Well this is why it's strange, the wedding ring and engagement ring both fit fine on their own. And it's comfortable when I put the wedding ring on top of the engagement ring ... it's just when I try to wear the engagement ring on top of the wedding ring that it really hurts ?
I know their right size, and I've them on in the morning and evening...
(This is before the ring fit properly, but here's what they look like)
LMP – Theses memes are exactly what I’m talking about.
Yes in the centre of the maze we shall meet with a picnic
hehe! Tell me about not being able to afford anything, in the next few weeks we
have my brothers and SIL 30th my best friend’s birthday and my dads
birthday and all before the wedding and payday. I may just cry now! Haha!
Thats what I’m planning to do once its cleaned, just not
wear it, wear my fake one instead! Least that way it won’t get dirty again.
In what way does the ring hurt? Is it that the ring could be
pushed down causing it to hurt? Although once your married dont you wear
wedding ring, engagement ring, eternity ring? Or may i thinking about it wrong?
I’m just going to wear the rings how i want haha! I’m useless like that.
Thanks for the ideas for my favours. All good thanks... Bridgetjonesnolonger we have looked into the limoncello idea (looks lovely) but by the time bought all the bottles etc it looks a bit pricey. Real shame though.
So with people asking my theme (which is lacking a little!) whats everyone else's theme?
Lui, I thought you'd like those memes ? Ooh can it be a prosecco picnic?? Ouch, your poor bank account must hate you right now! I've stuck to wearing my fake one now I love how shiny and clean my real one looks. Silly work won't let me look at those dresses!
Well I thought you had to wear your wedding ring, then engagement ring. But if I wear them like that my finger feels like it's being constantly pinched, and I can't bend it properly. Switch them round and it's fine ?
Rachhj - I don't think I have a theme really, I've just stuck with what I like. Apparently I've ended up with classic elegance ?
Shame about the limoncello We got cheap bottles from Amazon for our favours. Did you come up with a solution?
We don't have a theme. OH is a Chelsea fan so we have blue and white as part of our colours theme and there's a nod to autumn throughout the day too ...
Good luck with the favours
xxx
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Afternoon ladies
LMP - how kind of them to surprise you with the mini moon! York is a beautiful place as well, I'm sure it'll be lovely. Those memes made me laugh! Is there any girl who doesn't grow out of Disney?! When we were looking at venues I actually considered Disneyland, but then realised our Nans would never be able to make the flight etc. It wasn't too expensive either from what I remember!
Rachhj33 - that to do list will get right down no problem, I think we all tend to have little "bursts" of energy where we get tons of stuff done over a day or two, then we go back to a lull ha ha...
Mrs FRtobe - yay on your ESTAS! We did our visas the other day for Sri Lanka and India - my god the India one was a nightmare! They wanted like my mum's cat's first meal etc.! All approved though which is a good thing, was not looking forward to having to re do them!
BJNL - so you're another crazy dreamer! They're awful aren't they? Makes you wonder why your brain thinks up such hideous stuff ? we had issues with invites too - "i'm not coming unless my boyfriend can.." We did our very best to accommodate OH's extremely huge family into our venue and now that we're almost 3 weeks away, people are dropping out! We've paid for a creche for the children, and now 4 of them aren't coming (which is £100 lost). A few adults have said they're not coming either, luckily we've not paid the caterer yet but will be in the next week. If anyone drops out after that I'll be furious!
Thanks everyone for your lovely comments about my leaves! I hope they look ok when they're done. I need to redo the table plan now people have left, but think I'll give it another week to make sure. Seriously, who does that?! So close to a wedding...
Got appointments to have our vaccinations too next week ☹️, not looking forward to that! My to do list currently:
Shyly waves ** ? ? ? ** and embarrassingly creeps back into thread after being MIA for what has seemingly been months... ? ... Will you all have me back??????
I'm very sorry for disappearing.....
** Gets out cake as a bribe... ??????? **
Work has just been very poop and I was made redundant again 9 weeks ago (this is the 3rd time this year) however I have a new job, I've had it for 5 weeks and I'm very excited to be getting married in 15 days...
I've missed you all, and especially my date twins....
Please can I stay? ?
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Hey Sparkly Bear! I was wondering where you had got to the other day ? sounds like you've had a real nightmare on the job front lovely, but glad it seems to be going well now for you ?
How are you my lovely?! I don't like this new layout of the forms! It doesn't show peoples countdowns anymore! How many days is it till your wedding now?!
The job thing has honestly been horrendous, it just isn't my year when it comes to jobs!
On the wedding front everything is done apart from really little things! If I set my mind to it, I could get them done but I keep putting them off!
Its just little things like wrapping the gifts for the bridal party, confirming whether I want the roof on the car up or down etc. Everything else is done!
I had my final dress fitting yesterday and have confirmed when to pick that up from the shop. My wedding shoes also finally arrived yesterday! They have taken 12 weeks to get to me as I had them handmade in Italy!
How are your plans coming along? Have you much left to sort?! xxx
Sparkly bear – HI LOVELY!!! How are you doing? Hows everything
been? Sorry to hear about your job situation. Is your newest job all good? Your
always welcome back to the group, just adding cake sweetens the deal hahah.
Stephied – Sounds like you have nearly everything done
which is awesome. Are you getting excited now that its super close?
LMP – of course it can be a processco picnic! Why wouldn’t
it be!
My bank does hate me. So many outgoings. Hehe!
Have the rings however you would like it to be! Always
the best thing.
So today I am very hungover ladies. I went to see
rocky horror live last night at the electric theatre in Birmingham, went
straight from work and didn’t eat much and drank too much. I am suffering with
it today! Haha!
This weekend is part one of OH stag do. So im off to
watch the rugby with my aunty and SIL and then tomorrow taking my ring to be
cleaned. Right now though, I just want to sleep! Oh dear!
BJNL - Everyone loves a Disney post. never to old for that! Aw it is a lovely robe I wish I'd see those before I made mine. I know you can wear the rings in whatever order you like, but I don't think my engagement ring looks right on the bottom ? Ooh I think we should share our top 5... Mine are: Alter Bridge, Wonderful Life (mine and OH's song) Open Arms, Journey Hysteria, Def Leppard The Deeper The Love, Whitesnake Once Upon A Dream, Sleeping Beauty (my favourite Disney film, and the Prince has the same name as my OH - sad I know ?)
Stephied - I looked at Disneyland as well! But you're right it is so expensive and we never would've got all our family there. I totally love York and the last time I was there was for my Gan-Gan's funeral so I really can't wait to go back and show my OH all my favourite places and have some happy memories. It is so frustrating when people drop out, rather rude if you ask me. And speaking of rude, my Aunt (whom I don't like) sent me a message via Facebook to say "I know my invite was for me and your Uncle but your Cousin X wants to come to so here's her meal choices." WHAT THE ?!*?!* Your leaves do look lovely, it's a really good idea. Looks like your to-do list is shrinking ... definitely get some flat dancing shoes!
Sparkly Bear - HI!! ? I was wondering where you'd vanished too!! Sorry to hear the job situation has been a bit poop for you, fingers crossed that you like this job and it's going well ?
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT WE GET MARRIED IN 15 DAYS?! ?
Ooh hope your dress fitting went ok, I have my final fitting tomorrow. It's all so exciting!
Hello everyone!! I've been away with work and I feel like I've missed so much. We're definitely stepping it up a gear! My turn to catch up...
Hello Sparkly Bear! Nice to hear from you again. Sorry to hear about the jobs, that really sucks. Onwards and upwards now?
LMP - we're going to York for our mini moon too. It's actually one of the few places I've never been in the UK but I hear it's nice. I'm very much looking forward to it.
Lui - your centre pieces look fab. Really original. I also love those dresses you've ordered, I wish I had the legs to wear short things!
Stephied - we're doing the same thing for our place cards! I haven't gone foraging yet though, it's on the to-do list. £5 to buy them is ridiculous!
MrsFRtobe - Vegas will be amazing, I love it. Good work with the upgrade!
I'm currently mega stressed out with everything wedding related. I manage to sort my wedding perfume out when I did a bit of duty free shopping at the airport at Jo Malone. I couldn't decide on one so I got two ? This is what happens with a delayed flight, I shop!!
Engagement shoot at the weekend and I have nothing to wear, aargh. Currently waiting for an emergency Asos delivery.
I've also started testing out nail colours for the day. Got these gels yesterday but I think they're too pinky for what a want. Think I'm going to try more nude next time.
Oh and the diamond in my ER is loose so I need to take it to the jeweller to tighten it up. Ugh, something I could do without.
And if you've read to the end of all that, congratulations ???
Well that's the problem, I like my engagement ring on top but it really is uncomfortable. Stroppy Panda alert ?
I am so jealous that you went to see Rocky Horror Live last night! Why was I not invited ? Sorry to hear your suffering today though hope you feel better later ?
And breath Anna Molly! Sorry to hear you have to take your engagement ring to the jewellers, I'm sure they'll have it sorted in no time. I really like that nail colour, but then I do like nude nail varnishes as well. No help I know! Ooh I've heard Jo Malone perfumes are lovely ... I don't blame you for buying two ? Hopefully your emergency Asos delivery will have some gems inside, I'm sure you'll look lovely. I absolutely love York, I think it's such a pretty place ?
AnnaMolly – Thank you lovely! I don’t think I have the
legs for them but black tights hides a multitude of sins I feel!
Ohhh what outfit are you waiting for to arrive from
Asos? Have you got down your america’s next top model poses down?
I like your nails, I think they are lovely.
Oh no hope you get your ring sorted!!
LMP – aww sorry my lovely, my friend booked it, maybe
you can come to the live show with us on the 28th of Jan. You can
get to Birmingham for a Thursday night showing right? 8pm, bring your sparkly
shoes!
Thanks lovely, its my own fault, I should of ate more
than pitta bread and dip and pretzels. Haha! So not feeling great at work. Ha!
Thanks, I think he’s excited! He wants to hurry up and
go! Haha! I’m just looking forward to Jammies and sleep hahaha!
I cant believe your 15 DAYS away! DAYS!!! Remember when
it was 15 weeks and we were excited about coming into single figure weeks, your
now almost in single figure DAYS!!!
Where has the time gone?
P.s. York is aweosme, i love york. Family Panda are so awesome for doing that for you both!!
Lui!!! How are you my lovely?! How are your plans coming along?! Remind me how many days you have to go?! I feel like I have been away for such a long time! I am going to have a proper read back over the thread and make sure I catch up with everything! Where's your OH having his stag do? Have you had your Hen party yet?! Newest job seems all good so far! I'm keeping everything crossed!!!
LittleMissPanda!! - Hello my beautiful date twin!!!! How are you?! I can't believe our weddings are two weeks tomorrow!!!!! ? Only 15 ickle sleeps to go!!!!! I am sooooo excited!!!!! Good luck for your dress fitting tomorrow! Mine was perfect! The seamstress has done wonders with the dress! She is just making a few final tweeks on it, and then I am picking it up on Saturday 26th to take to my mums! It fits like a glove its gorgeous!!!!! Have you got everything sorted now?! I am so excited! I don't think it feels real though! Because we've been planning for such a long time it just feels like its something we talk about all the time, like Christmas!!!
AnnaMolly!! Hello!! How are you? How many days is it till your wedding?! I wish hitched would put the little daisychain countdowns back on so that I can see! Good luck with your engagement shoot! When we had ours I wore some light blue jeggins, and then a white top with flowers on! We were fortunate with the weather and it was really sunny! Where are you having yours?
Love and hugs to all! It's so nice to be back!!! xxxxx
Very jealous of you all planning your honeymoons - as we are doing ours last minute I have nothing to plan for it at the moment! We want to go to the Caribbean or Cape Verde but we will see what offer we can get the day after our nuptials!
We did actually enter a local holiday shop competition for a free holiday (comp was only for those getting married too) so fingers crossed for a freebie!
Strangely I have gone very calm the last week. Since our best man had to pull out I think my head has calmed down and stopped panicking about everything (still not sorted that one yet either!) It isn't a way I'd recommend to stop those dreams though people but they did stop mine in their tracks!
Got lots of things done this week including hankies with personal wording arrived for the Mums, OH's pocketwatch arrived, finalised guest list (HOORAY!), bought OH's shoes (he wants shoes as a key spend for our wedding - he has a shoe fetish I swear! He is excited as he has a pair of labelled brogues for half price just because they are unboxed (rrp £155, paid £79)
Paying final bill to reception today, final dress fitting and BM dress fitting tomorrow. 22 days to go! Eeeep!
Stephie - Sri Lanka sounds great - we wondered if we should do more than just a beach holiday - jealous!
LMP - York is lovely - one of my favourite cities :-)
rachhj33 - we are having jam as favours. They are personalised pots and work out about 50p each. Not home made - I am a very non-DIY bride. Popped the link below if it is of any help - they have a morello cherry flavour which is a bit of an Italian link?
I don't have a theme - the theme is us! Lol! There is a fair amount of caricatures and music going on I guess as we are jokey musicians and the food is plain and simple and big portions (just like us too! lol!)
http://www.redmoped.co.uk/content#Personalised Mini Jars_bs3
MrsFRtobe - what an upgrade! Read this and thought just wow! Lucky thing - you will have to take photos of the views from the hotel!
It is very nice of you to have a mini hen for your mini guests too - love it!
Lui - that skull is just amazing. Very gothic and pretty.
LMP - I think I know why you are having the problem but not really what to do about it! I think (sorry, I am not meaning to sound offensive!) it is finger skin. You haven't fat fingers, but when you put your wedding ring on, the bit of the finger just above it will get a little bit bigger. Your engagement ring is like two rings with a space inbetween. I am thinking your skin is getting caught in that space and pinching you?
When this is the only/first ring on, then it sits with no finger skin to contend with. Your wedding ring being one band doesn't have the issue of trapping skin. It is the style of engagement ring that is causing the ouchies. To see if this is the case, put another ring where your engagement one would sit and see if that hurts as much?
Hope that makes sense and not offensive!
Practically, I think you are doing the right thing - wear them the way that is comfortable and don't worry about it xx
Bridget - I haven't even really thought about playlists but we both like Stevie Wonder and Living on a Prayer has to be in there. I'd love a bit of Bryan Adams and Oasis too - Some might say is an essential. Realised I am giving away my age! lol!
Sparkly bear - hello! I've been in and out (more out than in!) all along too - its a very friendly group and with cake on offer we can be very forgiving! xxx Bit of a bummer about your job - glad to see it hasn't pushed the wedding off course as it must have been difficult managing costs etc through that. It's good your back and excited too!
I seriously think I need a chill pill. Perhaps a nice glass of prosecco will do the trick
Sparkly Bear - I also hate the new layout. It was supposed to be easier for phones but I always use my phone and it's not! I can still see your countdown though, and mine. Perhaps it's your browser?
Sparklybear – I’m good lovely! Doing well, i think! Haha!
Just got the smaller thing are just left to do and pay the final balance next
week too! I did have my hen do. We went to boardmasters festival last month and
it was amazing, the head liners were faithless, bastille and rudimental. I’m
not a major fan of most the bands but I love Newquay.
OH is off camping an canoeing with his dad and brothers this
weekend, then next weekend he is off to Amsterdam. Which hes pretty excited
about. I get two weekends to myself to finally wrap some gifts and write out
the thank you cards.
Glad your new job is going well. Fingers crossed and
everything for you lovely!! Just 43 days left to go.
Misslynx – Glad you have calmed down.
YEY for all the gifts arriving and being sorted. Wow his bargain
sounds awesome! Who are the shoes made by? EEP 22 days to go is so exciting.
Thank you lovely, my friend is highly skilled and so much
better at painting them than me.
Annamolly – Procescco is definitely the best way to calm
down. Hopefully your having the stress before the calm. Fingers crossed things
calm down.
The re Loakes shoes - I'll give you a flash - he'll be proud of me for doing that! It makes me smile what makes him happy :-)
I really am the man in our relationship - he does most cooking, and is gentler than me (I'm the grumpy bolschy one!) and he loves his shoes and going window shopping like a big girl bless him!
OMG! Those shoes are super fly!!! Love them!!! What suit is your OH wearing?
I'd hoped my OH would wear a designer or custom made suit. His mum said she'd buy his suit for him and they went for M&S. There's nothing wrong with M&S, but I'd hoped for something a little more special for our wedding day. The suit is nice and the shoes (also from M&S) are also nice but I know he could've looked sharper on the day. I daren't say too much about it because I don't want to look like I'm dissing the MIL ...
I can't believe some of you are nearly down to single figure days!!!! Excited much?!
Great to see everyone getting on so well...it still feels like I have lots of little things to do (you know the ones that seem little but take forever?!)!
Anywho, I can't remember if I told you about my personalised hangers fiasco but if not, here it is in short... I ordered 6 hangers on 14th August and the seller states it should take 5-10 business days to arrive. When early September hit and no hangers had arrived, I contacted the seller several times but with no message. It took for me to threaten to file a report for any sort of response. Low and behold, they said they had sent them a while ago and were surprised they hadn't arrived and would get them sent by the weekend (this was last weekend). When nothing arrived on Tuesday of this week I filed a report....hey presto, they arrived on Friday (well, sort of...I wasn't in and have to wait til Monday to get them) so yay - even if it is over a month since I ordered them!
We also got our caricatures of composers printed for our table names today - they look amazing!
I still need to get my playlist done but there are some fab ideas here - thanks ladies!!
What else have other people got left? I'm really excited for you all - it's really getting close now huh?!
So glad you got your hangers sorted, one less thing to worry about I always think that when you plan a wedding you are shelling out money left, right and centre to all these private businesses and who knows whether you'll ever get the stuff/they'll go out of business? I paid by credit card whenever I could to get some come back if needs be. Maybe we should've got wedding insurance ... my OH wasn't keen.
My worse fear was the wedding dress shop going out of business and taking my dress with them, all good there though
You're table place names sound cool, a little different. We are going for quirky centres so let's hope my vision looks as good as I think it will in reality. Are you and your OH into classical music?
We are 5 weeks away so a far bit of tinkering left to do like spray painting letters for table centres, penultimate dress fitting, book cars for wedding party, make favours, etc etc. Just little bits and bobs now though.
Good luck with it all, only two weeks before the Oct 2015 wedding flashes start rolling in I can't wait!
Morning ladies, hope you all had lovely weekends ? So naturally there's only one thing to do when your arrive at work early on a Monday morning, and that's catch up with you all!
AnnaMolly - How are things going for you? Hope everything's ok?
BJNL - I know what you mean about your OH's suit my lovely, I had hoped that my OH would have something tailored but he absolutely despises shopping so he's got a normal suit from Moss. It is a nice suit, but I know he could've looked a bit more dapper. I find it so difficult to tip toe round MIL at the moment, hope your's isn't too bad! The playlist is going well ... or it was until the computer broke ☹️ You say about the wedding dress shop going out of business, that actually has happened to me! But I got my dress as a sample so I took it home the day I got it thankfully!
Cat D - Glad to hear you got your hangers sorted, what a fiasco! How's your list looking now ...
Lui - How did Mr Lui's stag do go? Hope he had fun ... more importantly did you enjoy your jammies and sleep?! Argh don't remind me I'm almost in single finger days ? I had a total panic attack on Saturday after my dress fitting, was a good thing Mummy Panda was there.
misslynx - I think seeing what offer you can get after the wedding is a very clever way of doing it. OH & I couldn't afford a honeymoon this year at all which is why we're going to Download 2016 instead! I hope you get a fabulous offer for somewhere gloriously sunny, or a free holiday ? Sorry to hear you were panicking about everything but well done for calming down now, fingers crossed everything goes smoothly for you now. Sounds like you've had a very productive weekend, how did the dress fittings go? Your OH shoes are really nice, very snazzy ? By the way you totally sussed the ring problem! If I wear a different ring above my wedding ring, no problems at all. It's the split in my engagement ring that's causing a problem. OH has said if I want, I can have a thin plain white gold band so that I have my engagement ring and wedding ring separated ... it does look nice like that. Spoilt much ?
Sparkly Bear - Hello my beautifuller date twin! Aw I'm glad your excited I'm currently at the WTF did all my spare time go stage, although I'm a lot better than I was on Saturday. Ooh I cannot wait to see flashes from your wedding, I bet your dress is just stunning! Is it starting to feel real for you yet? Do you have much left to do...?
So my bridesmaid and I had our dress fittings on Saturday, and I swear my seamstress is a fairy godmother ? I'm also super duper proud of my BM as she's lost 4 inches in 5 months!! Her dress is being turned into a corset back now that her final measurements have been all sorted, and my dress just needs taking up a little bit more. We're looking at picking up the dresses up either Tuesday or Thursday next week. I was worried that it was leaving it too late but the seamstress prefers to do it this way as my weight is so up and down she's concerned about the fit. I simply have to flash!!
MissLynx - We are looking at going to Cape Verde next year for our holiday, we have chosen Boa Vista, and are pretty sure we know which hotel, just need to wait to have some pennies before we can book it! Where abouts are you thinking of staying?
AnnyMolly - Yes it was my browser at work! It comes up fine on my ipad at home which is good! I'm still not sure about the layout, I think its a bit boring and the app isn't much better on the iphone either!
Lui - How was your OH first stag weekend? and congrats on your 1000th post! I'm barely hitting 500!!! Need to step my game up in the next few weeks!
BridgetJonesNoLonger - we set do and did our playlist for the reception yesterday, so far its at 8 hours - which is far more than I require, as I only need it to cover the drinks reception and breakfast! What's next on your list to complete?!
LittleMissPanda - Can you believe we are getting married NEXT week!!!!!! ? ? ? [bounce- Isn't it so exciting!!!! Have you got much left to do? This weekend we finished our seating plan for the venue, my OH has made it and its so pretty! Its got bunting on it!!! (I love bunting!) We had our final banns of marriage read at the church on sunday!! I just need to sort some songs for our videographer to put our wedding video onto, make some reserved signs for people in the church so they know where to sit! Write our name tags for the table and buy a duvet cover for my wedding dress!! I pick it up this Saturday! How was your final fitting?!! Was it everything you hoped it would be?! I am so excited! When do you finish work? My last day is 30th September, and then I am not back in work till 26th October!!!! We fly on our honeymoon 2 days after the wedding and I am so frickin excited!!!!!!!! What little bits have you got left to do?! xxxxxx