Seeing Wed
Yet again it's been ages since I've blogged. I sicken myself. I am a low-down, filthy, worthless, vile, disgraceful excuse for a blogger. I apologise to my many readers for any disappointment caused. If I were taken outside and given a severe beating by a gang of rowdy BMF* activists then I could blame no-one but myself. I am, dear readers, truly, truly sorry.
Right, so, anyway... on with the post.
First off... I'm getting married! :) I can hardly believe it myself as it all seems a bit surreal, but it's for absolutely for real. I popped the question to my lovely lady in Venice a couple of weeks back and (thank Christ) she instantly said yes! The real 'fun'** part starts now: finding venues, arranging dates, working out a budget (and, my God, these things are expensive nowadays aren't they?!) and so on... All part of the rich tapestry of life, I guess. First on the list of things to sort out is a venue... it's going OK-ish, but trying to find somewhere that's a viable travelling distance for all guests, is smart, classy and tasteful, has plenty of space for our number, and is also affordable is proving to be no mean feat.
At least half this decision-making stress would be removed were we actually religious in which case hours and hours of internet searches for a suitable Civil Ceremony venue would be completely unnecessaryand there'd be only one place to be getting married... Still, neither of us is actually religious, so it's a-Googling we go, trawling through lists of hotels, manor houses, country clubs and the like trying to find the perfect spot.
Adding to the difficulty is that oh-so-useful but oh-so-troublesome website TripAdvisor, which I feverishly refer to whenever trying to find a good hotel for a business trip, but which also curses me with other people's (sometimes negative opinions) about the possible venues for the most important day of my life. End result: we find a perfectly-suitable looking venue, only for me to start getting itchy when I see that someone only gave it 1 out of 5 on TripAdvisor in 2004 because they had a fall-out with the restaurant manager!
Anyway, our search continues and this weekend we start actually looking around some places. Perhaps, just perhaps, we'll fall in love with the first venue and the job, as they say, will be a good 'un.
I just don't think it'll be quite that simple, some how...!
Anyway, enough of the negativity already!! I'm absolutely ecstatic about the whole thing really and it's all extremely exciting (and I'm the bloke, so I can only imagine how much Esther is thinking about it!). I'm sure there'll be plenty more to talk about in coming weeks and months, so get ready to join me on an interactive journey through wedding organisation!***
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** read: 'extremely stressful'
*** if/when I can actually be bothered to write in the blog
Right, so, anyway... on with the post.
First off... I'm getting married! :) I can hardly believe it myself as it all seems a bit surreal, but it's for absolutely for real. I popped the question to my lovely lady in Venice a couple of weeks back and (thank Christ) she instantly said yes! The real 'fun'** part starts now: finding venues, arranging dates, working out a budget (and, my God, these things are expensive nowadays aren't they?!) and so on... All part of the rich tapestry of life, I guess. First on the list of things to sort out is a venue... it's going OK-ish, but trying to find somewhere that's a viable travelling distance for all guests, is smart, classy and tasteful, has plenty of space for our number, and is also affordable is proving to be no mean feat.
At least half this decision-making stress would be removed were we actually religious in which case hours and hours of internet searches for a suitable Civil Ceremony venue would be completely unnecessaryand there'd be only one place to be getting married... Still, neither of us is actually religious, so it's a-Googling we go, trawling through lists of hotels, manor houses, country clubs and the like trying to find the perfect spot.
Adding to the difficulty is that oh-so-useful but oh-so-troublesome website TripAdvisor, which I feverishly refer to whenever trying to find a good hotel for a business trip, but which also curses me with other people's (sometimes negative opinions) about the possible venues for the most important day of my life. End result: we find a perfectly-suitable looking venue, only for me to start getting itchy when I see that someone only gave it 1 out of 5 on TripAdvisor in 2004 because they had a fall-out with the restaurant manager!
Anyway, our search continues and this weekend we start actually looking around some places. Perhaps, just perhaps, we'll fall in love with the first venue and the job, as they say, will be a good 'un.
I just don't think it'll be quite that simple, some how...!
Anyway, enough of the negativity already!! I'm absolutely ecstatic about the whole thing really and it's all extremely exciting (and I'm the bloke, so I can only imagine how much Esther is thinking about it!). I'm sure there'll be plenty more to talk about in coming weeks and months, so get ready to join me on an interactive journey through wedding organisation!***
* Blog More Frequently
** read: 'extremely stressful'
*** if/when I can actually be bothered to write in the blog
4 Comments:
May I be the first to congratulate you and your wife (to be)...
Congratulations!
I can only sympathize with you on the stress of organising a wedding in these expensive times. We ended up having a civil ceremony due to my non-blasphemes approach which didn't seem to hinder the process. I can highly recommend Blakelands (just outside Dudley) if you fancy venturing that far South.
Anyway, keep blogging about your experiences. It makes great lunchtime reading. Good luck and all that.
Who would of though a wedding would be on the cards !
Perhaps your knowledge of the hotel industry will see you in good stead.
I have just stumbled across you but will take great interest in reading up on the last few years of T well.
Its nice to know you are still alive any way ! !
big chief... who are you? Someone from the moat i would guess?
Hey, Slice here. Thought I'd check yer blog out after many moons. Many congratulations fella, I hope you make each other very happy.
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