This my dear friends, will almost definitely be my final post before the wedding (eep), and most likely before we return from our two weeks away in the glorious South West. Things have started to get pretty busy around here! Nearly all of the shopping for the reception has been done, glass hire has been booked, our gazebo is ready and I'm left in the middle of it all wondering just what has happened! Tomorrow the majority of the guests arrive and book into their hotels, having travelled many miles. My mother herself is driving a good distance to pick up some elderly relations who can't get here any other way. Everyone has been so good and kind to us - it's really touching.

The garden is starting to look absolutely stunning - just as we're leaving it! Many of the wildflowers that we planted - California poppies, red dead-nettles and the like are just coming into flower, the rest with big buds just waiting to bloom. Although I'll be missing the best of the flowers, I'm hoping my neighbour will watch over the garden for me!

Thanks to all the well-wishers and good-luck-givers, it's nice to know that I can share this time with others who have been where I am right now (or somewhere similar!).

I am slightly nervous, as all brides-to-be are, but all I have to do is look around me to see so many men and women happy in their decision to spend their lives together. So far this relationship has definitely had its ups and downs, but there is love, respect and caring, as well as the more tumultuous sides, which every relationship experiences.

So on that note, and whilst humming "Love and Marriage", I will bid you adieu! Have a good two-weeks, whatever you may be doing!