Is it really that long?

...a long while ago it seemed like a good idea to marry someone special. Well, I did just that and now it's our silver wedding anniversary. 25 years ago someone else did all the hard work now it's our turn! A simple and seemingly innocuous phrase like "let's hire the village hall and have a disco and some food" might seem like a good idea, but it's never that simple is it?
  • Hire Village Hall -easy.
  • Hire a disco - easyish.
  • Get the local pub to do the bar - right arm & leg removed, but easy.
  • Getting a caterer - ah, not so easy, only if we wanted to re-mortgage. Doing it yourself? "over my dead body" was the reply. "that can be arranged". We eventually went for Sainsbury's buffet service. I'll let you know how it goes...
  • Invitations. Now, this is where it all goes wrong. How many people to invite? People who were at the wedding? New friends? Old friends? What's the fire limit on the hall? Let's start again - How many people do we know and really want at the do? Invite them all...
It seems like a MasterCard advert, "Bar: £150, Disco: £250, buying everyone a first drink £250, seeing your Mother-In-Law legless: priceless". Well, that might happen :-).

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