It's been a year... and it's all ended in tiers. Pun intended. But honestly what the hell is going on! We were promised by the government things will be better and much different by Christmas & now they have effectively cancelled Christmas a week before.
We were also promised by the Prime Minister a few weeks ago larger weddings will go ahead after Easter. Today he has reiterated again that things will look 'very different by Easter' yet there are rumours the country will be in tier 4, or in lockdown for a better word, until Easter. Furlough has also been extended until end of April which seems to indicate there's no end in sight to this nightmare situation for couples and wedding suppliers alike.
With 5 months to go until our wedding I should be soon scheduling my hair and make-up trials and planning my hen do yet there is not much excitement in anything wedding related at the moment. Dominant feelings are fear of losing hard-saved money and the horrible feeling of potentially having to choose between family members and friends in order to reduce our guest-list to just 13 guests...
It is not much of a consolation, but it is heartwarming to see couples and wedding suppliers across UK come together and fight for their dream days and livelihoods. The #whataboutweddings hashtag in Twitter keeps spreading messages of why weddings are more than just a party and how important they are in people's lives.
I am keeping positive and hoping we will get a roadmap from the government soon and things indeed are a lot different by Easter.
Love will win no matter what!
Anet x