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I'm a huge DTTB fan
but I there was something off with last night's episode. Just something I couldn't put my finger on.
Did you figure out what was off about it... I was the groom and was just going through the comments after I was chatting with someone about the program.
I watched it again the other day, and looking back at it I wonder how I managed to get it all in for 10k, the photographer was a friend (savings!
).
You would be very surprised how cheap you can get stuff when a business thinks they are getting free promotion by having them on TV. We were not allowed to take anything for free, or too cheap (in case we made the business look cheap), but we did get some good deals along the way. The boat from the church to the hotel was a gift from the owner (Viking Mick), we have been bringing the kids on his boat for years, plus he made a few bob from sales in the galley.
The dress, well, I always thought straps were what she wanted.. I guess I was wrong! lol.. Still, at the end of the day, she said the dress grew on her and she ended up liking it a lot.
The mother-in-law complaining about no food.. she was rightly p*ssed at that point, and by the look of it, very hungry! LOL
The bridesmaid that backed out.. there was a disagreement, but it was supposed to have been resolved. Guess it wasnt. I tried to contact her a few times but I think at that point she had made her mind up that she didn't want to be part of it anymore. No hard feeling from this end. I had another friend of Stephs jump in at the last minute and she did a great job.
fairy light backdrop... I would have gotten that anyway. Better than a bare wall! I wanted uplights for the pillars in the room but was advised against it in case one of the kids tripped over one and got hurt.
The banner stand.. I can't remember if I just got that myself or it came from the 10k budget, but it wasn't expensive.. and we got to keep it, a great memory to have for a part of the show I really wanted to be there for but couldn't. My son did a great job at proposing, so I was still very happy.
Saw a few people asking if I put my own money to the budget. The simple answer is yes, I was allowed to put up to 2k of my own money on top of it. I think I ended up only spending about 500 of my own money on things like the flowergirl dress and shoes (yes, I actually forgot to get them, and had to do a runner into town off-camera and grab them).
Here is what nobody saw.. The night before the wedding, I put the kids into the car and we went to collect the wedding dress. On the way back the car broke down and battery on my phone had died! Managed to get a phone from a shop owner who let me call the insurance, who sent out a tow truck and also called the mother in law to arrange to pick up the kids from the side of the road.. The kids thought it was hilarious lol.. But I had a wedding dress to get home with and didn't seem too funny to me at the time, but when I look back all I can do is laugh. We ended up having to get Sephs uncle to go to her mothers and steal her can from her lol.. so we ended up pulling up to the church in a ford fiesta, with the best man (Colly) squashed between 2 large car seats in the back!
For anyone wondering, its far from staged or scripted.. You might have to say a few things over and over or repeat something you did so the crew could record it from another angle, but its definitely not scripted. The planning was all done by me, the only thing I needed to do was let the production company know what I was planning and where I was going so they could arrange permission to film.
Any other lads considering doing it.. its feckin easy to plan a wedding!! When there is only one person involved in the whole process, you fly through it. I think I actually say this on camera at some point in the show lol
Anyway, im nto divorced or dead yet, so I guess I did OK 0
liked the 80s theme reception 
poor bride 
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