Dear Diary...
03.01.15 – I think I may be the only gal on the planet that simply cannot be bothered to arrange her own wedding. The thought of getting started is just horrific, although I know that I need to start somewhere. Thankfully I have found the venue already; I just need to get cracking with the rest of it. God – grant me the strength and will to see this wedding organisation through!!!! Considering the big day is now only 3 months away, you would think that I would have started to feel some sort of inspiration wouldn’t you? Wrong! 06.01.15 – I finally made a start! Today was all about the flowers. I am not a flash person so in my mind I had an idea of table decorations that were subtle, understated and a bit shabby chic. What I was offered was a load of gaudy, over the top and quite simply LOUD table decorations that burnt holes through the corneas of my eyes. Lesson learnt – I am now surfing the net and will take pictures of what I want the next time I brave the flower shop! A big shout out to my pal Alison for walking me through the minefield of garishishness! On the up side I have now booked our appointment (all online I might add) to visit the British Consulate in Izmir to process all the paper work. I have chosen the 26th Feb to do that, so I have a bit of wriggle time ahead to book the busses, etc. 07.01.15 – Visited the hotel today to iron out some questions and possible issues, and all seemed to go very well, we were even treated to a dessert testing! Discussed final details and got a bit more of a clue now of what everything will look like. I felt my first pang of excitement – and if you know me well, a pang of excitement is a pretty big deal as I simply do not get excited by these things! Next on the list of the day was to have my first dress fitting. Trying on a half finished dress may not have been the wisest idea as I am one of these people that cannot imagine what the finished product will look like! Quite a few adjustments needed!! Big shout out to Jackie for all the help and direction today – I really couldn’t do this without the help of my friends! 08.01.15 – Started to arrange the hen weekend for March. Originally we had decided on Istanbul but have now come to realise that a 5* All Inclusive in Antalya may be a better (and cheaper) option for a long weekend. The original line up of girls has changed due to drop outs, money issues etc, so as it stands I really don’t know how many of us are going, but there is one friend that I can certainly count on and that my die hard party pal Lindsay J So watch this space as it may all change again before we book up! 09.01.15 – Hair Trail Numero Uno! I have it in my mind that I want a kind of messy surfer chick look for the hair on the day. Yes I know, I have seen all the odd looks and heard all the ‘are you sure’s’ to last me a lifetime. I am not your conventional bride you see, I didn’t even want to wear a dress, so having my hair all princess like is simply out of the question. There shall be no tiara, no diamante shite, no bloody fuss at all. Dont get me wrong here, I am hoping to look out of this world amazaballs, but amazaballs does not need to include princess crap now does it?! The first trial today went better than expected. I am sitting here with funky curls and height right where I wanted it. Fair play, its great having a good friend that twilights as a hairdresser J 10.01.15 – Another rather large part of the wedding accomplished today – The Cake! I believe I am on a roll! I took Jackie along for help to meet my secret weapon cake lady. We designed the cake right there and then and came up with one original looking beauty. Fingers crossed that it turns out like the idea in my minds eye - all dark and dramatic! 15.01.15 – Music. So this may seem like an easy task to someone that likes music, but believe me when I say that choosing a band, what they will play and a playlist for other music to be played when the band are on a break is a mammoth of a task! I have emailed the guests coming from the UK and asked them to send me some tunes that they would like to hear on the day / night, but so far pickings are slim. I have started to put together my own playlist but its starting to resemble a night out at Davey Jones Locker moshing and Im not really sure the older generation will appreciate our enthuasim for 80 Rock music. Oh lord, this really has turned out to be quite a job and a half! Regarding the Band – well, there I may have struck lucky with a friend of mine who is a singer. I have sent her a couple of tracks to record and send me the links, so watch this space! 16.01.15 – OK so I got to admit, I had fun today. Today saw the start of the Gift List. My world has become fabulous again with people asking what to buy us for the wedding. I was not expecting as many people to ask, nor was I expecting gifts (honest to god, I wasn’t as getting a gift here in Turkey is generally unheard of), so my personal trainer suggested putting together a bit of a list for my pals to know what to get us instead of getting us a load of old crap! As our house is fully furnished (we already live in sin), it’s kind of hard to know what to ask for but once I started googling wedding gifts I opened up a door to a whole new world! Im not one to take the piss, so nothing on my gift list is overpriced in any way, Im just glad I have the opportunity and good friends that want to buy us something! 17.01.15 – Decided on our wedding song! Actually a lot easier that I though. I simply reminded hubby to be of a song we both really loved the minute we heard it at the end of an episode of ’ Luthor’ and how we had a race to see who could find out who it was that sung it. Ahh google (and Luthor) – we owe you our wedding song! 20.01.15 – 2nd Dress Fitting. Oh wow, what a difference 2 weeks makes! I was so so soooo happy with my very very different wedding dress! Even Jacki loved it, and considering it is definitely not the norm for a wedding dress, this was a good sign! I felt like a gothic princess and literally cant wait to collect the dress on Thursday! Now I just need to sort out some accessories for my hair as Im not wearing a veil. Watch this space! 21.01.15 – My wedding favour boxes arrived! I chose and ordered these while I was in the UK for Christmas and am surprised they arrived so quickly! So me and hubby to be made up the first batch of them and tomorrow (or never) we will make up the 2nd batch. Fiddly time taking little critters let me tell you! Im thinking sugared almonds as a filler, I hear thats the norm for weddings, plus they are on the cheaper scale of things too J 22.01.15 – So today was a bloody good day when it comes to wedding stuff. Had hair trial number 2 with my good pal Alison. Really don’t know whether to opt for hair up or hair down – seriously undecided right now. Then after the hair trial I went for the final fitting of my wedding dress. I can honestly say that I absolutely bloody LOVE my dress. When I first started googeling dresses this one was the very first one that I saw when I tapped in Vera Wang. I should never have strayed from that first dress, I should never have bought one in the UK, only to return it 3 months later! In the end I decided upon the Vera Wang, took the photos with me to the dress makers and he put together my perfect dream dress. And tonight I took it home with me. I could cry with happiness at how exact he has made my dress. I know a black dress wont be everyone’s cup of sherry, but it is bloody well mine! For the first time so far I have had my first pang of excitement for the wedding day! Yes world – Today I’m loving life! 25.01.15 – Took Mehmet’s suit to the wedding shop for a proper fitting. It’s so unfair that he is slim beyond belief! He had a fitting, then tried on different shirts with different ties in the wedding colour scheme – and finally we have settled on the Black shirt with Lilac coloured tie. He looked bloody gorgeous! J 27.01.15 – Booked the hotel in Antalya for the hen weekend in March. 5* All inclusive – need I say anymore? Cant frigging wait!!!! 03.02.15 – Started filling the favour boxes with sugared almonds and then popping the bow round the boxes. Toooo cute! They look adorable and will make a great addition to the wedding tables! I made up 23 boxes before running out of almonds, so on pause for now! 05.02.15 – Back to the wedding dress shop as I have decided I want long black fingerless gloves to go with my dress and I want them to customise the gloves with diamantes for me (yes I know, I previously stated no diamante crap but a bride can change her mind right?). I am seriously getting excited by my alternative bride look! Cant wait to see the looks on people’s faces when they realise Im wearing a black dress!!! 07.02.15 – Made up more favour boxes up as more almonds were bought J Still not finished them, but just need to add the ribbon and they are good to go! Managed to also book our bus tickets to Izmir for the consulate visit on 26th Feb. As we have an appointment for 11am, we have to get the 6am bus. Apparently the bus has internet so we are both taking our laptops J 08.02.15 – Got my ‘something borrowed’ in the bag after raiding Jackie’s jewellery collection today! Got myself some wicked cool sparkly diamante earrings (yep, diamantes once again, what the hell is wrong with me??), head wear, necklace and bracelet! 62 days to go!!!!!! TO BE CONTINUED...
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