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Planning a wedding in Durban? The new Durban Wedding Directory – Durban Bride launched last year has seen a surge in suppliers registering with them since their relaunch in June 2009!

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I cannot believe we’re into two digit numbers for our wedding countdown.  Time has certainly gone by very quickly and I still feel that there is so much to do.  Our first 1 hour course with the pastor is next week Tuesday and we’re very excited to see how it goes.  It sounds like fun and more importantly he explained how he’ll do exercises with Mr Style and I so we get to know each other more than we thought we knew each other.  Sometimes that sounds impossible but I always feel that couples will forever be learning new things about each other which makes for an exciting future! 

I hate to say it, but I am STILL stuck on what wedding invitations I want.  I have narrowed them down to about 3 different ones but unfortunately haven’t made up my mind.  Important tip for the ladies out there – go with the first designs and styles that you like because the more you look the more confusing it gets which I keep saying in all my blogs but don’t follow my own advice!  I had my first dress fitting on Saturday and decided on the colour of the bridesmaids dresses as well as the beading and colouring of my dress.  I’m not giving away too much about it as alot of friends read my blog and wouldn’t want to spoil the surprise :).  Mr Style has taken care of the suits which we are hiring from TOBS www.tobs.co.za.  Great service and great prices.  My dress maker gave me a piece of the bridesmaid dress fabric so that Mr Style can match the suit trimmings.  Read the rest of this entry »

Mr Style and I have been together 6 years in June and have lived together for most of the duration of our relationship.  Baby Style will be 3 in May so obviously we have the house and our necessities covered which left us thinking about our gift registry.  We didn’t want to simply ask for cash because it sounded a little impersonal and we wanted friends & family to at least have an idea what we’d like to spend it on to make it more meaningful.  Getting a gift registry gives people an exact idea of what you want for your new home so we thought we’d apply the same ‘rule’ to a cash gift request.  We thought long and hard and decided against a honeymoon registry as we had budgeted for that already.  We therefore decided we really wanted to go ahead with projects around the house we have always wanted to do - so that was our answer! Read the rest of this entry »

A lot of these online wedding registries have popped up lately and I think its such a great idea.   For people who are having weddings where the guests have to travel, it is makes life so much easier, because they don’t have to cart the presents with them (and I know you all want those big presents :)

I like that some of them, for example at Underwraps, they even wrap your gifts in your wedding colours and its also nice to get your gifts delivered and ensure that they reach their destination.

With our prezzies, a couple guests forgot to bring them to the wedding, and later  posted them to us.  One couple who haven’t seen since the wedding had left the present in their car.  Another couple’s gift was lost on the aeroplane, so they ended up buying us a second one and one of our gifts came beautifully wrapped, but with no card.  Which, ironically was bought off our registry, but when I phoned to find out who purchased it, they had no clue – so what’s the point really?

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