Update on our wedding planning so far .....

Hi Katie, I used to live in Newmarket until a few months ago!

Congratulations on the wedding! I've looked at Woodhall Manor online and it looks lovely. I'm still struggling to find a venue in Cambridgeshire - have you seen any 'dry hire' venues on your search?

In regards to your dress shopping, some people buy the dress up to 2 years before the wedding. I would also leave enough time for the shop to order the dress (I've read that some can take 6 months) and make alterations - so anytime from June would be ok! Have you got any ideas on the type of dress?

Hello! Sounds like you're doing well with your plans so far - it's exciting, isn't it?! I haven't long to go and have everything done now so must do a flash soon!

I would suggest organising your music now as that was the next on the list for us. Regarding the dress, I did the same, I waited til September (my birthday actually) to buy the dress and, as I'm getting married in May same as you, it's the same length of time!

I'm not good with flowers but gerbras looks nice and, your florist can advise you on what the can be matched with in terms of other flowers.

Best of luck with the rest of the planning and come back to do some more flashes for us when you've more stuff done! ?

Oh wow, small world :-)! What made you move out of Newmarket? We moved here April 2012 & I now wouldn't want to live anywhere else, well for a while yet anyway! Between the age of 16-21 I worked with race horses & lived in Newmarket so knew I always wanted to come back!

Oh yes I hadn't even thought about the bridal shop having to order in the dress, I guess I should start looking a little earlier. My mission for the wedding is to find the cheapest, nicest dress possible. I'm not one for having a posh designer dress to wear for the one day when that extra money could be put towards other final touches.

To be honest I've been looking at so many different wedding dresses online I know I'll need to actually go in & start trying them on before I can get an idea of what suits me but I do like a simple A line white dress, hopefully one shouldered. But then again the more I see lace dresses I do quite like them.

These are the ones I've seen so far that I love in preference order -

The 1st one would be my ideal wedding dress (if it looks nice on!) but that's just one I found off the internet & it's an American company so will need to find something similar here.

Would you recommend any local bridal shops? I've been hearing good things about 50 Shades of White in St Ives - it's a new family run bridal shop.

Are you able to say what you both have gone for your wedding dress?

I am going to be so gutted once the wedding has been & gone, I'm enjoying it a lot more than I thought!

So sorry I forgot to mention about Cambridge wedding venues - we've only really looked in the Suffolk area. Do you have any in mind atm?

What kind of thing would you like - I'll have a little look!

What date are you getting married?

Ohh, I love the first dress too! I'm not sure on bridal shops in the area but I always seem to see Fleur de Lys mentioned! I haven't tried any dresses on yet either so but I would love to get one made for me!

I've looked at all of the wedding venues in Cambridge - literally about 15-20 venues. Unfortunately the ones I like are too restricted with either high corkage fees (it's Cambridge), music has to go off at 11.30 or they're fully booked. I think I'm going to look elsewhere and maybe hire a coach for guests.

I've been looking at a few bridal blogs for inspiration, mainly http://www.beforethebigday.co.uk/ which could give you some extra wedding ideas!