A dream come true
For any bride on a diet the perfect moment of dress shopping has got to be what I experienced on Friday when I went back to try on 'the dress.'
With Denise and Laura in tow we headed back to Bespoke Brides so I could try on the dress I had fallen for at my last visit and to get their opinions.
As the owner Clare and I slipped into the dressing room she put the dress over my head and said: "This (size 12) fitted your perfectly the last time you were here. You will need to go down a size."
A huge smile crept across my face - I had achieved my dream of wearing a size 10 wedding dress already!! It was the first time I have looked into the mirror and seen my weight loss. I am also pleased to report that I have lost another pound despite not really trying!
I will keep trying to lose weight in a bid to have a bikini body for the honeymoon, because at the moment I seem to have lost all of the weight on my top half.
The dress looked even better and both Denise and Laura loved it - Denise shed a little tear. Really really missed my mum on Friday. We had such a good day and a good gossip afterwards - she would have really loved it.
I think we have also chosen the bridesmaid dresses and the colour which means we have a colour scheme! Clare pulled put a 'copper' bridesmaid dress which is more mink coloured in my mind. Laura tried a dress on in the colour and it really suited her. I think it will suit the other bridesmaids too.
The bridesmaid dresses are in the same material as mine and some of the same detail. There are two shapes: one strapless and one with straps.
The only problem is trying to find a dress for Danielle. She will be nearly 12 and I want to get the balance right between little girl and teenager. She may well wear an ivory dress with a sash made of the same material as the other bridesmaid dresses.
I think Laura tried more dresses on than I did in the end. It did get me more excited about the wedding and Rich and I had a good chat about it yesterday although we had a slight disagreement about the where people would sit on the top table!!
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Samantha Parker - from Heswall works as a reporter for the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo
Richard Down - also a reporter, working on the Liverpool Daily Post
Samantha, how did you ever get Richard to propose? I have been living with my boyfriend for three years and have dropped lots of hints but I still remain ring free. Any chance of a few tips?
Hi Jenny,
Tough question!
From exchanging notes with friends and colleagues it would seem that Rich is a bit of a rare breed. We were pretty serious from the word go.
I didn't realise until the night we finally got together that he had liked me since the first day we met in court when we worked on rival papers. I had always thought he wasn't that into me until he joined my paper, The Chester Chronicle, and we gradually got closer until it was a matter or when not if we got together.
When we did get together in Feb last year everything just slotted into place, we just fit. From very early on I knew this was it. That we would get married.
Rich wouldn't move in with me until we got engaged as he is a bit old fashioned like that. We decided that we wanted to move in together, that we wanted to get married but that we couldn't afford it.
So we decided if we both got new jobs (we were applying for the ones we have now) we would do it. So I guess it was a bit of a joint decision. Obviously we got the jobs and then I had to wait. We were already booked to go to Paris, Rich knew that I loved Christmas so I guess it made sense to him. But I would ask him on that one! I knew it was coming because he told me to remind him not to forget the ring before we left!
I can't really offer you any advice because every couple is different and I am not a relationship expert. But maybe talk to him check you are both on the same level and then drop it. Don't even mention weddings. Men like to think things are their idea most of the time.
That is the best I can do I'm afaid, oh and don't forget don't believe anything you read in magazines.
Sam xx