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[katrina2011]

Hi everyone ,

New to all of this! Been engaged for a while but only getting round to telling people now, hope to get married in October (yep this october, 5 months time approx!) as we have people coming from USA and Australia and they have planned to come in October anyways so that kinda makes up our minds for us otherwise we'd probably keep putting it off as we are quite laid back! But just wondering has anyone planned theirs in such a short time? Is it realistic/hectic? We are seriously considering having the whole day in a marquee as we live out in the country. It would mean a humanist ceremony in the marquee with dinner and plenty of dancing afterwards. Has anyone used a marquee before or planning on using one? Especially in october, weather could play havoc! Did you supply the alcohol or get a company in and how much approx did that cost?

Any advice/ comments would be greatly appreciated and sorry about the long rant!
Thanks x

[MrsEnglish]

I may be wrong but as far as I know the wedding MUST take plac in a FIXED structure - meaning a building!
First thing I would do is ring them for clarification on this!

Also make your appointment for registrar now if you haven't already as they need you to sign on the dotted line MINIMUM 3 months before the day - there are also waiting periods!

Also booking a venue for the marquee, and also decided where ceremony will take place

[gorgeous cards]

Sounds great - my cousin is doing his wedding in less than 2 months (unfortunately his father his seriously ill) He has a budget of less than €6,000.
It is totally achievable - in his case, the venue is civil, family have done (or offered) to do invitations, cake, buffet, flowers, car, evening entertainment - band and wine.
If you are looking for alcohol - Lidl and Aldi do some great wine and then surely you'll know somebody with a cash and carry card to buy some basic spirits. Don't stress about the details when it comes to bar supply - the only thing I would say is make sure there is ice! Have real glasses for family and a few boxes of plastic ones for everyone else after the Reception.
This is my budget wedding advice! And of course - beautiful invitations from me http://www.etsy.com/people/announceandinvite?ref=si_pr

[nickymcdonnellphotography]

You have plenty of time and it makes sense if the people you want there are coming over!
Weather however is something we just can't predict anymore.. ie july / aug you used to be nearly guaranteed sun or at least dry weather.. not anymore!
make the decision based on how you want everything to be and stick a pair of wellies in your bag just in case lol

Enjoy all the planning and congratulations!

[Nearly Married]

Welcome to the site hun and good luck with all the planning. I can't give any advise on planning a wedding in 5 months as we will be engaged and planning ours nearly 2 years by the time we get married but as for the weather in October I wouldn't stress to much about it, as was said above you just never know what the weather will do anymore but I do know someone that got married at the start of Oct last year and it was a fab/dry day...best of luck

[MrsStokes2b]

Welcome to the site hun!! Yes, i can totally be done!! My sister planned her wedding in 4months!! Cant be very helpful on the whole marquee situation tho, sorry... but Hope everything works out for ya hun!!!

[dreamhusband2b]

id say its plenty of time a few missies are doin it in a short space of time 2,i wish i cud have afforded to do it within that space wen we decided! but im down to three months now so it flew neway
sorry cant b of ne help on marqee
happy plannin doh

[katrina2011]

Thanks everyone!

Going on holidays today for 2 weeks so even less time to plan it but feeling more confident about it all now. Hope arrangements are going well for all of you and thanks again x

[irishmatilda]

OMG I can't believe it!! Your situation is almost identical to ours!!! We have Aussies coming too, and we are going with oct! All of your concerns outlined above are mine too! Thank you so much for sharing....
I'm sure we can do it in the time. I'm just having an anxious day today so I won't say too much but your post has made my day