The End is in Sight

FINALLY! Lee has received his decree nisi. His divorce papers will be processed on 17/11 and 6 weeks later he will be divorced. That does, unfortunately, scupper our Christmas wedding plans as 6 weeks takes us to 29/12. We need to give 16 days notice to marry which means the very earliest we can do it is 14/01. So next year. It's unreal how long we've been waiting for this to happen... close to 2 years, that's ridiculous! Anyway. I think the plan is still Sheffield Town Hall now, it's so lovely inside and still inexpensive. We will do it sometime in January and I'm excited. I suppose it will be nice to have something to look forward to after the baby, after Christmas and before our Vegas Vac-ay. January is still wintry and festive it just sucks that we can never have anything just as we want it. At least I can buy Ella and Milo's outfits in the January sales :P

Miss BB

Wedding Worthy Footwear *1*

Since I found my dress I've been browsing for shoes to match.. here are some I'm loving. I anticipate this being the first of many footwear posts between now and the big day (hence the title). Everything in this post is available from ASOS (click on the pictures to visit the links) oh and I haven't found the pound sign on my MacBook yet so the figures represent the prices... you'll just have to take my word for it!

ASOS Scala Metallic Court Shoe 25

River Island Studded Platform Heels  65

Carvela Auction Platform Stiletto Court 78

Sam Edelman Lorissa Suede Shoes 180

OK So the last one's a bit out there but I love the studs and my Mum wore hot pink shoes to her wedding.. perhaps I'll carry on the tradition...

Ultimate Budget Dress

I just picked this up from Primark for an unbelievable £17!!!! Obviously I had to share..

Unfortunately I'm at least a month away from being able to try it on so I'm keeping everything crossed that it fits nicely but worst case scenario... it was £17! Who cares?

It totally fits the bill for what I've been looking for, it's formal enough yet not a full on wedding dress, a conservative length, long sleeves for winter but they're sheer which stops it looking too dowdy. Perfect dress for a perfect price. Now to find some equally bargainous shoes....

What Dress Would HE Choose?

Earlier this year there was a feature in Brides Magazine where 3 girls were made over by their betrothed in the dress and style of their choosing. Ever since I have been meaning to do a post like this and after watching Don't Tell The Bride this evening it spurred me on. I never understand on those shows how the guy can get it so wrong. This is the person you're supposed to be "one" with.. how could you not know they would hate that big meringue? Anyway.. I sat Lee down with a dress gallery and got him to save all of the dresses he liked.. here they are

 First of all you can't help but notice there's a lacey theme, right? Not something I'd have expected him to choose. They are all different in their own way but most are sleek in design and beautifully simple. I'm not keen on diamante and too much ruffle so there are a couple I perhaps wouldn't have chosen myself but I think I'd happily wear any of them down the aisle were they presented to me on the big day.

I am of course going to pick my favourites... they would have to be the top left and the one directly below it. Both so pretty and elegant. Now I don't intend to wear a big fancy dress to our wedding as it will be a low key affair but it's always fun to look and maybe now I'll look for something in lace...

I would recommend any engaged or open minded (don't want to scare him off) couple try this.. it's really fun and he might surprise you.

Suited and Bootied

Just had to share this..

If we get married after the baby in December the baby will obviously be there... you know what that means? A baby grow tuxedo!!! I've seen these so many times but it just popped into my head the other day and now I'm totally sold on the idea! I mean.. how cute would it be? Ella could have a nice dress and the baby will look like all dapper and cute... just like his Dad ;)

These are available all over the web but as soon as I buy one I'll link you up. I think waiting til the baby is born is the best idea.. I don't want to look back on my wedding photos and look huge. Right now I'm not so bad but towards the end I know I'll be a whale.. so this way I will get to wear a nice dress (courtesy of Spanx) and both f my children will be present. I've even found a photographer that's quoted me a very reasonable sum for the kind of photos I want. It could be just 3 months away..

How exciting!

I'm watching SATC and had to share a Charlotte quote that I feel fits my situation perfectly. I know I've seen this episode in the past couple of years at least once and thought this before but here it is..

"I hate that I've finally found the love of my life and I can't celebrate it in a big big way"

When you're getting married for the second time you don't really expect anyone to take you seriously which is really quite sad. I don't have much else for now, just that thought.

Pregnant Bride?

I'm back again with more ridiculous mind changing! As Lee's divorce gets closer to being complete I find myself wondering if perhaps we could get married earlier... maybe even before the baby is born.

I've revisited the idea of Sheffield Register Office since I discovered the location has changed and there are some beautiful surroundings that would make for nice photos. My Dad is a bit of a photographer himself so he could take some pictures after the ceremony and he and my Mum could be our two witnesses. I feel that would encompass my wanting to do it as intimately as possible while not leaving my parents out and securing some memories for the wall. Here's my dilemma now. Is it just too tacky to be a pregnant bride? I do like the idea of a Christmas wedding, the children could both be there and I could have my figure back..however it would leave me just 6 weeks to get back into reasonable shape so would I rather be obviously pregnant or carrying residual baby weight? Not to mention how tired we're likely to be at that stage. I think if we're going to wait until the New Year we might as well just wait and do it in Vegas in March as planned but I just don't know if I'm going to want to wait once Lee is divorced. As is right now it's out of our hands but once we're both free to remarry it will be difficult to put it off.

At the end of the day we want to be married, why wait if we don't have to?

Over the next few weeks while we're waiting for news I'll be trawling through google images for inspiration but for the meantime.. here's a peek inside my mind...