Oh wow, I love the underwater shots.

No way am I doing that in Scotland at this (or pretty much any) time of year!

Fantastic pics, thanks for the link.

Jen

Wouldn't turn this one down either......

I love lace dresses!  They are both TDF, but NOT for my figure type.

That white one is gorgeous, but what a butt shot!  You could have a bad case of Noassatall, and still have that one make you ask 'does this make my butt look big?"

DJ - I'll make a deal with you. You get the dress - any size you like. I'll get the model. In that size.

DJ, are you still planning your renewal ceremony?

I never got round to posting a pic of my dress and I can't find any close ups on my laptop, but here's one taken as we arrived for our reception.

Jen

Aw, thank you! It was a last minute decision to marry, and a wedding on a shoe string budget, and though I say it myself, I think we pulled it off!

We'd been engaged for about 9 months when we suddenly thought it would be fun to get married sooner rather than later. We gave ourselves 3 months to plan so we could get married within a year of our engagement. It was a lot of fun and we had a fantastic day.

DJ I love that first one!!  And Jen, your photo is just the epitome of elegance!!!

Erm, kind of. What I meant is I'll get the model in the size of that photo. Offer still valid

Wile E is still having fun, so he stays with me.

Jen - shoestrings my sporran!

Thanks, all!
The trick to a cheap wedding but with all the frills is to get married on a Monday. No one gets married on a Monday, so you get your pick of venues, cars etc and since it would have been a non earning day for most vendors, you get a heck of a discount, too.

My MOH did the flowers (they were stunning) and we made our own cake and favours, so that helped. We do love our local castle -our gym membership is there (gym is in an outbuilding to one side), and that gave us 20% off food.  Weddings can be done for not a lot of cash - you just need grand ideas and a lot of nerve.

Titania, it is an amazing building. It's a hotel and spa now, but was built originally as a fortified dwelling house. The original tower dates from 1488, and the main part of the castle was added on in the mid 16th century to form an L-shape. The view above was a much later addition, built onto the castle in early 19th century and forming a triangle with the existing wings.

The back of the castle, from 1488, looks like this and the windows with the white blinds are on the room where we had our reception dinner.

eta, it's supposed to be haunted, too. A few people have found hazy, uninvited guests when they've received their wedding photos taken in the castle. Nothing untoward on mine, but I worked here as a student and there are some very cold, creepy rooms that I didn't care to be left alone in.

DJ- Love the tulip dress.

Holy Cannoli! That is the most grotesque wedding gown I've ever encountered, bar none.  Saqsay, you'd best avoid that site for a while or it's gonna give you nightmares, and us, too.