Brighton and my birthday

My wonderful fiance treated me to a trip to Brighton for a few days for my birthday. (I know, he's a keeper!).

We had a wonderful time and it was so nice to relax and be by the sea. As I grew up by the sea, I do miss it in London and the concrete jungle. (Mind you, Hertfordshire is rather green and surburbian..).

We stayed in a really nice hotel in Worthing, right by the seafront. It was only about a 20 minute drive into Brighton and we managed to do a lot of shopping and sightseeing. We've been to Brighton before many times, as Brooks and I love it so much, and it was nice for Jackson to come back too. (We went last year in the spring).

We went down the Pier, down The Lanes and the Sea Life centre. We also ate a lot of nice food. I must have put on half a stone!
The boys in particular loved the Sea Life centre. It was so cool! I loved seeing the turtles being fed and there was this tunnel where you could see the sharks, sting rays and turtles swim around and over! It was so amazing!

I do think it's important to get away sometimes. It's like taking a nice, big breath in before continuing you life, isn't it?

Aaaaaaaand exhale.

Cater or not to cater?

I sort of see the advantages with having less time to organise a wedding. What I mean is, when you have over a year to think about things, one tends to change ones mind. A lot.

We have been looking at other venue options, trying to figure out what we really want. We're keen to find something that really represents us, (within our price budget), and we're finding it difficult. I'm not worried though, I know we'll find something fantastic! We could either stick with the Sarratt Hall, (which is a great venue), but that does require us to find/hire caterers, linens, napkins and chair covers etc, or we go for something completely different that already have everything included in the price. A tricky one!

We have been meeting with caterers though and have found one that is fantastic! Very accommodating and he seemed very passionate about food and providing a great service. He's been a chef himself for many years and had some great ideas when it came to bring some "Swedish style" food to the menu.

As we're off to Sweden soon I'm also planning to go and search for my dress next week. So far I have seen a lot that I like, but not yet "The One". To be honest, I'm quite enjoying the search in itself!