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PLANNING Wed Like a Wag 1 11285 views
Wayne Rooney and fiancée Coleen McLoughlin have spent a reported £3 million on their big day, but getting the WAG-factor, doesn't have to put your wedding budget in the red. From the hen party to the favours, leading shopping comparison site Kelkoo (Hitwise UK), has done some wedding research.
Bruce Fair, managing director, Kelkoo, says: “Kelkoo is a great source for wedding inspiration and searching for products on Kelkoo can give you savings of around 15-20% on high street prices”.
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WAG vs BLAG
1. Engagement ring
WAG – When Gary Neville proposed to his WAG, Emma Hadfield, he reportedly spent £170,000 on the platinum 4 carat diamond ring.
BLAG – Hand-crafted, customised platinum 1 carat diamond engagement ring at kelkoo.co.uk is £1,124
SAVING – £168,876
2. Hen party
WAG – Coleen spent £7,000 on a weekend to Miami for her and 5 friends, for flights and accommodation.
BLAG – Weekend at 4-star The Palms on South Beach Miami, from £679 per person including flights and
accommodation at kelkoo.co.uk – from £4,074 for six nights.
SAVING – £2,926 for six hens
3. WAG Tan
WAG – No self-respecting WAG would be seen without a perma-tan. Super-WAG Victoria Beckham’s favourite is St. Tropez, applied in the privacy of her own home with a personal beauty therapist – £90.
BLAG – Apply the sun-kissed look yourself, with the St. Tropez Aero Bronze Spray Tan – £16.45.
SAVING - £73.25
4. WAG body
WAG – Coleen has called personal trainer Elise Lindsay her ‘secret weapon’. The award-winning fitness queen gave Coleen special workouts to make sure she’s ready for those all-important wedding photos. A personal trainer four times a week for six weeks costs around £1,200.
BLAG – Who better to pick up tips from than a WAG herself? Get in shape with Coleen's 'Brand New Body Workout' DVD, from £6.83.
SAVING – £993.17
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PLANNING Happy Hens 2 14840 views
Celebrating your hen night is not for the faint-hearted. It is a real step closer to being MrsX and is a great time for bonding with new sister-in-laws and friends. Add a fun activity and you'll be in for a never-to-forget experience. This week we check out boxing lessons.
Forget pampering and pedicures. Instead, try something you might not have thought of doing before - something that will bond you and your friends and set the tone for an energetic evening. And what could be more energetic than donning some silky shorts and boxing gloves and stepping into the ring to learn some moves that will knock the socks off hubbie-to-be! Fast losing its intimidating reputation, boxing is becoming more and more popular with women. It is also one of the best fitness conditioning sports around. Not only is it a great work out that tones every inch of your body, but it’s also a fantastic, guilt-free way to start your big night out!
At the Boxing Clinice, a team of elite trainers run two-hour boxing workshops for all you Hens out there. You'll learn as a group how to move, think and act like a Lady Boxer. Once we've taught you the basics, including stance, guard, footwork and movement, you will be put through your paces with a boxing workout where you will hit speedballs, punch bags and focus pads. You’ll be surprised at how easy this becomes when you start visualising your ex instead of the punch bag! Then once you've discovered your inner Mohammed Ali, you get to beat your coaches up in the ring! Who knows, you may even be a real natural? And if not, it’s a great excuse to get rid of all that pent up wedding stress!
The basic package costs £50 per person but for an extra £30 you will receive a t-shirt and you get to keep the kit (boxing gloves and wrist wraps) in case you get a real taste for it! And if you want to go that extra mile, we can even arrange for you (at an extra cost) to have a dvd made of the session.
Full changing facilities including showers and hair dryers are available on site so you can even go out for your night on the tiles straight after the session. After all, you’ll be in the ideal location to start your big night with a bang – in the heart of London with the best bars, clubs, restaurants and theatres at your fingertips!Check out the Boxing Clinic for more info.
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• Guard• Correct Stance
• Foot Work
• Movement
• Boxer's Style Skipping
• Focus Pad Combinations
• Speed Ball Work
• Bag Work
• 15 Minutes Boxers Fitness Circuit
• Putting your skills to the test in the Ring!
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PLANNING Happy Hens 1 15752 views
Celebrating your hen night is not for the faint-hearted. It is a real step closer to being MrsX and is a great time for bonding with new sister-in-laws and friends. Add a fun activity and you'll be in for a never-to-forget experience. This week we check out dance lessons.
Leading dance company, First Dance UK, announces today that it has added Winchester to its list of UK towns in which it offers Hen Party dance lessons and dance routines.With a network of over 220 dance teachers and choreographers across the UK and Ireland, First Dance UK arranges for hen parties to learn a dance routine to a song of their choice or a dance routine from a film such as Fame or Grease. Professionally choreographed, the routine is tailored to the hen party size, time frame and dance abilities.
The dance classes are held in a dance studio, hall or hotel in the hen party’s local town or in a private residence/location.
Whether you go for the usual styles of salsa and street jazz or more unusual belly dancing, flamenco and pole dancing, the company’s dance teachers will work to any dance routine, style or song requested. If the Hens have difficulty in choosing a song, then First Dance UK can recommend suitable lyrics and routines.
Gemma Rogers, Partner of First Dance UK comments: “A large number of our clients perform the routines that they learn during the hen party at the wedding reception itself". So be sure to pick the right dance routine!Sarah Rollings opted to learn a routine for 'Walking on Sunshine' by Katrina & the Waves. 'We all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, it was so much fun & Suzi was great. The weather was a bonus, being so warm we were able to boogie outside.'
For further information about First Dance UK’s Hen Parties, visit their website www.firstdanceuk.co.uk.
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PLANNING Real Hen Weekend 13832 views
When Amanda Hayfield got back to Devon after a hen weekend in Bath, she sent WeddingPath the details…Amanda Hayfield
16-18 May 2008
Friday am
Amanda’s fab hen weekend started at a breakfast with her mother, Ann, sister and maid-of-honour, Debs and a friend, Heidi, before leaving Brixham, in Devon for the bright lights of Bath.
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After traffic jams and diversions, they finally arrived and checked into the Royal Hotel.«We had immaculate rooms with every detail you could imagine – even shoe shiners and sewing kits», says Amanda.
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At the hotel bar they were joined by two family friends and cousins, Sam and Andrea, making up a party of 8 for the evening. Debs made sure Amanda donned a hen sash and veil – attracting a lot of general attention! After several goldfish-bowl-size glasses of Rose, Debs and friend Heidi ordered a bottle of Taittinger – and then the fun really started.
The eight hens played a game where they had to remember fictitious nick-names for each other. The penalty for forgetting a name was to ‘drink up’. Bubbles got the better of the b2b, especially as she had not eaten since breakfast. After getting changed for dinner, she walked to Garfunkels, near Pultney Bridge but couldn’t face eating!
Saturday am
After breakfast, the party split up for shopping and sightseeing. At lunchtime, a further four hens arrived, making the party up to a total of 12. Meanwhile Amanda, Ann, Debs and Heidi headed to the Thermae Spa. They changed into swimsuits and went up to the open-air rooftop pool before hitting the aromatherapy steam rooms where there were stone foot spas. They finished off at the hot springs in the Minerva Bath, complete with rapids. Afterwards, they went back to the roof top to ‘chillax’, the word Debs coined for relaxing and chilling out – just what a bride needs!
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Some of the Hens headed to Sally Lunn’s for traditional tea and Bath cakes and visited the Cellar Museum with its Medieval and Roman foundations. Then it was time to get ready for the evening celebrations with a meal at the hotel restaurant. Amanda and her mum decorated the table with confetti and ribbons. Amanda had also made pink handbag favours with truffles and name cards for the hens, The finishing touch was a massive champagne balloon that Debs had bought.
…and later
«The hens arrived and thought the table looked fab».
Amanda had put little boxes of wedding trivia on the table, and they all played the name game over many bottles of wine! The mums were a little emotional, but after the meal they headed to a club, called the Second Bridge for a boogie and a laugh. Back at the hotel, Debs, Caroline (sister of the groom), Heidi and the b2b went up to a room to chat and drink wine.«It was such a nice bonding session and we all talked about life and our feelings, and felt like we got to know each other better!», says Amanda.
Sunday am
Amanda and her mum went for an early morning stroll.«It was so nice to have some quiet time to ourselves. We headed back for breakfast and were still the first ones at the buffet table!»
After breakfast, they said their goodbyes and checked out. Feeling blue that her new family members were off home, Debs suggested doing some last minute shopping and sightseeing before heading home. All the way back down the motorway they reminisced about the laughs and memories!
«I will never forget my hen weekend in Bath and will always remember good wine, good food, good family and good friends!», says Amanda.
Amanda’s Contact Book
The Royal Hotel 01225 463134
Garfunkel's 01225 461465
Thermae Bath Spa 0844 888 0844
Sally Lunn’s 01225 461634
The Second Bridge 01225 464449Got a hen celebration that you would like to share? Tell us all about it on an email – and don’t forget to send some photos!
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PLANNING Love Story 10633 views
Love runs deep and your wedding day is the chance to share a little of your very good fortune. Many WeddingPath brides do exactly this by putting charities on their gift lists. And to mark the first World Hepatitis Day, we take our hats off to John and Chrissy.
John Semple and Chrissy Davis, both hepatitis C patients, met on an online hepatitis forum. Romance flourished and with a common cause, they decided to make the first ever World Hepatitis Day the focus of their Cornish wedding - today, the 19th May!
Many of the wedding guests are also hepatitis patients, including John's best man Clive who had a liver transplant just three weeks ago due to hepatitis C. All have agreed to allow as much media coverage of the big day as possible to raise awareness. And the logo of Am I Number 12? sets a blue and white colour theme.Travelling in a vintage double-decker bus, decorated with the logo, Chrissy and John are tying the knot at Truro Register Office. Afterwards, the wedding party meets at Lemon Quay in Truro town centre where leaflets to raise awareness of hepatitis and World Hepatitis Day will be handed out by the newlyweds and their wedding party.
The wedding cake is also going to be decorated with the Am I Number 12? logo - signifying that globally one in 12 people are infected with either hepatitis B or C. And in Parliament, the number 12 is highlighted again as 12 members, including Former Department of Health Secretary of State, the Rt. Hon. Patricia Hewitt, will be having a hepatitis test.Many congratulations Chrissy and John!
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