Ok I have some news after a lot of ups and downs of not knowing where we stood we have got the house we wanted and going through the paper work procedure now. Which is fantastic as we have been desperate to own a place of our own and whilst we have needed a loan from a scheme we have finally done it.

The bad news its doubtful we are going to be able to have the wedding we have been planning much to my disappointment, I have been racking my brains and getting rather stressed and upset trying to come up with some idea on how we could afford it. But unfortunantly the wedding fund from my folks has had to be used on fees in order to by the house. And although my MIL has kindly offered to pay towards the wedding I'm uncertain we would have enough.

I'm thinking pushing the date later is going to have to be an option.

The only prob is the venue we were to have our wedding and reception and evening do as it is all in one place asked for a non refundable 250 pounds deposit which we paid. Were under the assumption we wont get this back.

When I spoke to them awhile back and said we were trying to do things on a budget they said why not come in and talk over ideas and they were sure they could sort something out on our budget, we have yet done this and wondering whether it still is worth it and if nothing can be done on what MIL can put towards it then at least we can say we tried.

I mean its doubtful anyone would take the 15th August 09 if we were to cancil now and would rather have the wedding kept as we would. it cant hurt can it to explain our situation.

Also was going to talk to MIL what we have so far and see if she had any ideas on how we could cut costs. Plus we have til August to do a bit of saving as we will hopefully have moved in to our new home by the end of next month.

I would have loved to do my Pocket invites that i had seen and worked out which we worked out would cost 54.60 pounds which i know if i went with another design i could find alot cheaper. though i would like Pocket invites as i feel they would fit well with the rest of the wedding but to cut costs its an option.

Also my mum said there were people we wouldn't ask from our side of the family if we were haveing a registery office wedding instead so wondering whether my mum would be ok with not inviting to the wedding I have planned which would lower costs due to food costs which is another option.

In some way Im hoping for a miracle as I really don't want to cancel. And delaying each day of doing so.