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The muslim wedding is still on and the plans have not changed for more than a week, so I reckon they are fixed.

Bride's day, at our house, on Sunday 21st December. By then we will have a Christmas tree and Minnie the Christmas dog, just to make sure we have minimal space to squeeze 100 people into.

Groom's stuff, at a hotel, on the evening of Monday 22nd December.

I have to wear a regular suit (my interviews, weddings & funerals suit) to one day and my funky asian suit to the other but I am not sure which order.

Sometime between now and Christmas I will be made redundant. My 'southern' staff of 9 will be laid off in January, while my 'northern' team of 8 will be unaffected.

Which is a bummer, although not the biggest surprise of the year.

In January I will be 'spending more time with my family' and then hopefully I will find a job before my pay-off runs out.

On the bright side, all five of our mortgages are base rate trackers, so the last two months have made a huge difference to our finances. No need for food parcels just yet.