Hello!

Welcome to 'One year to go...'! This is my story of our trip up the aisle starting with all the planning and a year to go!

Thursday 16 December 2010

Smile fixer : )

Brave Kirsty came out to play this week!

Probably about six years ago I had an accident on Christmas Eve at work when a mannequin fell on me and chipped a good half of one of my teeth just to the side of my front teeth. For the last few years I have put off going to the dentist because of some crazy fear I have built up over previous years. However, now I'm getting married I'd become even more self-conscious of my lack of tooth and the last thing I want is to look at my wedding photos and all I see is a missing bit of tooth so...

About two months ago I found a dentist taking on NHS patients...a rarity I'm told...so I signed up and made an initial appointment. And to be completely honest I put it off twice before finally telling myself to stop being so silly, get a grip and get it sorted...so off I went. I'm not quite sure what I imagined it would be like or what would happen but the dentist said my teeth are in very good health apart from the obvious chip and a small filling needed at the back.

I went for my first session of smile fixing on Tuesday...and I survived! I've had to have root canal work done on the tooth first due to an infection but even that wasn't half as bad as I'd anticipated. I'd got myself into such a state because every time I'd talked to someone about it beforehand and mentioned root canal I was met with a very sharp intake of breath! And now after having the treatment I really don't know what they mean...yes the initial injection into my gum was painful in a stingy kind of way and made my eyes water and the weird sensation after of feeling like the elephant man but actually looking normal was odd but apart from that fine...maybe I have a high pain threshold...or maybe I've got a more gentle dentist...or maybe I've just stopped being a baby about things lol!

All I know is it'll be worth it in the end so roll on 11th January for my next installment!

Keep smiling! xx

Tuesday 14 December 2010

Feeling christmassy!!

Whoah! What a weekend...am shattered and desperately need some time off to catch up on sleeps!

The meal on Friday night was AMAZING! Field mushrooms in devilled butter on toast to start, followed by thick, handcarved ham, egg & chunky chips and a warm chocolate brownie with vanilla ice cream & caramel sauce...all washed down with a couple of large glasses of pinot grigio! Heaven!

On Saturday we met with our hotel to finalise bits & pieces...the rooms have been allocated for our guests, we've decided on a meal and sorted out timings of the day...so exciting but quite scary that there's now less than a year to go. I have to confess I did go into a bit of a panic last night about it all again for no particular reason...I just want it to be perfect for both us and our friends too!

We followed this up with a trip to the German Christmas Market in Birmingham with a few of our friends. Had a lovely afternoon, drank gluwein, chatted and generally enjoyed ourselves. The star of the day has got to be our friends little boy Theo - adorable! He makes me sooo broody!

Sunday was spent doing some last bits of Christmas shopping and picking up our vases for our centrepieces!

Am actually starting to feel properly Christmassy now!! 11 days to go!

And now for the week ahead...

Thursday 9 December 2010

Exactly one year!

There are exactly 365 days to go, 52 weeks, 12 months, 1 year to go until our wedding!!

Where on earth does time go?! It's scary and the panic has set in a little...again!

H2B and I decided a little while ago that we would like to celebrate there only being a year to go so have a whole weekend of fab activities planned, some wedding related, some not...

Tonight we are off out for a meal at the Red Lion in Hunningham, a gorgeous country pub with amazing food and roaring fires to warm our feet by. We are also going to write a letter to each other about how we're feeling at the moment about our big day and exchange them to read on the morning of our wedding...I feel a few tears coming on!!
Tomorrow we have an appointment with the hotel to go through our plans and finalise bits & bobs followed by an evening in Birmingham with our closest friends for a few hot toddys at the Christmas Market.
And on Sunday we are going to collect the vases for our centrepieces!

I am one very excited girly!

We also exchanged gifts. A few weeks ago I bought two 'keepsake' baubles that open so you can put little things inside. We were going to keep them and use them as our anniversary baubles each year after we're married but decided to use them this year too. Here's what was inside mine...






A beautiful Chamilia Christmas Tree! H2B chose it to always remind me of this time of year and the excitement of looking forward to our big day. It's perfect! However, unbeknown to him, I now have a long list of other charms I would like to go with it...this could be expensive lol!

Have a fab weekend all!

Love & sparkles xx

Tuesday 7 December 2010

My new mantra...

Dance like no one is watching, sing like no one can hear you, love like you have never been hurt, live like heaven is here on earth...

So Mr Crofts, I shall be strutting my stuff at every opportunity, singing Christmas songs until your ears bleed, continue to love you unconditionally with all of my heart and live life to the full!!

; ) xx 

 

Monday 6 December 2010

Almost one year to go...

In precisely one year & four days I shall be walking up the aisle to become a 'Mrs'! 
I have very mixed feelings about everything to do with the day, and I mean everything, at the moment. The one thing I am certain of is that hubbytobe is the man for me and I consider myself ridiculously lucky to be marrying him! It's just everything else...
We got engaged on June 22nd this year and immediately set about planning our special day. I always assumed the guy would be 'Oh you decide everything and let me know when I need to turn up' so it's truly been a lovely experience deciding and planning everything together. We'd talked about getting married before he popped the question so a lot of things were quickly decided...

Date...a romantic winter wedding so sometime in December (10th)
Venue...the Church where h2b was christened 
Theme...black & white with silver stars

With almost a year to go pretty much everything is sorted...

Venue...booked
Reception...booked
Transport...booked
Dress...purchased! It's beautiful...more nearer the time ; )
Bridesmaid dresses...got
Stationery...hand designed & created...by moi! I'm very proud of these!
Suits...decided on just need booking
DJ...booked
Photographer...booked
Yet I still go through moments of sheer panic about whether I've forgotten something! Crazy and ridiculous, I know, but I still can't talk myself out of it sometimes...is this normal? I have notebooks of lists and notebooks of lists of lists and notebooks of confirmed lists of lists of lists, terrified I'll forget some important detail.

I just want our day to be perfect & our guests to have a great time!
Love & sparkles xx