Lets start at the beginning

Sunday daytime we went into Chester to meet up with some people who I hadnt been able to invite to the wedding unfortunately. It also gave me a chance to show hubby another city (which I like to do) and give him chance to get to know my mum more.We got there about 12ish after dropping his brother off at the train station to go into Liverpool.

Alhamdulillah we found a spot after going through the one way system a few times and made our way to meet up with my mum and stepdad.. at this point I have to say (for those who know my family) my stepdad had been pretty much the usual character he is. For those who dont know him I wont paint an even worse picture for you. We met for tea and took a little walk down Chester main road before meeting up at the place we were chilling at for the next few hours. These people we were meeting have never met hubby so it was nice to all be together with new people masha'Allah.. they all welcomed him warmly alhamdulillah, involving him in conversations, asking him tons of questions about him, his family and us :) There were wedding favours, wedding cards and tears exchanged but when we left it had been a pleasant afternoon and the weather was still lovely.

We left about 415 to meet my friend at a motorway service station to pick up the cupcakes she had lovely prepared over the last 6 hours, may Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) reward her for her sabr and intention. I know it made the icing on the cake for our wedding (not to be corny hehee) We stuck around for a little while, got to meet her parents and see her kids (hubby hadnt met them before, but it was nice for me to see how much they are growing masha'Allah) Then we left for the reception location to drop off the cakes for the next day. We dropped them off and time was running away with us, but we managed to get back to my mums hotel to pick them up to take them out for a meal. The place we went to holds many memories for me, it was where I was taught to use chopsticks, its where I told my mum I had lost the last piece of jewellery bought for me by my parents before they divorced, its where the owner constantly fussed over us and its were we spent many meals just catching up and being mother and daughter (and finally stepdad too) It was a nice meal, hubby had fish and I had mushrooms in blackbean sauce... it was a good night out, they got to see us together, quietly away from the world.. how we are when we spend time together and I believe it was was important for them to see that so alhamdulillah.

We dropped mum and stepdad off at my cousins before going to pick up the brother in law, I dropped them both off at my grandads, picked up my wedding dress and left emotionally... this was the be the last time I would see him before the ceremony, I was starting to get a little nervous ;)

Next blog: the wedding morning