We've been home for a couple of weeks now, after our round the world trip. It was absolutely amazing! We had so many wonderful experiences, and I can definitely see us going back to Japan and China again, although I don't think I would fly round the world again - just too much time (about 40 hours) in the air! Skiing with my family in Canada was great fun too - it was Nicky's first time on the slopes and she did so well, I'm looking forward to going again together.
Now we're back, we're getting into full-on wedding planning mode as there's still so much to organise. We recently made the massive decision to slash the original budget in half (or less) and change the whole reception idea, so that we wouldn't have to rely on anyone else to fund it for us. My dad was really supportive and lovely offering to pay, but trying to keep three sets of parents happy (my parents have both remarried, and Nicky only has her mum) was proving to be extremely difficult and stressful. It's much better this way.
Rather than the fancy medieval hall we had originally booked for the reception, we're now looking at village/church/community halls which we can decorate (and potentially cater) ourselves. My mum has got quite excited about this (she's still not going to attend the ceremony but has decided to come to the reception to show her love and support,) and is spending rainy afternoons sewing bunting! It fits our personalities and lifestyle, as we are not big spenders naturally, and would much prefer to go scouting round charity shops looking for quirky things to decorate with than buy some fancy coordinating table centres for example.
We're keeping our original date in August and ceremony location etc. as the registrar is booked, which only gives us about 3.5 months to sort out everything else! It's a good job we like a challenge!
Funding wise, we're considering getting a bank loan to cover not only the wedding (hence the desire to keep it as low-cost as possible), but also the travel and clinic fees of going to Spain for embryo adoption, which we're hoping to do within the next year and a half.
We've got a lot of work ahead, but it seems to be all coming together!
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