JoRoger
Full Member
Hi there don't know if anyone remembers me from my last stint on here, have been up and downing with SW ever since and for the past year but this time I am really, really going for it as my life has really changed, for the better!
Have been with my OH for nearly three years now, and we've known each other for ten. Earlier in the year we had some very bad news - his dad had a heart attack. Although it was 'mild' as these things go, it was enough to make him want to totally change his life and so they are downsizing their house, and he is retiring, leaving my OH as sole partner in their plumbing & heating business.
We're officially taking over the business next April and after a lot of talking decided (slightly unromantically I suppose!) that we'd better get on with this idea of getting married because when OH takes over the business it is going to be a heck of a lot of hard work and most likely money will be very tight for a good few years. We decided to make hay while the sun shines and have planned our wedding for next March, when we'll still have a fixed weekly income and someone else to run the business while we're away.
Because its the 2nd time round for both of us and because we have a seriously strict budget of just under £2k, we decided not to have the full-blown white wedding, we're just going to go off to the Isle of Wight with my mum and our DS, and possibly my grandad.
Being very organised and also very excited, I've already got my dress, I got a real bargain, £180 inc delivery, its absolutely beautiful and I'm expecting its arrival on Thursday.
Ok, here's where SW comes in - yes I would have slimmed down for the wedding anyway BUT...the dress is a size 12-14! And I am a 16 going into a 14. I need to lose at least 21lbs to get into that dress comfortably. I HAVE to lose it this time, there's no alternative, no going back, no corset-style ribbons to let the back out if needs be, it has a zip, and I have to fit into it come hell or high water.
I will need so much encouragement and distractions so obviously the first place I thought of was mini-mins, and here I am!
Hope the above wasn't too boring!
Have been with my OH for nearly three years now, and we've known each other for ten. Earlier in the year we had some very bad news - his dad had a heart attack. Although it was 'mild' as these things go, it was enough to make him want to totally change his life and so they are downsizing their house, and he is retiring, leaving my OH as sole partner in their plumbing & heating business.
We're officially taking over the business next April and after a lot of talking decided (slightly unromantically I suppose!) that we'd better get on with this idea of getting married because when OH takes over the business it is going to be a heck of a lot of hard work and most likely money will be very tight for a good few years. We decided to make hay while the sun shines and have planned our wedding for next March, when we'll still have a fixed weekly income and someone else to run the business while we're away.
Because its the 2nd time round for both of us and because we have a seriously strict budget of just under £2k, we decided not to have the full-blown white wedding, we're just going to go off to the Isle of Wight with my mum and our DS, and possibly my grandad.
Being very organised and also very excited, I've already got my dress, I got a real bargain, £180 inc delivery, its absolutely beautiful and I'm expecting its arrival on Thursday.
Ok, here's where SW comes in - yes I would have slimmed down for the wedding anyway BUT...the dress is a size 12-14! And I am a 16 going into a 14. I need to lose at least 21lbs to get into that dress comfortably. I HAVE to lose it this time, there's no alternative, no going back, no corset-style ribbons to let the back out if needs be, it has a zip, and I have to fit into it come hell or high water.
I will need so much encouragement and distractions so obviously the first place I thought of was mini-mins, and here I am!
Hope the above wasn't too boring!