Sarah & Darren's Escape wedding: Dreams do come true....

[Sarah84]

Hello & Welcome ​

Some of you may have seen my lurking around here, infact i've been checking out people's wedding plans for about a year now since i've been dreaming of Darren proposing and have a Disney wedding, but by about July of this year I was beginning to think neither looked likely to ever happen

This is going to be a very loooong PJ because my wedding date I'm hoping for is 24th April 2012, yes you read right 2012 I know, i know it's so far away but we have to save up plus we need to save extra as we are also paying for DF's family aswell.
I wasn't going to start this so early but Stacey (Malibustacey) asked me nicely, ok she more like begged me no she didn't but it makes me feel better for starting it with 2 years, 6 months, 1 week & 2 days till our pential wedding date.
But even with so long to go I have so many ideas in my head, dresses i want to try, ideas for colour scheme ok you get the idea. Actually i've had most of these plans in my head before i was even engaged, but doesn't every girl have thought's and ideas for their wedding before they even get a ring?

So onto more about us, the proposal story etc....

The intros: Well obvious from the username I'm Sarah, 25 and fastly approaching 26 (gawd I feel like i'm getting old) I live and have done all my life in London, UK but since I can remember i've dreamed of living in the US but due to health problems unfortunately unless a miracal happens like a lottery win this will never happen.
I've been a huge Disney fan since a young child but never got to visit a Disney park untill 2005 when I finally not only got my first visit to Disney but also my first to the UK. I was in Orlando for a week with my 2 bestfriends who will both be my bridesmaids. We didn't stay onsite as it wasn't important to us and we were doing other things in Orlando like Universal, Seaworld & Discovery cove with plenty of shopping inbetween. We had the most amazing time and i knew from then that Disney really was 'The most magical place on earth' and promised myself that one day I would be back but 4 years later and it still hasn't happened
DF is Darren, 26 who also grew up in London but doesn't have anywhere near as much desire as me to move to the US.
He is also not a Disney fan , well not the Disney parks anyway he does however love most of the Disney pixar films Toy story being hes favourite. Until he met me he had never step foot in a Disney park and probably never had any intention of ever doing so in hes life, the things we do for love eh?

We have been together over 3 years since 2nd June 2006 (i'll write the dates like that with the date then month in words as we write our dates with the day then month and I know in the US & Canada you do it the opposite way, so this stop help with that confussion) and been engaged 6 weeks today

So here's us.....

Coming up - The engagement story...

 

[padisneyfour]

just wanted to say welcome and congrats! Have fun planning....

 

[Ann117]

Welcome can't wait to read more!

 

[pezaddict231]

Welcome and congrats! I can completely relate to the dreaming of the disney wedding but not thinking it likely to happen, my DF took his sweet time proposing and I thought he'd never agree to a Disney wedding...but you know what? Dreams DO come true! I hope things work out for you too!

lol, just realized that's the title of your PJ, but it's true!

 

[Sarah84]

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[Sarah84]

Ok it seems I do love my smilies haha. Big hello to my readers, thanks for taking the time hope i didn't bore you all too much

 

[redlight]

Hi Sarah. I'm Amy, also 25 and will be 26 next month! I liked your story, and you have a beautiful ring.

 

[pezaddict231]

Aww what a sweet engagement story! It made me laugh when you mention your DF putting his hands in his pocket the whole night. My manager told me when he was going to propose to his wife, he kept patting his pocket to make sure the ring was still there. Right as my DF walked away from the table at dinner, he patted his pocket! Lol, I guess it's just what they do!

You guys make such a cute couple! You're ring is very pretty and very unique. Looking forward to hearing more.

 

[princess22]

Congratulations!!

You two are an adorable couple! I can't wait to hear all about your planning!

 

[Boardwalk_bride]

You two look adorable together!! Love the e-ring!!!

 

[Xenabaka777]

Amazing e-story! Congrats!

 

[malibustacey]

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!
Sarah your here! Im happy! Woooooo hooooooo!!

BTW- i did kinda force Sarah into doing this PJ.... but only for good reasons!!! She is really good at writing trippies and includes a ton of photos (which we all love!) and i told her, so what if her wedding is 2 years in advance- i started mine 2 years in advance - TIME FLYS BY! This place is for Disney brides and she belongs here heheehee!!

So yeah, hello Sarah, welcome and enjoy the planning, we are always here to help and listen!

Roll on 2012!

 

[MainStMandy]

Yay and welcome! I've seen you post and wondered when you were going to start a PJ! You and your df are too cute! Congratulations!!

 

[Sarah84]

Thanks for the nice comments, you are all so friendly, i love this place

Well if Stacey is admitting she forced me into starting this I guess it's ok for me to say it too STACEY forced me into starting this (it makes me feel better blaming someone else for this when it's still over 2 years till the wedding and i'm already planning ) but she is so nice I couldn't keep saying no to her

 

[Sarah84]

So my next post was going to be all about how we got to be having the Disney wedding BUT that will have to wait till later because......

With 30 months (oh gawd that sounds so long ) to go, please don't think im crazy but I have possible...

Dress problems​

Now about 8 months ago I was reading through a few PJ's and came across a picture of a dress the person liked (I think it was Torsie24's pj) and immidately fell in love, like head over heels in love and knew that one day if I was to ever get engaged & married (which wasn't looking likely, ok i'll stop with those comments Darren did the right thing in the end ) that this dress was to be a BIG contender to be what I was getting married in, i saved the picture and looked at it all the time and wanting to try it on so much but resisted.
Well today I was sitting here and thinking (looking at the picture again) and thought sod it i'm going to ring a local bridal wear shop that apprently stocks alot of Maggie Sotterro dresses and just out of interest as if they had it and did I have to make an appointment to try it on and I was interested in how much this beauty would set me back if it was THE dress once I had tried it on.
I got off the phone about half an hour ago to be told they no longer stocked the dress and i'm sure she said something about it being last seasons style which is why they no longer stock it or something, to be honest it all went a bit of a blue after hearing the words 'we no longer stock it'
Im not getting married for 30 months and the dress i've dreamed about for the last 8 or 9 is an old style noooooooo what am I going to do? theres another shop I know of not too far that also stocks Maggie dresses but they are closed now for today but I will be calling them to see if they have it, i just need to try it on so that if it isn't the dress at least I know i tried and will not always be thinking 'I wish i got to wear the dress if irst fell in love with' or maybe if it's perfect ORDER IT! yes I know its awfully early but this is a real contender for my dream dress and if it's going to be discontinued Im getting it before it's too late.

So any experts out there how often do these dress designs change? and anyone in the UK know how much i'm looking at paying for a Maggie Sotterro dress?

Well with all that out of my system i better post a picture of this dress....

Its Maggie Sotterro style Cambria Marie

 

[malibustacey]

YES I FORCED YOU!

and no, your not crazy, everyone has their dream dress....

when we first got engaged i found a dress, Sincertity 3159- i knew it was the dress. It looked so heavenly and i fell in love with it instantly. When i went to try it on, i was very dissapointed and didnt even want to put it on as it looked sooo different from the photos. Its best to try on and see in real life - i am very glad i did, because look now, i have my princess dress.

Now, Maggie is SOOO popular and im sure that if you looked around- you will find somewhere that stocks your dress- go try it on and see what they say about the avaliability and how long the line of dress will be avaliable. Some shops told me that 'they' dont get told when one dress or line will be discontinued, but others said that its possible to get ANY dress from a designer, whether it be a sample from years ago or just unused dresses that were meant to be sold (because i asked about one 2008 dress that i liked, and then didnt like and they told me how it all works and that they have spares!)

I absolutely adore this dress it really is quite something - a proper princess dress fit for a Disney wedding!

Hows about you call that Bride & Groom in Bromley.... also, there is that shop in Enfield where they might not have it in the shop, but they can get it in for you (the shop i was telling you about, where i got mine from! they do great bargains and they are so genuine and friendly and would do anything for you)

oh just incase i didnt say... i love that dress ... hehee

 

[Sarah84]

YES I FORCED YOU!

and no, your not crazy, everyone has their dream dress....

when we first got engaged i found a dress, Sincertity 3159- i knew it was the dress. It looked so heavenly and i fell in love with it instantly. When i went to try it on, i was very dissapointed and didnt even want to put it on as it looked sooo different from the photos. Its best to try on and see in real life - i am very glad i did, because look now, i have my princess dress.

Now, Maggie is SOOO popular and im sure that if you looked around- you will find somewhere that stocks your dress- go try it on and see what they say about the avaliability and how long the line of dress will be avaliable. Some shops told me that 'they' dont get told when one dress or line will be discontinued, but others said that its possible to get ANY dress from a designer, whether it be a sample from years ago or just unused dresses that were meant to be sold (because i asked about one 2008 dress that i liked, and then didnt like and they told me how it all works and that they have spares!)

I absolutely adore this dress it really is quite something - a proper princess dress fit for a Disney wedding!

Hows about you call that Bride & Groom in Bromley.... also, there is that shop in Enfield where they might not have it in the shop, but they can get it in for you (the shop i was telling you about, where i got mine from! they do great bargains and they are so genuine and friendly and would do anything for you)

oh just incase i didnt say... i love that dress ... hehee

See thats the thing as you found with what you thought was your dream dress you ended up not even liking it in real life and that could be the same with this dress for me but I have to see it to find out for sure even though at first i was worried the skirt part might look like im wearing a cake but I love it. espcially the detail of the top.

Thanks for the info about dresses and styles in general i did wonder if the design are changed every year and then thats it you cant get them no more or if dresses stay around for a few years.
The second thing I did after calling the shop in Eltham was call the one you mentioned in Enfield but they said they don't stock Maggie dresses

There are some other dresses i really like that i want to look at but that Maggie one has always stuck in my mind since i see it, so if i like it in real life and try it on the find it is 'THE DRESS' i don't want to risk not being able to get it and will buy it this early, i haven't changed sizes in 5 years so i feel comfortable buying a dress that fits now and hoping it will still fits in 2 years

 

[cinderella-princess]

Hi Sarah! I followed you over here from your Disney TR. I'm so excited for you and Darren and I don't think 2 years is too early to start a PJ. Since my wedding is over, I have to live vicariously through you all!!

Your engagement story is so cute! I absolutly love your ring, probably because we have almost the same one, except mine is a princess cut and is yellow gold, not white gold. You have good taste!

I can't wait to hear all about your plans!!

 

[Sarah84]

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[Chilly]

I do that to my DF as well and bambozzle him with figures.

Looking forward to reading more.