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I remember being a ‘b2b’. I loved it. But I love being a wife even more! I was a magpie, (still am) obsessed with all things sparkly and wedding related. I could find inspiration everywhere… from the colours of cars sitting in traffic, to vases on supermarket shelves…at one stage I was even inspired by the changing colours of leaves in autumn! I was excited about our wedding, and everyone else’s wedding on YAYW! I remember reading other bride’s reports and some I got really engrossed. Admittedly, a bit too engrossed at times…any CAOS and lovemydress fans still out there?

My husband and I, I’ll say that again….ahum…my husband, Mr O and I had THE most AMAZING day. It all went swimmingly, everything came together perfectly. We were at one stage in the day, running on time! The room looked amazing…completely transformed! The colour scheme of midnight blue, dusky pink and accents of gold worked a treat. The entire day was festive (2nd of Jan), fun-filled and utterly fabulous! It’s easy to fill a room with people, but we filled ours with friends and family and were so happy on the day! We’ve had amazing feedback from all our guests…one comment, from my cousin was ‘If Carlsberg did weddings, it’d probably be something like this’. Now, I’m no lager drinker, but I know the adverts and I was touched! We couldn’t ask for a better response!

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At the moment I only have ‘happy snaps’ from my lovely wannabe photographer guests lol. I will update them as and when I get the ‘real’ ones ; )

Now, I’m not so good at the whole ‘baring all emotions thing’ – sorry! But, I will do a ‘highlights’ of my journey. I hope it’s at the least, a fun skim through the photos and at the most a helpful (dare I say) ‘guide’ to planning your own special day! YAYW was such an inspiration to me and I found it lovely that women shared their planning journeys.. so here’s mine




The Hen Do

…in one word…FANTABULOUS! May I make words up?! I had such a great time, and my bridesmaids did such a great job – a sign of more to come. I’ll probably say this a few times, but they really could rule the world! A Doctor, Journalist, Lawyer and Accountant. I couldn’t have a more skilled team if I paid them! On the morning of the hen do, I had a dress fitting for my wedding day evening outfit (yes, I’m a bit of a diva – it had to be done)! Following this, we arrived at Canary Wharf, where I was blindfolded with my sister’s ever-so-chic purple bandana! : )

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I ducked into a black cab and was driven for about 5 minutes to ‘somewhere’. The taxi driver described it as ‘we’re falling in the river’. I think it was the most exciting thing to happen to him that day! We arrived, I stepped out, and was left standing for a few seconds, I could hear water and birds…oh my goodness! I daren’t move for fear of falling in [the river]! We went in a lift and then entered a doorway…we’d arrived. I could hear two of my lovely bridesmaid’s voice.

The blindfold was taken off, and I was standing in a gorgeous home-away-from-home penthouse apartment. Of course, I ran around excited, exploring our two-bed pad! I loved it, it was perfect.
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They had a cake that looked like Mr O, lots of pink food, pink champagne, decorations..everything… it was great! No party is complete without M&S food! yum! So girly and SO fun.

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The girls had organised some games, including me having to make ‘the perfect penis’ from plasticine [in front of my mum I hasten to add]; us all kissing Tyrese, playing charades with film related stuffs and of course – give Mel marriage advice. After this, we got dressed up in our finery for a night out. The girls had organised a pink theme, so they all wore something pink..and I wore white. I planned to enjoy every day of ‘being the bride’. But there was one more surprise in store……

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Did someone call 999? Enter 'Don Blade'...

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Mum's face....a picture tells a thousand words "Oh my goodness this is fun, but ummm...pls don't touch my daughter!' LOL


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After all the crazy nakedness, we went to a restaurant, where another 10 or so friends and family joined us.

Now, the restaurant messed up, and our table in a quiet intimate corner was switched to a table in centre of the room! This turned out great, as lots of people were wishing me good luck and it made it all so much more real! I was pleased to welcome everyone to our party! During the meal, I ‘worked’ the table…to get a chance to talk to all of my nearest and dearest who had come to celebrate with me.

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This meal, also involved all the girls writing a message on a balloon for me...a balloon that resembled a penis!
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Afterwards, we found our way to a club where we had a little VIP booth…and danced the night away. The best part was we went back to the penthouse afterwards to chat and sleep – my girly sleepover that I had truly craved. The girls did me proud! The festivities had begun!


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Me, Big Sis, Little sis and Mum! ; )
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To say a special thank you to my hen party, i put together some little elle bags (that I cleverly bought from a discount store!), a cupcake shaped bathbomb, a sweetie bracelet/necklace, a real beaded bracelet (primarda baby) and a chocolate love heart from Thorntons - YUM! I got my little sister a selection of her favourites things...some strawberry bon bons (from harvey nics, to make her feel special!), a cookie jar, LOTS of cookies... she'd addicted to cookies and thought this was the best present ever!

Her, 'accepting' her bonbons! tehehe

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We were ready for the wedding!!! Or were we...

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keep it coming

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Oh yay so happy to see this! keep it coming nicely il get myself a brew!

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LOL your hen do sounds like fun! my mom came to mine as well
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Yay, another wedding report for me to get addicted to.
Love your hen cake x x x
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Hey, sounds like you had a ball! I agree with Jo09, love your hen cake! xxx
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Now for a random comment. I am so jealous of how you look in fuschia pink. It really makes your skin glow.
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thanks girls..we had a fab time...and the cake tasted even better than it looked! ; ) FutureAggle...that's kind of you to say...umm...but I was the one in white..everyone else was wearing pink! tehehe x
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Nah, you can see it against your skin in your sash and in group shots, it's gorge.
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Lovely report so far- cant wait to read more! xx
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