Op Shops!

I am very fortunate to live in an area that has a large amount of Op Shops (Thrift Store). A couple of days ago I was walking past one in particular, and a very old wedding dress caught my eye! Since I didn't really have anything to do....I popped it!

The array of dresses this particular store had was just amazing (nothing I would personally wear) but that is not the point I am trying to make! Some of them were absolutely hideous....which gave me an excuse to have a bit of a laugh....I'm sure they were beautiful in their day. I think If I was on a very very tight budget, or after a dress from a particular era.....Op Shops would definitely be the way to go. If you have a bit of creative flair....which, lets face it, I don't, you could alter the dress to create something gorgeous!

Not only did this store have dresses, they had shoes, bags, veils, jewellery, ring pillows and the list goes on! I must admit the bargain that caught my eye, was multiple packs of cake bags. I was looking into cake bags at one stage before I decided to have cupcakes...but anyway they had 3 packs of 20 for only $2.00 each. They even had gorgeous wedding prints on them!

Since then I have dropped into some other Op Shops just to check out what they have...I will definitely keep looking because you never know what treasure you may find!

Not a lot of wedding planning has been happening lately...I guess the most exciting thing is that my partner finally found a wedding band that he liked...so we brought it.

I don't know if my partner was being particularly difficult, he was very indecisive and I was sick of the constant "I don't no" answers to every question relating to wedding rings. I would be interested to find out if any other brides to be out there had this same issue with their partners.

The other thing that has been taking up most of my time lately is the need to find and book in a DJ. I am finding that most of the packages and prices are the same and it very hard to decide.....I will keep you posted on the DJ!

Tonight my partner, best friend and I dropped into a mini wedding expo that our chosen wedding venue had put together to display the facilities available and local wedding suppliers.


If your chosen venue gives you the opportunity to see everything set up like it would be for the big day I would definitely recommend it. It gave me the chance to see exactly what the tables and decorations looked liked up close, plus what is included in the package we chose. It was also nice to meet local suppliers particularly because we live quite a while away from the location. It also gave me the chance to ask as many questions as I could possibly think of!


Most importantly it was nice to meet the events staff, keeping in mind that these could very well be the ladies and gentleman that will be working to make your wedding perfect.


I must admit, everything I saw tonight was exactly as I expected...yet to be disappointed!


P.S I also noticed that there were some serious bridezillas out tonight!!!! They should just chillax and enjoy the ride!!!

Wedding Spam...

Lately my email inbox has been jam packed with what I have given the term "constructive spam". After attending a wedding expo a few weeks ago...and hesitantly putting my email on a "few" email lists..I was waiting for the onslaught of promo emails.

The most important "constructive spam" was an email alerting me to another wedding expo. The email offered me - buy one ticket get one free...what a bargain...two tickets cost me $12!! Of course I couldn't turn that down.

I am still after plenty of inspiration for the big day and need as much help as I can get! I am a big fan of wedding expos (don't forget you get plenty of freebies).Many of the other spams have been very useful in helping me compare prices, and alerted me to think of things that weren't even on my radar.

My tip...do put your email on mailing lists....granted, a lot of what hits your inbox will be rubbish....but just remember....there will be "constructive spam" out there somewhere!