Back from the dead

We have finally started to settle in to our new life in Sweden. The adjustment of moving from London to a small town in Sweden has been harder than I expected. David seem to deal with it better than me, but I'm trying to keep my chin up. Most things are great and we don't regret the choice to move here, but there are a lot of things I miss.

I am still determined to get married next year, but I need to be realistic. As we rented flats that were furnished in the UK, we ended up in our new flat with no furniture at all. We have had to buy everything and I mean everything. I have spent more money during the last month than I have spent in years. On the upside I have a job at least until the end of January 2012 and David is looking. If we could both be employed at the same time, we would end up having a better economy than we have ever had. One of us have always been a student/part time employed/out of work .

I have always planned for a budget wedding, so I'm not panicking about anything. Things will work out. All I want to do is get married to my fiance and feel pretty while doing so. I don't care if it's down the registry office or in a castle. I'll happily get married on a shoestring budget. I never dreamt of a wedding as a little girl and I can't say I dream of one now. I dream of a marriage to the man I love. Something that will happen if we spent a grand or a hundred grands.

Quick Post

Things I learned from last weekend's weeding:

1. Mother in law does not want to be asked to do things. Especially not last minute. I thought she loved being involved in absolutely everything wedding related, but maybe she's had enough? This is a relief.
2. Father in law delivered a surprisingly lovely speech (in which me and David was mentioned!)
3. Try to avoid dead space between activities. It shouldn't be non-stop, but not half an hour wait either.
4. If there is a long time between the wedding ceremony and reception party, snacks is a must. At this wedding we had a afternoon tea (an idea which was initially disliked by the bride) with scones, clotted cream, jam, bread and cheeses. Life saver!
5. They had a pot-luck buffet for the reception. Which in the end meant I (as a vegetarian) could eat only potato salad, bread and cheese. Thank god for the afternoon tea! So if we have a buffet, make sure there is something for everyone. Consider allergies and lifestyle choices.
6. Dancing was a blast. They had an old style band which did line/square/group dances. I loved it. I have not been certain I wanted dancing at our wedding, but now I think I do.
7. Mixing your own drinks bar was a good idea. They also had hot water and tea/coffee. I did however miss still water as an option.
8. Decorations can make a big difference! They had loads of buntings which you know from past posts that I love. Buntings in my heart.
9. PLAN, PLAN, PLAN! There was panic leading up to the wedding because nothing was properly planned. Planing is key. There were no invites. They even forgot to cut the wedding cake which was a three tier affair and probably cost a small fortune. It just stood in a corner, forgotten. They didn't remember to get the guests to sign the "guestbook" until a bunch had already left. Bride/groom/guests running around lost is not good.
10. I didn't like their registrar. I want to try and get someone who feels friendly, humorous and relaxed, but still understands the greatness of the moment.
11. They had a CD player for their ceremony. Live music would have had more impact. But if we chose to have a CD make sure someone's in charge, because there wasn't one at this wedding and the groom had to handle it.
12. I'm still undecided about children at weddings.

Little Venue List

I'm in the middle of packing our lives into boxes for the big move, but can't help taking a detour through Wedding land. Here are some links to venues in and around Gothenburg that I will investigate further when I get more time:

1. Dragon Gården
2. Överås
3. Skräddarön
4. Villa Odinslund
5. Stora Holms Säteri
6. Skärgårds Bröllop
7. Tjolöhlms Slott

Jessica Alba Updo

This is my current favorite for my wedding day hair style, as seen on the lovely Jessica Alba:

Update

It's been very quiet here during the last month. We are in the middle of arranging our move from the UK to Sweden and there have been far too many things do deal with to keep up the blog. Once everything is sorted I promise to get back into the wedding stuff.

Wedding Bouquet

Found this amazing bouquet on the wedding forum. It costs a mere £45 and is wonderfully wild and beautiful. I love it!

Perditas Wedding Shoes

Here's a brilliant tip for you all! The web shop Perditas Wedding Shoes has a lovely selection of shoes for your big day ranging from wellington boots to ugg style boots to sandals. The shop is arranged according to heel size, so you can easily find the kind of shoe you are after. So there is no need to trawl through shoes you couldn't even walk in.

Not only that, but they offer two additional services to make your shoes the perfect fit for you. The Colour Studio will dye your shoes the perfect colour, may it be green, red, blue or gold. They also offer to colour shoes not bought from their web shop and they can turn normal shoes into white bridal bliss for your feet!

The other service is the Design Studio where they will

enhance your shoe with genuine Swarovski Crystals or diamonds. So if your a bling bling kind of girl looking for sparkly heels, this is one way to do it.

I haven't personally tried this store, neither their online shop nor the show room in Stoke on Trent, but I am very impressed with what they seem to offer. Free UK delivery sweetens the deal further. When I get around to buying shoes I'll be sure to pop back for another look at what they have to offer.