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THE DEFINITIVE LIST

BRIDE:
Got: Dress, shoes, undies, jewellery, Hair accessories
Need:
Booked: Hair on the day, florist
Need to Book: Hair trial, hair cut and colour, hair touch up, manicure?, make up, mtg with florist (bride, bridesmaid, buttonholes, top table)
Todo: Engagement ring cleaned, perfume

GROOM:
Got: Suit, shirt, tie, shoes
Need: White shirt?
Booked:
Need to Book: Hair cut, best man
Todo: Wash shirt, shine shoes

SAM:
Got: Dress, jewellery
Need: Shoes, hair accessories, bag
Booked: Hair on the day, flowers
Need to Book:
Todo:

CEREMONY:
Got: Venue
Need: Rings
Booked: Photographer, Registrar
Need to Book: Transport for bride, mtg with registrar, mtg with photographer
Todo: Choose music, choose witnesses, choose ushers, chase invitations

RECEPTION:
Got: Favours bags, garden games, IKEA table decs,
Need: Mini eggs, gifts, ribbon, wooden roses
Booked: Food, cake, drinks package
Need to Book: Drink? Speeches
Todo: Name tags, table plan, gift list (honeymoon, luggage, tesco), confirm #'s to hotel, organza in table decs?, assemble table decs and favours

EVENING:
Got: Venue
Need: Guestbook and pen
Booked:
Need to Book: DJ, dancing?
Todo: Choose music

GENERAL:
Got: Travel insurance, wedding insurance
Need: Thank you cards, Digicam card reader
Booked: Place to sleep
Need to Book:
Todo: Transport for D, Check budget, Passport changes

HONEYMOON:
Got: contact lenses
Need: Passports, currency, suncream
Booked: Flights, accomodation, lift to airport
Need to Book: Depo
Todo: Pack case

posted by Sarah @ 12:50 on Friday 15th June 07 [link] [No Comments]

Gift lists

honeymoney.com
whattogive.com
smartweddinglists.com

posted by Sarah @ 21:35 on Wednesday 30th May 07 [link] [No Comments]

My list of things to do!

GENERAL:
Get engagement ring shined (July)
Decide what to do about gift list
Decide and document roles on the day
Choose best man?
Chase up invitations (June)
Check all accommodation booked (June)
Make sure everyone has somewhere to stay Friday night (July)
Book Depo jab
Book hair dye?

OUTFITS:
Take dress, pants, shoes, bra to Devon
Book Manicure?
Find shoes for Sam
Find bag for Sam?
Book hair for Sam?
Make an emergency kit for ? bag (plasters, tissues, make up, safety pins, contact lenses)
Arrange meeting with florist (Bouquets and buttonholes?) (July)
Arrange hair trial (July)
Find hair accessory
Buy D suit
Wash D shirt
Shine D shoes

CEREMONY:
Find transport for me
Arrange transport for D
Arrange meeting with registrar (July)
Decide music for ceremony (entrance, signing, exit)
Order wedding rings
Pick up wedding rings
Arrange meeting with photographer (July)
Assign witnesses
Confetti
Print Order of service?
Assign ushers

WEDDING BREAKFAST:
Buy mini eggs for favours
Sort mini eggs (damaged ones)
Make name tags for favours
Get ribbon for favours
Assemble favours
Decide Table plan
Print table plan
**Buy wedding party gifts (Mumma & Pups, Mum & Dad, Sam, Moo, Helen...?)
Buy table decorations (IKEA)
Buy ribbon for table decorations
Write speeches
Other reception decorations
Who will lay the tables? Favours, table centres
Transport cake to hotel (knife, stand, napkins?)

EVENING DO:
Take giant garden games to Devon
Who will get games out?
Choose First dance?
**Find dance instructor
**Get quotes from DJs
Book DJ
Make a list of songs for DJ
What does DJ need? Table, power etc
**Buy guest book
**Buy pen for guest book

HONEYMOON:
Get registrar to do P2D form for passport
Passport change of name
Shop for holiday clothes
Holiday money

AFTER:
Thank you cards
Who will look after gifts? How will they get there?

posted by Sarah @ 18:21 on Wednesday 30th May 07 [link] [No Comments]

My list of things to take to the hotel

Guest book & pen
Table plan
Music
Table sets - Number, Favours, mirrors, table centres
Toiletries for ladies WC?
Gifts for wedding party
Overnight bag (2nd dress, shoes)
Garden games

posted by Sarah @ 18:09 on Wednesday 30th May 07 [link] [No Comments]

Giant garden games

Jenga from ebay £25

Connect 4 £27
Darts £23
Snakes & Ladders £29
www.grovelands.com

posted by Sarah @ 22:06 on Tuesday 29th May 07 [link] [No Comments]

General things to do examples!

ecide if screening off toilets (portable as marquee reception)
What does singer need - table for/bring own PA/type of mic/location of PA
Pay honeymoon balance May 15th by debit card
Do cake stand papered base (50cm) - have fairy cakes
Send off passport change form
Transform bar unit (bought an old cocktail bar to do up)
Buy wallpaper for bar (May 30th)
Registrar to complete P2D form for passport
Flight upgrades
Sort out good and bad M&M's - for favours - some are damaged
Do place settings/favour tags
Call manicurist book trial
Paint bird cages - for table centres
Post box for cards? Decide if having
Arrange shoe & sock shopping with flowergirl
Print ceremony song sheets to go in with CD's - list of song names and what they're each for
Book manicure & pedicure
Check budget for hair inc BMs is right
Confirm date to collect dress
Confirm date to collect suits
Confirm wash hair morning of wedding or night before
Check out ceremony venue stereo - 19th May - make sure quality is ok
DJ system pick up singers system/mic for speeches?
Try other salons for St Tropez
Get tie pins
Bring back hoop for dance lessons - to judge size of dress / if I can move!
Veil bit to be added by seamstress- to come over face
Do eyebrows during makeup trial?
Emergency kit for bms hand bag

inal flower meeting
get rings back
table centrepieces
bridesmaid dresses back
get hair dyed
meet toastmaster
meet band
do DJ list
thank you cards

Flower appointment
Dress Appointment
Hair trials - not even started
place card making
finish off thank you cards
food tasting
Choose first night suite at hotel
bridesmaids fittings (mum's making)

Discuss final details with:
venue
florist
photographer
registrar
harpist

and

pick up my dress
find an italian designer tie + shoes for groom
pick up rings
steam iron my veil
buy honeymoon travel insurance
book minibus
buy favours

1. decide on colour for ribbon for favour boxes and oos scrolls
2. decide on colour for flowers fo church and reception
2. filling for favour boxes
3. Mens buttonholes
4. order of service content and printing
5. deide on first dance
6. deicde on music for church
7.choose and buy rings
8. get my dress altererd
9. arange for someone to collect chese wedding cake on day
10.Decide what proper wedding cake we're having (will also be desert) any ideas here appreciated!
11. get disposable cameras
12.pay photographer deposit
13. decide guest list
14. send invites
15. finish sorting kids goodie bags
16. Finalise menu choices and wine choices wih hotel
17. arrange for banns to be read in our local church
18. ask brother to give me away
19. decide who'll we'll ask to do reading and choose reading
20. book hair and make up trials

12 Months before

* Decide upon a wedding date.
* Decide on your budget.
* If you are getting married in church you will need to agree on the arrangements with your local minister.
* If you are getting married in a register office, you will need to give notice to the Registrar
* Decide on the number of guests and make a list
* Book the wedding reception
* Book musicians, band or DJ for the wedding reception
* Book the magician or other wedding entertainment.
* Book the caterers
* Book the photographer and videographer
* Book the wedding transport
* Book the florist
* Book the toastmaster if you intend on having one.
* Book the honeymoon and apply for a new passport (i.e. The bride may wish to travel under her married name, but be prepared to be unable to travel until your wedding date, as your old passport will be invalid).
* Order the cake.
* Book an over night stay in a hotel room/bridal suit.
* Start looking for your wedding dress. Decide whether you want it handmade, a designer or ‘off the peg’ dress.
* Decide on your bridesmaids and ushers.
* Decide on your ‘Best Man’.
* Confirm all bookings in writing.

6 Months before

* Attend initial fitting for the wedding dress
* Choose the brides wedding shoes and accessories
* Choose the wedding attire for the groom, best man, bridesmaids, fathers, mothers and ushers
* Choose the brides and grooms wedding rings
* Order your wedding favours.
* Notify your bank, Building Society and relevant authorities that you intend on changing your name and as of what date it will take affect.
* Order the wedding invitations and other stationery.
* Take out wedding insurance, if required.
* Arrange to see your hairdresser or barber about what hairstyle you want on your big day. Brides should take along a picture of the dress and veil or headdress and other accessories to help the hairdresser create a hairstyle that will compliment and finish off the look.
* Go to a beauty salon and have a makeover.
* Book a beautician for your wedding day, if required

3 Months before

* Buy your Marriage licence from the registrar
* Send out the wedding invitations
* Decide upon your wedding list, and make it available to all your wedding guests
* Advise your guests to book any overnight accommodation now while there is still availability
* Confirm your ceremony details with either the registrar or the minister
* Decide upon your chosen wedding music or hymns
* Arrange for the ‘Order of Service’ sheets to be printed
* Buy gifts for the best man, ushers and bridesmaids
* Discuss the seating plan with the caterer
* Arrange to have any vaccinations done, if required
* Start to plan your hen and stag partie

1 month before

* Arrange for a final fitting of your wedding dress.
* Reconfirm the wedding arrangements with the reception venue.
* Reconfirm the wedding arrangements with the caterer.
* Reconfirm the wedding arrangements with the florist.
* Reconfirm the wedding arrangements with the photographer and videographer
* Reconfirm the wedding arrangements with the company supplying the wedding transport.
* Reconfirm the honeymoon arrangements.
* Reconfirm all your entertainment.
* Have the hen and stag night.
* Finalise the seating plan with the caterer.
* Arrange a date for a wedding rehearsal, if required.
* Send out thank you cards to all guests who have responded to your invitation.
* Telephone any guests who have not yet responded to your invitation.
* Organise a date when you can pick up you’re wedding party outfits.
* Write the wedding speeches ( groom, best man, father of the bride).

TOP
7 Days before

* Have the wedding rehearsal.
* Pack for your honeymoon.
* Wear-in your wedding shoes. It will give brides who are not used to walking in high heels a chance to practice.
* Organise with a close friend to have an emergency wedding kit, just for the bride, containing makeup and a repair kit for the wedding dress, so you can be ready for any minor hiccups through the day.
* Give your ‘order of service’ sheets to the minister.
* Order your foreign currency and / or travellers cheques.
* Give the rings to the best man.
* Give the best man a list of all the wedding services involved in your wedding day, in case they need to be contacted

The Day before

* Have the day off.
* Brides and grooms go and have your nails manicured.
* Grooms go and have your hair tidied up around the back and sides.
* Grooms, consider a proper shave at the barbers shop.
* Spend the rest of the day relaxing.
* Try and get an early night

posted by Sarah @ 22:02 on Tuesday 29th May 07 [link] [No Comments]

List of who to notify of change of name

HSBC
Halifax
Natwest
Council tax office
MBNA
Doctor
Dentist
Optician
DVLA
NPower
Work
Inland revenue
Sainsburys home insurance
Elephant car insurance
Mortgage provider
Passport service
Legal and General
Professional membership organisation
Vodafone
Gym
Fraser Card

posted by Sarah @ 21:59 on Tuesday 29th May 07 [link] [No Comments]

List of photographs to have taken

Examples:

With my transport
Beach pics
D with hand on bum
Peeking through door to ceremony

posted by Sarah @ 21:59 on Tuesday 29th May 07 [link] [No Comments]

Things to take to the reception the day before:

Examples:

 Pink Lemonade x 12 bottles
 White wine x 12 bottles
 Red wine x 12 bottles
 Rosé wine x 12 bottles
 Champagne x 13 bottles
 Pink Champagne x 2 bottles (for top table)
 Guest Book & pen
 Table Plan
 First Dance & Dinner CD’s
 Table sets x ____ boxes (containing table cards in napkins, petals, table crystals etc)
 Bucks Fizz x 30 bottles (5 boxes) for Beverage fountain
 Basket of toiletries for ladies WC
 Picture canvas
 Bride’s bag (containing 2nd dress & shoes, make-up etc.)
 Mum’s bouquets x 2
 Box of gifts for wedding party
 Card box


- Table Camera
- Table Name
- Box of goodies (personalised matchbooks, bubbles, sweets, trivia cards)
- Petals to scatter on table
- Crystals to scatter on table
- Napkin with table card for each guest tucked inside (table card doubles up as menu and place/name card)
- 3 x candles to go around centrepiece

posted by Sarah @ 21:56 on Tuesday 29th May 07 [link] [No Comments]

She is alive!

8 months later...

The key highlights:

1. Work

Still at the same company, just finishing the graduate scheme so soon I'll be a real person. I am just getting involved with my first project - its a messy one. Start over 2 years ago, has been written, rewritten and abandoned and there still is no set concept paper! Plus there's no official authorisation for the spend - marvellous.

Getting on ok with the people, beginning to feel a bit more involved now so thats good.
to be continued...

posted by Sarah @ 19:09 on Wednesday 14th February 07 [link] [1 Comment]

Cough cough poorly Roo

Mood: Poorly

I feel so naughty being at home when I should be at school. However, as soon as I try to do anything beyond sitting still, I starting coughing.

I think if I had been in my normal job I might have gone in - I don't mind coughing all over the guys I know well, but as a guest in a different department, I feel a bit rude coughing all over them. Plus, I need to be paying full attention whilst I'm on my placement, there's lots to learn and much thinking required so if I had gone in I would have felt properly poo by the end of the day. I don't feel so bad now...

Awesome scenes - We have Reading tickets!!!!! Hoooray!!! Already getting excited.

And we're organising a pretty mega week for when Moo is up - MotoGP, Rock city, Frank Turner, Spellbound, Red Hot Chilis, Alton Towers, Scarborough bike week.... It may be expensive but hell it will be fun!

So apart from being poorly, things are looking up for the future...

posted by Sarah @ 12:14 on Wednesday 21st June 06 [link] [6 Comments]

Loving the new bike

Happy happy joy joy with the new bike. It does exactly what I wanted it to - its quick, light enough for me to manage and comfy. Super.

Now all we need is a nice long weekend to go out and try the whole camping on the bikes thing. Sounds "interesting" to me, difficult and trying to manage without the things you need. But hey, I'm sure it'll be fun.

Work is busy at the moment, 2 MTRs (Mega Trouble Reports) in process and no time to do anything else.

Home is good. Its a bit messy but we are being good with gradually tidying it up. Food shopping is the only thing I really failed at this week - just didn't buy enough stuff. Never mind, can pop to the shop later or tomorrow and pick up a few more bits. We won't go hungry thats for sure.

D's mum gave me a parrot plant a couple of weeks ago and I've managed to keep it alive so far. From what I've read on tinternet, they're really easy to take cuttings from so hopefully I'll be able to make more. (However, this is what I've done with Boris and now I have 7 spider plants....). I've lopped off the biggest stem in an attempt to make it bush out more rather than being so tall and skinny and stuck the 'spare' stem in some water with growmore and maybe, just maybe it will grow.

We're addicted to 24 now. Moo lent us the first series on DVD and we made the mistake of starting it... Haha, we also watched the first few episodes of Lost series 2 on tele, but that requires us to regularly watch tv at the same time on the same day each week and to be honest, we're not that organised! How sad!

bit of a random post I know. I do hope to get back into more of an interesting analysis type posting mood, but for now, an update on my life will have to do!

posted by Sarah @ 18:51 on Wednesday 10th May 06 [link] [8 Comments]

Little Miss New Hair

Hooray I have dyed my hair this afternoon and its all red and shiny again. It amazing how much confidence its given me - I know it was getting me down before, being a horrible mish mash of bland colours. but then D said the magic words "do what you want" and so i did. Yeah, Ive got a sensible job and am settling down a bit, but hell, if I want red hair then ill have red hair thank you.

In another slightly rebellious moment, Ive bought another bike. Its a Kawasaki GPz500 and its awesome. It is exactly what I wanted and was beginning to believe didnt exist, but its sitting in the garage now, just waiting for me to get it insured and taxed. Its gonna get me to work as long as its dry, and itll also handle our trip to Germany next year. I cant wait!!

Sorry about the lack of punctuation, but apostrophe key doesnt seem to be working...

"Stand tall, smile bright and let them wonder what is making you laugh"

posted by Sarah @ 20:17 on Monday 17th April 06 [link] [11 Comments]