Destination Unknown

One of our engagement presents that has since gone on to become the bible of our wedding, is a beautiful Wedding Planner. It has six sections;

1. Wedmin
2. Diary/planner
3. Budgets and costs
4. Guests and gifts
5. Dressing up 
6. The reception 

And even within those it breaks it down further, so you really can't miss any aspect of your wedding day - whether you choose to plan something for every part or not.

Up until that point, we had all the tools to start planning and a date decided. But no venue. As I mentioned in my last post, we both wanted to find somewhere that gave us that 'wow' feeling, thing is, we just didn't really know what type of venue that was going to be.

We decided to spend two days visiting a variety of venues, making sure each one was different from the last. These included a couple of hotels, a room in a castle, a stately home and a barn. We were also conscious not to overwhelm ourselves with information as these things can get quite samey.

Fortunately there was one venue that we saw where we both had that moment. The this is the one moment. But not to jump the gun, we returned home and went through all the paperwork we'd accumulated over the two days. I mean, we could at least enquire about them being available on our chosen date? And maybe see when things need to be tied up by in order to make it ours? Ok ok. Why not?!

One thing that has boggled my mind though, is that through all the enquiries we've done, how everywhere seems to be inundated with queries for 2017 weddings - more so than 2016. Where are all this year's couples? Hiding ready for 2017? You're making me panic that I'm not organised enough!

So long story short, we have now confirmed our venue. IT'S HAPPENING.

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