Gift List

So this is the Groom here, making the first ever blog post in my life. My wonderful wife-to-be has done a great job setting this blogsite up, i'm very proud and impressed! This is odd and scary but here goes.

We have finally got the gift list set up. We are using Debenhams Wedding Service, and we have even gone so far as to have made a few joint decisions for what we would like! As you may see most of the items we have on at the moment are for the kitchen. This is because I love cooking and Stasie is amazing at baking.

In order to view our giftlist and view our selections, please visit www.debenhams.com/weddings or click here

and enter this gift list number: 299808

You can either buy an item outright or you can put money on the 'giftcard' above the items. This will allow us to use your gratefully received contributions towards any items on the list, or anything else we add to it.

This information will also be available as an insert inside our invitations, which are in production and will be sent by special owl delivery as soon as they are done, and we feed the owls. They wont deliver without being bribed with orange jelly babies. Odd I know. Used to only have one between them all, now they insist on one each. Inflation!!! Bah!

Look forward to seeing you at our wonderful day!

The Groom

New updates

So, I guess it's time for a new update people :D We've been extremely busy this month and everything has seemed piled on top of something else. However, we did manage to sort a few things out this month! And now that my exams are done and I'm out of work (boooooooo!) I will dedicate my time to sorting out the last few bits. Anyway, here's a list of things we managed to get sorted this month:

- Booked the honeymoon

- Booked wedding night Hotel

- Ordered wedding rings

- Booked the photographers (oh yes, there are two and they are awesome!! Thank you, Prices and Greens)

- Talked to the caterer

- Translated birth certificate

- Booked the car

- Booked champagne flutes and wine glasses

- Got an estimate for flower arrangements

- Found out how to get visas

- Put some things down on our wedding gift list!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Long way to go, but more time to do it now.

So far...

Many of you have been wondering how well we're getting on with the planning, specially now that time is running out. I must say that at the moment we have put things aside for just a bit, because I've been busy trying to find a job and I have also chosen to focus more on my studies. As my exams will finish in the last days of May, I then plan to dedicate most of my time on the wedding details in June. However, Ben and I will try to do some bits and bobs that need finishing before that time (most importantly sending out the invitations). At this point in time we have managed to sort out:

- The dress
- The suit
- The wedding party (i.e bridesmaids, ushers, etc.)
- The venue
- The church
- Telling people in Russia
- The budget
- The theme and colour scheme
- The DJ
- The cake
- The gift list company (Debenhams ftw)
- The guest list

Still a long way to go, but we're getting there.

Every month I will post a list of what we're trying to sort out at that moment, which will appear in the right column. So if you have any suggestions or friends who you think might help us with these things, feel free to contact us via e-mail (the adress is at the bottom of the page).