Hello World,

Nice to see you all again :)  So some time has passed some dresses have been tried on (still not convinced I have found "the One" but we will keep looking) but other wedding preparation has been completed.

Those who know me well will know I have never had my ears peirced claiming "God gave me enough holes to deal with".  However, when Dave and I went on holiday this summer I found myself drawn to a pair of pearl earrings and I bought them.  I don't know what happened to me but I have a strong feeling I had to wear earings when I got married and it had to be these ones I saw in an antiquce shop in Dunster!  So anyway that was 2months ago and I have been putting off havng them done.  But I promised Dave that on Saturday we would go and I would be brave.  
So off to Claires Accesories in Fareham we went. And before you all start, try finding somewhere that will peirce your ears who isn't Claire's or a full on tatoo parlour.  Anyway for those who have never had it done, it doesn't really hurt, a short sharp pain and its gone.  The pain come after, it is now day3 with earings and I have this nagging dull ache in my ears.  They are all good, clean etc but they obviosuly object to having a metal bar through them.  I also have the smallest ears in the known universe so each time I bash my ears the back of the earrings bash into my head!!  But at least I have had them done and I can wear my earings.

In other news, my ring went to be resized.  Dave did a very good job at designing my ring but just got a the sizing a tad wrong. However it was too big rather than too small which is definatly the favoured way round.  It went off the to Jewellers in Titchfield last weekend and I got it back yesterday.  I had forgotten how sparkly it was!  and it is so much more comfortable now it is the right size.  So with my sparkly earrings (couldn't face plain old round studs for 6 weeks) and my sparkly ring I am all set for the engagement party this Saturday and Wedding dress shopping with the masses on Sunday :)

For anyone who has lost their invite here are the plans.  Its being held at my ma and da's house.  If you don't know where that is contact me or Dave. 

Feel free to arrive anytime after 1pm till late it is open house so come when you are ready. 
There will be BBQ food for the afternoon and probably a curry in the evening.

It is a Hawaiian Luoa theme so feel free to dress up

On Sunday they boys will be tidying up and putting tents away etc, the girls will be wedding dress shopping :)

So we have had some time off wedding planning but we really went for it this weekend!  Massive thanks to Mary (Dave's mum) for spending so much time with us this weekend and offering so much advice.  So what did we do?

On Saturday we spent the morning look at flowers and have come up with a short list for the button holes and bouquets.  Saw some really random looking flowers "Celosia" is  a very very odd thing, I would recommend looking it up some point just to see what it looks like.  Unfortunatly Mary's favourite florist is on hos summer holidays but we looked in a couple of different places and have go a good idea of what we want.

We then went to a wedding dress shop in the centre of Bristol (without Dave obviously) and tried on some more dresses.  Yes there are still dresses in the known universe that I haven't tried!  Three dresses were good, but didn't quite hit the mark.  However it did confirm some ideas I had about what I want.  Mary and I then went into Berketex brides in Bristol.  We don't have one in Southampton so I wanted to see what they had to offer.  As it was they didn't have anything I was interested in, a good selection, but not for me.

We then went and had a look at bridesmaids dresses but got some more ideas for the little ones.

And so, all this looking at flowers, dresses and buying a wedding magazine, I was all wedding'd out.  So we had a nice dinner and then very tired I went off to bed.  And so I woke up at 3am and couldn't think about anything else other than my wedding dress.  The issue being that one I had tried on during the day, was similar to one I tried on in Southampton weeks ago.  And all I wanted to do was get back to Southampton and try this dress on again, as I couldn't quite rememeber  if the one in Southampton was what I thought it was, and worrying that I wouldn't find a dress I liked and oh I don't know what.  But similarly there is not a lot you can do about all these worries when you are in Bristol at 3am and you need to be in Southampton at 10am.  So we got up and I called the shop to make an appointment at 10am, fully booked, if I could get to the shop in the next 10mins they could fit me in!!!  2 hrs from Bristol to Soton!

So we came home and I went straight to the shop anyway on the basis I could look at the dress at least.  They were fully booked for trying dresses on, but I looked at it on the hanger and and begged and they let me try it on, and I think, I think, I might have found "The Dress".  So much happier we are now home and I am very excited :)

Love to all

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