually was! Apparently, my face was a picture!!?

I am actually really excited when I sit and think about it - as much for the fact that we'll get to see our friends again for the first time in 12 months - but at the same time I'm also quite scared by all the 'what if....' 's. It's really starting to dawn on me that this is a really big, grown up thing to do, not just a chance to dress up in a pretty dress and be indulged for a day and that I'm actually doing something that will last for the rest of my life rather than just a few hours (not that I wasn't already aware of that, but it's really starting to hit home now IYSWIM).

I keep wondering if I'm still too young to do something quite so big and life changing.............and then I have to remind myself that I'm 35 years old!!?

snap!!!

Me!

5 weeks today.

Still have LOADS to do. Mind you, I could be doing it now but instead I'm watching crappy tv!

Yep - 6 weeks today for me too!! So blimmin excited i think i might burst!!!! Had a dress and BM dress fitting today and nearly cried with happiness!! I wish I could bottle this feeling a keep it forever!

I am proud to say I have had no bridezilla moments and am totally enjoying every minute of it - although do have a little panic every time i remember that i still have to make my wedding cake!!!!

We've only got the finishing touches left so whatever doesn't get done, doesn't matter! Although, to be fair, I have suddenly started delegating lots of it which has helped so much!!

I must be insane as have decided to throw my sister a surprise 30th birthday party 3 weeks before the wedding (for which i am making her cake too), and a royal wedding BBQ 2 weeks before the wedding for both our families so we can go together before the wedding!

Next thing on the list - to tell the kids we have booked a mini moon to Disneyland Paris with them - I CANNOT wait - they will be so surprised!!!!

Happy planning everyone - enjoy the exciting weeks ahead!!!!

More of a lurker these days..... but thought id pop in and give my love & support to all my fellow May brides....

Good Luck everyone, I just want to enjoy the next 4 n half weeks now, hopefully it will go smoothly from here on in and we can all enjoy the last of the build up!

xxx

8 weeks today for me!!! ?

Tried on my dress yesterday with shoes hair done etc - Loved it!

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Had my final dress fitting yesterday too Mrc C

I'm having a minor panic as we've got lots of "nos" for the evening function.....slightly concerned the room will look half empty!

I have my dress fitting on Tuesday and cannot wait! I'm a little worried that I've lost too much weight and the alterations lady will say she can't take it in enough though ?

We still have a massive heap of origami flowers to make, but loads of other wedding-y stuff has arrived this week and is cluttering up our conservatory. AND - this is very exciting - we've had 2 wedding presents off our Amazon list delivered. One was a lawnmower (much needed!) and the other was a really pretty cafetiere. Made coffee in that this morning and it's just fab. So exciting to be able to say "yeah this was a wedding present from xxxxxx"

H2b bought his suit yesterday too! He went shopping with his dad while I was at work and sent me a pic of him trying it on. He looks so smart and lovely! Now i just need to try and persuade him that he needs to buy a new shirt for the wedding day. Today I'm off out to buy my underwear, fun times!

GemmaLouise - don't stress we have had some odd requests for the evening.. One friend asked if they could bring their 5 yr old son.. um why would you want to surely it's past his bedtime!! Now they aren't coming as they don't do anything without him!

I am hoping for a good day. my biggest nightmare at the moment is rain rain rain!!!!!!!!!?

7 weeks and still quite a bit to do:

Find wedding shoes

Have BM dresses altered

Buy jewellery for BM and me

Underware for me

Choose first dance song - this is proving to be a nightmare.

Gifts for parents

Choose wine and food for the day

Design and print 'Order of Service'

Oh and buy our wedding rings!!!

Is this a normal kind of 'to do list' for someone who is 7 weeks away? I'm stressing a bt! ?

I cant wait although im seriously feeling the wedding stress right now!!!

I still have to -

design and print order of service

choose hymns and readings for the church

jewellery for my sister (BM)

get both my sons suits altered

lose at least 10lb lol!

Ha ha im with u on weight thing! running is my new friend this week!!!!

I refuse to allow it to rain. Don't get me wrong, I love rainy wedding photos but we really want to make the most of the lovely gardens at our venue and have outdoor games and a bouncy castle for the kids!

It's 54 days to go and will be 7 weeks on Saturday. I am excited but feeling quite emotional about it all and tend to 'go quiet' at times which I think is me worrying about nerves.

We went to church yesterday and I just kept filling up; first at the organ playing then when we had our 1st banns read and everyone was praying for us ?

Absolutely terrified about the day, and seriously need to get a grip lol! Just got it all to look foward to now as everything's paid and arranged. Time to sit back, relax, and look forward to my hen day, nights and counting down! ?

I have the following left to do:

One bridesmaid to try on her dress!

Bridesmaid dress alterations

My dress needs steaming/bustle fixing

A couple more thank u presents to buy

Table plan and venue instructions

Put favours together

Final meeting with florist

Hair trial

A couple of men need to be measured for suits still!

Phew i think thats it!

I'm really struggling with favours. We weren't going to have them at all but then I saw a listing on eBay for 100 little organza bags in exactly our shade of blue, so I thought sod it! Now I need to find something to fill them. They're doubling up as name tag holders too. We think sweets will be the easiest thing to do but don't fancy going down the sugared almonds/foil wrapped chocolate hearts route. Not sure what else to try! H2b just shrugged and mumbled something about Haribo when I asked him!

@sammyjay maybe you could pop a bag of mars planets in each, in keeping with your theme!

We brought 2 different Rock Sweets and a roll of Mini Love hearts for our favours, all in all has cost less than £50 for 130 people ?

This is the eBay shop i brought them from; the lady is amazing: https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/sayitwithasweetieltd

7 weeks next Sunday for me (or 55 days if you prefer) and I think the build up anxiety is taking it's toll! I had my first ever actual real life panic attack yesterday. I was only washing the dishes, and I just felt like I couldn't breathe and had to fling off my Marigold's and run out of the house. OH was like "WTF was that?!". I think he is worried I am having second thoughts! lol.

The truth is, I am not at all anxious about being married, I can't wait, and I am not stressed about anything in particular. I think it might just be nerves about the expectation of the day of you know what I mean? What is expected of me, whether I will live up to those expectations and whether everyone will enjoy the day.

HAHAHAHA, love this!!

Hmm, maybe those Sherbert flying saucers! I loved those as a kid!

I have less than 5 weeks to go now and am trying to do the Ostrich thing and not think about it too much but everytime I switch on the television someone is talking about the Royal Wedding and mine is the week after so its proving difficult!

I feel like I still have loads to do and then feel like there are probably tons of things I havent even thought of!

shoes to buy for the bridesmaids and flowergirls

favors for the guests

best man and parents thank you gifts

first dance

order of service to be approved and printed by priest

table plan - we dont even have a confirmed list of guests as yet - oops!

wedding rings to buy (!!)

hair accessories to sort out

cars and transport for guest

We are getting married in Ibiza so there are things that I cant do til we get there and we dont arrive til 3 days before the wedding. I am starting to dream about the wedding so i think i must be subconsciously stressing about it even if my conscious mind refuses to let me believe it!

I really feel like it just wont get done in time.........ok am going to breathe out now and put my head back in the sand!

J.x

Had a final chat with the Registrar today - definitely made it feel real!

DRESS FITTING TODAY, SQUEEEEEE!!!!

Sorry, I haven't seen my dress since October and I've lost almost 2 stone since the last time I tried it on so I am DESPERATE for 3pm to come around so I can go swish about in my dress a bit and see it all together with my shoes, veil and jewellery! NNNNNNGGGGGHHH!!!

I saw h2b in his suit this morning (silly boy has decided he wanted to wear it to an important meeting at work - the one downside of him choosing a smart-but-can-wear-again-after-the-wedding sort of suit) and he looked goooooooooorgeous. I did have a mini paddy about him wearing the suit he bought For The Wedding to a meeting at work, but he insisted on it. I may have had a childish moment and threatened to go to Tesco in my wedding dress.....! ?

GemmaLouise me too! Seemed really real! which vows are you doing?

Doesnt seem that long ago that all our tickers said 1 yr now its 8 weeks lol x

Six weeks on Saturday for us. That's utterly terrifying.

H2b and I tried our wedding rings on last night and practiced putting them on each other's fingers as we'll do when we exchange vows. He kept making jokes like grabbing my hand, waving it around and shouting "stay still! Stop trying to escape!"... silly boy.