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The Hen Party Special !

May 01, 202458 minEp. 24
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Planning a wedding? Then no doubt you'll be planning a Hen/Stag do too, or maybe even a Sten ?! This week we reminisce on Hannah's Hen from the weekend and there are many highlights and laughs along the way ! We also go through more of Hannah's finl weeks of planning and what she's been up to.

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hayley-waller_1_04-29-2024_183744

Hello, hello.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Hello!

hayley-waller_1_04-29-2024_183744

How are you feeling after your hen weekend?

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Okay, I'm very tired. We've had a couple of late nights, haven't we?

hayley-waller_1_04-29-2024_183744

Have.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

but yes, very, very tired.

hayley-waller_1_04-29-2024_183744

Oh, it was so good though. I can't wait to tell everyone about it.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Shall we get started then we'll get into it?

hayley-waller_1_04-29-2024_183744

Let's do it.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Hi, I'm Hannah.

hayley-waller_1_04-29-2024_183744

And I'm Hayley,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

And we are your wedding planning experts!

hayley-waller_1_04-29-2024_183744

here to spill the tea on the inside of wedding planning and everything that goes with it,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Expect our honest opinions, the real juice on what happens on a wedding day.

hayley-waller_1_04-29-2024_183744

with a few tips thrown in between.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

And also just a chat between friends.

hayley-waller_1_04-29-2024_183744

And of course, make sure you hit that subscribe button and

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

let's get

hayley-waller_1_04-29-2024_183744

you wet. So yeah, we're going to give the listeners a download on Hannah's Hen Weekend.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

The Hemparty Special!

hayley-waller_1_04-29-2024_183744

special, I was, I was lucky enough to be invited to the hen do.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

first weekend away from Bubba, wasn't it?

hayley-waller_1_04-29-2024_183744

know, it was, yeah. It was, yeah, I was sad to leave her but I had a great time, I'm not going to lie.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Yes, we did. We did.

hayley-waller_1_04-29-2024_183744

so good, honestly,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

how we start, how should we do this? The Hem Party Lowdown. How do you want to start? Do you want me to go into what what we did? Or, how should we do this?

hayley-waller_1_04-29-2024_183744

So I

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Yeah?

hayley-waller_1_04-29-2024_183744

start by, I think you tell people what you're kind of expecting or what, because obviously you don't.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

good idea.

hayley-waller_1_04-29-2024_183744

do you so actually

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

No?

hayley-waller_1_04-29-2024_183744

like normally when you think of hen do you think of like booze filled weekends

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Yeah.

hayley-waller_1_04-29-2024_183744

mean i mean it was it was for some of us

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Ha ha ha! Yep. Yeah, so I booked,

hayley-waller_1_04-29-2024_183744

weekend

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

so I basically said so my two best friends planned it two of my bridesmaids so they I had spoken to them already to say the kind of things I wanted to do. So we kind of toyed with some ideas. Originally, I actually looked at one of the Butlin's weekends just because I love that whole, as you know from Saturday Night, the whole kind of, you know, Holiday camp party

hayley-waller_1_04-29-2024_183744

box

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Yeah, we're all having fun And Oh, brilliant. The hot, that whole vibe. So I was like, I'd love a butlin's weekend. I've never been. Then I started reading into them and read it's basically like 40, 50 year old women that arrive on a Friday and start drinking and writing through till Sunday. And I was like, no, you know what? That's just, it's not, it's not for me actually. And apparently there's like people being sick in the swimming pool and everything. So I saw that on a few, few reviews.

I know. So. Apparently it's just like, yeah, it's like, you know, like Club 30, like whatever it is, like 18 to 30s. It's like that but for like There's a lot. It's like a older clientele basically. So I was like, no. So a couple of years ago, we actually did I planned a hemp party for one of my friends and she wanted to go to Bournemouth. So we booked like a house, like a big house to fit everyone in. And I loved that. I thought it was, it was really good.

So I was like, Hmm, I feel like that's something I would wanna do. So started looking at places. And we looked at like Brighton and stuff but it was because a lot of my friends and family are in Norfolk, I was like it, some of these places are just so far for everyone to go to. We looked at Blackpool as well and again a few people put me off Blackpool because they were like Hannah, have you ever been to Blackpool? and they were like it's a terrible place.

Apologies to any listeners from Blackpool.

hayley-waller_1_04-29-2024_183744

I was about to say it's the arsehole of the world, but I

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

literally that is what I've heard, is to grim.

hayley-waller_1_04-29-2024_183744

hopefully no one lives there.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

which I didn't expect that. So yeah, so we looked at a few places, but then I was like, you know what people come from Norfolk So let's just try and go somewhere accessible So in the end I chose Cambridge just because I know it's a nice city I've only ever been there a couple of times for weddings. I haven't actually really been like for leisure

hayley-waller_1_04-29-2024_183744

as well, like, I

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Exactly. It was bang in the middle between Northampton and Norfolk and I feel like everybody's journey was like an hour and 15 Which was perfect

hayley-waller_1_04-29-2024_183744

it was

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

good amount of time. So I chose the house, and I found the house, I kind of went around and said to everybody who wants to come, found a house that fitted everybody, and then I left it to them to organize it. I gave them some kind of ideas about maybe things I'd want to do, but they kind of rolled with it and actually I think in the end all the things they did were their ideas, which was really nice.

So yeah, so I think I was just expecting, yeah, probably, yeah, some like activities in Cambridge, stuff at the house. That kind of vibe, really. A bit more of a girls weekend, I would say, than a hem party.

hayley-waller_1_04-29-2024_183744

like a party, party

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Yeah. Yeah.

hayley-waller_1_04-29-2024_183744

was so good though, I think they really hit the nail on the head,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

It did.

hayley-waller_1_04-29-2024_183744

over the three days, I feel like they ticked all the boxes,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

So good, wasn't it? So we actually so Hayley came Saturday, so I'll start from the beginning. So,

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah. Start from the beginning.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

we didn't get there till about 5, because you couldn't get check in to the house till 4. And the girls wanted to go in and do some decor bits, which was so nice. So when we turned

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Oh, it was so good. Their decorations were amazing.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Weren't they? They had like a

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

So good.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

of like, everybody had sent photos. So there was a wall of like all different photos of everybody which was really cool.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

yeah, just all like Hindu decks wasn't there? And

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah. And they balloon, they did like a little balloon

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

arch.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

like a,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

A

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

a photo wall, but they, yeah, the balloon arch was so good though. Sometimes they look really shit, but there's, it was so nice. Oh, really good.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

And then we had like all little goodie bags on the table, which had our names on. And there

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

So sweet.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

in there, which was

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah things is like actual useful things as well. So like, there was like a, and things we used over the weekend, like hair clip, there was like a bag of sweetss a glass, things like that.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

the

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Oh my god. They came in handy. Silent Disco. They were amazing.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Yeah, so basically what we did was, we, they then laid out all this food for like a buffet on the side, which is really nice. So we ate, and then we went and got changed, which they told me to bring like a nice white outfit. Had some photos in front of the photo wall. And then they were like, oh, we're gonna go, like, I wasn't, wasn't allowed in the lounge, basically. And I went in, and there was just all, like, lights and everything.

And they'd got all like the foam glow stick things and glow sticks and

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

good.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

for your face and stuff. It was so cool. And they'd hired the Silent Disco and it was so good and it worked really well. And we had a brilliant time. We literally started it at about 7. 30 and we were dancing until eventually at like midnight. We're like, we need to go to bed because we've got an early start the next day. So it was just so much fun. And what I loved about it is you can have two or three different Playlist playing at the same time and you just change your channel So

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah, so good.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

stuff they you can listen to different music

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah, I love that. And the funniest thing about it is like, obviously everyone's like giving it, well, it's like, the headphones on. You take your headphones off and just listen, everyone's like, Uhhhhhhhh. They're singing,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

The

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

and they're so out of tune. It's so funny. And it's got this like, clash of different music.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

if you listen to some of the videos, like literally

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Oh my gosh,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

in

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

this is so bad.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

like everyone's singing at the top of their lungs.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

So, yeah, so we did that. And then the Saturday is when we then we got up in the morning, got taxis into Cambridge. We did punting. We to Prezzo's for lunch, which is when Hayley then joined us.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yep, met you at Prezo.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

you? You can fill us in on that. In

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

the wedding.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

And then and then we did, which I loved, was would you just say it was a treasure hunt?

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah, it was kind of like a treasure scavenger hunt kind of thing. So you had to kind of like, it was an app wasn't it? So there was lots of different clues and things you had to find to get points. Basically, all of these like,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

didn't you? Like, find, like,

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

yeah. Like a sign.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

yeah, like

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

a pub or a restaurant or something. Take a photo with like a bike or a phone box.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Yeah.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

loads of stuff like that or the, the funniest one was Hannah had to find someone that looked like her

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

god.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

and we found this woman and we were like, Oh, because she had red hair, didn't she? So you were like, Oh, do you know, Sorry, this is really like

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Random.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

can, we're doing a scavenger hunt. I need to, Do this, like, get points, have a photo of someone that looks like me. And cause she's got red hair and this girl goes like, Oh my God how awkward.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Yeah.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

a bit awkward. Can I cover my face? So she took a photo with Hannah, but covered her face. I was like, what are you? It's a celebrity.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

was like this is awkward. If it

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah, this is awkward. And we were all like, what? Is it?

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

of course, like, go

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

of thing. How weird.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

So when she covered her face up though, it was quite funny.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

was she a celebrity or something? You were like, does she know

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Oh.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Yeah, so that was really fun. But actually, in the end, we found out that I,

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Oh yeah,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

things seriously, right? So one of the

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

we weren't even allowed to stop for a fucking drink, right?

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

We literally, one of the things was you need to get a photo of your group with a cocktail. So everyone's banging on about, well, there's this bar, we can get cocktail here. And I'm like, no, we ain't got time to stop for a cocktail. I'll run in Sainsbury's and get a canned cocktail. Actually, I think that was your idea. You said we could get canned. I was

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah, get a can of cocktail.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

So we drank it in the street. Because who's got time? Then we found out the other team, who, by the way, we beat by 500 points. They got 300, we got 800. Just putting it in there.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

no surprise.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

surprise.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

No surprise.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

for an hour, having their cocktails,

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Googling answers? It's

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

the answers. I felt like they should

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

awful.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

if I'm honest. And I

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

I think so.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

if they'd have beaten us, but they didn't. They didn't beat

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Nah, there was no chance though, not with you as the team leader.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

no, not at all. No, I was like military, you know.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

We need to

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Operation.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Move quicker!

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Quicker! Faster! You guys run ahead, I'll get the cocktails and meet you at the road.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Literally, keep running! Keep running! I'll catch up!

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

So funny.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

So we did that and then we went back to the house. We got Chinese. Good old Chinese.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

love a Chinese.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Lovatronis and then we, oh, and then I didn't know what was happening, so I didn't even know what I was wearing. So the girls were like, oh, do you want to see your outfit? Bought it out and it was a 1920s, like what the girls called

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Flapper dress Yeah

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

flapper dress. Which was really nice. So we all got changed and then I still didn't know what was happening And they were like, what do you think it is? I was like, well, maybe some kind of like dance class like Charleston dance class or I don't know karaoke or I don't know and then it transpired. It was a murder mystery, which was really fun. Oh just reverting back By the way, so everybody had the slapper girl dresses on Hayley tell us about your outfit

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

So, you know I wanted to go against the grain a bit and I knew that my character was a man So I took it quite seriously that it was fancy dress and I actually dressed up as a 1920s

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Gangsta. You

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

except I just look like Charlie Chaplin

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

look brilliant.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

And a moustache, and a shirt, and everything on, it's so jokes. Fake cigar. Oh, thanks. My cigar. Oh dear, it was so funny. You never know. It's a real

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

were getting ready I walked past Hayley's room and Hayley was like, oh, I need to iron my shirt. And I thought, what's she wearing a shirt for? And then she rocks down. Honestly, it was hilarious.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

pinstripe shirt, wasn't it? Oh god. Oh,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

brilliant. Like, you

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

so funny.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Like, you went all out. It was, it was

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

And, I ended up being the murderer.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

You, yeah you was, and I got it right. Was it me and Beth? I couldn't

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah, you and Beth, yeah, yeah,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Yeah, I changed my mind right at the last moment. So, it was you.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

yeah. I was dodgy.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

in the room, was the murderer.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

That's it.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

yeah,

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

it. Dodgy.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

fun. And then we just couldn't resist.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

so good.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

back in the PJs, didn't we? Which we all

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yep,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

which was lovely. And then we did the silent disco again.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

it was so good. Yeah, it was amazing.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

silent disco and the party dancers. Which Shout out to Hayley Coombs with her army roll.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah, special rendition of Oops Upside Your Head.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Literally, we would tell the story, you gotta tell the story. I'm

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

all got down and everyone was going a bit off piste with the way that you like swing round on the floor and then Your friend Hayley got a bit frightened so she rolled out.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

an

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

She literally rolled out. She's not tapped out, she rolled out.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

She literally, she was like, I'm out of here, and did an army roll out of the line. Out of

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

And my core just couldn't take anymore because I've, you know, recently had a baby and I was like, Oh, my core!

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Yeah, all I could

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

And my pelvic floor!

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

as Yeah, my core doesn't work! My core can't

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

It was so good. It was so good.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

yes, we did that. And then, we, I didn't go to bed till like 2am that night.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

I know, yeah. We all went up and you're like, oh, let's have a tea. It's like, bloody hell.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

table at the end of the night. Just,

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

It was nice though, we were all like, chatting. Heh,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

with one of the girls, and then everybody just started gradually coming in, and you all just stood around the table with your headphones on, dancing to

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

listening.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

So, I couldn't hear anything, but everyone was just doing different dances, because they were listening

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Oh,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

was

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

so funny.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

So, yeah, we just ended up chatting until two in the morning. And then Yeah, got up the next day. The next day was quite nice. It was chilled, wasn't it? We had a right

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

sat around the kitchen table having a chinwag, having a cup of tea, having some biscuits and then and

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Sorry. Oh my god, I've been waiting for this. I've been waiting. So we went

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

you tell the story

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

to this really nice pub.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

A lovely country pub

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

It was, you know, your idyllic country pub in, you know, just outside of Ely. Beautiful surroundings. And it was on the top of the hill, like, it had wooden legs.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

leg dog.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

And we sat out the back of this pub. By the way, being sarcastic, it was really outside.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

The lights were off, there was no music on. We were the only people

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

And we were, we were like, Oh, they saw us coming, but they were rubbing their hands. Oh, we've got a, we've got a busy day today in the kitchen

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

busy

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

and I'm not sure they could quite keep up with the demand because well, let's just say their microwave has been quaking in its boots that day. So I mean I made the mistake of going When you walk to the toilet you walk past the kitchen And I looked in and I wish I hadn't

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

glad I didn't go to the

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Oh,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

because apparently the

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

yeah

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

too.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Everything was bad I know I feel bad because obviously your friends They didn't know what the place was going to be like I mean? It's not like they booked it Knowing what it was going to be like

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

the

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

hired.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

I don't know.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Oh no.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

to be fair, do you know what? It was funny actually that it was like that because it was like we were like wetting ourselves on the drive home talking about it. We were actually crying with laughter.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

what was it you, was it you that had the mash?

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

No, it was your friend Emma and I was sat opposite her and let me tell you, there's something wrong with your meal when you can cut your mash up and it goes kkkk when you cut into it. So we all ordered roast dinners and oh my god, I've never seen broccoli look so yellow.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

my god, it was like, properly in Anne's broccoli, wasn't it? Like,

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

I, I'm not easily put off food, but I struggled, mate, getting that sound.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

It was the girls that had the lamb, and they were like, what is that?

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

It's that laugh.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

be lamb, could be beef, could be horse.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

And then when she was like, I would just rustle up a chicken. How can you

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

we don't eat beef or lamb and we said, Oh wait, is there any other meat? And she said, I could probably rustle you up a chicken. Where did,

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

up a chicken, you've either got it or you haven't.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

come

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

rustle up the bottom of the freezer, straight in that microwave.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

them old freezers with loads of, you know where it's like really built up with ice.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Oh, don't. Oh.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

The dessert

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

So, that was

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

I quite enjoyed

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah, the dessert was good. That was the highlight.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

It was, it was funny. It it

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

It was just so good. It was. So yeah, finished off the day with a nice roast dinner.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

And then a few people then told, went home. And then the rest of us, we watched a film, we watched that new, it's, it's on Netflix, some chick flick. It was the back. The act was pretty bad. I'm not gonna lie, but it was all right.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Oh, that was all right.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Yeah I can't think of what it's called now. So we watched that and then we had a little fire, which was nice. Had a bit of a

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Love that.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

then

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Cozy.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

in the evening. Oh, we, we ordered a pizza and then played some games in the evening. So yeah, it was a nice chilled

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

yeah, I mean, you can just tell by the description of the food we ate this weekend. It was pretty, wow.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

bad.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

My,

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

I feel a bit bad today.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

bit rank today, I'm not gonna lie, and I, Jesus.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Need a cleanse.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Literally, like, I haven't eaten rubbish for, like, the last five weeks, and then this

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Like binged.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

ate five weeks worth of rubbish. So,

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Well,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

was fun.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

well it's a special occasion so

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

girls I mean, shout out to Mel and Kayanne, who planned it, because they did a terrific job. Like, the amount of effort they must have put in, and their

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

like even it was just

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

got rinsed, is all I'm gonna say. Yeah,

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

food they had like all that food there like crisps biscuits snacks so like if you wanted to get something there was everything was covered like they'd really thought of everything and

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

we didn't go

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

actually I

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

we?

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

No, not at all. And I really liked the fact that it was an Airbnb that you'd like booked a house and like everyone was there and everyone had their own room and whatever. Well, I've not been to a hindi like that before, where it's like, cause obviously normally you'd like, maybe you'd go somewhere and stay in a hotel for the night or something.

So I just felt it was just really you know, Relax and I just love that all the food was there for everybody and didn't have to go out like, you know Sometimes you have to make it go out for a night and then you gotta spend money on Taxis every you kind of with the silent disco and everything. It was all at the house.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

actually,

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

just

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

the weekend, we didn't actually have to spend that much money, did we?

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

No, no.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

meal out and the dodgy roast dinner. But other than that yeah, it was like, they'd done it as like a package, so everything was included, which I thought was really, really good.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah, I like that.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

I thought that was really good. And then everyone just bought their own drink as well, so you're not, you think, when you go on like a night out, like how much money you spend at the bar, if you're doing that

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah, it's

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

hen weekend, plus like lunches

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

like easy like

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Us

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

300 quid.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

But yeah, like you

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

So even like when we went to Prezzo, we were like, well, we don't need to get dessert because we had loads of cakes and

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

loads of stuff at home.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

back at the

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

so yeah, it was, it was really good. We definitely didn't go hungry.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

no.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

biscuits we ate.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

We did not. I love a good crisp though.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

good crisp. Oh,

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Gosh,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

just can't

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

it was a good selection as well.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

yeah, good at the crisp selection. So yeah, I would definitely say, like, that is, if you're looking for, like, what to do for your hen do, like, doing that in

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Everybody's there yeah, I think, I just think it worked really well. Like, as you say, I don't drink, but I do still love, like, a dance, a sing

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah, like you didn't have to have a drink to have a good time like at all and that's

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

are different. Some

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

good. Yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

if they don't drink, they don't like that kind of environment. But even if you had that house, you wouldn't need to do that. You could have done slumber party vibe like we did watch

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

you know, face masks, play games.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Lovely.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

even need to do like the silent disco, but I would highly recommend the silent disco because one of my friends Has just had a baby as well, so she was like, feeling quite tired on the night, she wanted to go to

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

She had a bit of a headache, bless her, but she didn't feel like she couldn't, like, go off and go to bed, because, yeah,

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

No, she just could've gone.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

you can't hear the mute, it's not like we're

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Can't hear the music. Yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

just

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah. No, I thought it

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

was

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

was perfect, really.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

and actually people could kind of do their own thing if they wanted to sit in the kitchen they could if they wanted to dance they could so yeah it's it's nice but at the same time because i've done hen parties before where you go out but keeping everyone together is a nightmare

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah, that's the thing, isn't it? and you got different personalities sometimes as well when you're like getting a group of girls together or boys, obviously, whatever. But like, you know, when you've got, there can be a clash of personalities and sometimes when you're out, like. Things can get a little bit more troublesome, I feel. So I feel like

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

wander

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

just being, being all together. Yeah, wandering off, or like, they don't want to go to that bar, they want to go to another one. Or they're going to go out for a fag or something, and then you lose everybody. and I just felt like being all in one place, that you've got like a centre point.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

we

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

it was just, it was really good. Yeah, I loved it.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

The

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

It's nice.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

was brilliant. so they delivered it on the Friday and it had like all the lights for the room, the headsets, they give you an iPad to put the playlists on so it was really good, like

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

and stuff as well. So yeah, I'd highly recommend that. Then they just pick it up when you want them to pick it up. So yeah.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

I was thinking as well like because I've been looking at venues and stuff for my 30th and I'm struggling to be honest, but a lot of them are like Oh, you can do it, but you have to turn the music off at 10 because it's a residential area But like if you had a silent disco

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Yeah.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

why couldn't you then extend you could do that because obviously it's no one can hear the music obviously you've got people like You Maybe singing or whatever, but it's not like having music blaring, is it? So I think it's maybe a way of getting around things and for like maybe for your wedding, like for a wedding as well. Like I think

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

yeah.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

you know, after the night's done, maybe bit more of like a rave kind of thing in the evening. You get all the headphones on and just like change it up. I thought that's a really good idea.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

say is if you're going to do it for like a big amount of numbers. So the

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah. Blow

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

could do it for like up to 200 people. So you could do it for like a big

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

me.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

But if you're going to

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

got like a hundred people. Obviously there was only like. 12 of us is get like a tech person to come along as well because

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Okay. Yeah,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

easily, like we had a, not any problems, but like, you know, sometimes with the sound would go or a

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

like cut out.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Yeah, so I think if you've got, if it's for your wedding, you're not going to want to sit there having to manage that.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

like, fiddle with the

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

yeah, if you get someone that's a little bit tech minded, like to just be there and like oversee it

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

I think that would

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah, good idea.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

really that DJ, that would be a good offering from a DJ where the DJ plays from like 8 till 10 and then turns it to silent disco from like 10 till

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah, afterwards.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

manage the tech side and then they're

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

party

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

there's DJs out there that offer it as, like, part of a package. There must be.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

really.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

If not, then they need to get on that, because

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

it, DJs.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

out. It's all the rage, so. And I didn't realise until the Saturday night that so the different channels, there's three different channels and they're different colours, so when you look at people's heads you can see what channel they're on colour.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

See what they're

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

I didn't know that until the Saturday

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Oh, did you not?

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

I just saw that they lit up! I didn't realise that they correlate to what you're listening to.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Oh, it's just reminded me of something as well. I'm gonna have to call you out here on this podcast. Don't worry about it. I'm going to have to when so obviously we did like a Polaroid picture. And then like obviously it prints out the picture and then someone shook it. Now. the outcast song, you know, shake it like a Polaroid picture. Shake it. You're not meant to shake it. He actually got sued for saying that. Okay, apparently it ruins the picture.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Yeah.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

But you thought that the words, the lyrics were shake it like a Polaroid preacher

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

do.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

is gonna stay with me for the rest of my life. Every time I hear that song, you're like, you're

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

were telling this story. You were like, yeah, you know that they

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

like, I

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

sued OutKast for that. And I'm thinking, what the fuck are they talking about? And I looked at Aidan and went, oh, is that, is that the lyrics? like a Polaroid picture.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

love that. It's just so good. That's so funny.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

all I'm gonna say.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

That's so true.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Oh, it was brilliant. But yeah, we just had the best time. I had a really good time. And then,

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Oh, it was really good.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

many lovely bits. I've got a nice, like, Oh, I need to get you to do the Kiss the Miss. We

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Oh, yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

So when I next see

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Oh,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

it and we'll do that. I've got a lovely, like, Welcome to Hannah's Hen sign. Kelly, the lovely Kelly from Pink Panic Weddings. She made me a lovely box to, like, keep all my photos and bits in. She

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

yeah. That was so cute. Love that.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

By the way, never used an eye mask before, and I got two this weekend, one from Kelly and one

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Oh,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

and Mel,

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

in everyone's goodie bags. And

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Used one yet or not?

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

so I used them this weekend, best thing ever, cause I can't

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

any light, and it was quite

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Oh, yeah. They're so good.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

So

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Love it.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

A new thing for me.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Game changer. Heh

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

little bits and bobs. So yeah, it's it's written loads of photos and stuff now that are all, like, printed out. And yeah, we've been sharing all the photos in the group today, haven't we? Which is really nice. I'd definitely say

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

like, have a WhatsApp group and then share all your

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

at the end. Because I took, like, zero. I took, like, hardly any pictures. I took, like, two pictures. Yeah.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

is that basically wait until literally, like, the head's over and then everyone send them then, rather than in dribs and drabs, because otherwise you forget you might have sent some and then send them again, and then, like, if we all do it when you get back. And you've got like 10 minutes to spare sort of thing, just ping them all over.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

it is. So yeah! That was that.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah, that was amazing. Hurt your teeth.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

drink a day, treated, two drink a day rule. Basically if I drink any more than two drinks, I just feel naff. But, for anyone that doesn't drink, but kind of, I mean I drink non alcoholic anyway, but sometimes they can be quite sugary and they just like make your teeth feel rank.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah, I found that when I was pregnant. It could be quite, because I sampled, I tried to like sample a few different things and found it quite difficult to find something I liked.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

I was drinking hard seltzer, which is only 4%, and, like, I'd make a can last me the whole night, because I would just top it up with lemonade or tonic. So,

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Oh yeah, okay.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

still got that like in your flute or your gin glass or whatever. So yeah, that's, that's what I was doing. Or I was like

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

That's a good idea.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

with like

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

I was mixing the two. But yeah, one night, the 1920s night, I literally drank like a whole bottle of the Frégéné non alcohol and honestly my teeth felt rank. They

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

yeah,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

because there's so much sugar in non alcoholic

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

that's the thing. I remember, like, obviously, like I said, I was like drinking it and sometimes I do think it might just be better to just not have an non alcoholic version of something, just have something like a, like, yeah, or a squash, like, or something, that sounds really boring, but I feel like when you've got these, like, non alcoholic alternatives, you kind of feel like you're part of, like, and if you are used to drinking, I guess it's a good alternative to that, but, yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

And,

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah, they can be a bit sugary. Yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

seltzers are low alcohol. You can get low alcohol cocktails and stuff now. So, there's so many options. But yeah.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yes.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

It was great.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Oh, it was amazing.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

of your week other than you know, joying the hen and the weekend

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Joining the hen. Oh, it was good. So I actually had a wedding on the Saturday. So that's why I didn't join the hen until the afternoon that day. So just set up a wedding on the morning. That was at Crockwell farm, which is in Daventry. So your way. And yeah, it was lovely there. They must've had a refurb since the last time I'd been there. I think you said they'd done it over COVID or something.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

been there. It was

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Oh, maybe it was Kelly. Yeah. So,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

I've never

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

oh, so it's lovely venues. It was nice before, but they've like, they've like got all that you know, like that bump what do you call it? Is it canvas floor that you have sometimes on a, in a teepee or stretch tent, they've, they've put that down like throughout the whole venue, but it's really good because it, it's. Yeah, it was like

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Okay.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

kind of like that kind of material, like a really like hard wearing carpet y kind of, which sounds a bit weird, but it really works. It looked really like nice and natural.

I think before it was all like hard floors, and I think this is like, it hoovered well, it swept well, and also when I was doing my arrangements, obviously we get a little bit of water that comes out, but we always put a sheet down Obviously it can go through a little bit, but it literally dried up like instantly, really like quick drying. But yeah, so the couple had a moon arch, that's like a big huge hoop basically. And then it stands behind the top table and then we decorate it with flowers.

So that was quite a, quite a big job to do. So we got there at like half seven in the morning because I wanted to leave by eleven to get obviously to Cambridge. But But it went really well and the

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Good!

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

really pleased. And from what I can see so far, they had a really, really good time. So

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

you did the arch and then the bouquets?

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

yeah, yeah, did all the bridal bouquets they did. So they had like jam jars on their table, which they supplied. So I did some flowers in

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Yeah.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Log slices, which are higher out. And then, yeah, they had the archway top table arrangement and petals down the aisle. So it was quite a few bits. Yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Oh,

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah. But it was, it was lovely colors. It was all lilacs, powder blue and, and white. So

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

That's a

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

with like gray greens. Yeah, it was lovely.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

good. And you've been recommended for a wedding next year, haven't you? Oh for an event of, sorry, for their wedding in London. So it's It's at the Hackney in London. Lovely.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

So I've not been there before, but I'm, I'm like, Oh, this is like really, really Exciting

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Yeah,

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

that someone's recommended me and that like, yeah, so I'm, I'm really excited about that. So I'm, I'm just in the middle of sort of organizing stuff with them at the moment. So I'll send across a proposal for what they, what they want and then hopefully they go ahead. That'd be really good to have that one. And that's for next, next June. So

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

nice when suppliers recommend other suppliers, isn't

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

yeah, it was another photographer. I'm actually, I need to find out who it was cause they did put it in an email, but I can't find the original email.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

of

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

So

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

something to

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

yeah, like thanks for, yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

because I just think it's so nice. Because it, that is like, the true, like, the best testimony always when another supplier recommends you, I always think.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah, definitely.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

in the industry, like, so we know is good. Like, we, and we would never recommend someone that's not good. And we're

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

No.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

all the time. So I think when someone is stand out to you, like, they're going to, photographers are going to weddings all the time. So for them to go,

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

is really

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Oh, this.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

like a

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yes. Yeah, definitely. That is so true. I, I find that I would say like a good 60%, 70 percent of my work comes from recommendations, even still now, like, which I, which I love because I feel like people are more trusting in you and they're more likely to perhaps go ahead with the book in because they've already kind of got that,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Exactly.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

View on you because you've been recommended, which is, which is nice. So I love that. But, but

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

when

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

yeah,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

team of suppliers that you, where you've all worked together before. Cause you just know, like

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

yeah,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

working on a wedding when I've got like a really good team. You're like, oh yeah, this is

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

yeah, I love that. You're like, Oh, you just know it's going to come together. Everyone's going to work well together. You kind of takes away that like aspect of being anxious that perhaps

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Yeah.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

won't go so well. They're reliable basically. And they, you know, that they're going to do that. Job right. So yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

you, then you know you're gonna get the photos.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Love that!

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

It's Alex. That is honestly half the battle. Sometimes like this, so this wedding on Saturday, I was so busy and rushing around. I didn't have time to take any pictures, which is unusual. So obviously like I'm kind of relying on the couple and the photographer to send me some photos of my, of the flowers. So I can obviously use it on my socials, which, you know, so obviously they get busy and then they might not.

They might not reply to me, the photographer, and then sometimes a couple's like, yes, that's fine. Then you don't want to nag them, but you're like, no, please, can you send them to me?

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

please. Thank you very

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Yeah, no,

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

So, yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Cool, sounds good. Yeah, so, we're gonna go into Hannah's final weeks of wedding planning.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yes, so what have you been planning for your wedding this week?

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

just gonna quickly go through it because obviously I've already banged on about the hen party for the most of the episode. so, um, Martin's now got his wedding ring we had a bit of a

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Lovely.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

haven't we? We got it, and then it was the, he'd given them the wrong size, so they had to

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Oh yeah, yeah. Ha ha ha ha ha!

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

best ring company ever. So they've now sorted it. They've had it back twice. now the right size so yeah, that was amazing I Had my nails my hair and my brows done for the hen now What I would say is that so for example my brows, I never have my brows done and I decided

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

okay.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

only, I was going to book them in to have them done, ready for the wedding, but actually, then I decided when I went for like the, the patch test to have it done the next day, I literally booked the next day so they were ready for the hen,

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

so glad I did, because when I had them done, I was, not, no

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

No, but I've never had them tinted. I'm assuming you had them tinted, did you?

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

don't know

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Is that what you had?

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

done. It was some, you know, HD brows and lamination and

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

shenanigans. So she's, she basically recommended this one when I showed her the kind of brows I liked. Had it

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah. Ha ha ha ha! Yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

my face. So I think she could tell I was a little bit shocked and was like, oh, it comes off of like, A bit of exfoliation. So I got home and was scrubbing my brows. And actually now, like, I'm so glad, like, because I know exactly what I want now. I need them a little bit lighter. I need them not as close

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

So, so Yeah. Yes, the job you had them done, like, in a Like, because I said before, didn't I? It was one of my little tips, was that basically don't start a new beauty regime. Don't have something out there done, like, close to your wedding. There you are like, I'm gonna go and get a brow tint! Ha ha ha!

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

So yes, I'm glad I've done that.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

It's a good job you did it in advance. Sort of. Ha ha ha!

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

of. Got lots of final orders and deliveries coming in. And also, the key thing that I did, that I always like to talk about, is I sent my plan to all my suppliers. So I obviously, through my business, have like a full wedding plan anyway that I use for my suppliers, so I use that. But whether you just want to do like a word document, whether you just want to do spreadsheets, but at this point, kind of, so we're now four weeks out, you need to be sending all this information to your suppliers.

All the timings for the day, all of your, you know, all of the information, details of like, who your bridesmaids are, who your best man is, who your MC is all that information, just like, Put it into one document or, you know, into a Google Drive, table plans, things like that and send it all out to your suppliers because they will definitely thank you for it. Yeah.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

absolutely. So it's all in one place

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Yeah!

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

for everyone Disney.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

yeah, that's kind of what I've been up to. It's actually officially only a week till we get married. I get

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Oh, I can't believe that. Yeah, I know. Do you know what? I've got it in my diary. Which sounds really creepy, doesn't it? But it's because I think before

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

it's in my

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

I had like two dates. Obviously your wedding, your official wedding day and then your other wedding day. So I've got it.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

I don't actually

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

I think that's right. I think it is four weeks. Yeah,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

four

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

three or four. I think it's four.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

I think I think it's less than four. It would have been four yesterday

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

you, I can tell you what it, how many weeks it is. I've got my calendar here.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

got the

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

It is,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

I think it

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

got my calendar.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

I think in four weeks, I'll be going to the

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

So, it's four weeks, yesterday.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Jesus Wow Crazy times! Crazy times! So moving swiftly on. Going back to the hen do. Hen do, stag dos. Back to

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yes, so Stendu,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Stens.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

that's what they're calling it now. So it's where you have a stag do and a hen do

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

mashup.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Stendu is what you get.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Do you know Have done this? Have you been to any? Because I haven't.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

I haven't been to one No, but I tell you how I saw it. So Vicky Pattinson, you know, used to be on Geordie Shore Queen of the Jungle, whatever. She she put on her Instagram that she was going on a Stendu and I was like, oh What's that? I'd heard it but I was like, what's that?

And then obviously like, looked it up but it's becoming, now I've heard it I've seen it, I'm seeing it everywhere, like people are like, oh yeah, I've been on ascending so it's, yeah, basically where the stags and the hens all go together but

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Yeah, the

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

I don't know if that,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

the first I'd heard about it was when Jamie Lange and Sophia Boo were talking about it on their podcast, and they were

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

yeah

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

one. And that was the first time I'd really heard about it. And I know of couples, I've, years and years ago, one of my friends, and that I worked with, had a, had a joint, had a joint one. You know, it was, well, they didn't call it a sten then, they just said it

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

yeah,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

basically, for their, for their wedding. Yeah, I don't know how I feel about it, because I just think, is that not just the same as the wedding?

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

yeah exactly

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

not,

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

I don't know, I just feel like the whole idea of it is that you kind of go off and you celebrate with your friends separately so you're like, kind of like saying, well it's not goodbye to freedom or anything

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

No!

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Anything like that, but it's kind of like a, it's kind of like a celebration with you, like for you with your friends separately. So like, obviously the groom and the bride, they both get their own like individual kind of like celebration. They can kind of do what they want. Cause I, I do feel a lot of the time, like the stag wants to do something completely different to the hen. Like, yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

my point. It's short, like, imagine the weekend we've just done. I could not imagine Martin and all his friends rocking up

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

No,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

disco, going out,

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

no.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

On the gondolas. I think, is it gondolas?

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

I think that's what they're called, yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Punting. That's it. Did we even cover that in the hen do stuff? If we didn't, we went punting.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

We went gondoliering.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

And it, and it, and it rained. So we had umbrellas up. But it was still fun. Yeah, so we, yeah, I can't imagine them wanting to do things like that.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

No,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

having, and then who plans it? Because let's face it, the girls are going to end up planning it. I would, I would imagine.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

yeah. I'll have to, yeah, I'll just be honest here.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

yeah,

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

No, but yeah,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

let's

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

true.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Yeah.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

it would be for me I think it would work really well if you're the kind of couple that has a lot of joint friends.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

yeah, like, yeah, that's true.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Hang around in couples and do that a lot that might work well But yeah, I think it overall like the activities you're gonna want to do are probably gonna be quite different

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Completely different, yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

not everybody does a whole weekend away if you're just doing a night out it might work, but

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah, I guess so. I'll just, I'll just I do feel like it's a bit like, literally you're going to spend the rest of your lives together, like going out all the time. It's like the one time you can go have like, separate nights out, like, come on, like, I don't know. I can't, I can't see the benefits of it to be honest with you, I don't know.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

No, and

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Unless it's just,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

you then got, it's like, I had all these, you know, big balloons up saying bride on them, and I had slippers, and everyone, well, would I be, if it was a sten,

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah, no.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

brides, like, bride balloons.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah, exactly. I guess, I suppose, maybe if you've got, like, say, like you said, you've got lots of joint friends, but also maybe everyone lives far away from you, like, perhaps if you live abroad or something, like, I'm just thinking, like, maybe if everyone wants to come together, but then I just think, like you say, it's the same as a wedding. Might as well just wait till the wedding day.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

go, like I've seen people do them where they like, go away for a weekend, like to,

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Marbella or something, on a Sten or

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

and you're like, when you're all dressed up and stuff, and I'm a

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

really understand it, if I'm honest.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

what is the thing? I mean, what's it about everyone has to have like more than one? Some people have like five hen do's or snag do's, like to cover every base of friend that they have. You know what I mean? Like,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Yeah. No, I know what you

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

I mean, I had a separate one with my family but it's only because like we went to a ball pit in London and a I mean, it wasn't really like for my family. No, exactly. We had an afternoon tea like

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

only had my friend, my sisters were there this weekend, but they're the same age as like, we're all in the

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah, yeah,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

I didn't have like, other family, and we did talk about doing an afternoon tea or something, but, well, nobody planned it, because I get

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

yeah

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

and it hasn't transpired,

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah, yeah

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

so I, yeah, I, I, I just don't really see the need to have

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

No,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

different ones, no.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

I agree. No, I agree.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

like, if your friends are like, Oh no, I don't want to come to the Hindu, well, like, don't come.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Well, yeah, whatever this is the hindu.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

instead, like, well no, this is, this is the weekend. If you want to celebrate

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

along. Like,

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

This is it. Yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

just come for a day, do whatever

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

come when you can come.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

whatever.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

when I'm celebrating. If you want to

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

then.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

yeah,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

gonna be

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

totally.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

I'm, like, how people have time for that, I do not know.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

No, especially on these like last weeks before the wedding I think people don't realize how much you actually have got to do

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

I also don't

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

but all the final prep

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

that have their, their hen do so really far in advance.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Oh my gosh, like the night before and stuff the day before I know that's that's such like a 90s thing No, I feel like well they used to have like Have like the stag or the hen like literally the day before and then like the grooms had his eyebrows shaved off for the wedding Or tied up or he's been left,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

times.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

you've seen the hangover like

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

No, but

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

so in advance.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

far in advance, like four to six I had somebody, they had their stab due in August last year and they've only just got married. I'm like, that's well too in advance. I felt

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Like, the moment's kind of gone.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

to six weeks

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

I think four to six weeks before is a nice time, yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Yeah.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

I agree. Otherwise, I think you sort of get forgotten about.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

it's like,

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

You know what I mean?

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

the frickin wedding? Jesus. You could split up in that time.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Exactly. Who knows?

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Shall we go to the list of questions?

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah, so we've got some hen related, hen and stag do related questions.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

do you want to go to the first one?

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah, so someone's asked, should I pay for my own hen do or do the hens pay for me or should I be paying for everyone?

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Good question.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

So, I, I do feel like if it's your hen or your stag do that everybody else should chip in and pay for you. Like, so you aren't paying for your ticket if Unless there's like a money issue or people can't afford it, and it's really expensive or something. I, I just, I, I just feel like it's kind of, it's kind of a done thing, isn't it? It's like,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Yeah, I think it's, it is nice. I wouldn't

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

yeah, like,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

but I think also like for

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

no,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

I didn't know what was happening. So,

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

no,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

you guys all covered for me for the activities because obviously they didn't want to come and say, Oh, we're doing this activity. You, you know, you need to pay this much or whatever. And I did

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

you're owing anything. And they were like, no, absolutely not. But then when we were there, like one night we got Chinese and I was like, girls, I know you're

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah, then that was really kind of you

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

for

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

pay for it, yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

wanted to do that. But I'm also in a position where I can do that. But if you're

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

don't to. But I

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

no,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

yeah, I

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

no, no.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

you should, you know, you should not be paying for everybody.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

shouldn't be paying for everyone, absolutely not. That's what I was about to get onto, like, you're putting on a wedding for everyone to come on you, like, we're talking like, hundreds of pounds per person for like, 50 odd people.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

exactly.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

the least that we can do is, you know, do a day for you. Like, it doesn't have to be really expensive, but when you're splitting it between like, a few people as well, the costs are coming down, and like, to include the bride or the groom's cost in that, I just, I just do think it's like, I think that's the way it should be personally.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

tip is, like, what I did was, once I decided we wanted to do the house, is I kind of did some research, and I kind of knew roughly how much it was going to cost. So when I,

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

a message around to everyone and said, this is going to be the kind of dates that it is, this is what we're thinking of doing, this is going to be roughly the price, and

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah. It's like a heads up kind of thing.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

did it a year in advance, so everybody like had like the year to save, and I know it probably felt like really early, but god the fact that we did start, I sent the messages a year ago just seems

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah. That's gone in a flash though. So you say a year, but a year goes so quick. I mean,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

and

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

literally four weeks and you're going to be married.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

I think if you're so upfront with people about it, like, they're fine. Because I really struggle with, like, the concept that everybody's had to pay money to almost celebrate me. And I think that's why I was so keen that everybody had a good weekend, that it covered, it, like, made it. Everybody happy

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

because

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

you know people to spend this money I essentially was like I said to my two best friends who planned it I just want it to be like a girl's weekend way that everybody enjoys I don't want you know you to think oh We've got to do this because hannah would like this but god no one else really wants to do it But we're gonna do

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

you know what I mean? I just wanted everybody

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

know what you mean to enjoy it.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

want anyone to feel money pressured. So again, I said to the girls, this is the max I want them to spend. And actually what I've heard from people is that actually they did it in a really good way because they packaged everything up and they split it into payments. So you didn't have

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah. It was done really well.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

it was done in like a payment plan. You didn't have to like pay it all upfront kind of thing. So that would be like my biggest advice when it comes to money for tendu. So just be

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

it. If

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

up front.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

it, they'll soon tell you and that's fine. And again, I was very much like, do not worry. Like if you can't come, like that's absolutely fine. And I had other

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah, no pressure.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

yeah, where they just bought houses and things like that. So I was like, absolutely fine. If, if you can't come, like I get it. So yeah.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah, also when you're doing things that far in advance, you don't know what's gonna happen and like, do you know what I mean? Like when you're, but at least you've given everyone the heads up so they know, they know what to

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Yeah.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

or like, if they can let you know in good time. But You know, it goes back to budget and again, even for your handy, like with, like when you're, if you're planning it yourself for your friends or whatever, like, you know, Kind of like you say, like budgeting it a year in advance, you kind of not really got an excuse. Have you? Let's be honest. Oh,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Yeah.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

I mean,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Yeah.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

I mean, like money wise, I mean, like a year's a long time and we're not talking. If you know your friends, you kind of know how much they're going to kind of want to spend, don't you? Like, you're going to kind of know if you're close, they're kind of their situation. So like, you could be anything, I mean, like 50 quid or like up to 150 or something like that. I guess is the done kind of.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

and then whoever's planning it sticks to it It's fine

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

like yeah, that's fine. Yeah, I want to come then when you

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

yeah,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

chats You don't then have the arguments because I was speaking to Mal and Kayan about it And they were saying that they didn't have any issues where people were like, oh, no, I don't want to pay that I don't want to pay that

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

yeah,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

was prepared for what it was gonna end up costing.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

And I think we did loads for the amount that we paid.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

wasn't it like the

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

And another, another plus of like, you're still having that at the house and everything. So you're not having to go out and spend money in a bar every night on drinks and stuff. You like, bought your alcohol. Because then you've got control over that extra spending. And I just think, yeah, so, no, it was really good. But yeah, I, I just think in answer to that one, personally, well, definitely don't pay for your own hen do.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

everybody.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

else.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

no, definitely not.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

No.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

So next question. I'm getting married next year. I'm feeling a bit down at the, for the hen party. I've said for years. I don't want one as I don't have a big group of girlfriends. I have a few friends dotted about, but none of them know each other. So I think a hen party would be awkward. I feel like I'd be missing out if I don't have one, but there's four. Forcing one with a group of people who don't know each other fills me with dread. Do you have any hem party ideas? That would be of fun.

For a group that aren't friends, should I go back to my original idea of not having one? Well, first up, straight away, I'd like to say is that was exactly how my end weekend was. Nobody really

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

We had, it was all two, so like, Hayley and Kelly knew each other. They're like my wedding industry friends. I've got my three best friends from Norwich. I've got my two sisters. I've got a couple of friends from Northampton, where I live now. Like, everybody, and even like, some of those didn't really know each other, and it

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

No.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Like,

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Everyone got on.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Yeah.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah. I think as well, when you come together to celebrate somebody else, like, you kind of, even if you might, I mean, I'm not saying I did because I definitely didn't, but even say if you were to find someone irritating or whatever, you kind of like, do you know what I mean? You just, you just, I don't know. Yeah, no, you just you just kind of like you let it go because you're all there for the to make you happy

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

isn't it?

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah, and as

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

night.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

and if they're real friends like they won't they won't put themselves and how they feel before you like You shouldn't have to worry about people getting on because they will because like they're coming together for you

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

exactly. I also

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

so I just

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

When we got there on the Friday, it was funny, because my sister Emma actually made a comment of it, because on the Friday when we all got there, everyone was a bit, like, a bit more quieter, and and she was like, oh, we're all just Getting to know each other, aren't we like, because everyone was a bit reserved and a bit

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

soon as we start having drinks and stuff, like everybody

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

It just flows, doesn't it?

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

I

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

is maybe try and do something longer, like a full day activity and then into the evening or do a

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

because people do take a little bit time to come out their shell.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

That's it, yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

to a hemp party before I was in that situation and it was like a more activity thing. So it was like an outdoor, like inflatable thing where you're like running around doing tasks

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Being silly and like,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Or even like the the thing that we did in Cambridge, the like the treasure hunt,

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

the, the, yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

not having to think or got to make conversation. Like

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Oh yeah, yeah, exactly. And then you kind of like, you just get on and it becomes funny and you're all laughing so then later on in the day you've got that kind of rapport with someone, you've like, made a relationship and then that's it, you don't have to worry about it, it's fine.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

would say that that treasure hunt thing is, is a good one because you, you

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah, love that.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

and you can do it anywhere. So I think it, I can't remember what the website was called.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

I can't remember.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

you could probably, I think, I think it's henhunt. co. uk, something like that. Have a

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

but I would really recommend that because you can pick any, any city that you go into. I think it, it's an icebreaker. Yeah, I wouldn't worry about it. And definitely have a hen do. Bye.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

yeah, absolutely. I feel like, yeah, don't worry about other people. You, you have a handy, you plan it. Get someone else to plan it for you. You know, designate somebody, your bridesmaids or your sister or whatever, and then they can just sort it all out for you, you've just got to turn up and enjoy it, but don't worry about people not getting on, because they absolutely will, absolutely will.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

goes back to what you said. Is, like, why is it fill you with dread? Because if, if, if you're worried that people are going to be so awful, like, why are they your friends?

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah, I was going to say,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

God, they're going to be awful to that person, like, no.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

be coming to your wedding, let alone your hen do,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

No, exactly. Exactly. Yeah,

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

you're worried about your hen do, surely you're gonna have the same problem at your wedding because everyone's coming.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

And actually, this works out really well because, like, I've got a couple of friends that came to the hen do that are coming to the wedding and they don't really know anybody.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yes. And you,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

each other.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

yeah. So we'll get there on the night and be like, woohoo.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

my friends was saying to me I'm not sure how I'm gonna get back home and stuff and then my other friend was like Oh, I've got a spare Sofa like in where I'm staying like come and stay in my like cottage thing that she's hired So like, do you know and now I said

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

It worked out really well.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

you know, so

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah, exactly.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Actually, that's a really valid point. Yeah So if it's gonna be awkward at the hen surely it'll just be awkward at the wedding

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Oh, the wedding. Yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

it very bizarre when people invite you to the hen and then not to the wedding Don't you think that's the

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah, that's,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

ever?

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

that is weird. That is strange.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

of doing that, that's weird.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah, that's well weird. Yeah. Yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

I would say. Yeah, but again, like, say, what you said is so true. Like, like, there's no way that I could have, like, the planning that went into that hen do, and like, all the personalization and stuff, there's no way I could have done that along planning an

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

No,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

and a wedding. And

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

no,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

grateful that you guys just all like, took it in your stride and did it For me and you know, I had the best weekend and didn't have to like get stressed out about it. So yeah, again, like I see people on Facebook groups that are like, Oh, I just could never let someone else plan my hen do. I just need to be in control. Like that's my job is planning events. And I was happy for other people to do it.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Someone else can do this one.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

And trust me, there's no way you want to be worrying about it. Like, no,

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

You gotta let your hair down. Let someone else do it. It's like, you gotta do your whole panel your wedding. Yeah, let someone else do your panel. Bloody Hindu.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

planning it yourself? Like, me getting photo like guys, I need a photo of myself to pin on a wall.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Oh, how cringe. Yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

stuff, and like, printing out we had masks of, like, Martin's face on. Like,

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah. Like bringing them yourself. They're making me die inside, like my toes are. Curl up with the thought I'm,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

pyjamas and

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

yeah. Oh, cringe.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

The other thing Wanted to mention as well, tip wise for Hemparty's is obviously, like I say, I did choose the location. Well, I had a couple of ideas in mind and I discussed it with the girls. Looking for the house. One thing I want to talk about is, like, how hard that is, and how I just honestly think that the whole, like, perception of hem parties needs to change. Because when I was looking for a house, like, so many were like, no hem parties, no stag parties, no same sex groups.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

yeah, yeah,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

like, families. But in my head, I'm thinking, right, the house we got, There was 12 of us there, 12 girls. you had, like, 4 females, 4 males, 4 kids, right? Let's face it, all the adults are gonna get pissed together, and the kids are gonna run riot. What

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

yeah, you're trapped a place. Yeah,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

girls who, and I think what they need to realise is that not everybody now is doing, going out, getting pissed, throwing up, drinking from dick straws. Like, it's not, like, that perception needs to change. Like, people are getting married later, I'm 34. I didn't want all that kind of vibe and actually we left that house like absolutely spotless. We were respectful of the house I just think that perception needs to change. Yeah.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

like these people that put that stipulation into like the contract, like when you're looking on Airbnb or whatever, I just think like, I dunno, it's just not, it's a little bit old fashioned, of an old fashioned sort of

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

enough

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

way of thinking.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

place

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

I'll just,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

know, let no noise after x

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

yeah.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

were actually really lucky

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

But what's the, what's the,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

of nowhere, wasn't

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

yeah,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

was no neighbours.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

just the robotic lawnmower. That's weird.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

random.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

No, but I feel like, just take one, just take a security deposit or something like that. Do you know what I mean? Like that's the way of getting around it. If you take what, you know, if you're really worried about it and you know it's going to be, you could maybe just say like, well there's a deposit of like, I don't know, 500 or something, like if it's a big house and that's, that's enough to like, stop people, making sure people leave it in the way they found it.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

Yeah, I just wanted to mention

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

So.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

a bit,

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah, that's a good point.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

I genuinely really

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

I know you did. Yeah, I remember when you were looking.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

a couple

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

You said it was hard.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

messaged them was just like, look, I know you get scared, but you almost don't want to say it's a hemp party because it's like, people are instantly like, oh, but if I was to say

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yeah, put off.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

away for a weekend, like, would that be fine? But it's not if it's a hemp party, like, and I kind of said to them, like, look, that's not, that's not, what we want to do, like we just want a

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

No.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

And actually then this house was like, yeah, it's fine. But yeah, just want to, thought I'd mention that. And also

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Yes,

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

when you are booking somewhere because it isn't always easy. So

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

no. Oh Well, yes.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

us for today. The Head Party Lowdown.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Hempartyspecial, thank you for listening.

hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

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hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

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hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

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hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

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hannah_2_04-29-2024_183732

can. Yep. Lovely. you so much, guys. Thanks for listening. And we'll speak to you next week.

hayley-waller_2_04-29-2024_184348

Speak to you next week. Bye. Bye.

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