EDRBride2009

Congratulations and welcome to the forum!!

Guess it's about time I wrote this FI got engaged on January 13th, 2009 in Mexico. FI and I have been dating for over 8 years (will be just about 9 by the time we say our I Do's). By this time I'm thinking that the proposal will never come. We had started talking about getting married after about 2 years of dating - so many times I had thought "I just know this is going to happen soon". But no. My friend owns a jewellery store and I was telling FI about a ring she had gotten in recently. I told him that I wanted to take him to see it and he agreed!!! Unbeknownst to me, he had already bought it! He had to call the store while I waited in the car and ask them to take it out of the safe and put it back in the display. I imagine the sales ladies were all laughing while I went into the store, all excited that the ring was still there, and even tried it on (a bonus, FI says, as he knew for sure that it fit!!) So in December FI suggests looking into a vacation. This should have been my first clue. This was our first real vacation together. People would say to me "Oh you guys are going to get engaged". I just laughed. After all this time I had quit expecting anything. We went to the Mayan Rivieria in early January. Everything was great! The second night we were there, our concierge left a bottle of champagne in our room with a letter that said Congratulations! I thought this was weird, but FI said maybe they just did that for everyone. Our 3rd night there we had planned a candle light supper on the beach. Originally, FI was going to propose this night. He talked with our concierge who convinced him to wait the next night and they would do something special. Thank goodness, cuz the beach dinner was a bust! It started to rain and the wind was whipping stuff all around! They moved us inside, but forgot FI's meal! Not impressive at all! After the supper I went back to the room to change while he went to get us a table at the bar. I get to the room, and there are candles all around the tub, which is filled with bubble bath and rose petals. Again, you think I would have caught on by this point, but no. I go back and tell FI that he needs to go and talk with the concierge as I think we ended up with someone's romance package. The next day FI goes and talks with the concierge. He tells me that they're going to redo our candle light supper since it went so badly. So that night one of the staff comes and picks us up at our room in a golf cart and takes us to a private gazebo. FI explains that they didn't have any tables left on the beach. Once we get to the gazebo, there is a waiter waiting with a bottle of champagne - I'm thinking, wow, they must have felt bad about our supper! We had a fabulous supper served by our own private wait staff. At the end of the supper, FI stands up and tells me that there's another reason he wanted to come on this trip. It wasn't until he started bending down on one knee that I figured it out!!! While I stood there blubbering like a baby, our waiters brought out cake while humming the wedding march. After supper, we went back to the room to find a trail of rose petals and candles leading to the tub, filled with more rose petals and bubbles. There's also balloons and flowers everywhere!! It was fabulous and well worth the wait!!!

Congrats and welcome! Happy planning!

Congrats and welcome!!

Congrats and welcome to the forum!!

Congrats and welcome!

My FI asked my father for permission before hand. After he proposed and I was done bawling, he told me about asking my dad and I started bawling all over again!

Congratulations and welcome! I'm an EDR bride too!

Yesterday was my first day back at the gym after 6 months. I hurt. Going back tomorrow for some more punishment!!!

5 months for me today!!!

I chose November because we got engaged in January and after dating for 9 years, I didn't want to wait another year! I wanted to get married in the same decade I met FI October is still in hurricane season and December is too close to the holidays, so November it is!!

I used the one from weddingtracker.com I used a coupon from the Knot for 50% off I picked it because people can RSVP online, nice and easy!

Quote: Originally Posted by jmb0902 Is there a good/cheap place to get Jelly Bellys or are you just getting them locally from a candy store?? I'm planning on ordering them from the Jelly Belly store, cheaper that way Hope that helps!

Your pictures are great! You look gorgeous! Congrats!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by khara Any chance you would share that spreadsheet? Unfortunately, I made it up on my old computer, which blew up and died a few months ago. Sorry

Quote: Originally Posted by MegaShay For those of you doing OOT bags, are you also doing favors at the reception? I'm torn on this one ... I'm doing Jelly Belly jellybeans in soda flavours of 7-up, root beer and cream soda as my favours. I'm also gonna do OOT bags where I plan on using personalized party flops

Hey ladies I have to agree with you all - anything over 6 months seemed far away. All of a sudden, we're into the 5 month count down and I'm starting to freak out a little. I finally got my invites out this weekend, so that's one thing off my list. I'm also starting a new job next week that requires a lot of training and different courses. I'm sure the next 5 months are going to fly by!!!

Amazing photos! You look great!

We are going with the casita upgrade. I made a spreadsheet before hand (I know, too much time on my hands) comparing all the packages, and found that based on what I wanted, the costs were close to the same. We are getting married before we go, so the blood test, etc, we didn't need. Plus I knew that I wanted to upgrade the bouquet and a few other details. Besides, I figure the casitas are that little something extra, perfect for a special occasion! Quote: Originally Posted by allisonmpls I am on the fence about booking the casita suite and need some advice!! :-) If we book that, we get the basic wedding package for free (as you all know) and we were quoted $4,578.00 for the casita suite for 7 nights. If we book the basic jacuzzi suite and then just pay for the basic wedding package it's about $600 cheaper. Just wanted to see what everyone's thoughts are about upgrading to get the free wedding.

Welcome Melissa!

The invites look great Megan!

I was feeling like this for a while, so I went to see my doctor. He prescribed me an anti-depressant. Before I started taking it, a friend told me to try exercise first. I did and it made a huge difference! I never ended up filling the prescription. I'm kinda anti-pill after a bad reaction (hallucinations!!) On the other hand, a friend of mine tried the exercise, didn't work. She was one who was always against pills, but eventually started taking them and has a life again. Everyone is different, but the main point is that if are not happy right now, anything is worth a try!! Good luck!!

After looking at some of the photos on here, I decided that I wanted to use Claudia Rodriquez, and she is one of the approved photogs for El Dorado Royale, so it was never an issue.

You look gorgeous! Congratulations! Can't wait to see more pics

These are mine. They are Tell style by Something Bleu. I got them off of the My Glass Slipper website. I ordered in ivory.