It's expensive!
Yes, I know weddings are expensive.
The Daily Mail tells me the average wedding costs £25,000!!!!!
REALLY??
In percentage terms, we have spent roughly 1/4 of this!
I have 7 daughters! can you imagine, that would cost me £175,000.
I could buy a house for that. Sorry girls, I love you dearly but that's mad.
We will have a fantastic time, we are making so much ourselves and it will be totally unique and personable , rather than mass produced and impersonal.
Even down to the maternity bridesmaids dress I somehow am creating.
Then there's my girls.
All 5 of them who are bridesmaids (one isn't).
The 3 elder ones dresses were kindly bought for them. Anya's (don't laugh) we found in Primark for £8 and it matches the flower girls ones, we saved a packet on these by finding them in the USA! They are very unique too.
We have ditched the idea of shoes. £20 for a satin pair they will wear once? I think not, so we are going for ballet shoes and I am hand sewing decorations. I did this for my own flower girls 25 years ago!
The older ones are WAY more fussy!
We have spray tan's too book, nails to have manicured, hair to get done, make up to buy and shoes!!! The strapless bra's alone cost £72 and that was in a half price sale! Thankfully they all need these for their Ballet shows as well.
Good lord!
I am actually starting to stay up at night and worry.
Some how we have to all be at the church at 11am.
11 AM!!!!!!!
When I found that out I nearly hung, drew and quartered the groom for booking it so early.
Anyone who knows our family, knows that early mornings are not our pista resitance! to say the least.
I cannot imagine what time I will have to rise inorder to get them all ready, and the twins as well.
The boys are thankfully far simpler.
Luke feels a bit hard done by as his ROA is two weeks before so he has to wear the same suit twice. He gets new shoes but they have to double up as new school shoes as well. The same goes for Jono, I was pleased I found a suit for him half price in Marks and Spencers Christmas sale. I may well sell his on ebay afterwards!
As always, it's the hidden costs you don't anticipate.
We have done pretty well, but everyone, understandbly wants to look their very best. Sadly that comes at a price.
So watch this space as the run down to Abigail's wedding commences and I slowly loose the will to live......
Yes, I know weddings are expensive.
The Daily Mail tells me the average wedding costs £25,000!!!!!
REALLY??
In percentage terms, we have spent roughly 1/4 of this!
I have 7 daughters! can you imagine, that would cost me £175,000.
I could buy a house for that. Sorry girls, I love you dearly but that's mad.
We will have a fantastic time, we are making so much ourselves and it will be totally unique and personable , rather than mass produced and impersonal.
Even down to the maternity bridesmaids dress I somehow am creating.
Then there's my girls.
All 5 of them who are bridesmaids (one isn't).
The 3 elder ones dresses were kindly bought for them. Anya's (don't laugh) we found in Primark for £8 and it matches the flower girls ones, we saved a packet on these by finding them in the USA! They are very unique too.
We have ditched the idea of shoes. £20 for a satin pair they will wear once? I think not, so we are going for ballet shoes and I am hand sewing decorations. I did this for my own flower girls 25 years ago!
The older ones are WAY more fussy!
We have spray tan's too book, nails to have manicured, hair to get done, make up to buy and shoes!!! The strapless bra's alone cost £72 and that was in a half price sale! Thankfully they all need these for their Ballet shows as well.
Good lord!
I am actually starting to stay up at night and worry.
Some how we have to all be at the church at 11am.
11 AM!!!!!!!
When I found that out I nearly hung, drew and quartered the groom for booking it so early.
Anyone who knows our family, knows that early mornings are not our pista resitance! to say the least.
I cannot imagine what time I will have to rise inorder to get them all ready, and the twins as well.
The boys are thankfully far simpler.
Luke feels a bit hard done by as his ROA is two weeks before so he has to wear the same suit twice. He gets new shoes but they have to double up as new school shoes as well. The same goes for Jono, I was pleased I found a suit for him half price in Marks and Spencers Christmas sale. I may well sell his on ebay afterwards!
As always, it's the hidden costs you don't anticipate.
We have done pretty well, but everyone, understandbly wants to look their very best. Sadly that comes at a price.
So watch this space as the run down to Abigail's wedding commences and I slowly loose the will to live......
Sorry, I had to giggle! I know, I know, I shouldn't! After all, I am the mother of 7 daughters also!
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to wedding days with a mixture of anticipation and total, crippling FEAR!!!
I shall follow your adventure with pleasure, (you write so well!), and glean as much as I can to make wedding days work as best they can in a large family!
Taking note right now that 11am is COMPLETELY out of the question!!!!
Haha I have no idea how we will make it out the door. I have visions of plastering make up on in the car on the way there....appart from the fact I am driving it, as it's our van and it's transporting all the bridesmaids!!! I shall have to time my own 'wedding look' to about 5 mins in total I thnk.
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