newbie here!

Hey Holls and welcome to hitched! Have you looked at the "for sale" section on here - people put bits and bobs on there.

? Let me guess... you're a tad excited?! You're in the right place. I wouldn't leave your dress that long as it can take months to get into the shop. I'm getting married on the 8th september, so just a few days before you.

Hiya! yeah iv had a look and posted for some place cards lol...i think thats the least of my worries atm bloody place cards! but eventually i will need them

? hi!!

Im sure you will find all the help you need on here, all the fellow hitchers are sooo helpful!!

Good luck in your planning!!

Sammi xx

Hi mrs spink to be! i am VERY excited..but VERY worried that i am going to pull this off!lol..thing is i have found the dress that i want..it is stunning! but i cant go and buy it until iv lost the weight!...and trust me i neeeed to lose weight otherwise i will not enjoy our special day. arghh head is goin into overload right now!

when did you start planning yours? i know people do plan them a few years in advance which is the more sensible idea...(not like me!)

Just wanted to say Hi and welcome and you are certainly in the right place!!

Wow, how strange you sound so similar to me

Congratulations btw!

Im new here too, been browsing for about a week we decided last Thursday to get wed in October we visited a holiday inn we know of that are doing a fab package for 1999 and also a civil service, me and the other half have been engaged since xmas day 2004 and also have 2 little girls. Well the date is set for 23rd October 2010 and like you need to shed a couple of stone, I bought my dress a Maggie Sottero Michelle about 3yrs ago and it's a size 8 aaahhhhhh Im a size 12 at the moment so Im literally starving no cake, biscuits treats allowed but here's hoping it's all worth it....

Its nice to know Im not the only crazy one out here trying to arrange it all in a few months

Good Luck

Jadexx

Thankyou everyone for all the posts! tbh i didnt think any1 would reply lol!...just gos to show your all lovely and your husbands are VERY lucky! i will keep you all updated!!

jade! hello! im glad its not just me either lol!! where are you doing it? im in berkshire?? have you got many bits yet?? the package is brilliant isnt it!! im sure by your big day you will be in that dress! im a 16/18 wanting to be a 10!!!lol...which i was before kids! and im on the cambridge diet so i know i can do it! its just alot of will power!lol xx

Hi Holls... WELCOME TO HITCHED!!

When I got married almost 6 years ago.. we did it all for approx 3500 & that included 2 weeks in Florida too.

We got married at a hotel & had the lot there, so saved on quite a few things.

For the cars we were lucky as we had a friend who had a top of the range merc, & he did the car for us, we just decorated it up a bit with ribbons.

My hubby got ready at the hotel & I got ready at home before going onto the hotel for our ceremony. I was really cheeky & got lots of extras for free thrown in at the hotel but I did know the gorl who was the wedding co-ordinator at the time.

We purchased our own booze as we got a deal too good to be missed & got the hotel right down on the corkage costs.

We had approx 50 to the day do & then approx 90 in total at the night do. We did not get married till 4pm & I think having a later wedding saved us a bit too.

If you have any crafty friends/relatives, rope them in t make as much as poss.

My dress was from Monsoon & I got it in the the sale, it cost me £86.50 & was exactly what I wanted. I had the back altered to a corset style as I did not like the zip back to it.

Hope that helps & good luck with all your planning & if you need any help with Jewellery give me a shout. I have a 3 for 2 offer on all my bridesmaid jewelelry/tiaras, so feel free to look onto my website.

Debbie

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Hi Holls!! ? Welcome to hitched!!

You get married just before me!! I'm sept 26th this year. Only just started properly planning and everythings pretty much done now!! Try not to stress it will all fall into place!!

Lxx

Hi and welcome to Hitched.

You said you were looking for place cards - I bought mine blank from a card making shop online. About £2 for 50. I am decorating them myself and also making own invites.

Hi Holls! Im in Birmingham and our venue is right next to the airport so that will help the Irish part of the family coming over find it easily enough lol, Yeah the HI package is the best Ive found and even H2B was suprised by the value....Im on a winner if he's not moaning about prices haha. I only have the dress that's 2 sizes too small but I'm sure we'll both be into our lovely dresses in time I have a notepad half full with idea's and endless lists but Ive decided on a butterfly theme, Ive designed invites on vistaprint very cheap and there looking good!!!! Im off to a bridal shop clearance day on sunday at a local hotel on the lookout for some bargain bridesmaid dresses next, found out today a DJ is thrown into the package too so another thing ticked off my list phew...

Good luck with the next few months and hope everything goes perfectly, keep us posted

Hi debbie! thanks for your reply!! i shall be looking in monsoon now lol! the corkage for this hotel is £12 a bottle and its £14 a bottle from them so i might be cheeky and try and see if we can get their corkage down! as we want to put 2 bottles on the tables so thats £200 gone already!...i will defo have a look at your jewellery too! x

Hi zippy! thats a really good idea! and im on the case now for those lol! thanks so much!! x

Hi bride 2b (jade)!! thats exactly what my h2b was like and hes so fussy about things usual so same as...hes a keeper!lol...your theme is exactly the same as mine! this is scary!!lol...pink and silver with butterflys!..also iv looked on vistaprint for the invitations and theyv got 10 free at the moment which is a bonus!! iv found the girls dresses so thats off my list and like you iv got a notepad lol...im really getting into it..its just the money side of things thats a worry!

same to you tho hope your planning gos smoothly and im sure il be on here ALOT over the next few months!lol..take care!

What a result iv had! my mum was looking in the local paper and came across a lady selling 98...favour boxes!!all for £10 whoo result!lol..pick them up tomorra!!

Well done...I love a good bargain!!

BTW what is the Cambridge diet? Im not really following a specific diet as yet just restricting what I eat and upped the water intake and back to the gym for me, and also plenty of walking where I can fit it in lol

Hey Holls85, U get married on the same date as me. We only got engaged in Sept 2009 so not long to plan.

We are doing all our wedding pretty much from scratch. We hired a hall very cheaply and getting all suppliers in seperately. It's keeping our costs down. Aiming for £5000. so far so good. (doesn't include honeymoon)

We priced our wine through majestic winehouse. It's half price if you go to france to pick it up and that way will keep our wine price down as like you we want to put 2 bottles of wine on each table. Doing it this way with ferry costs is still so so much cheaper. It's the corkage that gets you.

Happy planning x