Wedding planning...

So far I have found planning our wedding relatively easy really in so far as on the large part me and T share similar tastes so deciding on most things has been a breeze and are able to negotiate compromises pretty easily once we had decided on our priorities for the day. Neither of us want to spend thousands of pounds but equally we want to have a lovely special day. In the beginning stage when we had just got engaged, my brain went in to wedding over drive. I wanted 70 guests and the whole shebam and looked at country hotels with pretty gardens and we found a beautiful place with a great deal cliche package for October 2013. But then I sat down to really think about it and realised firstly that I didn't want to spend that amount of money and that no part of the package reflected me and T nor represented our life and lastly that I didn't want to wait until October. We have set a budget of £3000 and are gonna DIY the hell out of it. We are hiring a cute venue by the Thames (which is very symbolic for us as we have spent many a date by the Thames and I am a sucker for a good view) and we are having Afternoon tea rather than a traditional wedding breakfast (mmmmmm)... To be continued as my break has just finished.....