Monday, 30 August 2010

We all need help to survive the minefield of wedding planning

Counting the cost of a wedding can be pretty pricey.
The average bill for a couple’s big day has reached £18,500 and it is easy to see how people can be made to part with their cash.
With so many bridal magazines and TV shows around, it is hard not to get sucked in to feeling like your big day will be ruined if you forgo the “must-have accessories that will make any wedding one to remember”.
After months of trawling through pages and pages of expensive ideas, I have come to the conclusion that I am not going to be pushed around by bridal magazines anymore.
So I have decided to deliver my own top tips and advice to would-be brides out there who may also be drowning in a sea of cupcakes, veils and blue silk (hot colour for bridesmaid dresses apparently).
“Doves are this year’s must-have wedding accessory,” tweets one bridal magazine as they try to persuade you to part with hundreds of pounds. But here is my top tip – save yourself the trouble of ordering a flock of white pigeons and just look up in the sky. This will also save you from having to clean bird mess off your wedding frock.
“Princess dresses – feel every inch the bride,” proclaims another. Of course you’ll feel like a bride – it is your wedding day. Instead of being cajoled into the belief that you should feel like a princess, how about just relaxing and feeling like you, on your most beautiful day.
And finally: “Make sure your groom wears something to complement you on the day”.
Or how about you sit down with your betrothed and find out what he would be comfortable wearing and then look at ways to make both outfits work together? After all, your hubby-to-be needs to feel confident and happy in what he is wearing too.
After planning my own wedding I feel that I have done well to make my way through the minefield of “must-have” wedding ideas.
I don’t want my ceremony to look like it just came off the pages of a glossy magazine. Instead, it should reflect the personalties of my Mr and me.
So we’ve saved on “wedding essentials” and done what makes us happy, even down to the free yet gorgeous table decorations we made from flotsam and jetsam washed up on our local beach.
Ours may not be the most expensive and grand wedding ever, but every penny will be spent on sharing the things we love with the people we love.

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