Mr & Mrs Tonna would like to invite you...

WE HAVE SET A DATE💕

As excited as I am, I did ideally want to get married next year and I was a little shocked when Matt said he wanted to get married the year after for financial reasons. We want to buy a house within the year and then we can sort out the wedding. Fair enough? 

I am having a crisis. I always thought I would be married by the time I was 30 and now I'm stressing about it. 

Probably a really silly thing to say isn't it? 

I should probably now just sit back and wait until I feel it's the right time to start organising things for it. 

We have booked the church, and seen a couple of venues now, so we have a couple of options now and just sorting out what is going to work out best for us. 

The Hyde estate is definitely the more intimate venue of the two. It is very secluded and it is a beautiful spot, with its private lakes and varse amount of flowers. It would be a stunning location for an in-formal wedding reception. You could have fairy lights in the trees and bunting, hay bails and it would just be you and your guests. 

Because of it being so secluded in the middle of the forest, owned by an old couple who have owned the land for many years it is a very intimate location. 

The red barn, Lingfield; was a pub with a beautiful barn and you can hire it out for a small fee of £15,000!

Only a small price to pay! That included all the food and the barn. Enough said! 

So I think it's safe to say we will look at a couple more barns (as that was what we originally planned) but the hyde estate is definitely looking top notch so far. 

Wedding to commence 24th June 2017

Watch this space! 

I have my girls!!

After asking my bridesmaids the big question, they have all said YES😊 so glad they are all on board with me. 

Now I need to give them all duties! (No evil laugh, I promise) 

Who?

Starting to think who we want to invite to the most important day of our lives. It is literally the hardest decision, because there has to be a line drawn at some point during the process. 

"Well if you have them, I'm going to invite..." And it goes on. I think the best thing to do is to write a few definite guests and then leave it and come back to it at a later date. That way, no arguments...simple! 

I came across 'www.confetti.co.uk', it allows you to write up a guest list, place a buffet and works it all out for you as long as you write in exact amounts and you can start to create table plans too. It's all very exciting. I haven't gone as far as having a definite list yet, I'm not that organised. Keep your hair on! 

Just thought I'd show a sneak peak on our wanted locations too. Aren't they lovely. So these are the two places we have our hearts set on, meetings to follow on Saturday. Will update all. 

Let the games begin...

Let the games begin...

"Lets create a magical moment for all to see!" Then he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. Of course I said "YES!"

After two years of being in a relationship with my best friend, we have decided to get married and spend our lives making each other as happy as we have done for the past two years.


The first moment I met Matthew I knew that he was going to be in my life, one way or another. After spending hours serving on the bar at work, the cricket boys done shot after shot of 'Jaeger Bombs' and of course I stood and watched them all get more drunk and rowdy as the night went on. Matt didn't make a move that night or even talk to me much to be honest. So I always say I made the first move, by (sorry) adding him on Facebook, after stalking him out through a couple of mutual friends we know through The Jolly Tanners, that's where we met.


As weeks turned into months, I finally got asked to go for a drink with Matt in April 2013 and of course he knew I had already got a son, George. Which didn't seem to be a problem. He knew it was a big commitment. After reassuring him that I didn't expect anything from him and to just see how things pan out we agreed to keep things going and we knew that we are perfect for each other. After all, he keeps me grounded which is what I needed and I keep him from going to bed too early and being too sensible. So we work out perfectly!


Fast forwarding time to the present...


So, he got down on one knee and popped the question after leaving me in huge suspense for a good couple of months. We went to 'look' at engagement rings in Hatton Garden, London in January. He had secretly ordered the ring that we chose together and (because he knew my size from previous) he got it just right. My ring is perfect.


Of course after the engagement we were so happy and told everyone, and then the first question came. From a number of people "Have you set a date?" I never thought that one question would irritate me so much. I thought, I've been engaged for 7 hours and I'm already being asked if I have basically planned my whole wedding day. "ERRRRRR NO"


Well, it's safe to say after nearly three weeks of being engaged, we still do not have a set date. We have looked at a couple of churches and possible reception venues. It's slightly overwhelming how much there is to consider, take note on, get opinions and actually meeting people.


The lovely church where I had George's christening, is 'the one'. We went to look at it again last weekend and the good news is that we have a connection within the parish, which was fantastic news. Next weekend we have our first meeting with Father James at St. Nicholas so I think it's safe to say that after our meeting we can give a definite wedding date.