Since getting engaged the past few months have flown and the realisation that 30th April 2010 was getting nearer, made us both think about the wedding and for me a dress! Unsure about the kind of dress I wanted, I checked out a few places in Sydney with little success and realised that I wanted my mum to be there, so needless to say flights back to the UK were booked.
We landed in the UK 6am Sat 22nd Aug. By 7.30am we were reunited with Dan’s Dad and Sandra and on the road heading north to Sheffield, where we were to meet up with all our parents. Wanting to waste no time, I had booked an appointment at a bridal shop in Sheffield so by 2.30pm me, Mum, Barbara, Sandra and Dad (very surprised at this) were in the bridal shop where I got the best-est surprise of all with the my sis and the kids coming out from the changing room to surprise me – AMAZING! After a few tears, the bottle of champagne being popped and “OMG I can’t believe it” I managed to focus to try on a few dresses and it was when I was trying on the 4th dress I knew I had found the one!
On Sunday we headed up to Newcastle where Kenny had arranged a BBQ for us and invited everyone round. We had a wicked afternoon, it was soooo nice to see everyone again. To add to the celebrations it was revelaved that Nick & KT had got engaged!!!! Crack open more bubbly!!! Like usual we had one too many drinks and I was still urging KT to have another drink at 1am when she had to be up and drive to work in a few hours! 
Only back for a week I was keen to get as much sorted as possible. With my dress sorted on the Sat, on the Monday we shortlisted the bridesmaids dresses and confirmed Dan and the guy’s suits. On Tuesday with Andie and Sez we confirmed the bridesmaid dresses. Tuesday night we went to check out the venue for the first time (good job mother – well done!) and chose the menu for the wedding breakfast – all I can say is people are not going to be hungry by the end!
Wednesday night was time to catch up with the Crammy girls which was FAB. It was SOOOO lush to see everyone and meet Molly for the first time – how cute! Thursday was a day for Mum and we set off to go and have a look at mother of the bride outfits, just to get an idea more than anything. Continuing with our successful week, Mum managed to get her outfit so it feels like things are coming together nicely.
The week home has been awesome, we haven’t stopped and as a result we’re both exhausted (me more so than Dan, as he just played golf pretty much all week!). Only having a week to plan all the major things for your wedding certainly makes you more decisive and I have to say I’m looking forward to having a few weeks off!
