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Good news on a lot of fronts this week. Firstly our 'save the date' cards finally arrived on Tuesday which is a huge relief because my daily interceptions of the postman were beginning to make me look a little - very - desperate.

We have also arranged our first proper wedding meeting at Bickleigh Castle which, for me, is beyond exciting.

I've been holding back on really committing to anything wedding-y until the first meeting was done and dusted. But come the end of the month I will finally be fully unleashed on the bridal community - friends and family, you have been warned.

The other very exciting part of arranging the visit is that it also marks the start of Chris' pre-wedding fitness regime. So he tells me. Which, as far as I am concerned, is a good thing - I bought him some new trainers five months ago that have never seen the outside of their box let alone the light of day.

And finally on the subject of new news, Chris and I recently took the plunge and opened our first ever joint bank account especially for the wedding.

It was the obvious and sensible thing to do and it's going to make keeping our budget on track much easier. There is, of course, the one downside, but I will just have to find another financial source for those very occasional sneaky purchases!

September 9, 2009 5:02 PM | Comments (3) | TrackBacks (0)

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They look really goodthings are really moving along pretty quickly now looking forward to hearing more xxx

By michelle harwood on September 16, 2009 5:05 PM

Pre wedding fitness regime?!! Does that involve Chris spending an extra hour a day playing rock band?!

xxx

By Gilly on September 22, 2009 4:08 AM

Love your blog!!
You might want to check out notonthehighstreet.com for loads of sweet weddingy things and personalised wedding thank you cards :o)

x

By thelittleredhen on September 26, 2009 1:07 PM

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Name: Gemma Hollingsworth
Age: 25
Job: hellomagazine.com staff writer
Relationship status: Engaged... finally! And soon to be Mrs Christopher Strong
Time taken to be proposed to: Nine years! Although sometimes it feels longer.
Wedding experience: None, although I went to three last year...
How it all began... In 2000 I was a pupil at the Duke Of York's Royal Military School and Chris was a sixth former, two years above than me. He's the only boy I've ever asked out, and I'm embarrassed to say I did it by text message! An experience I'm thankful I'll never have to repeat! Our first real milestone was four months into the relationship when I introduced the new love of my life to my dad and step mum. It went well, though it did take about 18 months for us to repeat the experience with his parents! Having lost my mum when I was 13, it was incredibly important to me that Chris knew my dad; and bless him he really put up with a lot for the cause. A major in the Royal Artillery, my father was very traditional and had set views on pretty much everything. I adored him; but, bringing home a boy who's had more changes to his hair cut and colour than David Beckham and a grungy Nirvana-esque fashion sense was always going to be a tricky sell. In the end their relationship was characterised by Sunday afternoons spent watching Formula One or football on TV over a beer, or three, accompanied by the sort of light-hearted banter that still allowed my dad to make his feelings known. More than anything I wish my dad was still alive to walk me down the aisle next summer. But he officially gave his blessing to Chris at around the seven year mark - something pretty amazing in itself!