It's December 3rd already, tomorrow we will have been married for three months and Christmas is upon us!

A lot of people have asked me what it feels like to be married.

The Maldives are a sensational honeymoon destination.

They form a land dominated by sunsets and sky high temperatures, even in the monsoon season, and odd creatures.

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I know Rich posted a teaser pic and caption on here a few weeks ago but as we are now back in reality (aka work!) I thought the time was right to fill you in on our big day.

There's a lot to say and update but here's a teaser picture taken by my bestman, Ian Morris outside the church.

A blow-by-blow that will take you through the suspected bout of Norovirus that hit a fairly important member of the bridal party hours before the wedding through to a serious dance off between family members and reception guests - not forgetting the moment I almost lost it during the vows - will follow in a little over two weeks...

This morning was the first time in ages that I was excited about the wedding. As I got dressed for work I looked at Rich sleeping (lucky sod got a lie in!) and just overwhelmed with love and excitement.

It's about time!

Yes I am afraid to admit my inner Bridezilla has been released.

Turns out you can't help it.

I wrote this story in the Liverpool ECHO today. Natalie has completely put me to shame with her £600 wedding.

I don't want to think about how much money I could have saved! I've been lucky enough to get some discounts but not as many as I had hoped.

I also wanted a big white wedding with all of the trimmings.

I'm sorry that Natalie didn't win. She deserve some sort of prize for her achievement! Best of luck to her and her new husband!

THREE weeks today I will be walking down the aisle into what I hope will be wedded bliss. After 18 months of waiting it will finally be our day. It hasn't all been easy going there have been your usual mixture of tears and tantrums but it is with pride that I say the Bridezilla in me has never been released. Mind you with three weeks still to go I have time left. In fact I can feel the tension rising within me as I write and picture the long list of things to do sitting on my kitchen table. These are things that only other brides can relate to, the fiddly little things that seem so inconsequential to everyone else but you. The things that you know won't matter on the day but you will notice if they aren't done. If anyone had told me 18 months ago that I would still have so much to do I might have started planning a little earlier, rather than the blase attitude I had to the whole affair to begin with. Below is a snapshot of my, sorry our, wedding journey.

Yesterday was August 4 and marked the one month mark until the big day. I was going to write a post called The Final Countdown but Samantha said she'd already thought of that and would do unmentionable things to me (in a bad way) if I "stole" her headline.
Instead, I'll let you know about a brief trip we took to the Isles of Scilly as a breather before The Final ... run up to the wedding.

(photo on www.classic.co.uk)