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Congrats!!!

Nice ring!!!! Congratulation, Angel!

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congrats!!

I wish you guys the best of luck. Why does he say he's ugly he's rather handsome and you guys make quiet a cute couple!
I know what you mean about the jutting out stone. I love my set...it has a jutting out stone. I have had to go and buy a cheap sterling silver ring to wear to work..b/c I almost knocked the diamond out at work reccently.

i havent been around much lately i seem to have missed alot while i been helping my boyfriend move into his new place but i just wanted to say a belated congratulations angel hope you and chris will be happy together forever
and such a cute story about your cousins too bless em,

Congratulations I am very pleased for you

congratulations sorry for the delay
may all your troubles be little ones if not then buy a bigger pram lol <--- was a joke

god bless

hehe brilliant! We're both actually planning children after we get married.

Congratulations! Enjoy planning and being engaged I know you don't know me, but I am slightly obsessed with all things wedding-y at the moment, lol, so of course I had to drop in to this thread

A temporary impairment I hope. Not knowing each other that is.

Thank you, and congratulations on your own wedding, may your cateres not have food poisoning and the flower truck not get a puncture en route ^_^ Why is it that all wedding magazines seem filled with horror stories of these two things? And crazy bridesmaids and mothers? *eyes her pile suspisciously*

We've got a preliminary date in mind now by the way! We're thinking September 15th 2012. We're looking at venues at the moment and I'm getting slightly queesy! HOW MUCH?! It's like, an office function is half the price as a wedding and very little extra is offered. *curls up* And we're trying to find a Yorkshire venue with a cliff ^_^

Congratulations!! The ring is beautiful! Love the engagement story too!

Belated congrats on your engagement.Has for the ring,i wish you well to wear it.

Angel wrote:A temporary impairment I hope. Not knowing each other that is.

Thank you, and congratulations on your own wedding, may your cateres not have food poisoning and the flower truck not get a puncture en route ^_^ Why is it that all wedding magazines seem filled with horror stories of these two things? And crazy bridesmaids and mothers? *eyes her pile suspisciously*

We've got a preliminary date in mind now by the way! We're thinking September 15th 2012. We're looking at venues at the moment and I'm getting slightly queesy! HOW MUCH?! It's like, an office function is half the price as a wedding and very little extra is offered. *curls up* And we're trying to find a Yorkshire venue with a cliff ^_^

LOL - don't worry, you'll find exactly what you want even if it seems all a bit out of reach just now As for wedding magazines, I take them all with a HUGE pinch of salt Nice to look at, and good for some ideas, but I stopped taking them seriously when the first one I looked at said "the average amount spent on a wedding is £20K" My biggest tip with wedding planning is that Ebay is a wonderful place

8 weeks today I will be Mrs Broadley

hehe not quite as outrageous, but mine says around 15k with a grand for the engagement ring...way to Make Chris feel bad! I ignored it completely, it's good as a guide, but I asked Amy what her wedding cost and she quoted about 6k. Which is more realistic.

I'm really lucky though because my mum is buying my dress up to about 2k, including a circlet and my hair (she's also going to secure the only hairdresser I trust to do my hair on such an important day) and she's thinking of putting in towards the venue, if not paying completely while Chris' mum is paying for the flowers

I'm making our wedding favours and stationary myself. *contemplates cross stitching place names* and a wishing well so people can donate money towards the honeymoon instead of buying gifts. And the wedding cake...Aunty Carol, Aunty Helen and myself all do them.

So we've already got the majorly expensive things covered. I need to work out the bridesmaids dresses, but we'll be able to afford those easily, as we're starting to save now for 2012.


oooh I bet you're so excited!

A tip I learned (from man stroke woman and various wedding magazines/books/websites) to save money.

Don't say "wedding"! Yep! Apparently, if you just leave that word out, everything is cheaper! "I want some centerpieces for a party" may save you money versus, "I want some wedding centerpieces." Couldn't hurt to try! Or you can call for a party quote then go in to order and when they hear it's for a wedding just remind them of the cheap price they quoted you earlier... I haven't gotten that far in my planning yet but I hear that tip from everybody!

Angel wrote:I'm making our wedding favours and stationary myself. *contemplates cross stitching place names* and a wishing well so people can donate money towards the honeymoon instead of buying gifts. And the wedding cake...Aunty Carol, Aunty Helen and myself all do them.

I'm pretty sure i've got a cross stitch chart booklet of weddign things, including place names. your welcome to it. lemme know

and congrats!!!

just found the book in question and its this one

http://www.thehappycross-stitcher.com/p ... 970c114712" target="_blank

ive just flicked through it and there are a few things I want to do myself (ah re-discovering stash ) but you are more than welcome to borrow it

@ Mae
I've heard that too and I find that very insulting. People putting up prices like that because it's a wedding. I'm absolutely disgusted, as if they weren't expensive enough!

@Lisa
Aww thank you. I may ask to borrow it closer to the date. I don't even have a potential guest list at the moment, but it's so very kind of you to offer ^_^

Congratulations on your engagement! The ring looks gorgeous! Have fun planning the wedding!

Congratulations Angel!

HUGS
Raven