I bought my wedding dress on ebay for £15.
It's fine but I tried on a much nicer £650 one in a bridal shop (gorgeous but I could never justify it for one day's use). Luckily I didn't buy it as I have no idea what shape I'll be in December. Probably bigger norks and a post C-section muffin top.

My top wedding tip is enjoy planning it. We've booked cheap but nice venue, kick ass band, registrar and photographer (cos I am not photogenic) and it was totally stress-free because I find it hard to give a crap about details like napkin colour or matching bridesmaids. Total budget, about 4K (I wanted to elope; Catface didn't. We've compromised on a low key, geeky small wedding).

Oh, and never listen to your mother or mother-in-law about what's 'the done thing'. It will invariably involve bizarre questions like "but surely you'll get someone to do your make-up?" and "why aren't you changing your name?"
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 27 Jan 2010, 20:20, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

OMG, you're not gonna get Catface to change his name are you? It'd be against the laws of the feline kingdom

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 27 Jan 2010, 20:23, Reply)

god, we spent about a week debating it.
I like my name and am opposed to having to take the man's name when I work and publish under my own. He wants us all to have the same name, as a family. He thought about changing his to mine then decided he liked his (even though it's more boring than mine). Then he decided we should choose a new name (I fancied "Danger") but I refuse to become Dr Catface. So we're keeping our names, the kid gets his surname, I have veto power on the kid's first name, and all this is incredibly boring, sorry.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 27 Jan 2010, 20:33, Reply)

That's so sweet!
I do like the idea of a double barrelled name for you so you sound like a firm of accountants.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 27 Jan 2010, 20:42, Reply)

or, worse still, some kind of advertising consultancy.
yeah, double-barrelled is well out.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 27 Jan 2010, 20:51, Reply)

I'm trying to convince some of my friends to double-barrel
so they will be called the Harrison-Forders

so far they are proving to be strangely resistant to the idea
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 27 Jan 2010, 20:55, Reply)

That
would be awesome

Indiana Harrison-Forder
(Fancy a weekend on my Raymondo Luxury Yacht?, Wed 27 Jan 2010, 21:07, Reply)

All this is fuelling my cynicism about weddings and relationships in general
getting married scares the crap out of me
(Fancy a weekend on my Raymondo Luxury Yacht?, Wed 27 Jan 2010, 20:43, Reply)

hmmm,
that does suggest the problem doesn't lie with weddings or relationships in general.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 27 Jan 2010, 20:53, Reply)

no
but it's nothing I want to think about either.
(Fancy a weekend on my Raymondo Luxury Yacht?, Wed 27 Jan 2010, 21:05, Reply)

I have a fear of being the centre of attention which has turned me against the idea of getting wed.
That and not being asked.
( girlinthehole, Wed 27 Jan 2010, 21:13, Reply)

It's something like that

(Fancy a weekend on my Raymondo Luxury Yacht?, Wed 27 Jan 2010, 21:32, Reply)

I like my name and am opposed to having to take the man's name when I work and publish under my own.
^this
( ascorbate, Wed 27 Jan 2010, 20:46, Reply)

Yes dear
now go and mind the baby there's a good woman. Make me a cup of tea while you're at it.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 27 Jan 2010, 21:05, Reply)

Keep vetoing the kid's first name
until "danger" is the only word left in the dictionary
(Fancy a weekend on my Raymondo Luxury Yacht?, Wed 27 Jan 2010, 20:48, Reply)

What to?
Dogface?
( girlinthehole, Wed 27 Jan 2010, 20:24, Reply)