We had to postpone meeting the local priest for our pre-nuptial enquiry due to the disappearance of my confirmation cert. But all is in order now and we will be meeting hopefully by the end of this week to finalise all of the paperwork.  As you know we are tying the knot in Italy – the good news on this front is I got word back from the Department of Foreign Affairs that all documentation regarding our Nulla Osta has been sent to the Embassy in Rome and everything will be ready for the big day. Wohoo – at least that is a bit of relief!  I don’t know about you guys, but I am always slightly panicking about the paperwork (I have had visions of walking up the aisle and getting stopped by the priest telling me we are missing something and so he can’t perform the ceremony….aaahhhh!).

Last weekend, I rounded up the bridesmaids for a blitz of town, hoping to find suitable dresses that we could buy off the rail. With the temperature hopefully around 20 degrees in Sorrento we will need dresses a bit lighter than the regular bridesmaid dresses.  I would really love to find something that the ladies will wear again in the future.   I am a little worried that if we buy something off the high street, one of our guests could turn up the in the same dress. But then that will be their worry, not mine, right!? There wasn’t an excessive amount of choice in the shops (we even hightailed it from Dublin city to Dundrum during the day to check out more options). We found a fabulous Maxi dress that looks like it could be front runner – I’m going to try to scour the Internet over the next few days to see if I can find a more budget-friendly alternative. If not then maybe we will have a winner.  My three bridesmaids are brunette and the dress we all loved was a beautiful green/teal colour that suits them all, and looked quite glam too.  Perfect for a reception beside the sea.

The girls are still being mischievous about my hen night planned for April, but I’m not worried (I swear!).  Plans on the Groom’s side are moving along over the last week too, even Mr. M and the Grooms party have started to plan the stag. He is having a double stag with a friend who is also getting married about two months after us – shared friends, so they are trying to economise for everyone involved. The lads are planning 2 nights away from Dublin, taking in a football match too I would say at a guess. As long as Mr. M comes back intact (including eyebrows), and of course I don’t hear of any lap-dances then it is all good!

Items on the agenda for this week are to go hunting for the Grooms suits. I already have some prices jotted down from a few of the regular suit hire companies in town, however, I am wondering if it would be just as handy to buy the suits? We will need a lighter alternative to the typical suit for an Irish wedding, as well as having them rented for nearly a week – maybe we could find an alternative off the rail.  Any fellow destination brides out there that would like to share any insights into suits for weddings overseas please pm me [I'm Slightly Bonkers on mrs2be] and let me know your plans. I’m not as excited about looking for the suits as I was for my dress or the bridesmaids!

Plan on and stay stress free missies…

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