hollisandsteph

$3.59 in Van Wert, Ohio (NW Ohio) We went home this weekend for my bachlorette party and spent $120 in gas. I do have enouhgh for the week now but we have never spent that much money in gas! When I put the initial $80 I thought of all the other things i could do with $80!!!

TA Jennifer- you have been sooo helpful so far. I have one more question do you have any examples of some of the professional photographs? I have seen a couple and I am sure you have seen where I said I am not impressed. I think I need to base my decision on more photos. I really need to make decision soon about this. After talking to Darma and determining that I can still have them done I have decided I would have my mind made up by Thursday. The thing is I have an amazing camera I just got and with all the photoshops online I know I can edit my own and look like what I have seen. this is something I love to do anyways. I would love to have pictures like some of the girls I have seen on here and I am bumbed that I cannot choose my own photographer. I just am reluctant to spend that much money on something I feel I can do myself. Well, not really myself but my friend can take for me and I can edit. I just hate to have to have some be distracted by having to take pictures. Make sence??

The famous person I had a run in with is pretty funny. It was country singer Billy Currington. It was at County Concert in Ft Laramie Ohio. My friend's family's company is one of the sponsors the event and we were back stage. We really did not go backstage too often cause we arn't starstruck and the stars where always doing the meet and greets anyways, but we had to go to the bathroom. Well, Billy Currington had gotten locked out of his van that was to take him back to his bus so they had gotten a golf cart to transport him. I was coming out of the nasty porta john and did not see them coming and stepped right into thier path (yes I was alittle drunk). I was soo embarressed but they kinda hit me. Luckily they were not going to fast but it still left a big briuse on my thigh. Well Billy jumped off the cart to make sure I was alright. He was the first one there cause it was right on his side. I was laughing so hard I was crying! He was soo nice. I did get my picture taken with him afterwards. It is in a box somewhere in my room. If I can find it I will scan it and post it on here later today.

That is so awsome and sweet of you. I am sure if your brother is not there he will regret it someday. I hope he comes around. You will have to let us know!

I have some of this info! I am getting married May 18th at SGOR. From what I understand you can purchase these picture and then buy the negitives for $200 while in Jamaica. The wedding planner will not admit to this. They of course want you to buy larger packages. This is what other brides have told me though. One thing is you might do a search for photos there are some posted by iriebride of examples of pictures. I am not 100% impressed with them. Infact I have not purchased them yet. We are debating on our friends taking them. We are like you and only having us and then one other couple decided to go with us. I hated to spend a bunch of money on them. I did check with Darma though and she said I could still purchase the pictures. I swore to myself I will have my mind made up by Wensday..lol Anyways I hope this helps you. I have pictrures of the flower upgrades but I do not have the price list. I accidently deleted it. We actually decided to make our own bouquets out of silk flowers. the wedding planner can send you a copy of the price list and pictures if you ask her. As far as the sunset goes, the sun sets at 6:30 when we are there so since we have a 4:30 wedding I am guess we can still get some great sunset pictures. At least I hope so. I hope this helps you!

Congrats on the certification!

Tooo cute. You looked like you were have a blast and you are photgentic. I would have loved it!

You know that is really my goal. I really really want her to have a good time and everyone else to too but I guess I need to concentrate on myself. Not to sound selfish but I have not gotten to go home as much as I used to cause the price of gas along with all the prewedding stuff. I am just going to try to not dwell on it. If she is not having a good time than it is her lose I guess. I don't need to make it mine.

Quote: Originally Posted by Kat81 I agree! You can always wait until the big group of you are together and say jokingly ok boys and girls today is about the boys being with the boys and the girls being with the girls. Leave your cell phones at home and lets go party. I think I am gonna nicely inforce the no boys allowed policy..lol. Thanks for the idea! My FI has already firmly stated that she would not be calling every 10 minutes. Quote: Originally Posted by DanielleNDerek They've been married for 12 yrs and act like this, really?!! That's crazy. I mean i'm not a fan of crazy bachelor parties, but I would never have fi call me so i can okay his every move. I agree that after being married 12 years what do they think is honestly going to happen? I asked her this and she said it was cause she was cheeted on in the past and that is why she is this way. It was in highschool. She started dating her husband her senior year and was married the September after they graduated. My FI says her husband would NEVER cheat on her. I think he is afraid too. She would beat him down..lol We are not having crazy bachelor/bachelorette parties. They are just just friends getting together having a good time. Neither of us are wild and crazy people and they both should know they have NOTHING to worry about. My FI doesn't even want to do the strip club thing. Even if he did I could care less. I trust him 100% and feel very lucky that we will have a marriage based on that!!

This coming weekend my friends back home are hosting my bachlorette party. Neither of my good friends are able to make it to Jamaica for my wedding and my only BM is the wife of my FI's best friend who lives in the same town as us. She and I have become very good friends over the last few months with all the planning. I felt kinda guily when my long time friends wanted to host the bachlorette party since that is sorta the MOH traditional job so I thought the least I should do was make sure my new friend was given the oppertunity to go. So her and her husband are heading out for the weekend with us. I was really looking forward to it until the last couple of days ago. It turns out her and her husband are completly jealous people. I knew they sorta were but not to what extent. They are putting restriction on where each other are allowed to go/do. I find it very very rude that they would do this to me and my FI. The guys are planning a marathon golf outing starting at 7am. Us girls are not heading out until 6pm. She has had the nerve to tell her husband that they need to be back to my parents by 3 or 4 so they can hang out for a bit before she goes out. He is not even driving or have any controll overe where they are going..lol He has said she needs to call him every time we go somewhere new. I just think that takes a lot of nerve! I don't want to spend the day waiting for her to get off the phone and my FI doesn't want to be interupted every 20 minutes while they are all out golfing (both happens all the time). I guess I kinda see it as it is one day out of thier lives. They have been married for 12 years and have the rest of thier lives to spend time together. Can't they just loosen the strings for one day I am not sure how to even approach this without pissing them off and making things tense this weekend or in Jamaica. My FI said we need to tell them both the need to leave thier cell phones at home...lol Any advise on how to handle this situation Also look at my ticker!!!! 24 days to go...whooohoooo. Not months now..days! LOL

I am glad everything turned out so well at your AHR! I also love the bead idea! The cake was also awsome. Did you do the first dance, the father/daughter dance or the toast? I have been debating on these things and I was just curious if you did them or not.

I don't understand why I am not hearing from her. I guess no news is good news I am actually pretty frustrated about it. I called again on Monday and emailed her yesterday so if do not hear anything by Mondays I am calling Sandals. I have really been busy and have just been putting off calling them but next week should be slower.

I have still herd nothing. At one time I herd she was pregnant but not sure if that was the case or not or how far along she was when I herd that. It was like 2 or 3 months ago I think. Maybe she had the baby? But wouldn't Sandal have a replacement? I'm not sure though. I would love to know what is going on. I have emailed 3 times and called twice. I am tying to be patient.

I am not doing a real reception at the resort because I am having a large one at home this summer (thanks to my mom and dad...lol). We are actually just going to do the night time party cruise that evening. There are just 6 of total that will be there so I felt I should concentrate more on the AHR. I know Iriebride is definatly going off site to do it and I think that is a great idea. I would have trouble paying the $75 for a meal at a resort that is "all-inclusive". I have the same problem with the $150 candlelight dinner they keep trying to push! Why would I want to spend that much for a meal that I have already paid for when I purchased the trip? Just doesn't make sence to me. It is supposed to be more romantic but any trip without kids is romantic enough for me..lol (I have a 2 year old) Can anyone tell I am just feeling pissy today LOL I think it is just the big day closing in on me!

I was (still kinda am) in the same pissy mood. Now I am laughing. Looks like you were having a blast! I also loved the comments! hehe

Great thread! I have had trouble finding a good site too!

Quote: Originally Posted by bridget917 hollisandsteph, For those of you who have been planning for a while, can you think of anything I need to ask my wedding planner about? Bridget Everything cost extra. The "free" wedding is very basic. It included nothing. They can send you prices of everything though. Alot of it is very pretty and depending on what you have in mind worth the money. Also, are you having pictures taken? I am not overly impressed with the pictures I have seen already. I am going very cheep with them if I decided to book a photographer at all! If you do a search you can find some that I believe Iriebride posted. She's been a great help! (kissing up alittle here...lol) Quote: Originally Posted by IrieBride08 Now that's interesting because Darma has been calling me weekly trying to get me to make my final selections. I feel bad because I'm really not going to making many. I think that since I moved my reception offsite, she's trying to pin me down on other details to bring in a little more money. LOL!! Don't feel bad about not making selections. It made more sence for you to move your reception. What was it $75 a head for the reception? It wasn't even going to be private was it? That is prolly why she is not responding to me. I am not much of a money maker for them. It is kinda frustrating cause reguardless it is my wedding. Even if it is not important to Sandals it is important to me. I am going to wait until tomorrow (when I have the money to book a hair appointment) and then I am going to complain.

In all these crazy reality shows I root for the underdog! I sooo wanted Natalie gone last night and was thrilled Shelia sent her out of the house! I have seen people on here talk about Sharons voice but I can handle hers. It's Natalie's that made me cringe. I also think Mattie will have problems for life with her obsessive almost stalkish behavior. I am feeling sorry for him! LOL. I really do not have a favorite this year. I honetsly like them all. I think this next week will help me pick a fav cause the claws will start coming out! I tend to like Ryan just cause he is from the same area as me but I think I like Adam better over all. That can all change though..lol

I feel keep your friends close but your enemies closer! IF he feels the need to be friends with her as much as you would hate it, befriend her! Then you will always know what is going on and noone (she particularly) will have to hide anything from you! If you make him not be her friend (even though if he knows you feel strongly about it, he should not even want to) then he may resent you and see you as controlling. You don't have to sit back and watch her try to slime her way in. Make it seem like it's your idea to be friends and she doesn't get the satisfaction of getting to you! That may be part of the whole chase for her- getting to you. If it doesn't appear to get to you then she will get nothing out of it. I hope that makes sense! BTW, sorry if I got in alittle late on this!

Whoohooo another Sandals bride. Welcome and congrats. Make sure you check out the Sandals section. TA Jennifer (Sandals specialist) just got back from Jamica and will be posting pictures and a review!

I am freeking out and quickly running out of money..lol I keep finding things I want! LOL

I am still having trouble getting ahold of my wedding planner. I am one month and 2 days away and she will not return my emails/calls! I am really hoping I am not forgetting any last minute things I need to take care of. I really wanted to find out if it was too late to schedule a hair appointment and pictures. My MOH takes really awsome pictures as a hobby and she really wants to take them but I dont want her to have to worry about it since she is actually my only BM. I honestly think she does a better job than the pictures I saw from the Sandals photographers though. I guess I am just annoyed cause I contacted Darma sooo long ago and have followed up on it several time. This is the secound time I have gone through this with her. I know I am not having a large money making wedding but I feel I am sooo insignificant!

I am sooooo excited you are back. I am sure you are already ready to go back, right Can't wait to see the pictures/read the review!

I live in a tiny community with a really small community hospital (one OBGYN in the whole town and there is only 3 floors at the hospital) and when I gave birth to my daughter it was like going through national security just to hold her. I guess that is a good thing..lol They did have these tiny little ankle braclets that were supposed to stay on her leg and if anyone left the OB area with her the braclet would beep like a loud car alarm. My daughter was very small (6lbs even), they actually almost transfered her to a larger hospital cause she was having trouble maintaining her body tempture:-( but the braclet would not stay on her foot! I was never really concerned about an abduction but it obviously could have happened! Mistakes happen all the time and it sooo scarry that that happened to those 2 baby boys!

I just thought i would let you know that the lady that did the alterations on my dress had one and it was a bit small (by about 2inches)so she added alittle panel to it and it is perfect now. They are super easy to alter if you cannot come up with one that fits. She charged me $10 for the whole thing! I wasn't even planning on wearing one cause I am trying to keep mine simple but she swore it would make my hips look smaller so I had to take her up on it..lol