Wow, time is ticking on.
Sunday, 21 August 2011
Saturday, 20 August 2011
The great 'to do' list
Never underestimate the amount of work you still have to do, I think that it only becomes clear when you take it all out of your head and write it down or certanily that has been the case for me.
I still think that I am totally on top of things, but there is a lot that I had in my head so hadn't really thought that much about them. Well this all changed last week and it is now all down on paper. I am lucky that most things are small in the grand scheme of things and really just require me to order bits and pieces and put the the finishing touches to the diy items.
So since my last post I have managed to add to and tick of my list!
With two months to go this is what I still have outstanding.
Make remainder of order of services - still have about another 15 to fully make up but they have all been printed at least.
Print inserts for the menus - I have designed them so just need to cut them out and put them together.
Get flower girl shoes - I have been advised by those in the know to wait as long as I can with these so they don't outgrow them.
Get alterations done on my dress - all booked!
Finish table plan - basics are done, just waiting on final numbers
Chase the final RSVP's - we are still waiting on the final few to yay or nay, rsvp date is tomorrow.
Make thank you sign for the photo for our thank you cards.
We are getting there!!
I still think that I am totally on top of things, but there is a lot that I had in my head so hadn't really thought that much about them. Well this all changed last week and it is now all down on paper. I am lucky that most things are small in the grand scheme of things and really just require me to order bits and pieces and put the the finishing touches to the diy items.
So since my last post I have managed to add to and tick of my list!
With two months to go this is what I still have outstanding.
Make remainder of order of services - still have about another 15 to fully make up but they have all been printed at least.
Print inserts for the menus - I have designed them so just need to cut them out and put them together.
Get flower girl shoes - I have been advised by those in the know to wait as long as I can with these so they don't outgrow them.
Get alterations done on my dress - all booked!
Finish table plan - basics are done, just waiting on final numbers
Chase the final RSVP's - we are still waiting on the final few to yay or nay, rsvp date is tomorrow.
Make thank you sign for the photo for our thank you cards.
We are getting there!!
Last piece of the paperwork Jigsaw is done!
So we are finally done with all the paperwork! Yesterday we collected our Certificates of No Impediment from our local council so we are ready to roll.
In Scotland if you are getting married abroad you need to still register your intent to marry with your local register office and get the excitment of seeing your names displayed for all to see on the notice board. You don't however need a schedule of marriage.
You can get all the details you need from here Click me
We found it really easy, just fill out the form with the details of your wedding abroad and bring it into the local register office with the fee of £30 per person. You need to wait 15 days to collect it and it is only valid for 3 months from the date of issue so make sure that you factor this in when you are working out your dates for the wedding.
In Scotland if you are getting married abroad you need to still register your intent to marry with your local register office and get the excitment of seeing your names displayed for all to see on the notice board. You don't however need a schedule of marriage.
You can get all the details you need from here Click me
We found it really easy, just fill out the form with the details of your wedding abroad and bring it into the local register office with the fee of £30 per person. You need to wait 15 days to collect it and it is only valid for 3 months from the date of issue so make sure that you factor this in when you are working out your dates for the wedding.
Sunday, 24 July 2011
Hitting the gym
Jumping for joy!!
After 8 months of being engaged I have finally found my mojo and have restarted weight watchers and have also signed up to the gym. I have realised that I am not going to be one of those brides that loses weight in the run up to her wedding without even trying, much to my dismay. I seem to fall into the category of eating too much in the run up!
I don't want to lose a huge amount of weight, but I really don't want to regret what I didn't do and look back at my wedding photos only seeing what I could have changed if I had really put my mind to it.
To be honest I can't believe that it has taken me so long to come to this understanding as many of you that know me, know that I have had long standing battles with my weight. You would think that by now I know the principles and could just get on with it, this is not how it works though, lol. You need to wait on that something clicking in your brain that stops you reaching for the chocolate at every given opportunity. Thankfully I am pleased to say with just over 12 weeks to go that this has finally happened.
My induction at my new gym was on Thursday, it is a council run gym and I can use any of their 8 sites which should work really well for me as some days I finish in one part of the county and the opposite side to where I work. I didn't want to be tied into just one location as me being me I would make excuses to not travel over to it.
My aim is to complete the couch to 5k programme which is a 9 week programme which gently breaks you into running. My legs to me are one of my biggest problem areas, and although they will be covered up by my dress on the day, due to the wedding being in Spain, they will be on show a little too much for my liking!
I am also going to be working on toning my arms, as I really don't want the dreaded 'bingo wings' on the big day if I can help it. I know that some people may say that you should be happy with how you are but I know that I will just be annoyed with myself if I am not how I think I should be and having gained some weight since the beginning of our engagement I really want to go back to how I looked before.
I managed to lose 3lbs this week, lets just keep it going now!
C xx
You can find the couch to 5k programme here:
Couch to 5k
After 8 months of being engaged I have finally found my mojo and have restarted weight watchers and have also signed up to the gym. I have realised that I am not going to be one of those brides that loses weight in the run up to her wedding without even trying, much to my dismay. I seem to fall into the category of eating too much in the run up!
I don't want to lose a huge amount of weight, but I really don't want to regret what I didn't do and look back at my wedding photos only seeing what I could have changed if I had really put my mind to it.
To be honest I can't believe that it has taken me so long to come to this understanding as many of you that know me, know that I have had long standing battles with my weight. You would think that by now I know the principles and could just get on with it, this is not how it works though, lol. You need to wait on that something clicking in your brain that stops you reaching for the chocolate at every given opportunity. Thankfully I am pleased to say with just over 12 weeks to go that this has finally happened.
My induction at my new gym was on Thursday, it is a council run gym and I can use any of their 8 sites which should work really well for me as some days I finish in one part of the county and the opposite side to where I work. I didn't want to be tied into just one location as me being me I would make excuses to not travel over to it.
My aim is to complete the couch to 5k programme which is a 9 week programme which gently breaks you into running. My legs to me are one of my biggest problem areas, and although they will be covered up by my dress on the day, due to the wedding being in Spain, they will be on show a little too much for my liking!
I am also going to be working on toning my arms, as I really don't want the dreaded 'bingo wings' on the big day if I can help it. I know that some people may say that you should be happy with how you are but I know that I will just be annoyed with myself if I am not how I think I should be and having gained some weight since the beginning of our engagement I really want to go back to how I looked before.
I managed to lose 3lbs this week, lets just keep it going now!
C xx
You can find the couch to 5k programme here:
Couch to 5k
Friday, 22 July 2011
The dress has arrived!!
I am so excited!
The wedding dress has arrived into the shop, now all I have to do is make arrangements to go back in and see it.
I have been looking at pictures of it this morning and thankfully I do still really like it so I am keeping everything crossed that I feel that way when I try it on. I am actually looking forward to seeing it on me properly as the sample I tried on was too small so looking at myself in the mirror required a lot of vision.
My Matron of honour has not seen it either so we are planning on going through to the dress shop for a look.
It will not be fitted until 4 weeks before the wedding (thankfully) so time to hit the gym I think.
C xx
The wedding dress has arrived into the shop, now all I have to do is make arrangements to go back in and see it.
I have been looking at pictures of it this morning and thankfully I do still really like it so I am keeping everything crossed that I feel that way when I try it on. I am actually looking forward to seeing it on me properly as the sample I tried on was too small so looking at myself in the mirror required a lot of vision.
My Matron of honour has not seen it either so we are planning on going through to the dress shop for a look.
It will not be fitted until 4 weeks before the wedding (thankfully) so time to hit the gym I think.
C xx
Thursday, 21 July 2011
3 Months today!
Wow, in 3 months from today we will be getting married! I can't believe how quickly the time is flying past. I know that people said it would but you are not really prepared for it. I have really been enjoying this part of our engagement and actually feel I have time to enjoy it now as everything is mostly organised.I have been really looking forward to being able to count down in weeks (don't worry I won't be posting that each week!) so as of tomorrow we have 13 weeks (blooming calendars!) to go - eeeep!
Images from Google ImagesWednesday, 13 July 2011
100 days to go!!!
Whoohoo! We have reached 100 days to go, tomorrow we will be in double figures! How did that happen?
Things are all sorted now, we are just in the waiting faze, to be honest I am struggling a bit with this, I suppose before we got engaged all I heard were stories about how hard and stressful it is to plan a wedding and I haven't really experienced that. Our planning process has gone really smoothly (so far!) we have had a few issues but they have all been able to be resolved fairly quickly and we have only really had one argument that I can recall that has been about the wedding, which if I am honest was me just picking a fight as I was feeling poorly.
I keep checking my 'to do' list as I keep thinking that there must be something that I have missed but there doesn't appear to be, please let this be the case! lol
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