I started reading books and magazines about weddings to have an idea of what needs to be done. Oh dear! There is so much more than I thought! And this is just to arrange the venue and a date, not to mention paperwork. We have to think about food, cutlery, chairs, decoration, licenses, money, guests, times, dates, etc, etc, etc. And then there is the photographer, the dress, the rings, the cake, the invitations, … It never ends!

The major problem for me at the moment is the fact that I’m foreign and traditions are not the same. Some of them are mutually exclusive so I can’t have a bit of Portuguese tradition on my wedding. But the major part is the things I don’t really know and are not in the books because people are supposed to know them. We are supposed to give presents to the brides maids, and the best man? And the mother of the bride? Is it flowers? Does she have to have a special outfit? Who pays for it? What are the rules? And corsages? Help!!!!!!!!! Some places say one thing, the others say another and then I see ideas for things I didn’t even know were necessary!

I need to go and see an English wedding! The only one I’ve been to in England was Muslim so it doesn’t help.

Anybody getting married soon?