"Apparently, there's a place in London called 'Hatton Garden'"

That's right Simmi, there is such a place. And that's probably going to be where we're headed at some time soon because the rings still haven't arrived.

It looks like they've got lost in the cracks between An Post and the Royal Mail. The An Post website has them being dispatched from Dublin, but the Royal Mail has no record of them at all.

According to the nice lady that Simmi spoke to at the sorting office, the An Post tracking service should have a record that it was received in England, and then the Royal Mail would have entered it on their system and so allowed us to track the package's progress to our address. That hasn't happened. God knows why, but I have my suspicions. Let's just say that posties don't have the greatest reputation for honesty in the world now, do they?

Anyway, we've all decided the only thing to do is to cut our losses. In order to remake the rings, the Jewellers need to take another mould of Simmi's engagement ring, but we can't get to Wexford at any time before the wedding and there's no way on this earth that we're trusting the engagement ring to the post (or to any couriers for that matter). So, they've agreed to refund us, and we're going to have to get another pair of rings made over here.

No reflection on the jewellers, mind. Brian & Kevin Martin have been very understanding and have done their level best to help us with this. I would still recommend them to anyone buying jewellery when in Wexford. Kevin has told me that this is the first time he's ever lost anything they've sent to customers by post and that he'll be using FedEx from now on.

But, it's all such a bloody big pain in the arse. It really is. Still, here's hoping that this is the biggest crisis we've got to face in the run-up to the Big Day, eh?

As long as the booze gets delivered safely, I'm sure everyone will be happy!