50 Thoughts All Brides Have When Planning A Wedding

Wedding planning is one of the best things I’ve ever done.  It’s been so much fun, but there have also been moments where it’s been painful.  Like, how much do you want to charge me for FAIRY LIGHTS?!  If you’re anything like me and Andrew, you burn through the budget at a rate of knots when you start out and then realise all the things you haven’t included that you still need to pay for (I’m talking about you spray tan, gel nails and waxing).  But doing it together is all part of the fun of getting married – if you can make it to the wedding then you must be doing something right.  So here’s a round up of all the thoughts that have spun through my head at some point over the last year.  Hope they give you a bit of a laugh 🙂

1. OMG I’m engaged – this wedding is going to be the best wedding that’s ever happened
2. Must buy all the bridal magazines, they’ll be FULL of perfect inspiration
3. Oh and get that Pinterest board set up
4. Hmmm who will my bridesmaids be?
5. Time to write a budget
6. And get looking at venues
7. What do you mean that venue is booked up?  It’s 18 months in advance!
8. Shit
9. Right we’re going to see six wedding venues this weekend and one of them WILL be perfect
10. HOW MUCH???
11. OK forget that, we’re not going to see a venue that charges £5k just for room hire
12. I like this one but it doesn’t give me the feels – do you know what I mean?
13. Ohmygod I love it – this is the one, this is the one!
14. Saturday wedding, in summer, in the UK, we have to book it NOW
15. Quick, ring the registrar
16. What time do we want to get married?
17. WHAT DO YOU MEAN ONLY 3PM IS LEFT?!
18. We can make this work, I’ll just spend ages getting ready and drinking champagne
19. Phew now all that’s sorted we can have a rest
20. Six months later…
21. Guest list time!
22. The true test of any relationship
23. I can’t possibly not invite her, I played netball with her once three years ago!
24. No you can’t invite your cousin, I’ve never met them
25. OK, OK so let’s get it down to 100
26. Or maybe 102 including us
27. Well they invited us to their wedding, so…
28. Fuck it, they’re not coming – we must be ruthless!
29. Time for invitations
30. Bloody hell a first class stamp is how much?
31. Second class it is
32. Oooh check us out coming in under budget on the invitations
33. Nevermind the fact that we are WAY over on everything else
34. Better get looking for a dress
35. Shit I need to get in shape
36. Sure I reckon I’m a size 10
37. Just squeeze me in, I’ll be a stone lighter by the time we get married
38. This is like that bit on Don’t Tell The Bride when the bride finds her perfect dress and you just KNOW the groom won’t pick it
39. HAHA thank God that’s not me!
40. But even if it was, MY fiancé would do a much better job
41. Wait a minute, let me put the first dress back on
42. Oh…. my…. I love it
43. This is the one
44. I don’t want to take it off
45. Yes I want to try on the belt and headpiece
46. It’s just like I’m on Say Yes To The Dress!
47. I look like a fairy princess
48. I’m the most beautiful bride ever
49. Hang on a minute, has it even got a price tag…
50. HOW MUCH?!?!

♥ JH

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