Prettyhazardous

Hey Lori my fi and I quit at the end of day 2. Th soup was too much when it's like 90 degrees outside. Plus with the way we ork it really wasn't portable. I felt filled up on day one eating the fruit all day (esp watermelon) but not on day 2. We quit that evening. I actually lost 5lbs tho. We're now planning to do Atkins...

Love your pics. I hope my fiance can pic me up like that, bc that's the cutest pic. Did your bm's have flowers? Thats something I've been been going back and forth ab. My girls are gonna carry parasols, so i was thinking no to flowers. But I liked how your girls carried fans...

Looks good congrats....

OMG I love your table decor... I am so stealing you idea. I'm off to pier 1 tomm. Thanx...

OMG I would have never been able to make those they look great....

LOL Thank you ladies. I didn't want to seem ignorant by not contacting him, but I don't want to make that the story of my life. And I don't want to give him the idea that I care, bc I really really don't....

Yes they are big enough for that. They aren't made of the best quality but the size is good, and they're cute so I'm sure ppl will use them throughout the trip. (I'm still trying to fill them up but with my snack bags that'll be going in right before we leave and the Avon goodie bags I'm sure they'll be pretty full). I purchased too many bags so I will def have some to sell after the wedding. I may even do a pre wedding sale... i ordered way too much of everything...

Ok So I was raised by my maternal grandparents and my mother was in and out of my life growing up (she had substance abuse issues but she's been clean for at least 10 years now and has been an active part of my life since). My father on the other hand has done nothing for me besides pay ab $43.00 a month for child support. Then when I turned 18 he bragged to his friends that he didn't have to pay it anymore. He's really is a loser. So anyway he has never made a committed effort to be a part of my life. Growing up he would be a part of my life maybe 1 month a year until it got boring or for whatever reason he'd stop (also I have a 1/2 brother and sister that he raised and he also raised his stepson and is the godfather of his stepson's son I might add). Once I turned 18 I moved on and really stopped caring ab him at all. I have no desire for him to be a part of my life!!!! Well lately he has become a part of my grandparent's circle (mainly bc he has a sister who is my grandmother's age and she and my grandmother are friends). So he met my fi at a bbq last summer and made this big joke about me not wanting to be a part of his life. I basically told him that he really didn't want to discuss that in front of his so called friends (he was a bit drunk I clearly wasn't).. OK So fast forward to Jan 09...Well my gparents made me send him and 2 of his 8 siblings an invite to my wedding. His sisters freaked out bc I didn't invite all the siblings. I'm like I don't even know you ppl, and u 2 should be glad u were invited in the first place. My father said that he was coming, but never booked (he actually fussed at my carnival personal vacay planner bc of the price she quoted him. She called me in tears saying that she didn't think he would be attending). I was overyjoyed!!!! So by the booking deadline in May he hadn't booked, but the rest of my entire group had... I have not heard from him since I called him to get his addy to send the invite in January...I heard nothing from him (and didn't go outta my way to call him) to find out if he was really coming. Well last week he purchased a new Escalade (but he can't come to my wedding ok, Who even buys and truck like that during a recession...idiot) and stopped past my gparents house to tell them that he and my older sister (who I have no relationship with, but I did tell her on fb a few weeks ago that I hadn't heard from our father in since jan. I thought she was just being nosey when she asked) are coming to the wedding. I am pissed... How can u decide to go after the booking deadline and not even let me know. Also he hasn't booked, and I turned in all my final counts to my wc already. I also sent my info for the program to Ana and I have no FOB on the program. My gparents want me to call him to see what his plans are but I think it's ludicrous that he hasn't called me.... How can he even consider booking his trip and not rsvp with me. He can go on the cruise all he wants but if I don't know ab he can't come to the wedding. Should I call him or should I just wait to hear from him?

I did things way diff than most DW Cruise brides. My wedding in 11.10.09. I sent out my invites in Jan 09. I never did STDs. I also didn't use a TA. I used a Carnival Personal Vacay Planner (the Carnival agents) and we didnt book as a group we did individual bookings bc we had alotta Carnival past guests with us and the rates were cheaper if they booked separately. So we sent out invite Jan 09 and made a deposit deadline of 3.31.09 then extended it May 1, 09. Our full payments are due 8.24.09... I had no idea how many ppl were gonna go so we set up a $10,000 budget expecting and 15-20 ppl to go. But we have 39 ppl going so we extended our budget a bit... I also got us a group rate thru Airtran airways where everyone gets a 10% discount... Happy Planning

I got my bags from OTC the hibiscus totes

OMG Well did you take the gown home or were they bold enuf to show you the gown in the store? Please tell me they were apologetic. If I were you I'd prolly be in jail right now. I think you should show up at the shop on Mon to check on their progress, and if you are unhappy take it to another seamstress. I really wouldn't trust them at this point. Like other's said maybe tomm you can run around and look for other options. I'm so sorry this happened to you... Good Luck.

IMO whether the parent is contributing or not it's the bride and grooms wedding and the final decisions should always be theirs. I'm glad that your FI gave him mom a limit. We had that same issue with my grandmother's friends (I was raised by my grandparents so...). But I didn't really stress it. I just invited her friends and not one of them is going. It was good that they got the invite as a souvenir and bc they won't be going (and kinda feel guilty ab not being able to) I'll prolly get great gifts from them lol (hope I don't sound selfish). I really doubt that many of your fmil's friends are gonna attend. For me DW invites are more so of a momento.. But if you don't want to waste the $$ on invites then don't invite them. Also have you guys actually asked the fmil to help contribute to the wedding cost? Bc she may just not think you want her to help. What my fi and I did was instead of having my parents contribute to the wedding we asked them to help family member who really wanted to come but needed help. This worked out well.... Good Luck.

Hey Date Twin Sorry to hear ab this issue. To be honest I don't think there's much you can do. Unfortunately your FBIL is being very immature and petty ab the situation. I know it's hard for your FI but I would just be supportive of him. Also I wouldn't make excuses for the brother... I know thats hard though.

Yay for the cruise bride lol. Everything looks great. I'm getting ready to start taking pics for my planning thread lol...

Wow Moe everything looked great. Your BD Book was awesome and I loved you table number/ place settings adorable...

OK Our Budget starting out was $10,000. We were expecting about 15 guests. Well our total guest count ended up being 39. While our wedding isn't for 3 more months I'll give you our projected budget. Thus far we've spent $4686.82. Our current budget is only $11,720. I've done a great job of staying within this 11,720 budget as this has been the projected budget for at least 4 months, However we are prepared to go to $15,000 but have no desire to go over $12,000. Our spending $$ for the 8 day cruise is not added in... Here's a breakdown: Our Cruise: 2905.82 Our Attire:700 (my parents helped with my dress, but my fiance is getting his attire made so we really have no idea what the price will be) Our Flights: 400 Ring: 250 (just his, my engagement ring and wedding band came as a set so we already have it yay, I sneak and try it on at least weekly lol) Favors/OOTs: 500 Invites: 275 Pastor's Offering: 300 $$ to give to wedding party: 1000 Ceremony items: 120 Everything that we pay to our WC for wedding and Reception: 4081 St Thomas tour and transportation: 1200

We only have 39 ppl attending our wedding so I'm having a big bridal shower around halloween. And the theme will be a masquerade ball (ok grown and sexy costume party lol)... But fortunately for us with our cruise we will be in San Juan PR the night before the wedding (like from 5pm-12a) so we will get to do the barhopping bach party in PR lol.

Wow Jac Everything looks great and thanx for all the details. Your total is so much lower than mine... how unfair lol jk that's awesome. Good luck next week...

I did what a few other brides did which was I went to the dollar tree and they have these diy mugs for kids. Where you decorate a piece of paper and put it in the plastic slot in the mug. I did orange and green paper (which made orange and green mugs) with our logo on them. It worked out well for only $1 per mug plus maybe $5 for paper. Also ppl will be able to remove the paper with our logo after the wedding and reuse the mug...

My mom used to be a traveling surgical tech and for a while she lived in hampton.... OMG so so loved going to water country and busch gardens like daily that summer...

For cruise bride I'd say bring an extension cord as there is only one plug in the room, and in you have balcony room bring a bungee cord to keep the door open overnight. I also bring a travel bottle of febreze to freshen the room up...

Wow Yay Kiera I dot think I coulld ever do a nude shoot... I'm glad you had such a good time. I hope I can get up the nerve to do the bd. Its such a great gift idea.

Hey Nate I'm working with Janelle as well. While i've never visited either place I really wanted to get married on Limetree beach but bc my wedding is on a tues we decided against it (due to carnival's beach party). From the pics I saw that would be a very beautiful place to be married. I especially liked the idea of the grassy area as well as the beach... Happy Planning.

Hey ladies Boston bride I feel like you. I'm over organized and don't have much left to do I need to : -Pick up my parasols from ms Shelley -do my fittings -get my jewelry and barefoot jewelry (i inquired ab barefoot jewelry on etsy today) -purchase and figure out centerpieces -mail my license and app to my wc -mail all my wedding items to my wc -finish snack packs for OOT bags to complete oot bags -purchase oot bag brochures (w/ vista prolly do that next week already completed it just 4th 5th and 6th guessing myself) -make final wedding payments -meet with my pre martial counselor and pastor 1x more -pack n leave lol I just sent my fans to ana de roux for my program fans and she's also doing my reception/menu cards. I cant wait to see her proofs. She is soo creative...

Double post sorry....