Ali - Congrats again, it's great but scary having a BFP especially after two chemical pregnancies. My DF is so worried about the finacial market and the fact that we're building the house that he's always fretting when AF hasn't arrived... But nowerdays I've told him he shouldn't worry because AF, for me, is usually all over the place. He used to say to me all the time 'We'll cross that bridge when we come to it' - I now find myself saying that exact phrase when he's talking and panicking about if I get UTD (Which I hope and wish for, but doubt that it's ever going to happen anymore)
The wedding, this is what is done :
* My dress (my girls dresses are going to be made by someone - but I don't know when I'm going to find the time to go with them to get it done!)
* Ceremony and Reception Venues
* Flowers
* Wedding Night Accomodation
* Celebrant
* Catering (this was a big one for us. Though it's a reception, we're just having party pies/sausage rolls/pasties, sandwiches, samosas, spring rolls, dim sims and mini meatballs - for $10p/h, am I really gonna complain?! We're not making it a big formal thing anyways!)
* Invites, though we're still sending out the last few.
* Wedding rings (organised them last night - see below)
I THINK that's basically it.. We're probably gonna be getting a jukebox for the reception, but we're still looking around for that, organising cake sometime in the next week and DFs friend (and one of the groomsmen) works in a travel agency and is seeing what he can get us on a tight budget.. So far, all in all, I think we've spent ABOUT $2K on the wedding, but don't trust my judgement on that, I can't really remember what we need to still plan and still pay off!
As for the house, we've not got much planned, we've gone through all the finance stuff, and before everything went downhill in the stock market, we were approved unconditionally anyway, so we're waiting until we hear about the slab going down, then we know we're on our way. We've done color selections, red-ish roof, cream/white bricks and everything is just going to look brilliant. We sat down the night before the pre-start interview (that's where we had to choose everything) until 2am deciding what we wanted, and when we came to a difinitive answer, we went to bed. The next day, we got there, and we basically had NOTHING we picked the night before! Probably because they were just not what we expected, and also some of the upgrades to the things in the file that we got were only between $10 - $100 and we didn't have to pay for it then and there.
Kirra - If he does propose, make sure it's a good one! He owes it to you! :P I still remember the day my DF proposed.. Ahh the memories!
Well, exactly three months until the wedding today! Got the rings fitted yesterday and actually bought them, we walked into one store, my DF heard his name being called out - and the manager of the store knew him! So we went from potentially spending $800-$1,000 on wedding rings/bands to spending $544! God I love knowing people in the business.. We're getting flowers for a good price because of his uncle owning a florist and us getting family discount, we're getting a discount on accomodation because we booked online and got a cheap rate that way, we're getting $100 knocked off the price of the reception venue because we know the grounds keeper through poker... Umm.. what else? Can't really think right now, but if I remember, I'll tell you! For now though, we've either gotta go out and do wedding cakes, or if we don't do that, I'm gonna be sitting down and reading a new book I bought last night.. Already almost 100 pages in too!
I'm also still waiting to hear about my inheritence, but I'm not holding my breathe and happily waiting until I do. DF is really anxious because he thinks my uncle (who's the Executor Of The Will) is going to pinch the inheritence for himself.. But this uncle is DEFINIATELY not like that.. If anything, he's going to hurry and see if he can get things done quickly so he's looking after us. I keep telling my DF that if I don't hear anything, it's not to worry, alot of people don't recieve their money for sometimes, upto a year after the death. This will be the 2nd month, but my uncle told me that he's aiming for 3 - 4 months because he started to organise things for everyone in the will the day after my grand=dad died, just to help look after us all, which I think is great.
Anyways, better head off. I hear DF standing somewhere tapping his foot and yelling 'Come on! I thought we were going to go!' Oh well, I can always read some of my book in the car :P
Liz- please dont leave, i havent been in here much lately myself and have posted a few times but havent had anyone address me. This is definately a younger couple thread. WOW 3months until your wedding.
Bonham - I reckon that the countdown is going WAYYYYY too quick for me now! It's scary because I'm STILL not sure if everything is done!
Hope your well and lil Sophie is doing well too
wow lizjessie, wedding plans are going well and all for so cheap. well done! my problem is i want the big princess wedding. but i spose you can always know someone and get certain things at good prices like you said.
well we just got back from perth, it was my sisters 18th! funny party but i dropped my new phone in the toilet! so angry ive never done that before ive always been so good iwth my phones, shows what alcohol can do. lol
im so annoyed, ive been bleeding for 3 months coz i bled the whole time i had the implanon in and then had it take out 2 weeks ago after like 2.5 months and im still bleeding. i asked the doctor if it was normal and she said it was and that she could put me on the pill and that might regulate it but we just want to fall pregnant so dont know when it will happen. if your body keeps producing eggs mine must be every week coz im bleeding all the time, do you think i can fall pregnant? sorry if its tmi but were still having sex coz its not heavy bleeding all the time.
well im going to go to bed. hope you are all having a good weekend.
take care x
Amy, I had implanon and it sucked. I had it in for 6 months, and 3 out of 4 weeks I was bleeding. It took a couple of months for my hormones to settle down again. the bottom 3 cycles on my FF page show how it affected my temps and therefore my cycle. 1ced1c Ovulation Charts
LJ, We did the friends and the mates rates thing. Our wedding was $3000. We were very lucky one of our friends was a professional wedding cake maker so the cake was one of the cheapest things. a friend had done a bit of floristry and she did my boquets with flowers a family friend of DH's grows professionally, and we used our neigbours car and some Avis rent-a-cars with family driving. our $3000 did not include our rings. rings were our personal budget, wedding was my Dad's budget.
Liz: I'm sure you'll have everything organised & ready to go it's just the stress making you think 'have i done this' & 'have u done that'. We're well here just not too happy that Ford won Bathurst but there's always next year. Thanks Sophie suprises me all the time and is a pig with food but by looking at her you wouldn't think so.
Ali: i just had a thought no wonder your UTD new house= new baby hehe.
and DFs friend (and one of the groomsmen) works in a travel agency and is seeing what he can get us on a tight budget.. So far, all in all, I think we've spent ABOUT $2K on the wedding, but don't trust my judgement on that, I can't really remember what we need to still plan and still pay off!
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