Wedding planning

A whole week of no blogging - did you miss me? The week has been as I expected - wonderful and exhausting! But as hoped we have the outlines of a wedding. It was SO lovely to spend the time with my girlie after the longest time we have ever spent apart. We have now talked almost solidly for 4 days! So many words and still I feel like I didn't ask everything! Her new life is so busy both with work and friends. We have booked in 2 weekends between now and Christmas so at least we will see them soon. 

I will give you a little flavour of our week without any details! I am trying hard not to talk too much about the wedding as I do feel it is Chloe and Ed's news and they should be the ones telling people. So this week we have: 

• met with flower arranger 
• met with cake maker 
• organised the marquee and decided what would go in the marquee(who could have guessed there was so much to decide about a marquee)
• emailed photographers and caterers 
• decided on colours 
• decided on general design of bridesmaids dresses 
• met with Ed's mum and chatted about all things wedding and bridesmaids
• tried on wedding dress (thankfully Chloe still loved it) and chose accessories
• bought some material 
• discussed many little details without deciding much!

We also managed to watch a film, go to a craft fair, go clothes shopping, made macaroons, looked at holiday photos, caught up on A&E news and pysch.......

And bought my outfit! Which I can tell you about. Unexpectedly the bridal shop had a sale of mother of the bride outfits left over from when they had a shop. I had already decided what colour I wanted and they happened to have a beautiful dress and jacket in my size in that colour at a very reduced price. I ummed and ahhhed  over it as I had thought I would buy it in the Spring but decided in the end to go for it. It needed adjusting and a wonderful seamstress came in on her day off to see if she could make the changes to the neck line that needed doing. So it has gone off to be adjusted and then I will decide whether I need a new hat or will use my beautiful hat I already have. It is a sparkly dress and I love it and Chloe loved it. Amazing!

So as you can imagine this weekend I am recovering! Chloe has gone home for a packed weekend with friends from Southampton. I am wishing I had her energy!