JaimeLynne

Great review - very organized and well thought out. I enjoyed reading it - will have to try out those restaurants!

I'm late on this but CONGRATS COURTNEY!!!! Can't wait to hear all about it

Have fun! We're actually looking at going on another site visit that very day but to the opposite coast

Hahaha, looks like you guys had a blast!

I soooooo understand you! I have anxiety really bad and thoughts like that creep into my head often. For example, I have a really weird fear of falling down the stairs. I'll just be talking to my FI and all of a sudden I'll imagine myself plummeting down our stairs... I can't even begin to imagine what I'm going to be like in the weeks before my wedding (I will have a TON of stairs to walk down at Las Caletas!!!). I've got to get this under control before then...

Sounds fair enough to me!

hahaha, that last pic is great!

Wow, that's great news!!! How long was Buster with you guys, Tammy? Are you missing him? It must feel sort of empty in your casa right now! I hope you get the female dog

Quote: Originally Posted by LC_Rachel Not here yet! I've checked my email a million times today. GRR! Maybe tomorrow?! i'm keeping my fingers crossed. Maybe her email is messing up again...??

We found the best little patio today to host our E-Party!!! They just opened it up last week. It is soooo cute and very nicely decorated. The best part is we don't have to pay to reserve it!!!! It's right in our "hood" so that's great plus it's part of a hotel so they have specials available for ppl who have too much to drink and don't wanna drive. For those in Dallas it's in the back of Cliff Cafe right next to the new(ish) Belmont Hotel. We went ahead and reserved it for Sat. May 24th at 7:30 for 20 ppl. They said we can adjust that number after we get a total head count. I made my list and there are 37 ppl on it including ourselves! I'm sure some won't be able to make it since it is Memorial Day weekend - I don't know what we'd do if everyone came, I'm not sure it could hold that many ppl.

Very cute! I love your colors - we're thinking of using those shades of blue & green too

Where are they?!?!?

LOVE Barney the Basset Hound and Chloe the ...? What is Chloe Rachel?! lol Also love the big hounds, Jill! Here are my babies:

I don't have any suggestions on how to make the switch but I love the "sparkly headband" lol

Oh Mylanta.... WHY did I not read this thread sooner?!? OH, and it looks like someone just had a birthday... WHY was this not on the BDW calendar?!?

I'll join you in that excited wail - EEEEEEEEEEEE! I can't wait to see them!!!!

Very cute!

Love the "Beerly Beloved" cups - LOL Everything looks great!

So, I mentioned the Engagement Party to one of my potential bm's (one I haven't asked yet) and she BEGGED to help throw the party!! She is sooo into it and she doesn't even have a clue that I want her in my bridal party. This made me feel really good considering no one else (including friends I've known for years) has shown much interest.

Quote: Originally Posted by Lilpaisley I think it's fine to throw yourself an engagement party. Our family is all out of state and we are eloping...so there isn't anyone to throw us one. I think we will have a small party at our house this summer as our egagement party. As for the BM / MOH idea. I love the shot idea. I, however, would gather all 4 at the same time to do the shot and pass out the cards...but that's just more my style. Also who says you have to pick the MOH right away. You can take some time to think it over more and see how all the girls react to the invite...or who says you can't have 2 MOH? I think we're talking about the same idea in regards to the bridesmaid issue. Just to clarify, I would get them all together at once - have shots lined up on the bar, pass out the cards all at once (ask them to open the cards first), then once they've opened them take the shot together.

Quote: Originally Posted by Alyssa Jamie, well, i think if no one is stepping up you should totally throw an e-party celebration and May24th is a perfect day to do it! F tradition and the haters! 2nd - as for asking the girls - if everyone is friends with eachother, why don't you ask them to meet up for cocktails or wine a week before the party and ask them? if they are not all friends with eachother, then what about lunch individually or drinks or something like that? i am not a big fan of pulling them to the side at a party, especially if you are hosting - i think it might get awkward and you will be stressed about finding the 'right time' four or more times LOL My first thought was to have them all meet me for dinner or cocktails one evening but they are not all friends and one lives about an hour away with a really busy schedule. The only time I could think of to get them together would be at the E-Party. I know what you mean about hesitating to pull them aside at the party. It just sounds so good in my head though!!! LOL And I really wanted to tell them all together...

On the drive home today I was thinking about our upcoming wedding. May 24th will officially be the One Year Countdown! (Can you believe we've already been engaged almost a year??) Anyways, I have really been wanting to have an Engagement Party but no one has really stepped up and offered to throw one so I was thinking heck why don't we just go ahead and throw it for ourselves? We're already thinking out of the box with the whole DW thing, right?! May 24th falls on a Saturday this year and will also mark the last day of Maymester classes. So I was thinking of inviting all of our friends out to a restaurant to celebrate the countdown. We were going to host a BBQ around then but we are soooo busy with school, work, selling our house/looking for a new one... (you know, life in general ) that I figured why not just do this instead? Here's my idea. I've already come up with my list of bridesmaids. 4 of my close girlfriends - 2 are somewhat conservative and 2 are kind of on the other end of the spectrum. I figure this will balance me out nicely being the Gemini that I am I've actually already mentioned it to two of them and they both said yes but I'd like to officially invite all of them. One of them that I haven't asked has been my BFF for the last few years. The other one is a relatively new friend that I met last year but we've grown really close (it will come down to one of these 2 for MOH - read on). Annnyyyyways, I thought of having the dinner and then towards the end tapping each of these girls on the shoulder and asking them to join me at the bar where I'd have a girly shot for each of us. Then I'd hand them each a card asking them to be my bridesmaid. One thing - I'm not really ready to say who my MOH is yet. Of course I always thought it would be my BFF but she hasn't really seemed very into the whole wedding thing so I'm kind of worried if she would live up to the responsibilities. However she is very level headed (probably the most out of the 4). I want to see first how she reacts to being asked to be a bridesmaid. Is that ok?? Also I don't want to hurt any of the other girls at the party's feelings. This isn't a huge issue but still something to take into consideration. That's why I figured I'd take the selected girls aside at the end and ask them. SO what do y'all think? I cannot believe we're actually going to get married!!!!!!! AAAHHHHHHHH!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by DanielleNDerek Awww, doxies are the best! (see siggy below)

How can something be so funny yet so wrong at the same time? OK I'm having way too much fun with this. I need to go to class... Maura, have a great day!

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