So a month today was my big day and the happiest day of my life, finally I am sitting down to write my report, share my day with you lovely hitchers & to relive the day all over again!
Bit of Background
Myself and my husband met at University over 12 and a half years ago, it wan't love at first sight for either of us I don't think! I was pretty drunk, and he was very quiet - I am anything but! We lived next door to each other in our second year and after the first meeting, myself and my housemates become friends with him and his housemates. One night out we found ourselves sitting next to each other and we just had such a laugh, messing about and I think that is the night we both realised was like each other as more than just friends. We spent the next 3 months falling madly in love, we spent as much time together as possible and the rest is history! I stayed in Sheffield to be with him during his final year of Uni as his course was longer than mine, they we set up home together in Manchester where we still live.
The Proposal
My other half is not romantic, he never really has been so our engagement story is anything but! We starting discussing wanting to get married, and whilst waiting for him to propose everyone I knew seemed to be getting engaged or having babies - I won't lie when I say I started to get jealous. Little did I know he had been looking at rings and researching Jewellers but felt the pressure of choosing the perfect ring! In the end one random day, I don't even know how it came about he said - let's just go and buy a ring & so we did! No romantic proposal, very matter of fact but perfect as we had a great day in Birmingham looking at rings & diamonds and I have my perfect ring!
The Day Before
My wedding was on a Saturday, I had the Thursday off work but that was boring stuff - packing for our honeymoon, and cleaning - the day before things got real! We headed off into town, Danny (my hubby) to get a couple of bits for his best men, and me to get my engagement ring cleaned ready for the big day! We grabbed some lunch, and then it was time for us to go our separate ways! I went off to get my mum from the train station, and he to finish his packing and wait for his brother (best man) to arrive. On picking my mum up I went off to get my dress, and after picking it up we went to get pampered, getting our finger & toe nails done! It was a lovely afternoon spent with my mum, we went for dinner after the salon, had a few glasses of fizz and then went to the hotel to relax and get an early night! Wow the hotel was amazing, I knew it before but on checking into the room I was going to get ready in I knew it was going to be a great day - we had so much space! After a glass of champagne before bed, I hit the sack hoping to be able to get some sleep! I managed a few restless hours, and then....
The Day of
I woke up early but then I am an early riser anyway as I often start work at 6/6:30am so that wasn't that much of a surprise, I made a coffee and just tried to relax whilst waiting for my mum to wake up - I knew she'd text me the moment she did & we'd planned to go for breakfast at 8am so I just enjoyed this time by myself. Try and have a short bit of time yourself in the morning if you can, once everyone arrives it gets pretty hectic and the day just starts to fly by! Myself and Mum went down to the restaurant for breakfast, and were greeted by the hotel manager - I was starting to feel pretty nervous at this point and so she tried to calm my nerves with some free champagne - a lovely touch with breakfast and definitely helped me calm down! Fast forward an hour, my make up artist, hairdresser and my 2 bridesmaids arrived. We had an absolutely amazing time getting ready, it was perfect - lots of fizz, laughs & reminiscing. 
We even all enjoyed a room service lunch, to make sure we absorbed some of the alcohol ?
So once we were all fed and watered it was time to get into the dress, I fell in love with my dress the moment I first put it on, I had the this is it moment and I loved it as much on the day as I did the first time I put it on...
Once my dress was on, my Dad and my brother in law arrived with my niece & nephew and the bridal party was complete.....here are a few photos of myself & the bridal party once we were finally all ready to roll!
This is where things took a slight tun for the worse, something that I think every Bride must dread - my Mum stood on my dress and yes you guessed it you heard it rip - I hadn't even left my room! My poor Mum was absolutely mortified, I think she almost burst into tears but against all odds I stayed calm. Something seems to take over you on the day, and the little things just don't matter - I was there, Danny was there, all my friends and family were there & I was just having the best day. I made sure my Mum knew I didn't care, it was one of those things - the last thing I wanted to do was ruin her experience and so what it was a small tear at the back - no one knew and no one noticed! And it actually made me less precious over it later on, it is dirty and ripped but I know it shows the fabulous party we had!
This is me telling my Mum to calm down - I love this photo!
So whilst all this drama was going on in the Bride's room my Gorgeous Groom and the rest of our guests were arriving and enjoying the sun on the roof terrace...he was actually very chilled out!
The Groom, his 2 Best Men and our fabulous on the day wedding coordinator - she was an absolute godsend!
And then it was time to get started, we each had a short chat with the registrar and then Hannah our on the day coordinator came to get me and lead us up to the roof! This is where my nerves really started to kick in, I never expected to be so nervous but they really took over me, I had to keep taking deep breathes and try to steady my hand! It was a bit of a trip to get to the roof - lifts & stairs didn't help!
Once we made it to the roof we were ready to go........
(I hope you have enjoyed reading this so far, I have gone a bit flash heavy as I just love the photos and hopefully they help tell the story of the day, as I am not so good with the words)
I will be back with more soon......
