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Well I thought I'd start a wedding journal so I can keep a track on things that I have done/need to do.
A little about me first
My name is Kelly, I am 21 years and I have been with my OH, Chris for over 5 years
We have been engaged since April 2008 and we are getting married on 25th September 2010 
We have 2 children, Thomas 10 months and Caitlin 3 years. Caitlin and Thomas are going to be our page boy and flower girl.
Our theme is going to be burgandy/ivory/gold.
Our budget for the wedding is around £5k-£6k
I have my wedding dress, veil, tiara, garter, shoes and jewellery which cost a total of - £550
My wedding hair is going to be done by OH's cousin (my bridesmaid) as she used to be a hairdresser. My make up I am either going to do myself or my bodyshop manager is going to do it for me so thats all free 
PAID
I am having 4 bridesmaids, my sister,- Lauren, OH's sister - Catherine, OH's cousin - Amanda and my good friend Tracey.
The bridesmaids dresses are bought, along with their shoes and their gifts which come to a total of - £192 PAID
I have Caitlins dress and jacket but haven't got her shoes yet as it seems pointless. Her dress cost £10 from eBay And I'm looking to spend no more than £10 on shoes for her. I have bought her a basket and buying some petals to put into it. Altogether for Caitlin I am budgeting - £35 so far I have spent £20. £20 PAID £15 TO GO
Thomas we are hoping to get a similar sort of suit as what daddy is wearing. We are looking to spend around £30 including shoes for him. £0 PAID £30 TO GO
Venue
Our venue is doing basically everything for us, they are providing a 3 course wedding breakfast menu with choices (we have 3 choices for starters 2 for mains and 3 for desserts) for 65 people. We have a drinks reception, the ceremony and the evening buffet for 100 people and we also have our room for the night
All the decorations are included including table linen and centre pieces. We just need to do the place settings and table plan, they do the order of service and the menus. Altogether this is costing roughly £3900 that includes the ceremony but not the registrar. £915 PAID £2985 TO GO
https://www.jerseyfarm.co.uk/
Transport
We have got a wedding car. There is enough room for me and my 4 bridesmaids and Caitlin to fit in the car. Because of me having 4 bridesmaids I couldn't find any cars big enough they were all going to be a limo and I didn't want one. Anyway we found this wedding car not far from us. We get to choose the coloured ribbon to go on the car, after the service he will take us to some local beauty spots like Bowes Museum for some photos and he also takes us for a little ride to have some 'alone time' with a bottle of champers All for the price of £300 £50 PAID £250 TO GO
https://www.fitzgeraldsweddingcars.co.uk/
Photographer
We were having a big deal finding someone cheap enough to do our photos then we found this guy from our area who is only charging £250. He will come to the house before the wedding and do some photos of us getting ready. He will then be with us all day until after the first dance. We get a photo album of around 80 photos and a CD with a minimum of 100 photos. £66 PAID £184 TO GO
Suits
Suits are going to cost around £220 to hire for the 4 adult ones with £110 deposit. We haven't gone into these details as much as of yet
Thats all I've got time to fill in right now but if anyone has anything to add that I've missed please feel free to let me know
Rings
We managed to get our rings from Argos. We didn't have a big budget which is why we have got cheap ones from Argos for now and we will get more expensive ones when we can afford them
This is my ring, its not a 'real' wedding ring but it goes really well with my engagement ring (which is hard to find) https://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/2305387/Trail/searchtext>ETERNITY+RING.htm
Mine cost £58.99
This is OH's ring https://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/2036261/Trail/searchtext>WEDDING+RING.htm
OH cost £39.99
Our budget was £100 and we spent under that so very cguffed £90 PAID
Flowers
I bought all my own flowers, OH's aunty is really good at arranging them so she is making them up for us. We spent around £40 on the flowers and out of that we have got my bouquet, 4 bridesmaids and MOB MOG FOB FOG BM so I'm quite happy with that!
PAID
Cake
We are getting a cake made from a friend of mine who makes them for £150. I don't have the pics yet but will get one soon. £0 PAID £150 TO GO
Wedding Invites
We have amde around 60 invites and it has cost us around £60 which I am quite pleased about that also includes the 2nd class stamps for the RSVP envelopes will get OH to take a picci of one today
A little about me first
My name is Kelly, I am 21 years and I have been with my OH, Chris for over 5 years
We have been engaged since April 2008 and we are getting married on 25th September 2010 We have 2 children, Thomas 10 months and Caitlin 3 years. Caitlin and Thomas are going to be our page boy and flower girl.
Our theme is going to be burgandy/ivory/gold.
Our budget for the wedding is around £5k-£6k
I have my wedding dress, veil, tiara, garter, shoes and jewellery which cost a total of - £550
My wedding hair is going to be done by OH's cousin (my bridesmaid) as she used to be a hairdresser. My make up I am either going to do myself or my bodyshop manager is going to do it for me so thats all free PAIDI am having 4 bridesmaids, my sister,- Lauren, OH's sister - Catherine, OH's cousin - Amanda and my good friend Tracey.
The bridesmaids dresses are bought, along with their shoes and their gifts which come to a total of - £192
PAIDI have Caitlins dress and jacket but haven't got her shoes yet as it seems pointless. Her dress cost £10 from eBay
And I'm looking to spend no more than £10 on shoes for her. I have bought her a basket and buying some petals to put into it. Altogether for Caitlin I am budgeting - £35 so far I have spent £20. £20 PAID £15 TO GOThomas we are hoping to get a similar sort of suit as what daddy is wearing. We are looking to spend around £30 including shoes for him. £0 PAID £30 TO GO
Venue
Our venue is doing basically everything for us, they are providing a 3 course wedding breakfast menu with choices (we have 3 choices for starters 2 for mains and 3 for desserts) for 65 people. We have a drinks reception, the ceremony and the evening buffet for 100 people and we also have our room for the night
All the decorations are included including table linen and centre pieces. We just need to do the place settings and table plan, they do the order of service and the menus. Altogether this is costing roughly £3900 that includes the ceremony but not the registrar. £915 PAID £2985 TO GOhttps://www.jerseyfarm.co.uk/
Transport
We have got a wedding car. There is enough room for me and my 4 bridesmaids and Caitlin to fit in the car. Because of me having 4 bridesmaids I couldn't find any cars big enough they were all going to be a limo and I didn't want one. Anyway we found this wedding car not far from us. We get to choose the coloured ribbon to go on the car, after the service he will take us to some local beauty spots like Bowes Museum for some photos and he also takes us for a little ride to have some 'alone time' with a bottle of champers
All for the price of £300 £50 PAID £250 TO GOhttps://www.fitzgeraldsweddingcars.co.uk/
Photographer
We were having a big deal finding someone cheap enough to do our photos then we found this guy from our area who is only charging £250. He will come to the house before the wedding and do some photos of us getting ready. He will then be with us all day until after the first dance. We get a photo album of around 80 photos and a CD with a minimum of 100 photos. £66 PAID £184 TO GO
Suits
Suits are going to cost around £220 to hire for the 4 adult ones with £110 deposit. We haven't gone into these details as much as of yet
Thats all I've got time to fill in right now but if anyone has anything to add that I've missed please feel free to let me know
Rings
We managed to get our rings from Argos. We didn't have a big budget which is why we have got cheap ones from Argos for now and we will get more expensive ones when we can afford them
This is my ring, its not a 'real' wedding ring but it goes really well with my engagement ring (which is hard to find) https://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/2305387/Trail/searchtext>ETERNITY+RING.htm
Mine cost £58.99
This is OH's ring https://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/2036261/Trail/searchtext>WEDDING+RING.htm
OH cost £39.99
Our budget was £100 and we spent under that so very cguffed
£90 PAIDFlowers
I bought all my own flowers, OH's aunty is really good at arranging them so she is making them up for us. We spent around £40 on the flowers and out of that we have got my bouquet, 4 bridesmaids and MOB MOG FOB FOG BM so I'm quite happy with that!
PAIDCake
We are getting a cake made from a friend of mine who makes them for £150. I don't have the pics yet but will get one soon. £0 PAID £150 TO GO
Wedding Invites
We have amde around 60 invites and it has cost us around £60 which I am quite pleased about that also includes the 2nd class stamps for the RSVP envelopes will get OH to take a picci of one today
We do have the organza bags though so we may just put some sweeties in them or something xx
But we have spent about £60-£70 on some new clothes in the sales for them but they aren't getting anymore as their wardrobes will be at bursting point!
I wish it was here now but we cant afford it till then 
£330!
