That's a great report Tina, thanks for indulging my neverending curiosity!
It was lovely to have Tommy's parents there, it must have been so nice for them to be a part of it too.
The whole husband calling thing is fun. We are married 3 months now and the novelty hasn't worn off at all
We have a new name for the "you know"- it's called "honeymooning"! I never did get P to lift me over the threshold of our house as I was too tired and embarrassed (our door is very public and our neighbours are strange people who we don't know)
Good luck with all the paperwork- I'm sure that Tommy doesn't know his luck having you there all the time now
Sinead's wedding planning tips (well you DID ask!) -Agree a guest list ASAP (this is one of the few things that cause P and I endless hassle, especially with our parents- DO NOT, repeat DO NOT give your parents any say! Give them a number of people if you are letting them invite friends/family that they want to invite and make them stick to it or else do what I did, tell them "I thought that I would like to invite X and Y- mine were genuinely delighted that I wanted some of their friends there at all so they only asked me to add 2 couples which I conceded, we asked P's parents to give us a list of the people that they would like to ask to OUR wedding, their list was 140 people!)
-Try to be realistic about things and only fuss about things that are genuinely important (you will be amazed what you THINK is important at various stages over the next couple of months) This is the best piece of advice that anyone gave me.
-Give in to your intended on things that are more important to them than they are to you
-Don't get bogged down in the detail or the expense, the things people commented most on at our wedding were not the most expensive things, they were the most personal things that we had done, like writing our own vows, the music that we chose.
-Enjoy every minute of letting the wedding take over your life- enjoy the browsing in Bridal boutiques, the choosing the flowers, the lot.
-Websurf for ideas. (I know I don't need to tell you this but still) I'll email you a link with some good sites that I found for flowers as it was one thing that i knew zip about before I started looking. I found a fab bouquet online and everyone thought it was really unusual.
-Remember that what is important about the day is that you get to marry the man that you love and declare your love for him in front of friends and family.
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