Wedding Day

It's 7 am. I am literally exhausted and could use another nights sleep.Yesterday was the day from hell. Just one thing going wrong after another culminating in our hotel room somehow being canceled and us spending the night at home in the heat.

It's going to be 42 degrees here today. Which is insanely hot.

I want to kill half the bridal party.

I have the flu.

Mr B is cranky.

I spent most of the last half of yesterday using every ounce of strength I had to fight back tears so I wouldn't have puffy eyes today. It hasn't worked.

My Mum cried, my sister cried, Miss P cried and I just tried to hold it all together and felt like everything was falling apart. We're all sick, and stressed, and tired. I really thought it would be different.



I loved practicing my dance with my Dad yesterday once they set the dance floor up.

I loved practicing the walk down the aisle with my niece the flower girl.

I loved how AMAZING my Mum has been, she has been a life saver.

I loved how some of our friends really made an effort yesterday to be wonderful and help us out.

I loved when we finally nailed the end of our dance at our last minute session.

I loved last night when Mr B snuck into my room and told me he loved me. Then he held me in his arms and we both wished we had eloped.


I really hope all that stuff everyone says about it being alright on the day is true. I am trying really hard to shake it off and be happy. I just feel so exhausted.

I thought the morning of my wedding would be so different.

I am letting go of expectations from here on out.

I wish it was just me and Mr B, because I guess in the end that is all that really matters.

It would just be nice if something could go right for a change!

Please give me all your words of wisdom. I need them right now. Even if you haven't commented before, tell me something great.

And if anyone has any puffy eye solutions, I need them stat!

See you on the other side guys. x Miss T

2 days out - A million things

I have about a million things I want to tell you all.

About the hens night, about the evil dancing lesson today, about how right now Mr B is outside transforming a pot plant holder into a wishing well, about the stress related argument we had this morning, about how much I freakin LOVE Mr B right now, about how the weather report now says heatwave AND rain on our wedding day, about what a champion my Mother is for making bow ties & sashes for the girls dresses,

about how loved we both feel right now.

But I have a million things still to do. And we are 49 hours away from the I do's.

So alas, I have to go.

BBQ with friends, and then trying to finish seating charts (which SUCK just so you know) and place cards (which look AWESOME) and ipod playlists (that should have been started three months ago).

Wish me luck x

3 days out - Hens Night

We started the afternoon at the nail salon and got fancy pedicures. Massage chairs & a bit of down time with the girls was just what I needed.

Then we checked into our hotel room and got ready. I got a lovely tiara veil and we all had sashes and cocktail rings.


Jumped into our limo for some bubbly and a cruise around. Then we met up with the boys for Chinese Banquet.

A bit of dancing, some crazy dares, many illusion shots, and we ended up back at our hotel room about 3am for gossip and chocolate.

I had such an awesome night with the girls. Loved it.

So exciting, can't believe that in three more days we'll be getting married! This week has just been getting better and better.

4 days out - Dedication

I am in the car, wearing my bride hoodie, laptop on my lap, Mr B is driving me to the nail place. It is the start of the hens night...

I am running late, but I had to say Hi and do this blog post.

Dedication people - isn't that what marriage is all about!?

Shots to be drank, fake veils to be worn, see you in the morning with pictures.

Wish me luck.

P.s. Wish you could all come and party with me in real life. You're like my online bridesmaids and I love you guys x

5 days out - Groomzilla

Today was the first (and I hope only) appearance of Groomzilla!

Tomorrow night is our hens/bucks shows. However this morning I found out that the boys had not organised ANYTHING. All of them thought the other one was doing something, and with Christmas in the middle, no one ended up doing anything. Mr B was disappointed and didn't know what to do. He had to go into work to fix up something and was just generally just stressed.

While he was at work I called the best man, the groomsman and the other boys that he wanted to come and told them all the bucks show was tomorrow. Then I called a pub that has a roof top golf course and booked them in. Then called the best man and told him he needed to do the rest.

Groomzilla melt down crisis averted.

Apart from that we had a great day. Went down to visit friends at a beach house they are renting. Got a bit of sunshine. Then on to a friends birthday BBQ where I ate the best potato salad ever and six pieces of mars bar slice.

We really need to do some wedding stuff. Still need to organise ipod playlist, seating charts, final dance lesson, meet up with the photographer, programs (do people actually read these?), place cards and I am sure there are other things I am forgetting.

But for now I am off to bed. Muchos holiday love to you all. Can't wait to have a few minutes to catch up on all your blogs, sorry I am the absent commenter. I do still love you all.

Sweet wedding dreams x

6 days out - Last Missmas

Happy Holidays! Today we celebrated my last Christmas as a Miss! Next year Mr B & I will be spending our first Christmas as Mr & Mrs.


Hope your day was filled with good food & the company of great people.

Sitting on the couch with my lovely dogs on my lap, just about to watch Surviving Christmas with Mr B.

Tomorrow it's full steam ahead to the wedding!

7 days out - Coming together

Exactly one week from today right now I will be putting on my wedding dress. Hair and makeup done, laughing over glasses of bubbly with my girls.

Mr B is at the venue right now setting up chairs and tables.

Friends and family are starting to arrive from over seas and interstate.

My Mum is sewing bow ties and dress sashes.

Our new order is in with the new caterer.

My dress is being altered and made more lovely.

It's all coming together.

Tomorrow I will finally be able to see the 31st on the weather forecasts. The day before is forecast for 37 degrees (98.6f) HOT. Please cross your fingers and think cool change thoughts. We'd rather have rain than a heat wave.

I hope you all have a lovely Holiday tomorrow. It still doesn't feel like Christmas.

It still doesn't feel like in a week we'll be getting married!

8 days out - Positive Wedding vibes

8 days, EIGHT DAYS...... holy crap. Where has the time gone?

My Mum and sister and the lovely flower girl Miss S arrive today. Starting to get very excited.

2 days till Christmas. Still need to buy and wrap presents.

Ticking things off the to do list - just trying to get through work today and tomorrow and then I am on holiday! Mr B's last day of work today, then tomorrow he is going to set up all the chairs and tables in the venue. Hopefully he'll snap some pictures for all of us.

We've scheduled in everyday between now and the wedding and have even managed to leave one day completely blank. We are naming it Rancho Relaxo day. Just me and Mr B and our puppies, chilling out.

I saw an email this morning that Mr B had written to one of his good friends. He said that everyone kept asking him if he was nervous, but the closer the wedding was getting, the more certain he was that he was making the perfect choice. *swoon*

Thanks for all of your words of wisdom yesterday. You are so right about looking forward to the parts of the day that will definitely happen.

The one thing I am most looking forward to is looking down at Mr B's hand holding mine, seeing our shiny new wedding bands and being excited about all that our future together holds!

I hope you will all indulge me and tell me how many days away your weddings are and the one thing you are looking forward to the most! Need some positive wedding vibes around me.

9 days out - Expectations Vs Reality

I have this bad habit of picturing how things will go in my head and then being disappointed when they don't turn out as I'd hoped.

Case in point our engagement party. I imagined my Dad doing a speech, we'd have a cake that said 'Happy Engagement' and maybe some balloons?

Well, none of that happened. It just ended up being people hanging out in a room we'd hired, drinking booze we'd paid for and standing around.

Things went to hell about a week before the party with my Dad deciding he didn't want to be married to my Mum anymore after 38 years. So things were awkward. I told him not to do a speech about marriage as it felt wrong. I was so angry at him I didn't even want him to come, but Mr B said I would probably regret it in future if he wasn't there.

But then I just assumed maybe Mr B's Step dad would do a speech. And did I ever tell anyone I wanted a cake? No, I just assumed someone would get us one.

So we got no speeches and no cake and I was left really disappointed about the whole thing.

I do not want the wedding to be like this. I am trying to voice my expectations to people, but I find it really hard. I'm trying not to plan too much about the actual day, because if I do and then it goes off plan I am worried I will get upset. But how can you not plan your wedding day?

I want to be present for every moment of the day, really soak it in. It's going to be over so fast I don't want to waste time feeling stressed or bothered. If something goes off plan I want to just roll with it.

I really hope reality exceeds my expectations. Just this one time.

10 days out - Miss Mrs

I'm not really keen on Mrs. I feel like old people are called Mrs. But I dislike Ms even more.

I kinda like Miss.

I am happy to take Mr B's last name, I'm actually looking forward to it. But the Mrs part... not so much.

What title have you decided on?

11 days out - Grow old with me

Now that we're getting married I catch myself staring at Mr B wondering what he will look like as an old man. I know now that I'll be there for that and it's a weird feeling. Good, just strange. I wonder where life will take us. If our love will grow and change as time goes by. What our children will look like. How it will feel to hold our first grand baby. How many countries we'll travel to. If I'll get those laugh line wrinkles.

Being married feels exciting.

12 days out - The calm before the storm

I thought I was doing so well at being chill. Alas it was not to last.

I had a crazy overwhelming day at work yesterday and was just emotionally drained.

Mr B got home from work and I just burst into tears which didn't stop for half an hour. Then I had to pull myself together as we had a dancing lesson.

The lessons have been a pain. We keep getting a new instructor each time, we don't remember the routine, and the new instructor can't help because they don't know it either. The original instructor said our music was too hard, so picked us out another song. Then last night the guy is all "gee this song is really hard to dance to". I seriously just wanted to head butt him. So he changed our dance and song AGAIN. Mr B is struggling to keep up and he is the one who is supposed to be in the lead. It is all getting way too hard. They can only fit us in for three more lessons before the wedding and we still have no idea what we are doing. Dance FAIL.

It was all too much and I ended up in tears again when we got home.

Mr B sat and stroked my hair. I told him how I felt so overwhelmed with everything. Work, wedding, Christmas. I felt like we have hardly had any time to ourselves. I felt like we were steam rolling towards this wedding. Had we talked enough, were we really ready? I am so bad when I'm tired. Everything just gets so much bigger and feels so much worse.

And then he says 'We don't have to have all the answers to all the questions, We have our whole marriage to work it all out together'.

And just like that I felt better.

P.s. Note to self, if you cry late at night you have severe puffy eye in the morning. No crying the night before the wedding.

13 days out - Blog etiquette in busy times

Today I am feeling slightly overwhelmed. The stress is starting to seep back in. I am crazy busy at work and have a million fiddly last minute things to do for the wedding. And only 13 days.....

We have ordered donuts, and party size dessert items and little savory items. So the catering is all set. It's not quite what we wanted, but with 13 days to go - what can you do? At least we have food!

Moving on to the point of this post -

The blog etiquette rules are kind of a gray area around blog land. Let me tell you mine.

You leave a comment here, I head on over to your blog and leave a comment back. It's only polite, and it's a great way to find cool new blogs and blog buddies. I get so frustrated when I leave a million comments on someone's blog and then never hear from them in their comments, or they never head on over here. Even just ONE comment people. It takes all of 30 seconds, and it brightens up someones day. Especially new bloggers. How exciting is it when you get your first comment!

At the moment your comments are like some kind of wedding drug. I wake up in the morning and check them on my phone and feel calmer just knowing that other bloggers out there in blog land are cheering me on, or understanding my mania, or sympathizing with the bride craziness.

You follow my blog, I return the love.

If I like your blog I add you to my blog roll. I get such a kick out of seeing my blog on someone elses blog roll. Have I forgotten to add you? Want to be on my blog roll? Just ask - I will happily add you.

So the problem I am having right now.....

I am getting SO busy I barely have time to post on my own blog, let alone pop over to all of yours.

I just want you to know that I LOVE reading all your blogs, and I ADORE all your comments on mine.

I'm sorry I'll be a little more absent than normal. But I promise that once the craziness subsides I will be catching up with all of you and leaving comments galore!

I'm sure you all understand, but I just wanted to say it here so you would know for sure that I still love you all, just super busy.

P.s. I know this is a crazy time of year for everyone, but I hope you'll stick along for the last 13 days of my lead up to the wedding. You guys keep me sane!

P.p.s. A lot of the time I reply to your comments in the comments, so don't forget to check back there.

14 days out - Christmas Traditions

Exactly two weeks from today we will be getting married!!!!

I feel like I need to pinch myself when I say that. Still doesn't feel real.

And it's nearly Christmas! We have hardly thought about it this year, too wrapped up in wedding madness.

We have our own traditions. Traditions that Mr B & I are making as we go along. One of which involves the gift of pyjamas that you get to open Christmas eve (so you look a little more stylish in all those Christmas morning photos). Then Mr B & I put them on, cuddle up on the couch and watch Surviving Christmas - which is terrible and yet SO GOOD. It cracks us up every time, and we even convinced Miss S to call my Dad doo daa last Christmas - which cracked us up even more (and I totally lost you all with that comment - go now and watch it).

Out latest tradition that we are starting this year is a Christmas movie count down. We are trying to get a good collection of movies that we can watch every year in the lead up to Christmas. On the list so far are - Christmas with the Kranks, National Lampoons Christmas Vacation, the Santa Clause, It's a wonderful life, Home Alone, Jingle all the way, Miracle on 34th Street & Four Christmases.

What's your favourite Christmas movie so we can add it to the list?


P.s. Mr B really wants us to get one of those bad Christmas jumpers, so we can wear them to Christmas lunch. Won't that look great in photos. Ha. Do you know those things are like $60 on ebay? For a knitted deer/santa/holly monstosity. You know the ones I'm talking about. Might have to take up knitting!

15 days out - Wedding Nirvana

Still feeling surprisingly calm. Had Miss P & Miss O, two of my bridesmaids, over and they tried on their dresses. They looked so good!

Do you remember this incident? Well that lovely lady offered to tweak my dress for me. So now it will fit and be a little bit lovelier than it is now. Should be enough to shake the bad mojo off! Miss P & I got to go to the fancy designer store she works in and hang out in the back room where all the dresses are made! It was so pretty, tulle and sparkly things everywhere. I stood on a little stool, surrounded by bead work and feathers all over the floor, pinned into my dress and felt a little smidge of happiness. It was the first time since all the dress drama that I actually felt happy wearing the dress. FINALLY!!!

Still have no caterer, but Mr B and I have taken tomorrow off work to go in search of one. I am planning on 'sampling' more donuts!

Starting to get really excited now. I can't believe that the planning is nearly over. I feel a little bit sad, I don't want to waste any time being angry, or stressed. It's like I've reached this crazy place I like to call Wedding Nirvana. Just soaking it all in and enjoying the last part of having and being a finacee.


P.s. Thanks for your feedback on the hair and makeup. Need to work out how to pull more hair out for the fringe to address the bald patch! And no cupcake wedding, I am not angry with you!

P.p.s. Thanks Brit over at Landlocked bride for the shout out about my rorting of the postal system.

16 days out - I feel like a bride with a veil

I arrived for my makeup trial with Miss P & Mrs S, two of my lovely bridesmaids, and was greeted by Chardonnay in her little pink outfit. This was a very good start.

How cute are those little teeth! She sat on my lap and slept for most of the makeup application. She wasn't even fazed by the sound of the airbrush. I had airbrush foundation and blush, plain gloss on my lips, a little bit of gold and pink on my eyes and killer fake lashes.

Fake eyelashes are seriously awesome. Why have I never worn them before?

I really don't wear makeup, apart from a bit of lip gloss and the occasional bit of mascara. The foundation took a whole day for me to get used to, but by the end I really liked it.

I'll have to try hard not to scrunch my eyes up like this in every wedding photo!

Then it was off to the hair trial. I was thinking bird cage veil, but then my Mum offered me her veil. It is a bit poofy, but I adore the fact it was hers. And it makes me feel like a bride! Funny how a veil does that.

If you remember my hair inspiration photo I wanted braids and loose curls. We did try it without a fringe, but I felt like I had a giant forehead. So we went with side swept.

My hair line is funny, and I feel a bit like I have a bald patch in this photo.

The back looks lovely with soft curls, and the braids give the veil combs something to grab hold of.

I'm thinking I need more product to keep the curls in, my hair tends to go straight rather quickly. Got any tips?

So what do you guys think? I need honesty people.......

17 days out - Flower girl dresses

I took Miss S, my lovely niece and flower girl, out shopping for her dress. Just the two of us, we had a lovely day.

We made the mistake of starting at a bridal store. They wanted $300+ for a flowergirl dress. They were like minature bridal gowns, complete with beading and rouching, but they looked a bit too grown up for a little girl in my opinion. We tried some on anyway. She looked so cute as she'd come out in front of the mirrors and stand on the block. There was a no photo policy, which is completely no fun, so I sneaked this one in the change room.

I was all 'Ok, this is a secret photo, so we have to be quiet'. Which in hindsight was not such a great thing to tell a five year old. Upon leaving the change room, the lady asked us if we wanted to purchase any of the dresses. I said we'd think about it, and Miss S pipes up 'It's ok, we have a secret photo for later'. Whoops!

We then went to Myer, where they were having a 25% off girls dresses sale. Score! Miss S picked out three dresses to try on.

She was happier with these ones as they didn't have 'scratchy' tulle and they were more 'spinny'.

And we didn't have to take 'secret' photos!


I would love to show you the one she picked, but she said I couldn't take a photo as no one is supposed to see the dress until the wedding. Too funny. It's silver, with a sequined top, and ruffled skirt with a bow on the back. With discount it was $55. Super cute and she loves it!

I also found these shoes from Target this week - bargain & perfect match.

So now she's all set. She is going to make the cutest flowergirl!

Are you guys having flower girls and/or page boys in your wedding?

18 days out - The calm/maybe crazy bride

So it's 18 days until our wedding.

We have no caterer, thus no food at all for our reception.

HOWEVER, for some reason, I am feeling completely calm about it all today. I kept saying it out loud yesterday - we have no caterer - and then felt like I should be freaking out. But nothing. It actually kind of made me want to laugh. Perhaps I am about to go completely crazy.

You guys were all kick ass and had my back in the comments, with talk of lawyers and general ass kicking. And it was enough. You felt my pain. You understood. You wanted to drop kick the caterer with me, or for me. And it was enough.

I could let this STRESS me out, or FREAK me out, or induce a BRIDEZILLA melt down.

But I am saying NO.

We are going to have fun at this wedding. It is going to be awesome.

Miss P and I tested donuts yesterday. Mmmm donuts. They have so many different flavors!


Worse case scenerio - we will have loads of different kinds of donuts from holy glaze and cakes from the cheesecake shop. We will go to the supermarket and get biscuits in bags and party pies from the freezer section. We will lay them all out on the lovely collection of glass cake stands my mother has collected.

Sent via SMS - the woman is my hero

And no it is not what I thought we'd have. And it won't be quite as fancy as I would have liked.

But at the end of the day, when Mr B is holding his wifes hand who is eating her third donut after dancing her ass off - I really don't think I am going to care about the food one iota.


P.s. Hair and make up trial photos to come - it went really well!

P.p.s. Disclaimer - although I may seem calm today, and feel like I am, I am aware that bridezilla hilarity may ensue in the following 18 days. Wish me luck staying normal!

P.p.p.s. Sorry for saying ass so many times in the post. There I go again....

19 days out - My inbox

'Hi,

Just writing to say that we've decided to go on holidays until the 4th of Jan so can't do your catering anymore. Please look us up next time you need catering.

Sincerely,

THE WORST CATERER EVER'


Oh crap.


P.s. We freaked the heck out of Mr B - there was screaming! Ha.

*UPDATED* I meant we freaked Mr B out with Miss P's arrival.

This email IS ACTUALLY from my caterer. NO JOKE.

Yeah.... good times!

20 days out - Good surprises

So I'm at work today and Miss P calls me to chat, and then says, "Oh hang on, I just have to go into this shop, I'll call you back" and then she walks into MY shop!

She lives across the other side of the country and was supposed to be arriving on the 26th, but decided she was missing out on too much wedding stuff so is over for a week, then back home for Christmas, and then back on the 26th. Crazy person!

But I am SO excited! She is here for the makeup and hair trial tomorrow, and the dress alterations on Monday! I just wish I didn't have to work.

Was looking back through some photos from New Years last year - we still thought we were getting married in July back then, so didn't know what we'd be doing a year from then.....

My Mum & Little sis

Miss P & I - hopefully we'll be dressed a little more stylish this New Years!

Mr B & Miss S - our lovely niece and flower girl!

And I'll be with these same great people this year. Except this year I will be Mr B's wife!

Life is so good!

P.s. New Years head boppers are the shizz - I'm just saying....

P.p.s. We can't decide how to freak Mr B out when he sees Miss P tonight. Trying to find a giant box might be in the near future.

21 days out - Spendy MCSpender

Naughty overspending bride bought the headband....

And it is SO pretty! And SO worth it! And SO made me smile ear to ear when it arrived!


Do it - buy the pretty thing you are lusting after for the wedding - you won't regret it.

P.s. Having my second hair trial on Saturday, will post pictures so you can all help me decide what to do. I'm kind of in love with the headband now.....

22 days out - The best day ever?

The closer we get to the wedding, the more people keep saying to me 'Make sure you enjoy it, it will be the best day of your life'. And I'm all 'Gee I hope not'. And then people give me the look. The look that says 'Ok crazy bride' without literally having to say it.

But seriously - the BEST day of our ENTIRE lives?

I really hope not. What's the point of getting married if the wedding day is as good as it gets?

I talked to Mr B about it and he feels the same way. He said he'd like it to be in the top 25 days perhaps, but not the number one.

I hope we have hundreds of best days together. I hope that each time we have a better day, we'll think 'Gee, THIS day is the best day ever', and then we'll think that again the next time we have an awesome day.

Why do people put so much emphasis on this ONE day? I know it will be a great day. An amazing day. Mr B & I will be married, which is super exciting. And I sure as hell hope we have a good day considering I don't think we'll ever spend that much money on one single day again.

Maybe that's what they should say 'Make sure you enjoy it, it will be one of the best, and definitely the MOST, expensive day of your life'.

I really hope it's a good day, a GREAT day, a fantastic day that we never forget.

I just don't want it to be the best day ever.

We're planning plenty of those for our future.

23 days out - The crazy dreams begin

Last night I had my first proper wedding dream. I walked into the hall and there was a big red carpet (it's meant to be white) and I thought that to myself, but continued on my way. Then it flashed forward to the reception where we seemed to be having a pretty good time. Mr B & I were then back at our hotel and we both realised we had left without doing our dance! We were both freaking out and wondering if we could go back and do it and then leave again.

Then I think I woke up and then went back to sleep, because the craziness continues.

We were walking through the airport on the way to our honeymoon when I see a copy of Martha Stewart Weddings (which I must admit, just floats my boat in a big way) I think to myself, Oh I can't buy wedding magazines anymore. But I pick it up anyway and flip it open. There is a photo from our wedding of me and one of the bridesmaids dressed up in Mr B's suit. I have a weird flash of memory and I am back at the photo part of the wedding. The photographer tells Mr B that he just doesn't know how to pose and one of the bridesmaids should step in for his shots.

I burst into tears and tell Mr B that we have not one single shot of the two of us together. And the photographer has forgotten to take any shots of the bridal party. Not happy.

I can't even sleep now without wedding craziness! Ahhhhhhhhh

Am I the only one whose head is filled up with wedding? Is it invading your dreams too?


P.s. Thanks for the mutual venting in the comments yesterday. I was totally waiting for someone to tell me what a bitch I was being. So thanks for being nice to the crazy bride again.

P.p.s. The red sashes are a go - 12 votes yes to 1 vote no.

P.p.p.s. I promise to be a bit less crazy from now on, or at least I promise to try!

24 days out - Drama drama

So the bridesmaid with the baby - I've decided that she can deal with it. It's too awkward a subject to bring up - and I don't want to hurt feelings. Especially this close to the wedding. So if she brings the baby, she'll just have to do her thing. It will all work out in the end (she repeats to herself).

But today she rang to tell me that she doesn't fit into her dress. It's too small. They can't be altered. She is stressing out about it. And in turn managed to stress me out about it.

I just don't care anymore. That's bad isn't it!?

But seriously, whatever. You show up, great. Your dressed, great.

Do Mr B & I end up married no matter what - Yes. Awesome. Let's do that then.

In hindsight I would have had just my sister and best friend. But I felt like I had to have the same amount of people on my side as Mr B's. We really jumped into the decision WAY too early.

Any bridesmaid dramas you'd like to discuss in the privacy of my comments - go crazy. Tell me I'm not alone in the drama. Please.......

25 days out - Let's eat cake today!

Spare thoughts gave me a little link love over on her blog in regards to a comment I left about my Bikki Grandma and Grandpa. It was the name my sister and I called our Great grandparents, because every time we'd go there, we'd leave with a little bag of chocolate biscuits. How I miss them. But I guess I was lucky I got to have them at all, a lot of people never get great grandparents.

Going off to bake Spare thoughts Grandma's cake recipe. Yum!

Happy Sunday.

P.s. I am so looking forward to seeing all my family at the wedding.

26 days out - Presidential letters

Lookey whose address I found.....

P.s. The post office told me that I'd need two stamps for all my local invitations because my envelopes were 2mm bigger than allowed. So I put a spare envelope with ONE stamp in the post addressed to me, and when it arrived a day later, I put ONE stamp on all the invites and posted them out. And everyone got them, and it saved me $45. Post office 0 Miss T 1!

27 days out - Sushi cures all

Firstly I just wanted to say THANK YOU to all of you that left nice comments and helped to talk me off the bridezilla ledge yesterday. Chocolate Lover, Jess, lilaphoenix, Christie, PartyPlannerGal, Born to be Mrs. Beever, Bicoastal Bride, Chic 'n Cheap Living, Mireya & abluebirdbride - You guys are AWESOME. I woke up and checked the blog on my phone and all your comments made my day. I am trying to control the crazy. Hopefully this will be the last melt down (who am I kidding?) before the wedding.

Need some blogs to read - click those links above. These girls are the best!

We both took a couple of hours off this morning to go and get all the last minute arrangements made with our venue. Unfortunately they are shutting between Christmas and New Years now so we have to pay someone to open it up the day before. Just wouldn't be a wedding thing without a hidden cost!

I thought I'd give you a virtual phone camera tour.

So you walk up the stone steps......

Through the heavy wooden and stain glass doors...

To the Grand Hall which is where we are having our ceremony. You'll have to imagine all the chairs and the white carpet for now. Not sure if we're getting married at the bottom of the steps, or half way up on the ledge (where that sign is it's about five feet wide)? I think we'll decide the day before at the rehearsal.

Then once we are married it's down stairs to the chandelier room for some dancing and dessert!

You'll have to imagine the table cloths and chair covers, and the chandeliers all lit up and sparkly.


We ended up with a spare half an hour before we had to go back to work and managed to squeeze in a trip to Sushi train. Sushi is seriously the cure for everything.

Hope you are all having stress free planning days today. x

28 days out - Bridezilla, is that you?

Man I am so cranky. I don't know what is wrong with me. I feel MASSIVE amounts of stress. Work is full on this time of year. Add that to all the wedding things we still need to do. Plus Christmas is fast approaching too and I just feel completely overwhelmed today.

Mr B and I nearly killed each other at dancing last night. We just couldn't get it, and I was so fed up I nearly cried in front of the dance teacher. Good times.

The guy who was going to alter my dress says he can't do it anymore. So I need to find someone new, pronto.

My Mum said she would make the red sashed for the dresses, but now sounds like she's backing out already.

One of my bridesmaids wants to know if she can say the word penis in our wedding speech. What the? It's not my 21st. Ugh.

Another of our bridesmaids RSVP'd for their baby too. Except the only little one we were expecting is the flower girl. Our other friends are all getting baby sitters for the night, so they can let their hair down. I'm worried about a screaming baby during our ceremony, and I don't know how we're going to cart it around for photos and getting ready. But I feel like I can't say anything about it, and I feel evil for not wanting them to bring it.

I just feel like all of these things are so petty they make me sound like bridezilla.

Yet everything combined just makes me feel like my head is going to explode.

Going to inhale some chocolate biscuits - talk to you all tomorrow. x

Thank you for listening to the crazy bride.

29 days out - Iron on DIY

So you all know about the bridesmaids hoodies with the bling on the back. But I wanted everyone to feel included, so I bought some iron on bling from sparkle*and*glitz on ebay.

So, first step is to buy your item to iron the letters onto. For Mr B's mother and two Grandmas I picked out white light weight 3/4 sleeve wraps. I would have preferred a darker colour (it makes the letters stand out better) but options & time are limited.

You need to set your iron to NO steam and it's hottest setting. Then you iron the fabric flat and to make it a little warm. Max was looking on hoping for treats!


Remove the backing paper and stick to the fabric. The shiny stones come on sticky paper which you can reposition until you are happy with the placement.

Then you need to turn your fabric inside out. This is important! Do not iron onto the transfer directly! You need to hold your iron onto the back of the fabric in the area of the transfer for 15 seconds. You can move it a little bit if you're worried the fabric will burn.

It should look something like this once it's done - I know it's hard to see, but the glue on the back of the stones sort of shows through the fabric.

Then you are supposed to wait for the fabric to cool completely before you slowly peel the sticky paper off.

Because if you are impatient like me and peel while it's still hot the little stones will come away with the sticky paper! If this happens just use the tip of the iron on those stones directly and they should stick, or worse case you can stick them on with tweezers and glue.

And ta da - One Grandmother of the Groom wrap completed. I did Mother of the Bride & Groom and two Grandmother of the Grooms. I only have one Grandma and she lives in Oregon and can't make it for the wedding. I also did one for the flowergirl on a pink short sleeve hoodie.

Mr B's mothers expression when she got hers was SO worth it. She just wants to feel included.

Some people were not as impressed as others!

Wraps from Kmart $15 each + Transfers $12 = Complete item for $27. Much cheaper than I could find online. And you can put the transfers onto anything you like. A cute pair of sweat pants to wear while you get your make up done, a hoodie for your hens night, a tote bag for your honeymoon, the possibilities are endless!

Have you got anything customised for your wedding?

P.s. Did you see that 2 at the front of the days left. Eeeekkkkkkk

30 days out - Picking your battles

We're having a dessert reception. As in all we are feeding people is dessert foods. Cakes, eclairs, donuts, tarts, trifle... you get the picture. So as far as a wedding cake went we figured we'd just stick our cake topper onto one of the many cakes we'd have on offer and cut it as our wedding cake.

I noticed over on Thoughts of the All consumed bride the soon to be Mrs Beever mentioned songs for cake cutting! So thanks to her post and some of her great comments I think it is between Sugar Sugar by the Archies and How sweet it is by Marvin Gaye.

I had a baking day and tried to make one - don't laugh!

Ok, maybe do laugh. My niece and I had fun eating it all the same - it tasted divine.


However Mr B's mother kept asking us about what we were doing for a wedding cake. We had told her numerous times what I have told you above. But she just kept on asking.

Now I am a really straight up person. Say it like it is. Makes life easier when people know how you feel.

Mr B's mother on the other hand used the indirect method of communication - eg. don't tell you what I actually want, just hint at it until you hopefully get what I'm trying to say and if you don't then I'll probably hold it against you. (I do love the woman, just very different to my mother!)

We finally deciphered that the wedding cake was an important part of the wedding to her. So when she insisted that she buy us a wedding cake we said yes.

Except today I saw the receipt for the cake. Three tier, chocolate cake, white icing, 6inch/8inch/10inch - it's a small cake - $480! I nearly died.

It should look like the cake above (sorry for bad photo, it was off their computer screen on my phone!)

I imagine it looking something like this with our cake topper and a vintage glass stand.


But you know what - if it's important to her, and she wants to pay for it, who am I to rock the boat?

Personally I think it is a massive waste of money - however sometimes you have to pick your battles.

And besides, it is a lovely cake!

P.s. Anytimes in your planning you've just let people have there way to avoid the drama?

P.p.s. Any other old school cake cutting songs we should consider?