Update

So we have been overloaded with work and this website has not been updated in a long time. Many things have happened since the last post so I’ll just try to summarise it here.
- Bouquets: We bought and received mine and the bridesmaids bouquets. They are silk with the colour scheme I chose (red and [...]

Shoes and centre pieces

Finally after much searching I found my wedding shoes. It was quite difficult as most at pointy or open at the front. But finally got them and cheaper than expected
My advice?
Look in all the shops that sell any kind of shoes. All of them, even places like Next and John Lewis. You may [...]

Bridesmaids’ dresses and my jewellery!

It has been a nightmare to find a bridesmaid dress that I like. If there was actually one I like it would be the wrong colour, or too expensive. I’ve been through every shop available, online, all of them. Finally I found one! Well within budget, the right colour, the perfect shape. Only it was [...]

The Date!

Mark it in your calendars!

Finally, after the contract was perfect, signed and sent, we provisionally booked the date at the Derby registrar and we booked an appointment to give notice of our wedding at the Milton Keynes registrar.
The cheque for the venue was also sent and the wedding insurance was bought.
It’s all on the way [...]

Venue hunting

Last weekend Cat and I travelled up to Derby to try and find a venue to host our wedding. We plan to have the ceremony, breakfast and evening reception all under one roof, but there are a limited number of places registered to hold marriages.
So armed with a list of a dozen or so, we [...]

The Bridesmaids

So on an English wedding, the bride is supposed to have bridesmaids to help her with everything necessary. So instead of a godmother and godfather as in Portugal, I could choose several bridesmaids.
Unlike Russ, who set up a romantic scene to ask Johnno to be his best man, I just informed them selected few:’By the [...]

Tradition, but…

We want to have the wedding according to the English tradition with a few influences of the Portuguese one
We will try to get both together a much as possible, however, the last thing I want is to be retrained by tradition. So what we will do is personalise tradition.
We will write about these [...]

Guests and venues

So my initial idea of wedding was something very simple and small, registrar’s office, and job done. Russ however was quick to say that he wanted a big thing with all his family. Not having a close family I didn’t quite understand why he wanted all of them (there are dozens), but after meeting them [...]

But…

It’s all so exciting!