Well here I am again and boy have I been a busy bride to be this month! So what have I been up to you may ask? I have two words and these are 'Cat Do'... note that I have said Cat and not Hen, this is because I have a completely irrational fear or birds and chickens are high up in the pecking order or birds that I am terrified of. So in truth I was fortunate enough to have two 'Cat Do's'(very lucky). The first was organised by the lovely Lorna, otherwise known as Chief Bridesmaid. She sorted out the most 'Kate' weekend ever. We went down to Brighton and stayed in a fabulous house close to the action, we drank an abundance of prosecco, so much prosecco in fact, all of us involved have had to avoid the substance for a few days to recover. After arriving at the cat hub I was presented with a 'Gryffindor' cape which was pretty amazing and I am still wearing it around the house when I can get away with it. The following day I was informed that we were taking part in 'It's a knockout' and we were to be kitted out in matching 'Team Hogwarts' tee-shirts. To cut a long story short, it was an absolutely hilarious experience and a lot of fun. We did all sorts, from throwing sponges full of water down a convoy system to wearing a giant costume, balancing a pint of water on our heads and crawling over inflatable hurdles and a few other things. We actually came an impressive fourth place out of fourteen teams although we were gutted to miss out on a medal.

From it's a knockout it was time to head back to our castle and go out for a few drinks, this ended up being the messiest night but it was a lot of fun. The next morning I was led on a mystery tour around Brighton to our next activity which was organised by my lovely bridesmaid's Gemma and Helena, although Helena couldn't be there in person she certainly had significant input into my attire. The activity was a bike ride along the beach, it sounds very nice doesn't it? I had a fab retro bike dressed up in suitable party gear and attached to the handlebars was a set of rules. This is where it became less nice haha. These rules concerned the footwear that we had to wear whilst participating in this bike ride, I was then presented with a pair of white CROCS (Shudder). Fortunately I am blessed with a fun bunch of friends who had all invested in their own Crocs or Croc substitute shoes. Activities along the bike ride included an egg and spoon race (minus croc safety straps so it was pretty risky if you ask me), beach limbo and then a lovely picnic on the beach. From there we went home, got our glad rags on and went out for a lovely meal followed by some boogying. The next day we all went our separate ways but fortunately we weren't destined to be apart for too long as we had another outing arranged for the following week.

This leads me nicely onto 'Cat do take 2' which was organised by my lovely mum Sally. A group of 20 of us went for a civilised 3 course brunch in the Shard in London. We had a private room and we were treated to stunning views of London including the poppies at the Tower of London. The cocktails are a tad on the pricey side but they are definitely worth it as they are so yummy. I think my mum might have had four! It was lovely having two celebrations as it gave me a chance to spend quality time with people before the wedding. I know it is a little bit geeky and dare I say it almost "bridezilla-esque" but I devised a name table plan with myself, my mum and Lorna in strategic locations so that I could move seats for each course and therefore get to chat with everyone without it being rushed. I even wheeled the stamping kit and labels back out as I need to use up some of my 300 labels. We also thought it would be nice to give everyone a couple of chocolates as a little favour and we tied the labels to these. Although both 'do's' absolutely flew by which has freaked me out as I don't want time to fly on the wedding day although I think I have to accept that it will do.

I have also been busy with various "wed-min" projects which I will update you with in my next post as there's quite a bit of ground to cover. At the moment I hope that I never see a organza ribbon ever again as I have certainly overdosed on my usage of these haha. That's all from me today but I shall be back pretty soon with my next update. xxx