Read This – Then Eat It!!
Psst!! I’ve got a secret… I’m not having any flowers at my wedding. Recovered? Good, then I shall explain. Since starting to plan the wedding and looking at the various lists of things to do, flowers...
View ArticleFolksy – A Must for Brides
As a bride choosing the right kind of accessories, headpieces and jewellery can be a major challenge. There are so many style guides, suppliers and magazines to look at that it can be so difficult to...
View ArticleTHE DRESS!
This is a really quick post and also there are no pictures, because it’s to say I PICKED UP THE DRESS TODAY! I actually tried it on and it didn’t make me look like a pile of crap, so yay! It still...
View ArticleTo Veil or Not To Veil?
This is a question I’ve thought long about – you picture a bride and automatically picture a veil with it, right? The now Duchess of Cambridge went for a very long, traditional veil like this: but...
View ArticleHair today, gone tomorrow…
Ok, I know I’ve been totally remiss in not updating Mr wedding blog for an eon (slapped wrists) but I have exciting stuff to write about today so I shall! Yesterday was my hair trial day and after two...
View ArticleSome Gorgeous Dress Choices from Alfred Angelo
I’ve been doing lots of wedding stuff this week, after all it IS only 6 weeks away *faints*. Chiefly, Bridesmaid and I went for the first alteration fitting and. luckily for my wedding budget, the...
View ArticleInvitations are Out! Finally…
Phew! Invitations have been posted, so I’m skipping from foot to foot by the letterbox most days now, waiting for replies!! I have already had some replies by email and verbally (my nan – no computer!)...
View ArticleNot Long Now!!!
Just a quick hop on to say arrrgghhhh! Less than a week to go!!! Still so much to do in that week, but there is loads done already. I’ve finished my cake figures and they came out pretty well – they’ve...
View ArticleThe All Important Music
So, I realise I haven’t done a musical post and since I’m sat here burning the CDs for ceremony music and ambient music for the guests to be seated to, I thought I’d link to our ceremony music and do a...
View ArticleBook Review: Just What Kind of Mother Are You? by Paula Daly
Apologies in advance, as now that the kids are back at school I’m catching up with reviewing all the books I’ve read over the summer! The first of these catch ups is Just What Kind of Mother Are You?...
View ArticleMeal Planning Monday – 16th September 2013 – #MealPlanningMonday
I know, I know, it’s a day late, but I did actually meal plan this week, and so far the new effort on planning seem to be paying financial dividends, as our shopping bill and impromptu visits to the...
View ArticleMeal Planning Monday – 23rd September 2013 – #MealPlanningMonday
It’s Monday again! After a whirlwind weekend of Drayton Manor and the Marie Cure Driving Challenge, I’m a bit exhausted! Nevertheless, I have managed to get a meal plan done and we’ll be eating the...
View ArticleMeal Planning Monday – 30th September 2013 – #MealPlanningMonday
Yikes! Having looked at my blog quickly I can see that meal plans seem to be all I’m on about at the moment – ah well, at least one thing in my life is under control. Here is the (uninspiring) food...
View ArticleBook Review: Running Like a Girl by Alexandra Heminsley
I must explain before I tell you what I thought about this book that I’m a bit of a fatty. In the past I’ve harboured dreams of running, while holding a Mars Bar in one hand and the telly remote in the...
View ArticleBook Review: Letters from Skye by Jessica Brockmole
I always think that epistolary novels, ones told in the form of letters, must be much more rewarding to read than to write. While hearing the characters’ own voices makes them much more real for the...
View ArticleReview: ZEO soft drink
When it comes to drinks, evenings out for me can be a bit dull. Ok, so I’ll have the occasional Peroni, but on the whole I’m alcohol free and since giving up drinking Diet Coke, I usually end up with...
View ArticleMy Perfect Interview
Nickie at I am Typecast is currently running a competition with TotalJobs.com asking who you would most like to interview and why. I usually stick my selections in for those ‘fantasy dinner parties’...
View ArticleBook Review: Killer Queens by Rebecca Chance
I’d certainly like to kid myself that I only read literary waffle and very high brow stuff, but I do have to confess that one of my favourite books is Polo by Jilly Cooper. When I was sent Killer...
View Article#TingleBells – A Christmas Treat from ZEO
You might remember that a little while ago I reviewed ZEO, a new soft drink from Russia that uses natural fruit flavours and stevia to create a tingly fizzy drink. Well, ZEO has a new winterberry and...
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