Becoming Mrs Collins

letter four

2011-12-18T07:52:00.000+00:00

Dear SJ
I cant belive that i found someone as perfect as you so young in life you are my dreams come true.
I fell in love with you as soon as i met you and the feelings just got stronger and stronger and you make me so hapy. I cant wait till the day i marry you and we have a family together it will be perfect. Im all ready dreamming of watching you walk down the aisle towards me and of us saying our vows to each other.

I know ere both broody and both want a child now but we cant until we have the money to support it and till were living together but i promise as soon as were married we will try our first try will be on our wedding night and we will keep trying till we succeed and i cant wait till we are married and then 9 months after when we finally are parents you will make a great mum and we will be able o give them everything they want if we wait to have the money.

Love from you proud Fiance
Scott

New Ebook!

2011-12-17T10:18:00.001+00:00

Right I enjoyed writing my two poetry ebooks but now I’m going to start writing something a bit different. I’m going to to publish it exclusively on Kindle and hope to have it finished and launched on 14th February 2012.

What is it going to be about? It will be an autobiographical novel based upon my relationship with Scott (some people will know he is where I get the inspiration for some of my poems from) It will all be true events. The ebook will be used to raise money for our wedding.

Dear Scott Letter #6

2011-12-14T21:14:00.001+00:00

To my gorgeous, gorgeous fiancé,

I am so so glad I have you by my side supporting me! I don’t think I’d be making the decisions I am making today if I didn’t have you. I am so incredibly lucky.

Well my UCAS application is ready to be sent off, I’m paying for it all tomorrow and then I should start getting some offers over January, it might be sooner but I think January is the most optimistic. I’m really nervous.

In just over 12 days we’re going to be together! I can’t wait, I love being able to spend time together, if I can get an offer from Bournemouth or Southampton universities for next year then we will be able to spend a lot more time together!

I’m so tired, but the end of term is nearly here! – Unlike you I had to be at college for an extra week. I’ve actually got a lot done tonight, I’ve sorted out my UCAS application form and I’ve done my essay for business, I hope you’ve had a good evening too! I really enjoyed out chat earlier it was so good to see you smiling!

All my love, SJ xxxxxxxx

Scott’s Christmas Present Clues

2011-12-07T19:05:00.001+00:00

To my teddy bear – here’s a few clues for your presents.

Your surprise that isn’t a surprise anymore because I told you about it already so it’s okay for me to post a picture of it.

I decided to put a stocking together for you because you said to me that you stopped getting them, seeing as you are staying at mine this year and we all get them I didn’t want you to be the odd one out. Plus I thought it would cheer you up a bit!

The first present is a present within a present, I always get you a teddy when I buy you presents and I thought this one was quite cute! It even has a small sack so it’s holding a little present.

The clue for this present is you’ll enjoy it but I don’t think it will last very long with you… In fact I know it won’t!

This is one of the presents inside the stocking, I know you’ll enjoy this one but again it won’t last very long! It’s Christmas themed.

Another one of the presents inside the stocking. You have already seen this when you came to stay at mine, but you wouldn’t know it because they were gone within in seconds, so I know you’ll enjoy them.

Another present from inside your stocking! You asked for one of these ages ago as joke for your birthday, so really this is a bit of a joke present. But inside it is another little treat that I know you’ll enjoy!

This is yet another present from within your stocking! This can keep you company when we’re not together.

The last present from inside your stocking! It’s practical and will be easy for you to lose because it’s really small. – Hopefully you’ll put it to good use, you should do and it’ll stop you from complaining.

Here are the main presents from me. There is five of them and they’re all completely different!

You already know what this is because I showed you… But anyways we talked about getting matching ones, but I couldn’t find any that matched. I really hope it fits you…

I’ve never got you a present like this before, so I hope you like it. I think it’s really nice but everyone’s tastes are different when it comes to these things!

This one didn’t take too much thought because I’ve wanted a reason to get it for you for ages, so this is a great time! It goes with something I’ve already got you.

I don’t know if you’ll like this one at all. But I hope you do. It’s something to remind you of a really special time, and I know you really like a bit of it.

I know you’ll love this, because you love both aspects of it. It took me ages to find it in the shop. But I think you’ll love this one the most out of all the presents.

I know you think I’ve gone over the top, but I haven’t. You deserve these present especially after everything that’s happened recently. Hopefully when we have out mini Christmas on the 28th it’ll cheer you up a little bit!

Love you darling xxxxxx

Dear Scott Letter #5

2011-12-07T12:26:00.001+00:00

To my darling fiancé,

We’ve been together for 20 months now! The time has gone so quickly – I can’t believe we’ve been together for so long!

I'm really looking forward to you coming to stay now, it really will be amazing! I can’t wait for our mini Christmas – hopefully we can do it! I can’t wait to see you open your presents, I hope that you like them all.

I love you so much and I’m so lucky to have you!

All my love, SJ xxxxxxxxxxx

Our Relationship, Our Journey

2011-12-06T12:02:00.001+00:00

We’re going to start writing posts about our actual relationship day to day, including where we met, how we met, and so on.

Keep your eyes open for these!

Letter three

2011-12-04T07:47:00.000+00:00

Dear SJ
I cant belive we have known each other and been together such a short tie either i really feel like we have been together years not months. Meeting you was the best thing that has ever happend to me and I love you so so much i know you the person i want to spend the rest of my life with and i cant wait to celebrate new year engaged. These 20 months really have been the best months of my life and i know we can get through anything thrown our way because were just too strong to let anything tear us apart.

Dear Scott Letter #4

2011-12-03T22:17:00.001+00:00

Dear Scotty,

I can’t believe that we’ve only known each other for 2 and a half years. It feels like we’ve known each other so much longer than that, but even in that short time we’ve got to know each other so well and we’re so close. I know that I can talk to you about anything and that you’ll support me through everything. I hope that by now you would know that I’m going to be by your side supporting you through everything and doing all I can to help you achieve everything you want to. I never want to stand in your way of you doing anything you want to do.

It’s true that when you stop looking for love it finds you, that’s exactly what happened when you found me. I stopped looking for a relationship because I just kept getting hurt – and then I met you and everything changed.

I can’t believe on Tuesday it’ll be our 20 month anniversary. It definitely feels like we’ve been together for so much longer than 20 months!

I’m so glad that I have you by my side and not anyone else because I know I can trust you and that you’ll always be there for me no matter what.

There are so many things that I love about you and our relationship I don’t even think I could begin to explain them all – there is just too many (but it was your smile that definitely first caught my eye). I know I am definitely the luckiest girl in the world to have you by my side.

New year this year is going to be so special spending it with you again, this year is going to be even more special than last year because it’s our first new year as an engaged couple! I’m so excited about it and that we can spend it together again –It’s going to be amazing – it really is.

I can’t wait till we can have cuddles again. I’m still really upset about my dream last night. I can’t believe it, it felt so real… I dreamt we were talking all cuddled up and then fell asleep – it was that real that when I woke up this morning I rolled over and reached out to cuddle up with you but obviously you weren’t there. It actually really upset me.

I love it how we can be so serious but we can have so much fun together too, like we can mess around and have play fights, but then we can have our cuddles in front of a dvd and our little chats about the future too. I wouldn’t change anything about us at all, because every single bit of our relationship is so special to me.

I love you so much darling xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

letter number two

2011-12-03T07:46:00.000+00:00

Dear SJ heres my second letter im sorry i didnt write it yesturday i was too tired. I know you were really worried about yesturday but at least im okay now and im glad that we got over all the problems we had last night and have gone all happy again. Because you are alot more beautiful when your happy compared to when your in a bad mood :) xxxxxxxxxxx

I really cant wait for new year baby and i cant wait to hold you in my arms and to kiss you again you really are a truely special part of my lifeand I love you forever and always <3 <3 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Love Scott

Dear Scott Letter #3

2011-12-02T22:05:00.001+00:00

To my gorgeous teddy bear,

I wish I could have a cuddle today… I couldn’t but you still made me smile even though I was in such a bad mood! – But there again you can always make me smile and make everything seem so much better. It’s one of the many reasons why I want to marry you.

It’s been an up and down day today, I was so worried about you today I know how scared you must have been but you were so strong and I’m so proud of you for doing it on your own!

I have work tomorrow – I’d rather be spending the day talking to you! But I get paid so I’ll be able to finish my Christmas shopping on Monday after college coz I finish early and I’ll be able to get my ring back!!! I can’t wait to be able to actually wear it. I cant wait to get your presents all sorted and wrapped up, I love buying stuff for you.

I need to go to bed now while my medicine is actually working and sleep while I can,

Thank you for today, you’ve been amazing!

I love you xxxxxxxx

my first letter

2011-12-01T20:05:00.000+00:00

Dear SJ
This is my first letter to you but i will definatly be writing you alot more.
You really are the most perfect fiance anyone could ask for :) your kind funny loving perfect caring and beautiful and i cant wait till our wedding day. xxxxxxxxxxxx
Our wedding planning is going really well mostly thanks to you but we do need another really conversation me thinks :) xxxxxxxx
and when im at yours we need to practise that dance so we have it perfect by our wedding :) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I love you
Scott

Dear Scott Letter #2

2011-11-30T21:59:00.001+00:00

My second letter for today, I thought I’d write it seeing as we haven’t been able to talk properly today and I’ll more than likely be in bed by the time you get back! – I’m tired at the moment, I blame it on this cold, but it is going.

It’s been a good and bad day, I got to speak to you on Skype first thing this morning which I didn’t expect to be able to do so that was really nice. I posted loads of new content on my online portfolio and turned my photos into products in our zazzle shop. But then things started to go downhill a bit, my cold got really bad and was making me feel really exhausted. I got an e-mail from my boss and I have definitely got the time off that you are staying and she has done my reference for the PGL job I have applied for, I just need my other two reference to get handed back and then I will find out if I’ve got any further with it and if they will or won’t offer me the job/ apprenticeship (but with me it’s more likely that they won’t because I usually get turned down with these things). We didn’t get to talk tonight, again, but it wasn’t your fault – hopefully we’ll get a proper conversation tomorrow. I’ve been feeling really down this evening, I don’t know why, everything has just really got to me. I need a cuddle and one of our talks.

I’m not looking forward to college tomorrow, especially ICT but I have managed to struggle my way through my Business essay… I don’t think I’ve got a decent grade on it though!

I’m so glad that we will definitely be spending new year together now! Work has confirmed my holiday so that we will have nearly a week together…. It won’t be long enough, it never is! I hate it when we have to say goodbye but when we see each other the first time after being apart for so long it’s amazing, when I first see you’re face and you pull me close to you it’s the best feeling in the world!

I’m so glad that we are engaged now, we’ve talked about it and talked about it but to finally actually be engaged is incredible! It’s so hard to explain how happy you make me and to know that the rest of my life will be with you is the best feeling I could ever have.

I walked down to our bridge today, it was weird going for that walk on my own but it felt good to be able to think back on all the memories we have and everything we have been through. It’ll be good to go down there again when you stay at new year we didn’t go on one of our walks when you were here for my 18th, so we definitely need to go on one at new year.

I also went down and took some photos of the church, some of them look pretty good but others came out a little bit blurry. I ended up coming home sooner than I wanted to because it was so cold.

There is so many things I want to write here but I don’t know how to say them.

I’ve put loads of stuff into our scrapbook, I’m making a page about your two nicknames (panda and teddy bear) and how you got them.

I hope your interview has gone well this evening, I know whatever the outcome you will have tried your best. – It’s the 1st December tomorrow which means you can start you advent calendar I got you (if you haven’t already eaten the chocolate out of it!) We should have a special advent calendar to countdown until we see each other.

I want to write more, well really I’d rather we were actually together right now, but it’s not long until we are, I just need to be patient (I just don’t want to be, I want you here right now!).

I love you, SJ xxxxxxxx

_{PS. Only 26 days until we’re together (27th December)}

Dear Scott Letter #1

2011-11-30T14:13:00.001+00:00

I haven’t written you a letter like this for quite a while, I remember writing them to you while you were in Nepal.

Well right now you are playing football, not really hard to guess and I’m about to go out and do some photography of the church down the road. My day has been quite productive I’ve added some more photos to my online portfolio blog and I have turned them into products in our zazzle shop. I’m really getting into all this photography stuff.

My time off at work has been approved so we will definitely be spending time together at new year! I’m really looking forward to it.

I spent ages today looking through all the pictures we’ve taken when we’ve spent time together – there are so many memories in each and every single one of them!

I love you,

SJ xxxxxxxx

Love Letters

2011-11-30T13:59:00.001+00:00

We’re going to start writing letters to each other through this blog.

I thought it would be nice to carry on the idea I had when Scott was in Nepal and I wrote him a letter virtually everyday. You can take a look at it here: http://dearscottwithlove.blogspot.com/

Scott will tag his letters ‘To Stacey’ and I’ll tag mine ‘To Scott’ and we’ll both tag them with ‘Love Letters’

So watch out for these appearing.

The little things…

2011-11-29T09:28:00.001+00:00

Things everyone needs to think about, confetti…

And Wedding cake toppers!

The wedding dress

2011-11-29T08:17:00.001+00:00

Seeing as me and my Dad are pretty good at sewing I have decided I will make my wedding dress with his help. By doing this I know that it will be exactly how I want it and could even end up saving us a bit of money which will be a bonus!

I have some ideas of what I want, not sleeveless, but not long sleeves. Quite a bit of beaded work. Long, floor length. – That’s how far I’ve got with my ideas so far.

Perfect Wedding Reception Location!

2011-11-25T21:14:00.001+00:00

I think I have found the perfect wedding reception location, I actually love it!

It’s The Manor Barn in Harlton – I really think it’s perfect for us… I hope Scott thinks the same.

Plus it’s a really reasonable price, and really gives us what we kept saying we wanted.

Take a look: http://www.themanorbarn.com/

The wedding rings we want

2011-11-25T18:23:00.001+00:00

I found these rings and we both like them – they aren’t fussy but they are really nice.

Source:http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/2036371/Trail/searchtext%3EWEDDING+RINGS.htm

Cake Ideas

2011-11-25T18:16:00.001+00:00

I found this cake while I was looking at wedding cakes on the internet.

I love the design of it as it’s simple but really symbolic.

I found it on this website, take a look:

http://www.jennifercakes.com/Wedding-cakes(1260921).htm

Updated Budget

2011-11-25T18:07:00.001+00:00

Venue costs	Budget
Venue hire - ceremony	£300
Venue hire - reception	£5000
Catering - food and drink	£5000
Wedding cake	£500
Total venue costs	£10,800

Outfits
Wedding dress - including fitting and alterations	£1000
Bridal accessories - veil, tiara, shoes, jewellery etc	£500
Bridal lingerie	£50
Bridesmaids outfits (including accessories)	£600
Groom's outfit (including shoes)	£500
Outfits for the groomsmen	£600
Hairdressing	£125
Make-up	£125
Total outfits cost	£3500

Wedding stationery
Stationery	£150
Postage	£20
Thank you cards	£100
Table plan and place cards	£100
Total wedding stationery	£370

Wedding suppliers
Photographer	£600
Videographer	-
Wedding Transport	£1000
Flowers	£600
Toastmaster	-
Fireworks	-
Entertainers	-
Total wedding suppliers	£2200

Music
Evening DJ	£300
Evening Band	-
Musicians/Band - daytime	-
CD's for ceremony music/background music	-
Total music cost	£300

Honeymoon
Honeymoon	£3500
Travel insurance	£140
Transport to/from airport	-
Currency	£200
First night accommodation	£200
Total honeymoon cost	£3940

Other
Wedding insurance	£100
Gifts to say thank you	£200
Notice of marriage/Banns	-
Marriage fees & licence	£100
Cake boxes (if you want to send cake on)	-
Favours	£200
Table decorations	£500
Guest book	£25
Wedding Rings	£500
Stag & Hen do	£300
Total other costs	£1925

Total Wedding Budget	£23,035

So after looking through our initial budget thoughts I have amended them slightly. As the total comes to £23,035 we should really aim to save £25,000 in stead of our original £21,000.

location and the rings

2011-11-25T08:31:00.001+00:00

Obviously one of the most important decisions to make when planning a wedding is where to have it and why. we both like the idea of having it in SJ's village church because that would make it really romantic and tradition and then we need to just think about where to have the reception. but we do have other ideas about locations to talk about as well.

SJ found three sets of rings to choose from so we will do that soon when she gets her internet back and can show me them and all in all were both really excited already about our big day and we know it will be perfect and that we will remember it forever it will be one of the best days of our lives.

New Products!

2011-11-24T12:35:00.000+00:00

Browse other gifts from Zazzle.

In our Zazzle shop we have a wide range of wedding and relationship related gifts and clothing which is always expanding!

Please take a look as all profits fropm our shop is going to be used to help us have the wedding of our dreams.

List of venues in Cambridge

2011-11-23T10:06:00.000+00:00

http://www.forbetterforworse.co.uk/towns/Cambridge/cambridgeshire.htm

A whole list of different venues to look into at a later date within the Cambridge area.

Rectory Farm

2011-11-23T10:03:00.000+00:00

A possible reception location if we were to having the wedding in Cambridge, it would make a lovely setting and would give us great photographs. Although the cost is very high.

http://www.rectoryweddings.net/

Wedding in Scotland

2011-11-23T09:57:00.000+00:00

I love this hotel inthe south of Scotland, it would make a lovely location for a wedding although if we were to have it there it would mean it would be a lot of travelling for the guests. We would also have to shange the date we plan to have the wedding to be earlier or later as you can only book it during the winter season.

http://www.winter-wedding-venues.co.uk/index.html

The cost is really high although it does cover nearly all of the expenses for the reception.

Something to think about...