nor do I
yet

most of it seems to be designed to rip you off. I don't care about things such as seat covers, and fortunately nor does my mrs.

reception is most likely going to involve various spit-roasted meats, and salady things, beer, wine and rock music. possibly in a field.

I found that some of my friends paid £100 a head for their sit down wedding meal. the place was nice, but the food wasn't special at all. I am not going down that route.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 17 May 2010, 13:35, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

If I ever get married I would want a "Cowboy Fondue"
that I saw on a Jamie Oliver show, basically pitchforks and dead cows.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 17 May 2010, 13:38, Reply)

that sounds incredible
just found a place online that does them
portions are "large" or "extremely large"

:-D
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 17 May 2010, 13:41, Reply)

Almost finished with mine
Biggest expenses are: Marquee, booze and food. All in the thousands.

However other stuff really adds up if you go for a fairly traditional style. Really I think the key is for everyone to have fun, a few straw bales around a fire at the end of the night would be more fun than seat covers/classic car/flowers and a darn site cheaper.

We are having a pig roast and a lamb for the vegetarians
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 17 May 2010, 13:43, Reply)

that seems to be the case
we're not doing much traditional stuff, and the bales around a fire thing is the sort of thing we are after.

don't care about miss-matched chairs and glasses and stuff

preliminary costs are looking like about £2k for marquees (and all the gubbins like floors and lighting) and about £1.5k for the food.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 17 May 2010, 13:49, Reply)

Do get a good photographer though
My mates' was awful and they've always regretted it
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 17 May 2010, 13:51, Reply)

I know a very good photographer
who will do it cheap because he is a mate.

freespace.virgin.net/dan.bryan/gallery.html
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 17 May 2010, 13:54, Reply)

Very nice, also I love his website.

Ours is a photo journalist in real life, so specialises in an informal style, with far less of that awkward standing in a line with the relatives you hate and more really quality pictures of real reactions and moments.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 17 May 2010, 14:06, Reply)

that's cool
my mate is similar as he's done a load of wildlife and charity stuff. He's done the photos for my band when we've needed them too, which have come out really very well indeed, so have lots of confidence.

that said, I do still need to ask him to do it.

I'm hoping that this afternoon things will come together nicely, with the venue we are checking out being great, and my mate persuading his parents to let us use some of their land nearby for the reception.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 17 May 2010, 14:08, Reply)

Loads of useful resource on the net
The best we had was a list of thgings that need doing 1 year out, 9 months out, 6 months etc all the way dowm to 1 day out.

You wouldn't believe how quickly people get booked up!
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 17 May 2010, 14:16, Reply)

that sounds handy
I'd appreciate that list, or any links you found particularly useful.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 17 May 2010, 14:22, Reply)