What’s my role in all of this?
I sometimes wonder..

I was told I could set the date, so I did, only to be told 24 hours later that it ‘might clash’ with another wedding. Really? Might?
But I want a June wedding!
I was gutted.
Then I had my first sense of what this might be like going forward…
Luckily, its been good. So far.
Few date dramas, bit of guest list trouble, but nothing she hasn’t been able to sort out!

Q. “What kind of wedding do you want?”
A. Well, fun, family, friends… stress-free please. It surely couldn’t be more stressful than ignoring the hints about getting married for 6 months before I proposed.

Q. “How has it been so far?”
A. Great. Ok, we haven’t planned much yet- does that count? I wrote a guest list, well she put my mates names into the list on her phone, then changed them a bit. I haven’t seen the list since.

Q. “Who’s your Bestman?”
A. Erm, I don’t know. Its not a question of picking one, but do I need one?
Charlotte; OMG. That’s hilarious. Are you serious?
Rob; Maybe I need people, but picking a best one? Just one?

Q. “What kind of stag do would you like?”
A. Um, maybe go somewhere for a long weekend? Really, I just want to spend time with my friends. We don’t all get to be in the same place often so it would be nice to do more than one night together & have some fun. Bust some moves for sure!

Q. “What are looking looking forward to the most?”
A. I’ll enjoy the day.I know most of the plans so far & its going to be great. I want to have a party & celebrate! I can’t wait to see her in her dress looking amazing. Dancing together will be great. We always have a fun time dancing. I hope she wears the right shoes for it…

Q. “What else are you excited about?”
A. The honeymoon, getting away together & relaxing with no iphones, emails or twitter! I will have her attention at last! You don’t know how lucky you all are to have the future Mrs Rob in your day.

A word to the wise. When asked, give your opinion, but don’t be offended if it doesn’t count. Its the ’showing support & interest’ that matters….

Rob.
(AKA Half-job Rob)

Hello Sunday, how I love thee!

I am at my Mama and Pops house this weekend up in the sunny West Midlands, having a fun old time with my hairdresser Stuart! As I told you in my earlier posts, I am the luckiest girl ever because Stuart is coming all the way from the West Mids to the wedding to do my hair, in manner of J-Lo, Madonna or other such diva. Stuart has done my hair forever and I can’t imagine anyone else doing it. Yay to that.

So on Thursday night I decided that having put it off for what seems like years, I was off to Oxford Street to get Matt and the other boys ties. It’s late night shopping on a Thursday so I thought it would be nice and quiet.

I was wrong.

I turned up and it was carnage. There were surging crowds everywhere. I walked the length of Oxford Street looking for ‘the one’. I went everywhere. The more I walked the more people there were. It didn’t help I was having a ‘bridal rage day’. A ‘bridal rage day’ is a day where I wake up and look at myself and get an attack of the self loathing. All girls get it, but when you are getting married, it magnifies by ten fold as you examine every part of yourself and convince yourself that as you walk down the aisle, everyone will see your cellulite/pale skin/eye bags/funny eyebrows from plucking after wine/cankles/short nails (the list goes on, delete or add as necessary).

It didn’t help I was wearing the tightest jeans known to man and it was REALLY hot. And after one lap, my feet had swollen up like little trotters cantering down the street. I did not realise, but it was the first day of the summer sale. Good timing.

I FOUND NO TIES.

I am now in a massive panic as with 5 weeks to go I cannot find one I like (yes yes, I realise how dramatic and silly this sounds but I am being honest and I know other brides will understand)!

So, following on from the volcano song success, I have penned a ‘Tie song’ for everyone to sing in unison and chant to the great clothes God in the sky in the hope I find one!

Without further ado, here are the lyrics (sang to the theme of Bonnie Tylers, I Need a Hero)…

Where have all the good ties gone, and where are all the shirts?
Where’s the super candy stripes that will look pretty with my skirt?
Isn’t there a striped tie, in which I can believe?
Late at night I toss and turn and I dream of what I need…..

I need a neck tie, I’m holding out for neck tie ’till the end of the night
It’s gotta be cool and it’s gotta be pastel
And it’s gotta look good all the night
I need a neck tie, I’m holding out for a neck tie ’till the morning light
Its gotta be sure and it’s gotta be soon
And its gotta be larger than life, larger than life

Somewhere after shopping, in my wildest fantasy
Somewhere just beyond my reach
There’s a neck tie reaching back for me
Please show me the silk style that’s good enough to eat
It’s gonna take a super tie to sweep me off my feet….

Oooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhh

Repeat Chorus to fade…

Sing it loud people. Sing it proud. Find me a tie (thanks to Bonnie Tyler)!

Love
Emma xxxx

Hello Monday (why come round so fast!)!

I hope you all had a lovely sunshine filled weekend – I did, and it was wedding-a-rama as I head into the last 6 weeks (arrrrrrghhh) of wedding prep!

So, Sunday is Father’s Day! Hurray! So in true Electric Wedding fashion we have hunted down the best wedding related pressies for you Daddy! And we did not have to look much further than Yarwood White (who save my life every time), for these fabulous little numbers……

These gorgeous cufflinks will send you Dad down the aisle in style… they are made from sterling silver and pearl and cost a very reasonable £60.

Now, not that we are trying to make these a present for us or anything (hee hee) -we also found out you can also match them into your colour scheme (he doesn’t need to know that)! A voila…

We think they make the perfect pressie to spoil your Papa – hope you like them too! Thank you Yarwood White for being so pretty!

Love
Emmaxx