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Quote: Originally Posted by LALA I was less than 100% sober at my training this week and I dropped my cell phone in the toilet. It's not so much working anymore. I'm so mad because we just signed up for a 2 year contract and toilet-dunking is not covered by the warranty. And I'm mad because I had to reach into a toilet at a bar to fish it out. At least it was pre-pee. I've done this too. Except for me it was my whole purse that went in the toilet. I had it sitting on the back of the toilet and it flipped over and dumped everything in the toilet (this was also pre-pee, but nonetheless disgusting). I tried drying my phone out, but it didn't work again and I had to get a new one.

Great pics and welcome to the forum!

Quote: Originally Posted by amyrak I could go on and on with this topic If you like thrillers (as I do too) James Patterson usually puts out a good beachy sounding one. I've read the Beach, Beach Road, The Lifeguard and the new one Sail I just got sounds good too. Ok enough The Lifeguard was good. Sam's Letters to Jennifer by him was good too.

Damn, looks like I am too late for the parasols!

Buona sera! Benvenuto alla forum!

I love it all! The invitations are really cute (and my colors too!). I love the starfish idea.

I sent an engagement announcement, STD and invite to all the people that we wanted to invite to the wedding. I have a larger family than FI and most of his family is in Italy. We knew they do not have the money to come so we did not send invitations to them, but his mom sent an invitation to the family just so they could see it. I did send STD and invitations to my extended family, but not all of them. There are some cousins on my mom's side (she passed away when I was 10 and I am her only child) that I have kept in contact with via email and Christmas cards, etc. that I wanted to invite, but there are a lot I have not spoken to in years and don't have addresses for. Those were the people that were not invited. I felt bad considering some of them are siblings to ones I did invite, but we had to draw the line somewhere. I didn't put an RSVP with the STD which looking back I wish I would have so I would have had an idea if any of the extended family were planning on coming. I never heard anything from any of them. I sent out our invites kind of early with a RSVP deadline of August 15 so that still gave me enough time to finalize plans with an accurate guest count. We are now receiving RSVPs from the extended family and so far none are coming. The same guest list will also be used for our shower that my aunt and cousin are throwing for us locally, and I have a feeling we will have more attending that. Now that I have rambled my advice to you is don't invite people you don't want there and don't worry about balancing the sides. I would recommend sending out STDs and Invitations to all, and something that may be helpful is putting an RSVp with the STDs even if it just a tentative one. We didn't, and we didn't hear anything from the extended guests until we sent out the invitations 2 weeks ago and have started to receive the reply cards.

I think that is cute that he wanted to share it.

I am about to leave to go do a cancer walk, and then will be getting stuff together for my cousin's baby shower tomorrow. Busy weekend, and I will not be doing anything wedding related. Have a great weekend everyone!

What a great surprise!

Congratulations!!!

That is great. I'm sure your pics will be beautiful!

Quote: Originally Posted by DJsbride Are you having a rehearsal dinner the night prior? Are you doing a private event or are you just having everyone meet at one of the restaurants? I'm thinking of doing something informal and just having everyone meet at one of the restaurants, because they are already paying for all that food, no sense of having a private event if I'm going to have one the next day for the wedding you know? Is that tacky? I want to do some kind of welcome event on Thursday (our wedding is on a Friday) as all our guests should be there by Thursday evening. I just haven't decided if we will have everyone meet at one of the bars, or if we are going to plan a group dinner. We would have to make the reservation with the wedding coordinator prior to getting to Mexico and have an exact count. If it is a group of more than 25 people we need to have a set menu, but as far as I know we don't get charged extra. I think going the drinks route might be an easier thing to plan, and people can come and go as they please rather than a structured dinner. Plus, for those that get their on Thursday they may be tired and might not want to be bothered.

I agree that you'll probably have the best luck at Target.

Everything looks great! That is funny that you've had 7 last-minute guests.

The Notebook, Serendipity and Just Like Heaven

Quote: Originally Posted by Just Martha In all honesty it sounds to me like they are saying your resort is not good enough for them I really don't know what I would say to them! But, if they are willing to dish out extra money to stay elsewhere, so be it! Afterall, it is their vacation too.... However, I think the wording of the email is a little rude.....all they had to say was "we have decided to stay at XXX, is this okay with you?" I agree that they could have worded it a little better.

I wish I had bought mine with a coupon! I paid $29.99 for it at Michael's, but the embossing is incredibly easy to do. You need help though as you have to stamp, sprinkle the powder, shake off and then heat. I had my FI and FMIL help.

They also had really cute straw bags that would be cute for OOT bags. The inside was polka dot fabric, and they had either pink and green. For those of you that would need a lot of them they may be hard to transport, but if you didn't need that many they would be really cute. They were $2.50 each.

I have heard the Iberostar Grand is amazing and will be staying there for my honeymoon (getting married at the Lindo since we'll have kids and it is cheaper for family). I'm not sure when you planning for, but I'd be happy to get info for you while I am there in November.

We don't plan on having kids for a few years. We want to get settled into a house and travel before starting that chapter.

Quote: Originally Posted by Shay2679 First off, thank you...again. Your posts...for some reason...always relate to me or make me laugh...or in this case...make me feel a little better. Unfortunately I'm not near to a David's Bridal (at least I don't think they have them in Canada)...but I'm hoping my local boutiques will be able to help me. I was just hoping to go better..."equipped"...with knowledge (and guts) about what would look good, and what I should just stay away from. Thank you for your motivation...it always helps to be reminded...I'm not the only one! My first appointment is July 7. Fingers crossed. That is awesome that you lost 60 lbs! As for my dress advice, as Rachel said find a dress shop that carries sample dresses in larger sizes. For me it was House of Brides, but I don't think they have those in Canada either so I'm not much help there. The first place I went to was a miserable experience because everything they had was a size 2. I didn't want a poufy dress either, but all the more fitted ones I couldn't fit in to try on. I tried on all different types of styles and ended up buying a fuller dress, but am having it altered to take out some of the pouf and get the style I want. Plan to spend a couple hours and just try on everything - even dresses you don't think you will like - because you never know how it will look on you.

Beautiful pics! I love your dress!

That really stinks. Hopefully, he will find a better job soon.