Showing posts with label wedding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wedding. Show all posts

Pig and Waffles

I am fully aware that I have been a very bad blogger, completely MIA for a couple of weeks. I apologise, life has just been busy and a bit exhausting to be honest, so blogs have been put on the back burner. I will try not to let this happen again.

Today has been quite an exciting day, well for me at least I'm not sure exciting is the word the Mr would use to describe it. We went to the National Wedding Show in Manchester (Eeeeek!!!). I have been excited about going all week. I know this probably makes me sound like a giant dweeb (do people still say dweeb?!)  but everything wedding excites me at the moment and this is an event where all things fabulous and wedding are wrapped into one giant box, where you can explore all your wedding needs. They had everything there cakes, cars, honeymoon travel consultants, photographers, dresses, stationary, favours,  everything you need and there is a long list of needs when planning a wedding! To be completely honest the show wasn't as big as I thought it would be but I still took HOURS looking at every stall, getting lots of ideas on how to make our wedding special.

By the time we had finished we were hungry and decided that there was only one place to go......Almost Famous. If your from the Manchester area I'm sure you've heard about this burger joint that people queue hours for to get massive burgers. It has recently re-opened in the Great Northern and I feel like I have been waiting ages to go.


We decided to share an order of Pig and Waffle, which is waffle fries topped with pulled pork, bbq sauce and blue cheese sauce. These were devoured between the two of us in minutes, partly because we were starving but mainly because they were sooo good! For our burgers we both went for a Baddaboom. This is a double cheeseburger (they don't do anything smaller then a double) with bacon, chorizo, onions and their famous sauce all served on a garlic brioche bun. 

 Not only are the burgers impressive but the prices don't break the bank either with the two of us eating for about £20. I still can't believe I finished it all seeing as I felt full after the Pig and Waffle but I just didn't want to leave any behind. We will definitely be heading back to try some more of the menu.  

Shopping for THE Dress

For those of you who didn't know, I'm getting married!! 

We have been engaged for a few months now and I am abso-freakin-lutely loving Wedding planning. It's just so much fun and has been so exciting finding the venue, tasting the menu, looking at flowers I just love it all sooooo much!  Since we have most of the big stuff sorted I feel like its now time to start the dress shopping. 



Now I have been looking at wedding dresses since way before we got engaged. That's not weird, right?! I just love everything about wedding dresses. 

In my mind I always had this romanticised vision of me spending a day going from bridal boutique to bridal boutique with my mom and sisters trying on stunning gowns by the likes of Pronovias and Monique Llullier. But with me now living in the UK and all of my family in Canada this had made this dream of mine difficult. Luckily I have made some incredible friends over here who have stepped up to the plate to fill some very big shoes, as well as my lovely mother-in-law to be. Thanks goodness for technology I can still share my experiences through videos and pictures.

For any brides to be like myself, here are a few suggestions to make the most of your dress shopping experience;

  • Have a look at different styles of wedding and designers and make an appointment at a bridal shop that carries the designers you like.
  • Make sure you have a budget set in your mind before you go, you don't want to fall in love with a dress that you can't afford.
  • Wear proper underwear, keep in mind you're going to be trying on dresses of different fabrics and styles.
  • Try on different styles of wedding dresses to begin with, the dresses look different when they're on.
  • Pick a dress that feel right for you. You and everyone in the room may not cry when you walk out in it, you might not get butterflies in your stomach. Choose a dress that feels right for you.
Do you have any tips for wedding dress shopping or wedding planning?








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