the happy little world of miss ktp!

Eep! My last wedding Wednesday! It's now 3 whole days till I am MRS P & I get to marry my very own rockstar! It's really hard to comprehend that this day most little girls dream of is just round the corner for me after 20months of planning. Yay! This last week's been weird. I've been going from a child-at-Chrimbo level of excitement to driving-test nerves to final-project-weaving (only other weavers will get this! Nothing like appealing to a niche market!) stress. I've been having some pretty weird dreams too, the big one recently was that my hairdresser just didn't turn up on Saturday morning & when we called to ask where she was (I'd got all the way to the church before I realised my hair was in a lank looking ponytail!) she said she couldn't leave her kids cos her partner had to go & tend to his sheep (yes she has kids & a partner but I'm pretty sure he isn't a sheep farmer!) so we then set off back home to try & bodge...

Anyone who knows me will know my ratio of classic films I've seen V's ones I haven't is highly unbalanced & not in a good way. It gets quite embarrassing when people always assume I've seen something & I haven't got a clue what they're on about so when I got the chance to go & see Pretty In Pink last week I jumped at the chance. It was part of Film4's Summer Screen which is held in the grounds of Somerset House & completely outdoors. This was mine & Sabiha's first time there so we weren't exactly sure of the protocol. We came with a mini picnic & a few cushions & rugs while the others around us had huge feasts including hot pizzas they'd brought along the way & had stacks of pillows lined up to lie down on when the film started & blankets to snuggle under! Lots of people had gone to the effort of wearing pink too, I loved the guy in front of us wearing the 'tough guys wear pink' t-shirt! After ...

On Tuesday it was my birthday (when I told dad I shared a birthday with Usain Bolt he pointed out that's where the similarities end! :P). Unfortunately Adam didn't have the day off as well so I just tucked down deeper under the duvet when he got up at 6am. Poor guy. Luckily I had Scary staying over to keep me company so once ma&pa woke me up singing "Happy Birthday" down the phone (makes up for all the early morning phone calls they've had to put up with I guess!) I stuck on the kettle & sat down to Jeremy Kyle. I wasn't really expecting much when the postman knocked cos I'd just been told to stay in for my parents parcel but wow there was loads for little old me! :D I decided to wait till Adam was home to do all the unwrapping so we got dressed & head to Westfield to get a few last minute wedding odds & sods. Before we even tackled the shops we stopped off at Tossed (weirdly a salad place is becominge one of my favourite places t...

I can't quite believe this is my penultimate Wedding Wednesday post! Eep! On Sunday we went to our local church to hear our Banns read for the third & final time. After the service (where thankfully no one made a peep!) we got out Banns certificate which now means we're all set to get married. Wahoo! Our new parish church is really pretty & the people seem lovely but I'm so glad we're getting married in my old Parish church around the people I grew up with. I always dreamed I'd walk down that aisle with dad & no other (aisle that is, not dad!). We made sure we kept this weekend coming free so we could have lie ins & relax before it all goes crazy (in a good way!). I think after the wedding we're really going to appreciate our down time without worrying we should be tweaking that poster or triple checking check lists. Talking of relaxing we'd kind of forgotten about our Honeymoon with all the madness of planning the wedding so when we ...

We were walking along Weymouth beach (yes me, on a beach, sand between my toes & everything, impressive huh?!) when there was a sudden flap of wings & before we knew it Adam's hand which was only minutes before clutching a 99 ice cream was empty. Not even a crumb left! The last we saw of said ice cream was in the beak of a sneaky (among other names I can't type on here) seagull a it flew off. The look on our faces must have been brilliant & the people around us were just s shocked as we were! Once I'd recovered from giggling so much we went straight back to the stall to get another one, this time it was a wonder Adam didn't get brain freeze from the speed he ate this one making sure he got every last crumb.   I took loads of photos on our afternoon trip to the seaside but this is my fave & makes me giggle every time I see it & I felt it deserved a post of it's own! Our long weekend was really busy & didn't feel long at all! It...

Last weekend I had my second chick party, this time with my MOH of Anna. I don't like calling her my Maid Of Honor though cos she's awesome & I don't think the title does her justice! Nick gets to be Adam's Best Man so why can't Anna be my Best Maid?! We had a potter round Nottingham getting a few odds & sods before heading back to her flat. When we got to her front door I had to wait outside while she rustled around for a bit, she finally opened the door & I was greeted by loads of balloons & a party popper pretty much in my face (maybe she's trying to sabotage the wedding by giving me a big bruise on my face?! Hadn't though of that, hmm!). We had a lovely girly evening full of Chinese, excitement as Mo Farah won the 5000m & Tom Daley got a Bronze in the diving, Take Me Out reruns, popcorn, makeup trials & generally loads of giggles. The next morning after saying hi to Jet I walked into the lounge to find a breakfast spread ...

With 17days to go (sorry what?! yes I did just have to count that on my calendar, twice!) my two mega wedding worries have been sorted out. Phew! To say I'm relieved is an understatement! Now the excitement can really begin again. Don't get me wrong I was still looking forward to our big day but these 2 bits were quite mega to me & I don't think I was being bridezilla-ish over them cos they needed to be sorted. There are loads of little bitty things left to sort out now & cos they are all random bits & bobs they spring into my mind whenever where ever (I've now got Shaikra stuck in my head!) so my list making has gone into overdrive & I don't go anywhere without my 12 page spreadsheet ticking stuff off as I go! You think I'm mad you should see my parent's to do list/time line that wraps round their kitchen! Now I know where it comes from for sure! Adam & I are in the process of briefing (!) our bridesmaids, MOH, ushers & BM...

On Friday we logged off computers, put down pens & joined in the tradition of heading down to the pub for a pint. This time though the pub was Kensington Olympia & the pint was swapped for a third pint of ale chosen from a selection of about 800 different real ales, ciders and foreign beers. That's right it was time for the Great British Beer Festival. The last time Adam & I went we'd only been going out about 7months so it was fun to go back again without having to worry if I'd get too drunk & embarrass myself! We paid our deposit on a pint glass & set off in search of ale picking up Ash, Billy, Dan & Kat on the way. We had wanted our first pint to be Tribute but they didn't have it (boo!) so we settled for a variety of beers, some new to me some not to new. I tried to take photos of the ales I tried as the evening went on & you can probably tell which I had towards to start of the night compared to later going by how blu...

Since starting this post I've actually been to the Olympics again (lucky I know!) but I'll carry on with my story from last Saturday (which I started HERE ) for now. After a fun morning of exploring the park it was suddenly our turn to go into the Olympic Athletic Stadium on the biggest Saturday of the event! We were quite eager (surprise surprise!) & so as soon as the gates were opened we went in to explore (read get a cuppa & cake!) before taking our seats. We were in block 156 & cos there weren't many people around we were able to have a quick sneak on the first level & this was our first view of the Athletics track in real life. Wow! You couldn't wipe the grin from mum's face she was over the moon & it was brill to see her this excited! Ever since she was 10years old & Shropshire Country Champion at the High Jump she's dreamt of being at the Olympics & 50 years later it's happened. Good things come to those who wait ...

Here are some more brill pics from our Engagement Session with Chris Barber, it was pretty exciting to see our pictures on his blog too last week (click HERE ). Our plans are going quite well. It's all starting to speed up quite quickly now which is mega exciting but scary at the same time. There are a few things not going to plan still but these things are sent to try me (& Adam poor guy), they'll be ok in the end (I just need to keep telling myself that) & hopefully sorted next Monday. Just keep your fingers, toes, legs, arms, etc crossed for me! I love this set of photos. We were so lucky to find this gem in Brum behind the Bullring & the guy was more than happy for Chris to click away as long as he wasn't in any of the shots! It also meant we found some brill vinyls that we could use at the wedding, I won't say anymore, can't give the game away now can I?! I'm running out of stuff to say (a first I know!) so I'll let you just enjoy...