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                How to get hitched without the hitches :: Wedding Gifts
            
                So you have decided to get married at long last. Yours has to be the longest pre-engagement on the record. Everyone who knows you has been wondering if and when it would ever happen. Now that you have both made up your minds that you are right for each other, you had better get on with the planning of the big performance ... er, I mean wedding. 

There are a few simple and basic rules to follow when organising the perfect wedding, and if you stick to these guidelines there is very little room for mistakes. First of all, learn to agree on every arrangement and detail, otherwise yours will be an acrimonious wedding let alone marriage. Agree on the type of venue for the wedding ceremony, the number of guests to be present, also who to invite to the wedding bash afterwards. Make sure you do not include the inappropriate guests who may end up doing the can can on the top table unless that's the kind of party you are aiming for. Do not make the bridesmaids wear lime, or tangerine, or aqua, just to make the bride look all the better. This is not the way to keep friends. Similarly, vet the best man or woman's after dinner speech for anything that you may want to sue them for at a later date. 

Possibly one of the most important things to work into the plan is to avoid laying on a free bar for the whole night. This could lead to bloodied noses, tears and the odd divorce case, and can also be very expensive. Finally, the honeymoon. Do not let a soul know, not even your mum, where you are going, the name of the hotel, the time of your flight. You are asking for trouble of the biggest kind. Imagine turning up at the place of your dreams, tired but ecstatic only to find that Brian from accounts got here before you with the five a side football team, and they've already got the drinks in and 'decorated' the bridal suite.

As long as the big day is carefully planned there should be no call for any hitches. No doubt you will be handing out wedding gifts lists to all the guests. All the usual mundane household necessities will be there like the towels, CD player, kitchen implements and so on that you hope to receive as wedding gifts. But now it is time to think beyond the practicalities, and start thinking of alternative and unusual wedding gifts that most of your guests would not have got round to thinking about. 

You have probably got your new home all ready to move into after the honeymoon, so a lovely addition to both your house and your present list is a Personalised Door Mat to place proudly outside your front door. This splendid wedding gift is made from coir matting and will be personalised with your names or any message you wish to display and will be a fine welcome to all who visit you. You are going to need lots of photo frames for all those wonderful wedding photos, and the Engraved Wedding Frame on an Easel is a lovely wedding gift and great way to show off your snaps. Sitting on a decorative easel which displays the words Our Wedding, this photo frame has a silver plaque which can be engraved with a personal message. Your wedding photos will be on display for years to come and this is one of the wedding gifts that you receive that will last and last. 

Some of the best wedding gifts are those that you get around to using long after the dust has settled. Put a Wedding Hamper with Engraved Wine Bottle on your wedding gifts list and you can enjoy the contents together at any time you wish. It includes a bottle of red, white or rose wine with engraved label and personalised message to you, a lovely candle and 2 wine flutes which are engraved with the words bride and groom. In addition, this fine wedding gift has a photo frame, selection of continental chocolates and sweet little teddy, all encased in a gorgeous wicker basket which you can reuse for romantic picnics together. 

Be loud, be proud, and tell the world that you are new to marriage with a humorous but factually accurate Just Married License Plate for your car. This fun wedding gift can be placed on the honeymoon vehicle and has suction pads to enable it to be reused. Let the world know of your new and happy status if not the location of your honeymoon. Make sure you get the wedding gifts that will be enjoyed by you, rather than the dull old household equipment you think you may need. Wedding gifts should be fun and exciting.

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