Is it a Benjamin Roberts, is it a Maggie Sottero...No, it's a Pronuptia!!

Some of you may know about my previous dilemma with the wedding dress of my dreams last year, but since becoming more open to other dresses and trying loads on with Louise, my Bridesmaid on Saturday, I have now found 'The One'.
Apart from the fact that it is £400 cheaper, it is a skirt and bodice giving me the opportunity to wear the top again and getting my money's worth.
It is the total opposite to the dress I thought I wanted, with it being simple and non-fussy and every time I have tried it on I feel like a beautiful me. With this dress I also get to wear a veil (the other dress was to detailed and a veil wouldn't have suited it) which I think I have found from a company in New Zealand (thanks Aims for recommending veils from your home country, I think I've found the ones you were talking about!)
Things are coming together wonderfully and once mum has seen me in the dress an order will be placed, Whoooppeee!!

More to come soon xxxxxxxx

Happy Birthday to my H2B (for last week!)

For the New Year we both made a promise to take each others birthday off work and do something different for the day. It was quite easy for my birthday this year as it fell on a Saturday and was living in a new city, so shopping in Manchester with dinner and drinks in Liverpool was perfect.

Anyway, it was Colin's birthday last Thursday and after making him some 'Mitchell Muffins' and eating them in bed he opened some of his 19 birthday cards (this has become a bit of a rivalry) and then got ready for a day at the races. It was the first day of the Grand National meet at Aintree, so we got dressed up to the nines, although not as much as some, and went out for the day.
It was a beautiful day, we ate and drank plenty, placed a few bets and wondered around the grounds. We placed bets on each race, but lost more than we won.

After the races we went to the local curry house for dinner and stuffed ourselves silly and to top the night off we went to a late showing at the cinemas to see 'The Hills Have Eyes 2'. By the time we had got back home we were both exhausted and needless to say I was useless at work the next day (Note to self: take the day after off as well!)

So a huge HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my gorgeous beau for last week, can't wait till next year!!

P.S. More photos on www.facebook.com

Too tired to blog....

It always seems that when I have something interesting to blog about I'm completely snowed under, never have the time and am totally exhausted. I would like to go back though and say what a wonderful Easter weekend Colin and I had. Apart from troughing our way through 8 huge eggs between us, our friends Chris and Aimee came up from London to see us. We all did the tourist thing around Liverpool and Chester, went out for drinks, watched footy and played darts (badly!) in the local pub. We were all so knackered by the Sunday that we stayed in all day, which was nice and relaxing.
Anyway, thanks Chris and Aims for making the effort to come up we had a fab time and hopefully see you soon.

3 pairs of knickers & shampoo........

Is it just me or does anyone else hate shopping for clothes? I've never found it an enjoyable experience and when the current fashion is just completely wrong it makes it even worse.
Don't get me wrong I think some people look fantastic in what they wear, but come on high streets fashion, we're in the 21st century and all you can think of is to revert back to the 60's and 70's with shapeless tops/dresses and psychadelic colours.
I've never been one to conform completely to the fashion of the moment. One of the main reasons is that the better clothes are more expensive and the ones that are affordable you usually end up seeing 10 year old girls and 50 year old woman wearing, something a bit wrong there.
That, plus my body shape usually lets me down, big bum, big boobs, short legs and although I am at my ideal weight, it's still a nightmare to find a great pair of jeans and a top that actually looks right.

As you can tell, I'm feeling rather disheartened about the whole shopping thing, but hopefully next season things will look up!!