Wannabslim's wedding update! It's been a while!
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wannabslim
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Well. I have found THE DRESS. It was the third dress I ever tried on, and knew as soon as she told me about it (before I had even seen it) that it was going to be the one... when she brought it out I was in awe and just hoped I could do it justice. Then she laced it up and added a veil and tiara, turned me around. And I cried. It was so beautiful and made me look tiny. Perfect. I went into the shops waiting area where the full size mirror was (and where about 10 brides were waiting along with my chief bridesmaid) and I just couldnt contain my excitement. There were gasps from the others and my friend couldnt believe how slim I was!!! A beautiful dress for what will be a beautiful day!! I didn't expect to find a dress that I would like, as I'm not yet at the weight I want to be for my wedding and thought I would feel fat and yucky, but I just felt like a princess. Never have I felt so lucky to be wearing a dress!!! As I hadnt expected to find anything the outing was intended to be more of a preliminary expedition, but now I need to go back and am going to take my mum and future MIL to have a look as I had really wanted them to be there when I found "the dress", so I guess this is the next best thing. I couldnt believe that it fitted perfectly!! No idea what size it was, and don't really care, all I know is the bride in the cubicle opposite was dead jealous when she saw me and when I exclaimed that I thought it was "the dress", 6or 7 faces appeared around my curtain (store assistants and other brides who were trying on dresses) and couldn't help admiring. I really have never felt worthy of being called beautiful, but in that dress with the veil and tiara I felt it. For the first time ever. If I feel half as good as that on my wedding day I will feel amazing.
Sorry to go on, just felt the need to blurt out how pleased I am. AND the dress is under budget which I cannot believe, as it really is SO beautiful and the detail is exquisite!!
Also, wanted to tell you all there has been a big change as Mike and I decided we weren't happy with the plans, and we are going on Tuesday to look around this venue which I fell in love with a year or so ago but we had ruled out due to price. They have recently announced a weekday special offer and we have agreed that we would rather have our perfect day during the week than settle for less than perfect on a weekend!
SOooooooo excited now!! And the fact that I have spent the weekend with my chief bridesmaid talking about it all has got me really hyped up!!
xxx
Sorry to go on, just felt the need to blurt out how pleased I am. AND the dress is under budget which I cannot believe, as it really is SO beautiful and the detail is exquisite!!
Also, wanted to tell you all there has been a big change as Mike and I decided we weren't happy with the plans, and we are going on Tuesday to look around this venue which I fell in love with a year or so ago but we had ruled out due to price. They have recently announced a weekday special offer and we have agreed that we would rather have our perfect day during the week than settle for less than perfect on a weekend!
SOooooooo excited now!! And the fact that I have spent the weekend with my chief bridesmaid talking about it all has got me really hyped up!!
xxx
wannabslim
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Starlit_Cazza
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So glad that you have found "the" dress...and a little bit jealous of course!!!! By the time I find some mug willing to marry me I will probably be looking at something the queen mother would have worn in her final days! lol
What venue are you going to see? There are so many wonderful ones in Hampshire! My sister got married at the DeVere Grand Harbour in Southampton
What venue are you going to see? There are so many wonderful ones in Hampshire! My sister got married at the DeVere Grand Harbour in Southampton
wannabslim
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Lol hun I'm sure you will look fabulous when the time comes lol! We aren't gettin married in Soton as we are tying the knot in the church where I was brought up attending, in the town where my parents still live and still go to church. The venue is called Parley Manor near Bournemouth Airport and is gorgeous!!
xxx
xxx
Starlit_Cazza
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wannabslim
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isnt it beautiful??! xx
Starlit_Cazza
Restart 3/9/2013
Its absolutely SPECTACULAR!!!!! (now I am even more jealous...)
wannabslim
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OOohhh Abz your venue is stunning! Love it xx
xx
abz
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thanks get married in the great hall and party in the undercroft. photies in the gardens if the weather is nice. but the gardens are outstripped by yours by a mile!! you'll have the most amazing pics. not hunting for a dress until about christmas. one of my bridesmaid's is having chemo and we are waiting until she's done and until i've lost a bit more weight. my chief bridesmaid has only gone and got preggers. delighted for her but it makes dress fitting a little difficult unless i do it in the next month or a few weeks before the wedding...
guess we'll just have to alter it, ha.
abz xx
get married in the great hall and party in the undercroft. photies in the gardens if the weather is nice. but the gardens are outstripped by yours by a mile!! you'll have the most amazing pics. not hunting for a dress until about christmas. one of my bridesmaid's is having chemo and we are waiting until she's done and until i've lost a bit more weight. my chief bridesmaid has only gone and got preggers. delighted for her but it makes dress fitting a little difficult unless i do it in the next month or a few weeks before the wedding...guess we'll just have to alter it, ha.
abz xx
wannabslim
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That sounds fab hun! Mine will be lovely as long as the weather is the same as it has been the past couple of years (it would have been a year this Thursday just gone). If the weathers pants though it could be a washout...will still be nice, just not quite AS nice lol!!
At least you have a beautiful building and come rain or shine your memories and photos will be amazing!
xxx
At least you have a beautiful building and come rain or shine your memories and photos will be amazing!
xxx
abz
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ha. yeah. given the last couple of years' weather mine is going to be underwater!! ha. july :S but i'm looking forward to it. i did wake up in the middle of the night and realise i'd forgotten to book a dj though... and tomorrow i need to organise a meeting with a couple of photographers to choose which one i am going to use. i seem to remember you being insanely organised though so you'll be all sorted by now!! whereas i'm still running in circles slightly... you decided what you are doing for your honeymoon? we are having a weekend in a york hotel and then saving for a couple of weeks away somewhere amazing at a later date when we can afford it.
abz xx
whereas i'm still running in circles slightly... you decided what you are doing for your honeymoon? we are having a weekend in a york hotel and then saving for a couple of weeks away somewhere amazing at a later date when we can afford it.abz xx
wannabslim
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lol its not anywhere near all sorted yet! Got plenty to do still honeymoon will be hopefully 10 days somewhere hot and sunny (we are opting for something closer to home but better quality, something like a 5* in Egypt, rather than a 3* in the Seychelles). As we're getting married on a Thursday now, we were hoping to take from the Tuesday before off (so 2 days to prepare), fly on the Friday and come back on the Sunday and go back to work on the Tuesday, so we only have to book 2 weeks off work, giving us another 2 weeks to use as holiday at other points in the year, probably a week around Easter or in the summer, and a week at Christmas.
xxx
honeymoon will be hopefully 10 days somewhere hot and sunny (we are opting for something closer to home but better quality, something like a 5* in Egypt, rather than a 3* in the Seychelles). As we're getting married on a Thursday now, we were hoping to take from the Tuesday before off (so 2 days to prepare), fly on the Friday and come back on the Sunday and go back to work on the Tuesday, so we only have to book 2 weeks off work, giving us another 2 weeks to use as holiday at other points in the year, probably a week around Easter or in the summer, and a week at Christmas.xxx
misscheeky
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so chuffed for you hun that you found the perfect dress. bet you looked fab in it and will look even fabber on your big day thats another thing of the list!!
thats another thing of the list!!wannabslim
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sorry there's no piccie Becky, but couldnt take the risk of H2B seeing it! lol xxx
