October 2015 brides....

Thanks for not telling anyone, its our little scecret!

Oh yea I eat shed loads at home, but I eat less at work because I’m just sitting about, I’ve recently got a fitbit (I say recently, borrowed OH one hahah) I had jacket potato last night, was so excited, as it was sweet potato! Nom nom nom! ?

Although I have learnt Stress and tiredness is a great diet hahah ?

Hahah do not worry, you table is secure! Right there! Couldnt not have you ladies! ?

Ok I’ll give you a hint.... not on the high street do some fabulous cards!! Hint over hehehe! ?

You have car straightners? OMG where did you get them from? I need them in my life!! Hahah!! ?

Awww i love the doll! She will love it. I did think of you the other day as someone brought rupunzel dolls and made me think of her Disney princess dress as her outfit! Still love that idea!!

EEP cant wait for my dress fitting, cant wait to put it on and dance around in it hahaha! Cant believe in 6 days you would be in the 2 month mark! I am so excited for you and cant wait to see your flashes from the big day! (im not wishing the time away honest!!) Will you stay and be an OM?❤️

Glad to hear you eat shed loads at home, can't have you wasting away! Ooh that jacket potato sounds lush, I want one now ... always want hot food when it's cold and rainy, instead I have a cheese sandwich. Not the same ?

Stress and tiredness is indeed it's own diet, I've discovered that lately. Then I get more stressed because I'm tired, then I can't sleep because I'm stressed. Round and round we go!

Ooh a Not On The High Street card?? Ok I better up my game and not go to Card Factory then ?

Haha yes I truly am the Camping Princess! I bought these...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0042NYF3O?keywords=in%20car%20charger%20hair%20straighteners&qid=1438168146&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1
Fabulous for camping and leaving in the glove box!

Hehe why thank you ?
I did get her to try her Sofia dress on the other day, she started doing twirls and singing "I'm a pretty lovely princess", was totally adorable ❤️

Try not to fidget when you have your fitting, I did and I now have a nice scratch down my arm ... oops!
I bet you'll fall in love with it all over again and it'll suddenly hit you how soon it really is, try not to have a meltdown like I did!

I know, Monday 3rd August it'll be 2 months exactly.
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHERE THE TIME HAS GONE?!

I'll still lurk around here and post if you ladies will let me ? ❤️

I cant stop eating at home and I’m always after something sweet, tonight I’m buying ice cream because yknow I can hahaha! Going to eat so much of it.

Not to make t worse but it was amazing; it was sweet potato with tuna and cheese, nom nom nom.

It really is crazy, last night i feel asleep at 9.40 on the sofa, woke up and couldn’t sleep because i was thinking about wedding things, then finally drifted off and woke up at 6.30 wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy before my alarm. Makes me sad. My friend told me i’d be so stressed that it would turn into a diet and i was like “nahhhh it won’t, I’ll be fine” she was right! I should have listened hahaha!

There are some lovely ones for your OH on there, although Card factory do, do some awesome cards. I got a cool one for OH uncle who was married this month. Really like it, was thinking of getting it for someone else who’s getting married.

Those straighters look good, I may purchase some, think it may be worth it to have on the safe side. I think my friend has gas ones?! Thats crazy hahaha

Your nice is so adorable! Hehe, net she cant wait to wear the dress.

I cant promise no meltdowns or fidget as you might be like me and unable to stand for long periods or even in the same spot because of my back. So i always fidget. I will just be armed with savlon in case haha.

Yey please lurk hahaha! We have to be October OM’s remember hahaha!

I HAVE NO CLUE WHERE THE TIME HAS GONE!! This time last year I was getting excited about holiday I was having in September. WAHHH!

I'm exactly the same when I get home, I barely have time to eat any lunch at work so when I'm home I just destroy the cupboards ?
There's always a good excuse for ice cream, although I have a bit of a thing for Ben & Jerry's raspberry frozen yoghurt with chocolate chunks om nom nom!

The things our friends say that we should have listened to hey! Sorry to hear you had a naff nights sleep, if it makes you feel any better your not alone and I have to get up at 6:20am!

Right I'm tottering off to have a nose...

Gas straighteners? Never heard of those before!

She is really excited, she can't wait for us to both wear our princess dresses ... apparently I'm Belle ?

Yeah I always fidget because of my back, just try to time it so that the pins are moving away from you!

Ah yes I shall lurk and be an October OM ?
I think me and Sparkly Bear are the first two out of our group *gulp*

It's really weird when I had a year to go I was so eager for it to be here and now I need more time!!

Hahaha cupboard raiders! Haha! Always full of stuff I don’t want as well.

Ohhh that sounds a bit tasty, may have to have a look. Talking about Ben and Jerrys, I went to the cinema the other night and they had blueberry cheesecake, its a brand new flavour and its so tasty! Totally worth going to the cinema for!!

Anything before 7 is an evil time. Everyone should be allowed to lay in to at least 7.

Ha we should make a list of all the things our friends have said which we didn’t believe. I imagine we would have a great list hehe!

Neither did I, but they are real...: http://www.amazon.co.uk/High-Quality-BaByliss-Professional-Straightener/dp/B00QKTVS42/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1438177817&sr=8-9&keywords=gas+straighteners

However in my hands i would probably burn down the tent or something.

I can imagine you being belle because of your dress colour. Just need a brown wig and your sorted hehe!

Thanks for the tip, I will definitely give it a go when it happens. I don’t mind being pricked by the pin though, I have probably done worse haha (mainly when sewing things up)

You and sparkly bear are indeed the first and me, Annamolly, Elvira and vixen (i think) are the last ones. Crazy how it’s come along. I know what you mean though regarding wanting it to be here than not. Another thing people said which I didn’t believe.... it’ll come round quickly!

I know, my cupboards are empty of anything yummy at the moment which is probably a good thing!

I love getting ice cream at the cinema, they've changed my local Cineworld to Baskin Robbins and it's just not the same ☹️

Haha I wish I could sleep in till 7 but my bus is at 7:45 so I have to be up early so I have time to get ready.

Ok cool let's make this list, starting with the two you've already mentioned:
It'll come round quickly
The weight will drop off once the stress kicks in
And my personal favourite
It's only one day, no-one will notice the little things

Ok I'm totally looking into gas powdered straighteners now, they look great ?

? Don't think Mr Panda would be happy if I had a brown wig on, he likes my natural colour bless him

Can't believe it's nearly here ... a whole month filled with lush weddings ❤️

I love my hairpiece, after some searching its from this company....

http://twilightdesigns.co.uk and the code is TLT4630..it says is trade only,we got in through my bridal shop, it was about £100 i think.

I have my make up trial tomorrow and my hair trial next thursday, I think in having it all gathered in a low bun as there is a lot of detail on the top of my dress....

heres and excuse to flash my beautiful dress again!

Im getting so excited now, me and the OH are off to london in a couple of weeks to get him sorted with shoes and some trousers

86 freaking days to go!! I love reading how everyone is doing, it'll be here before we know it. as some of you know i struggled a bit as my best friend passed away 8 weeks ago, the hardest part was writing her husbands invite with 'and guest' but I'm happy with how everything is coming together now

I love your dress MrsFRtobe! I hope your make up trial goes well today.

I honestly can't believe how much time is flying, it's quite scary! I used to think that I had loads of time so was putting of doing stuff but now I don't have that excuse and I'm still not doing stuff. Eek. Need a kick up the bum.

I have a mystery package coming today which I'm guessing must be wedding related (as that's all I ever order these days). I can't remember what it is though!

AnnaMolly – I love mystery packages, they are the best! Maybe they are your shoes turning up early?

MrsFtobe – Thank you lovely, I will let my friend know as im sure something like that is what shes looking for, for her wedding. Least it’s a place to start for her.

Ohhh let us know how your make up trial does today! Did you say how you were going to have your hair? I can’t remember (sorry if you did!!)

Hope your friend’s husband is doing well.

Glad everything is coming together for you!!

LMP – I brought ice cream, B&J blondie brownie core!! So tasty hahaha! I have only had baskin Robbins once but I liked what i had, they had some blue ice cream thing. I cant remember what it was but it was tasty! You know which ice cream we dont have here that we need... TUTTI FRUTTI!! Jeez i miss that flavour!!

So anyway this list... which I am loving

It'll come round quickly
The weight will drop off once the stress kicks in
It's only one day, no-one will notice the little things

I would like to add..:

Are you excited for the day?

This may not be the same but when trying to keep my dress a secret from people....

Do you have a photo of your dress..? No its a secret? Oh but can i see it?

Aww good Mr Panda for liking you how you are... (reminds me of Bridget Jones and Mark Darcy!)

I’m excited for the best month of weddings (obvs bias hahaha!)

My mystery package was my shoes!!!! I'm so excited! They are absolutely gorgeous, they look a rose gold colour which is perfect with my blush/Ivory dress. They're more weddingy than I thought I'd go for but I'm in love ?

Plus they have some lovely personalisation on the sole

Hi Girls, my make-up trial went really well, the lady was lovely and she has done a great job, Im writing this wearing fake eyelashes for the 1st time i my life!lol. She listened to exactly what I wanted so feeling a lot more at ease now.. can't wait for my hairdresser to try styles next Thursday

Hi all,

Have had a very productive day today. We went into town and have ordered and put a deposit down on our wedding rings - both of us are having plain gold bands, mine 2.5mm wide and his 5mm wide :-)

Also popped into Slaters Menswear and arranged OH's suit hire - navy Prince Edward suit, ivory waistcoat and royal blue cravat. He looked very handsome :-D

Also on a non wedding related note, received an email offering me a role as a volunteer for the rugby world cup - have accepted so will see how it fits around everything else we are doing lol.

Will have a read through now and catch up on everything you girls have been up to. x

AnnaMolly - Those shoes are lovely :-) Very nice mystery post to receive.

MrsFRToBe - Love the hair piece, very pretty. The sign for your nephew is very cute too. Your dress is stunning :-)

All the talk of ice-cream is making me hungry - not sure I have anything very exciting in the freezer at the moment but will have to go and look.

Can't believe we're all heading for the 2 month mark now - has come around so quickly. I suspect we will be the most chatty OM thread too - we're definitely the busiest brides month lol. If anyone wants a card from me let me know. x

I'm getting married on the 1st of October so I just about count as an October bride. We were planning to get married this month but it's worked out that we had to wait a little longer. Either way I'm super excited now ???

AnnaMolly – Oh those shoes, beautiful, definitely worth the wait! Are the comfy, I hope they are!!

MrsFRtobe – I’m happy to send you a wedding card too lovely!! PM me your address and I can go on the card hunt for you!! WOOOOO!!

Bamboozledbride – YEY! Welcome to the group, literally 2 months tomorrow for you!!! Have you got everything sorted? What are you plans?!

Yesterday I was in a bad mood as lack of sleep and working every day this year so far just caught up with me! But today I’m brighter and better because one week today I will be waking up in a tent ready to watch faithless!!

Its really getting me through the week I have to wait!

Also finally day to RSVP today, although question, we put the 1st August on, should I wait until after the 1st to start asking questions?

Morning everyone!

AnnaMolly - I love your shoes! Their so pretty, and the personalisation on the sole is really cute.

Bamboozledbride - Hi and welcome ?
How are your plans coming along? Have you got most things sorted...?

MrsFRtobe - Your dress is so gorgeous! Really pleased to hear that you were happy with your make-up trial, fingers crossed your hair trial goes well for you ?
(how did you get on with the false eyelashes by the way?)

MrsWatkinsToBe - Glad to hear you had a productive day, always good to tick things off the list!
Your OH's suit sounds really nice, bet you can't wait to see him all suited and booted ?

Lui - Seriously every time I talk to you I end up wanting food! I have just eaten a HUGE pot of Lucky Charms that one of the guys at work bought me and now I'm flipping dancing on the ceiling *cue cheesy singing*
Ooh Tutti Frutti ice cream sounds amazing, me want!

The List Of Things That People Say That Turned Out To Be True/Annoy Us
It'll come round quickly
The weight will drop off once the stress kicks in
It's only one day, no-one will notice the little things
Are you excited for the day?
Do you have a photo of your dress..? No its a secret? Oh but can i see it? (love this one)

Oh and of course...
When will you be sending my invite?

October is clearly going to be the best month for weddings, we're definitely the most chatty!

Sorry to hear you were in a bad mood yesterday, have some weird Panda hugs...

Woohoo for your hen do soon, that'll be so much fun ?

I would start asking questions maybe Tuesday/Wednesday next week, I know it's hard but don't jump on people straight away ?

Hello bamboozledbride! Have you got much more to do?

Its exactly three months today until I get married!! You too Lui, can you believe it? I know we're the last of the October brides but I definitely feel like time is going fast now, only three months!

I actually can't believe that from tomorrow it'll be less then three months Annamolly, actually may be freaking out about this. Doesn't feel like there is enough time in the months left to do everything we need to do!!

How are you feeling all about it now it's bang on three months?

It sounds much closer if you say it in weeks! ?
I have just over 9 weeks left! ?

13 weeks ???, doesn't sound as bad but it's cause it's in double figures, although I think I may be more worried when the weeks are in single figures.

Cornish Bride I'm the same as you ... it's 9 weeks tomorrow for me ??

Definitely going quick now!

Although I managed to tick another thing off the list yesterday as I got OH's & his man's shirts and ties. They both liked the same ones, in the first shop we went in. Result!

Hey Girls!

How's it going? Happy Friday!

I see there's been some happy developments with gorgeous shoe deliveries and successful make-up trials. All good!

Not much happening with me....my bridesmaid has had her baby (gorgeous!) so soon she will be able to try the new bridesmaid dress on that I ordered pre birth, excited to see her in it!

oh, and I had the call today that my dress is ready! With me losing weight though, I don't want to go down too soon to try it on, so have booked in for 13th September... hoping to shift at least another stone and half in the next 6 weeks

xx

Rebeccafcr – Well done on your weight loss lovely and congratulations to your friend for giving birth! How it everything else coming together?

LMP – Result on the shirts!! Wooooo!!

Rebeccafcr - congratulations on the weight loss, well done you ?
And congrats to your friend, hope her and baby are both well

Lui - I was absolutely stunned at how pain free it all was! Plus they didn't opt for pink ties ... very pleased about that, not going to lie ?
Only thing OH has left to do is find some nice shoes, in a size 14. This could take a while ?

Do you have many RSVP's left to chase?

Yey for no pink tie hehe!! Glad you got that sorted. ?

Have you tried Brantano, do you guys have one? I used to work for one and I remember getting out size 15 shoes for men, although that was many years ago now! Hahah! ?

We have 35 (36 but one space is blank at the moment) left to get so 114 people have RSVP already which is good.

OH has Monday off after the London to Surrey bike race so will work on a nice way of asking people before we go live with asking later in the week hehe.

Thanks LMP & Lui,

Yes, my BM is doing great thankyou, saw her yesterday and she said she feels great, and she certainly looks great. Her baby boy is gorgeous! I can't wait to have more cuddles with him!

Everything for me feels pretty much in hand really... picked up the wedding rings last week. That's sorted.

Need to have a wedding weekend at some point to do little bits like... write on table place cards, finish my bouquets, and buttonholes off, and some other crafty things, but think it's too early maybe for that... not sure....

how's it going with you guys?

Lui - I'm glad we got it sorted too. I was very fair about it all though, my mum was stunned ?
There was a display with a white shirt and suit jacket like his so I simply propped his buttonhole on the jacket and held up the tie he liked then one I liked against the display. It worked, my choice looked better and the best man preferred it to!
Phew ?

Brantano is now on the list of places for us to try, thank you for the hint ?

That's a good number of replies so far, I chickened out of chasing up people and asked my mum to do it as it was all my family!
Hope Mr Lui's bike ride goes ok...

Rebeccafcr - Aw treasure those cuddles, they grow up so fast!
Glad to hear everything's going ok for you, your list sounds manageable ?
Always good to have a wedding weekend though...

Morning Girls,

hope your all well?

Random question... who have you chosen to be witnesses?

I need to be sending things to the registrar soon, and there are some things I need inspiration for still... music is one of them.... it's causing me the most stress! daft!

Hi,

We've chosen my dad, and my OHs mum. It can be anyone though as far as I know. A lot of people have their best man/maid of honour sign as witness!

Hi all,

So Mr Lui made his bike ride in 7 hours with a lot of motivational texts to keep him going. He is currently at home resting up. Got back from London at midnight last night and Archer meowed in my face at 5 so I may be quite tired right now! Ha!

Anyways re the register we are having our BM and MOH who are our best friends!

Hows everyone weekend? Going to think about chasing people soon as still outstanding 34 replies yet.

We haven't chosen our witnesses yet. I'm thinking maybe our mums? Not sure.

Our RSVP deadline passed at the weekend and there's still quite a few people who haven't replied. It's the people that have been married in recent years and still haven't replied that pee me off the most. Surely they know exactly what it's like waiting for replies? Ugh. Rude.

Exactly this, I give up with people really ha! It's not hard to say yes or no!