dmarie17

HA HA HA!! They are mine!!

Ohh thats awesome!! I sit there and refresh the screen 20 times!! Question off the topic... i put my points in my bank (to protect them from you thieves!) and then withdrew them so I could open a powerpoint attachment, but it says I don't have enough points. Any thoughts? I'm going to go and steal more from banned people!!

I'm totally confused. what is the flood thing that you're talking about?

Awww thats adorable!! Great story! I love it!

I've created monsters!!!

My name is Dawn and I am a BDW addict. Ooh, it feels so good to admit it!

Welcome to the forum! You will find so much info here to help in your planning!

Stay away from my points Rachel!!!

Thank you so much for the review! Sounds like you had an amazing time despite a few set backs. Can't wait to see some gorgeous pics!!

Ha Ha! My thieving worked! Points points points!!! :)

Here is his version of the story. Sorry it's so long, but he couldn't seem to condense it. While it is pretty lame, I love it and it's fun to tell! Especially about the stupid crickets!! Dawn had been bugging me about going to Buckingham Fountain and Grant Park in Chicago for months. Over dinner on a Thursday night, like clockwork, she brought it up again. I sighed and agreed to go. Dawn was pretty excited that she had finally worn me down. She even suggested that we go out to a nice dinner. I turned away and smiled a devious little smile to myself. Dawn had no idea what I had just pulled off. Knowing she would bring up the Buckingham fountain thing for the sixth consecutive weekend, I had reluctantly agreed. On Friday, the jeweler was going to call me and tell me that the engagement ring was ready. I would skip out early on work to pick it up, drive down to Dawn’s hometown and ask for her grandfather’s blessing (that’s a story in itself). And I’d still beat her home from work. Saturday morning arrives – I actually did it. I did everything I had to do, while maintaining the most important part of my plan – absolute secrecy. There was only complication - because Dawn’s gramps can’t keep a secret to save his life, I was on the clock. I had to pop the question on Saturday, basically. But even that didn’t matter, because Dawn had fallen into my Buckingham Fountain trap. There was no way she would ever expect me to pop the question on a trip she had basically dragged me kicking and screaming. Everything would go off without a hitch and Dawn would be completely shocked. Feeling pretty good about myself, I made some lame excuse to go to the store so that I could get the ring out of the trunk of the car where I had carefully hidden it. When I got back, Dawn was checking out traffic online and discovered that all of the highways were in gridlock. Apparently, every obscure ethnic group in Chicago was having its summer festival in Grant Park on Saturday, September 15th. It was going to be a total zoo. We’d have to go to Buckingham Fountain on another weekend, Dawn decided. It was over. Instead of pulling off the perfect plan, I had backed myself into a corner. Now Dawn’s gramps was going to tell everybody and it would get back to Dawn in a matter of days. It was too late to plan anything decent for Saturday night on such short notice. Sunday was already planned. With the day ruined, we ran some errands. When we got back, Dawn discovered a huge bag of crickets the cashier from PetSmart had accidentally left in our bag. Dawn squealed. After kidding her about releasing the crickets in the house (which she didn’t appreciate), I dumped the lucky crickets in the woods. Things were not looking good. When I got back up to the condo, Dawn had already poured herself a huge margarita to watch the Cubs play the Cardinals on TV. Ugh. If you know Dawn, you’ll know that once she sits down to watch a Cubs game, she’s not going anywhere (unless they’re getting killed, in which case she’s usually pretty grumpy). I knew what I had to do. I had to pray for the Cubs to win and then pop the question. All you sports fans know that you never want to place your fate in the hands of the Cubs. Unfortunately, I had no choice. The Cubs were playing a double-header, but Dawn didn’t know that. And for some reason, the announcers hadn’t mentioned it. Anyway, the game was ugly. The Cubs were up big early, but the Cardinals came back and had the winning run at the plate in the ninth inning. Lucky for me, Cubs pulled it out and won (thanks for catching that line drive, Alfonso Soriano!). This was my chance. The announcers were going to say, “Stay tuned for game two!†at any moment. Dawn was lying down on the couch at this point singing the (wrong) words to the “Go Cubs Go†victory song. She refused to get up. I was going to propose to her and I couldn’t even get her to sit up. Nice. I bet her five dollars I could make her get up. She took the bet. So I got on one knee, pulled the ring out of my pocket (do you know how stressful it is to have a diamond ring in your pocket for eight hours?), cupping it in my hands. I slowly opened my hands. Dawn squealed and turned away. She thought it was one of those stupid crickets! Not reassuring. “Is that real?†Also not reassuring. Guess that’s what I get for playing too many tricks on Dawn – ask her about the Tiffany’s unicorn necklace for a good example. “Yes it is...Dawn, will you marry me?†Silence. Like a sitcom. Waiting...waiting... “Uh, Dawn…err…†“YES!†Dawn said yes. She was shocked and surprised. Thank God the Cubs won. Cubs lost the second game of the double-header, of course. And Dawn still owes me five bucks. And I had to spend the next hour or so explaining why my proposal was so colossally lame!

Congrats and welcome to the forum!

Bummer, I wanted points!!! I'm not even sure why but I know that I want them!!

Okay, this sounds horrible, but if a person is banned, can I go and thief their points?!! I wouldn't do it anyone else, but hey, they can't use them and I really like getting points!!!

Woo Hoo I'm not a noob anymore!! Man, I'm easily entertained.

Welcome!! There is so much great information here! Have fun and happy planning!

That's great! It was such a huge relief to me to have the first thing done! Now there's only 358 more things to do!!! J/K, LOL! Congrats and happy planning!

Absolutely Gorgeous!!

I budgeted around $2K for mine and ended up finding 'the one' for only $750!! Then my mom took the bill and paid it!! So, we're going to upgrade our menu at the reception (Actually, I'll probably just go to the spa with the extra $$!!) I love good deals!!

Quote: Originally Posted by PJ8108 Your STD looks GREAT! Do you have the template by any chance? I love the flower and watermark in there and would love to use something similar, but probably change the color and placement on mine. Sorry, I had them done so I don't have a template. Just gave the lady an idea of what I wanted and she put it together. There are a couple of templates on this site so if you do a search, you can probably find one pretty easily.

I absolutely love my engagement ring, but am having the hardest time trying to find a band. It is a Scott Kay ring and I can't find anything from them that I really like. The jeweler suggests a band with diamonds all around but I love the little diamonds that are on both sides of the ring and don't want to cover them up. Does anyone have any suggestions

Congrats Kat! I'm glad that you got a date... finally! Sorry it's not the one that you wanted but it will turn out perfect regardless!

Thank you so much! Those were amazing pictures!

Dumb Question of the Day: Do I really have to have a reception?! I know that sounds stupid, but I'm serious. I know that Dreams does private dining for $10pp and we don't really care about a DJ or dancing or a cake. And aren't these people paying for an AI? I don't like that I am paying an extra $5K for a reception when technically, we've all already paid for our food and drink. We'll probably end up doing the reception but i'd like to hear your opinions.

Thanks so much for the advice. I don't know what I would do without this forum. I am totally keeping the necklace and am wearing it everyday. It is pretty gorgeous!