My wedding dress...hoorah for Whistles

How gorgeous is this? Not giving anything away as him indoors has already seen it, but without even looking for it I found my wedding dress, from Whistles.

We're getting married in January, and had planned to wear a white dress with roses on it, a dress which I've loved for years and cost about £30 from Wallis way back when. But when you love a dress and it makes you feel good, why not wear it on one of the best days of your life? I figured I'd spend the money on Manolo's....

But got an email from Whistles for its summer sale and absolutely fell in love with one of their dresses, and thought it would be perfect. Then I had a bit of a 'mare as the online store wouldn't take any of my credit cards (which is most strange) and it took ages to get to the right person at customer service who could help me.

Meantime I panicked and ordered from Selfridges, but to my dismay it was too big... so I thought I'd find a local tailors for alterations nearer the wedding.

But Whistles responded when I asked if they had a smaller size, Shelley Richardson to the rescue. She sourced one from the Oxford store and the lovely Rachel is posting it to me today, without charging P&P and giving me a 10% discount.

So my wedding dress cost? Reduced from an original £165 to £80, I'm getting it for £72. Bloody bargain! (Mind you, I am buying a sari in Delhi, as we're getting blessed in a temple on our honeymoon in Rajastan, and they'd like us to wear Indian clothes.)

Hope it fits....