10 things to do as soon as you're engaged!

1 Ditch the daily Starbucks, start walking to work, switch to economy brands and stop buying anything ‘non-essential’ so you can afford that ridiculously expensive Swarovski-encrusted dress you’ve had your eye on.
 
2 Make a pact with your friends that they will forgive all your 
tantrums, tears and total Bridezilla moments in 
exchange for you hooking 
them up with your hubby’s 
dishy ushers at the wedding.
 
3 Organise a Total Wipeout-style competition for all your girlfriends to help make choosing your bridesmaids easier!
 
4 Mention to all your unmarried friends that you’ll never have to 
go on a first date again. Smug, you? Never!
 
5 Say you’ll start getting the dream body you’ve always wanted for your big day. You’ll spend hours pouring over diet plans and fitness regimes to find your perfect body transforming route.

6 'Invest' in a beautiful new oversized handbag so you can lug your huge wedding folder and Perfect Wedding magazine around with you all the time,
for 24-7 W-day inspiration

7 Drag your groom to every wedding venue in a 200-mile radius. Interrogate the wedding planners on exactly how they intend to make your Snow White dreams come true. Refuse to accept that the release of 4,000 doves and fly-by from the Red Arrows can't happen on a £5,000 budget.
 
8 Sign up to every wedding blog on the planet. You buy your boss cake in 
the hope that they overlook you spending every day clicking between Word documents and wedding sites packed with lace, tulle and satin.
 
9 Start making jam, bunting and cupcakes. Four hours later you’re covered in glue, flour and pin pricks. You vow to leave it all to the professionals.
 
10 Try on wedding dresses. A lot of wedding dresses. You fail to see why your friends can’t tell the difference between this  hand-stitched raw silk bodice and the last 15 you tried on...