Maura

just wanted to chime in that any credit cards you take with you, be sure to call your credit card companies and let them know you are taking a trip outside the country and let them know the dates you'll be gone so they dont think your cards have been stolen and shut them off on you.

welcome evelyn, be sure to check out the cabo forum. there's lots of helpful info there. you can post there too who your vendors are

ann, so glad you guys made it home safe. settle in and then let us know how the journey went, we've missed you!

Trisha from AZ - PM me and we will work out the details

Quote: Originally Posted by amandalovesryan So, i went to the dr today and i do not have lyme dz, i have mono! I am so exhausted all the time! that is my vent of the day. amanda, im so relieved to hear you dont have lymes disease! not like mono is a treat either, but at least it will go away. so now what? can you be around patients and stuff at work? mono is only contagious by bodily fluid exposure, right? oh wait but then that means no kissing your FI either ugh. sorry you have mono!!!

kendra, my suggestion is to have your MOH handle the rest - she can hunt people down to find out if they're coming or not. nobody needs this kind of stress. i had a bunch of friends RSVP to me for the shower my aunt is throwing, and for all they know i didnt know about it, so they wouldve ruined the surprise if it had indeed been a surprise. people are so clueless about etiquette these days - and i TOTALLY blame the internet age for the lack of manners. my own brother sent me a myspace message this morning saying he wasnt sure he could come to my wedding --- why in the world someone would think that could replace a phone call is BEYOND me. my point is, dont forget people are stupid, so that when they do it the right way you will be pleasantly surprised. and as for the bitches who bugged you to have an shower and then didnt have the courtesy to reply ---

LOL trish you are so cute --- well, whichever of you wants it you are welcome to it, just let me know who wins the battle of the trishas hahaha and i can send it out on Friday.

Becky, just a thought - but you already know I am dealing with families/guests being from two different countries, in which there aren't similar stores for registries. We decided against registering in Mexico, as we felt that that might encourage people to go to a store and pick up a gift... then when would they give it to us if the only time they're going to see us is the wedding? That's right, they'd probably bring it with them to Cabo. And we don't want/can't handle additional luggage from any gifts people bring to Cabo. We have enough luggage going down there as is, and are already having some family members and friends bring things down for us, so we really don't want to have to send stuff back with people because they won't be able to fit it either! The other alternative we saw was that they'd drop the gifts off at my FIL's house - again, how would they get it to us? The next time we will see them is not until Christmas at the very earliest, so the gifts would be taking up space in their house for 4+ months and then it would be a huge effing pain to get any and all gifts home on our own - we'd have to get extra luggage and probably pay for baggage overage fees out the wazoo. So, we only registered at stores in the US. You can use a credit card to pay online to send a gift, and that's much easier both for the guest (because they never have to leave their house to get the gift & then don't have to tote anything extra with them on the trip) and for us (everything arrives mostly in advance, so we can send out thank you notes right away, and then we have no worries about carting gifts back from Cabo that we can't handle). Several of our guests from Mexico have already sent gifts from our US registries. With the Canadian dollar being slightly stronger than the US dollar right now, that should probably make up for any credit card fee your friends to the North might incur because of the exchange rate, and the shipping will be about the same. Then it's a win-win --- you don't have to register for things you've never seen and can probably never return, and your guests can still send you a gift, hassle-free.

something paper is the traditional 1st anniversary gift - but that doesnt mean you have to get them stationery. be creative -- my friend received 2 tickets to a baseball game from her parents as a 1st anniversary gift, and the tickets were paper.

hahahhaha martha! i just edited the wording to make it more clear LOL

omg are you kidding? people are TOO stupid sometimes!!!! i had the same problem with BOTH my showers!

Quote: Originally Posted by Abbie hahaha, i just had to say it looks like lately you've deviated from this standard we all know that's not true anymore no i meant that i dont tell my wedding guests or my close girlfriends - i only tell you guys!

LOL thanks rachelle, thats hilarious!

i made an appointment yesterday to get my highlights touched up, just gotta mail out my civil ceremony invites (literally just 3!) and then i think we are basically done with the civil... i do have to go pick up my dress from the seamstress tonight at 6:30, and yes i will post pics when i get home. our dinner reservations are set... we just need to get champagne for toasting, which i imagine we will do like 1-2 days before and that is not my responsibility to worry about anyway. my other shower is this weekend, so im looking forward to that. we got ALL our fancy silverware and a protective silverware chest from jose's aunt & uncle yesterday. it was like a $600 gift! it was very nice of them to send all that!

no problem kristy, and thanks for your PM to let me know. your FFIL is in all of our thoughts!

today i paid off the balance on our videographer, so glad to have that worry off my chest. now i have to finish coming up with the money to pay the photographer. got jose's tie over the weekend (havent had a chance to post a photo yet) and got our marriage license yesterday. --i have to pick up my civil ceremony dress and my cabo church dress from the seamstress tonight at 6:30 --and then i need to print the couple invites for our civil ceremony and mail those off tomorrow morning --i need to finish arguing over centerpieces with my WC and get something pinned down --need to finish the DJ questionnaire and burning all our songs to CDs --need to put together the BM gifts and get them ready so i can give his sister hers when she is here in just over 2 weeks. still thinking about mailing the other girls theirs. --OMG i HAVE to finish writing the wording for our civil ceremony this week and send to our officiant to read over. --need to get my ass in gear on my programs for cabo. i found a good template, just have to substitute all our own info into it and then print & make them pretty. that's all i can think of right now on my immediate to do list.

thanks for doing that abbie!

have a great day lis! happy birthday! and dont forget to take some photos of your loot to show us later LOL

i stayed the same this week. dont forget to send me your weigh-ins ladies!

Quote: Originally Posted by Alyssa We have a Trisha on the forum who lives in AZ - hopefully she will see it or maybe you can PM her Maura? she is a sweetie we have 2 trishas, tlseege & trisha from AZ! i thought i'd post it this way first and if i didnt get rid of it right away, PM them both

If your name is Trisha, or you have a Trisha in your life, this might be right up your alley..... Most of you know my sister backed out of my wedding and is no longer coming at all. Originally as part of her MOH gift, I purchased a very nice quality sturdy canvas tote (the medium sized one) from Land's End that was $25 + shipping. Well, she's a and I'm not giving it to her anymore. So I have zero use for a bag with the name Trisha on it anymore. I will sell it for $20 plus shipping. PM me if you are interested. Thanks!

1) threaten to go to the BBB unless they either a) fix the situation, or totally refund your money. do they have a damage policy? they clearly damaged your dress in addition to the fact that they DIDNT clean it. 2) if threatening the BBB doesnt get you far, tell them you are contacting a reporter at the local TV network affiliate to do a report on how they are a scam business

^^^hahaha mandy that's funny! august brides, how's everybody doing? we got our marriage license yesterday at lunchtime, so check that off my list! my legal day is in 17 days!!! i still have yet to finalize the stupid centerpieces for the tables for cabo... hmmm... i should write out a to do list today at work

thanks katrina - how much do you have left to do? i'm feeling stressed too. gaaaah i just want the wedding to be here!

he has been trying to quit for about a year - only thing is that i dont believe he's SERIOUSLY TRYING to quit right now. both his mom & his sister smoke, so when we visit, he is under their bad influence. if he gets stressed, the first thing he does is turn to a pack of cigarettes. i told him he had to be 100% smoke-free for a minimum of one year before i'm willing to try to have kids.