Countdown to the wedding! - “National Wedding Show”

I’ve been to the National Wedding Show in Earls Court today. It’s been a great day out with the girls (beacuse of course they boys are not the slightest interested in going to things like that) although I must admit that after 5 hours of wandering around the place, I was knackered.

I won’t say it was a waste of time, because it wasn’t. It’s a different subject, though, the fact that they weren’t selling any of the things I was interested in: shoes, flowers or mobile hairdressers. There were tons and tones of stalls for dresses, honeymoons, cakes, photographers, singers and DJs, stag and hen nights, make up and nails, jewellery and all those things that a) I already have or b) I don’t care much about.

I was really surprised about the Lack-of-Shoes situation. I saw about three different stalls that sold shoes but they only had super-mega-heels ones and only a small showcase of them. They all insist that you visit their website and buy online, but there’s not a chance in hell that I’ll buy shoes without trying them on. Wouldn’t someone about to spend a grand or more on a dress want to also have a look at matching shoes? Apparently not. So it looks like I am going to have to have another girlie day out in search of shoes…

However, I managed to get lots of ideas, for instance, for the groom and other male family members’ suit hire. It was something that I had never thought about. I always assumed that the groom and best man would be in charge of that, but we already know how men are… you have to push them a bit in the right direction Got many other ideas for stationery, favours and table decoration…

Something I must say about the event is the appaling organisation. Points I would try to improve if I worked for the organisation:

- More chairs and spaces to rest
- More toilets
- Bigger/wider aisles among the stalls
- More staff to clean up the mess in the eating areas

Earls Court is a huge place but it looks like they tend to forget to look after the customers. At the end of the day we had to pay for the tickets to get in!

I don’t think I’ll be attending any more of these wedding events. I already have the important things: venue, dress, photographer and a groom The rest I can figure out with the little help of my friends.