some very exciting news

this is really exciting so read on.....

Virgin Bride (yes our bridal shop is called virgin bride) have been trying to get me. I came home from work last night to a few missed calls and my Dad saying it was urgent I called them, BUT by the time I got home they were closed. Now 'URGENT' isn't really a word you want to hear associated with anything to do with your wedding dress, and not one that Anna or Jenny (the WONDERFUL assistants who have served me there and been so amazing going FAR above and beyond) would use lightly. They were supposed to call me yesterday anyway to tell me if they thought the sashes for the bridesmaid dresses could be made out of the silk we ordered for Andy's cravat and stuff (it's the same silk as the detail on my dress (........I point this out now because even though I notice these details about my wedding...the chances are not many other people will) So I made a note in my to-do list to call them today.

When I came home on dinner there were a whole load more missed calls from them which seemed weird, so I called them back AND.......

You'll never guess what!!!!!!!!!!!!

We won the big prize draw!!!!!!! When you buy a dress they enter you in the prize draw and WE WON. We won a 5, 000 pound honeymoon...... well we won 5, 000 to spend on Virgin holidays over the next 2 years. This is amazing because they travel everywhere!!!!!

We could travel first class to the carribean and go diving round ship wrecks and coral reefs and bathe in the clear waters, lay on our own private sandy beach, right next to our beach front cottage with private hot tub and everything... OR we could go on safari in Africa,
tour south America, go to the Rainforest,
go on a super luxury cruise anywhere in the world...and those are only the possibilities I saw after looking on their site for 10 minutes. The thing is...
a) we have limited holiday time available
b) all their holidays originate in the U.K and if we are in England I am really going to be wanting to spend that time in England with my family

so we will think and pray about it but we might take the cash alternative, which is less than 5, 000 but still very wonderful.

Wow, we are so excited and thankful for this blessing. The girls at Virgin Bride have been so happy we won and dying to tell me, apparently they have all wanted to tell me but Anna got to because she is the one who has looked after me as far as my dress goes (Jenny has been helping us with suits and stuff more) They had all been talking about how excited they knew I would be. Anna wasn't in when I called so they want me to call back on Thursday and then next Tuesday the "Big Boss" is coming up from London and I am going to take a longer lunch break from work so I can go down, meet the 'big people' in the 'virgin empire' I think they are doing a bit of a press thing and I'll get our prize.

I was so excited I was calling Andy at 4:30am trying to tell him, I don't think he could believe it, hopefully he does now because it's true!!!!!

We are so thankful for this blessing!