Wedding Plans

We decided on a December wedding in The Gambia. We are both quite thrifty individuals so value for money and the term “cheap and cheerful” was one of our mottos!
We found some cheap flights and as we were staying with family didn’t need to worry about paying for accommodation.

Hubby bought a simple cream linen suit from and he looked damn fine! My dress, admittedly, was a little more expensive than his suit BUT it was in a sale (50% off) and because it was a cocktail dress instead of a poufy wedding dress I could wear it again in the future (if we miraculously got rich and started hobnobbing with the rich and famous of course!).

Moving on…

My husband left for the Gambia on 6th December 2007 to make vital preparations for me, my 2 year old son, my parents and my 2 sisters to descend upon the family compound!

Preparations you might ask? Not just the usual wedding prep! There was too the small matter of building a house for us to stay in!