~Katie~

Quote: Originally Posted by KittenHeart I too am doing the Sky Deck! I am sooo going to get all my wedding party into an internet site somewhere on the 8th and log in so we can watch your wedding when you get log in details or whatever it is, PM me!!!! man, I'm sad by moving hotels I'm missing out on this...I wanted my nan to be able to watch it

Quote: Originally Posted by ~Nicole~ Hey ladies! I'm back from Punta Cana, and it was awesome . I probably missed 1000 posts while I was gone, so I'm just going to start from here lol. I hope everyone's planning is still going smoothly and no one had any break downs lol. welcome back Nicole!! glad to hear you had a good time...I could do with a break right now!! lol oh, and you'd be proud...I've been multi-quoting!! woop woop

Quote: Originally Posted by ~Nicole~ Hey ladies! I'm back from Punta Cana, and it was awesome . I probably missed 1000 posts while I was gone, so I'm just going to start from here lol. I hope everyone's planning is still going smoothly and no one had any break downs lol. welcome back Nicole!! glad to hear you had a good time...I could do with a break right now!! lol

Quote: Originally Posted by thefuturemrslutz It sounds like you were SUPER productive!! I know everything didn't go exactly as planned, but "well done you!" ha I agree with your FI too...you would rather get it right than stare at it everyday and wished you had purchased a different ring! OMG! I am speechless about your friend. However, nothing surprises me these days. What are you going to do? haha well done me lol i'm still undecided as to what to do....I seem incapable of making any decisions at the moment. Over the weekend I looked at some of my FMIL's rings and decided to get mine changed from 3mm wide to 5mm wide....then this evening I went to a jewellers and looked at their rings and changed my mind to a 4mm ring....then told FI and he i suppose quite rightly said 'what difference is 1mm going to make if it looked too small before' and then made me remember also the cut of the ring/shape will affect how big or small it actually looks next to my engagement ring....so I am STILL undecided. I just DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO!!!!!!!! Quote: Originally Posted by MrsVaughn2B Katie - I am shocked that your BM would even tell you that after all of the drama with her not being able to come to your wedding. Its sorta a slap in the face. Sure it was a gift but its still not cool at all. I am sorry. thank you. atm I don't really feel too bothered but I think as the time comes round I will. think I'm so distracted at the moment with everything else (wedding obviously) I just don't have the brain capacity for anything else! I'm sure I'll be ok, just kinda sucks. Quote: Originally Posted by MrsVaughn2B This weekend i got a lot done!. -My mom and i picked up our dresses! -Picked out and bought jewelry for my bridesmaids -Found a garter on line.. I couldn't believe this was so hard to find. - Ordered flip flops from the dessy group for my bridesmaids. I decided to pick a neural color since i didn't get their dress there and the corals may not match. - Bought matting for people to sign as our guest book. -Did a count of goodies for OOT bags. I am going to have to get a few more things. I just found out a new people booked last minute. OMG!! I am getting married in 12 days!! wow, you got loads done! well done you! 12 days, 12 days, 12 days! <<<<<<< see I'm getting excited for you!

Quote: Originally Posted by amybermuda Katie, What are these gift cards?!? Wow. I am not sure how I'd take that, but definitely not appreciating her BF choosing DR which is like a hop from Cancun instead! You only want people at your wedding that really really WANT to be there and celebrate with you and FI - so if they'd rather be somewhere else - thats better for you for them not to be there. Thats why we all chose destination weddings anyway, right?!?! Only the people we really wanted to share our wedding with will be there. gift cards (maybe they're called something else over there!!) are little card things you get from the shop you do your 'gift list' with so you can write you gift list number on it for people to choose a gift from if they want to buy you something. thanks for thoughts...saying all that makes me feel more emotional than I did when I found out! (oh and did I mention I found out from seeing her status update on facebook!?!?) Quote: Originally Posted by meghan Oh mannn, I can't believe that about your friend! Actually, I kind of can because I had something similar happen to me. Wasn't my BM, but good friends of the family said they didn't know if they could come to the wedding because of financial matters, yet a month later they booked a family trip to mexico and just got back lol....I would be furious, especially if they were someone close enough for to ask to be a BM. Hopefully everything goes well with the ring! I'll keep my fingers crossed for you! yeah I know Meghan...at the moment I'm debating whether to say anything at all (I'm NOT a confrontational person) and just let her get on with it, or say something but not sure what that would achieve, or not say anything and just accept that once the weddings done, I'll just have to move on and leave it at that. I just don't have the energy for hatred, or rowing, or anything like that. FI makes me laugh because he says 'i love you for it, it's one of the things I love most about you, but you'd do anything for anyone but you let people walk all over you because your too nice all the time'! lol what can you do?! thank you though

hey girlies hope you've all had lovely weekends... an update from me: this weekend could be summarised as taking 4 steps forward and 2 steps back! lol we got our wedding bands delivered on Saturday morning - great except I don't like mine! lol it's the same width as my engagement ring and first thing FI and FMIL said was 'you can't see it!' the diamond in my engagement ring makes my wedding ring disappear. so we've now got to send mine back and TRY to make out it was sold wrongly so that I don't foot a third of the bill, AND pay for a whole 'nother ring! fingers crossed I will just have to pay to get it changed, as I will be making it 2 mm wider which means my 2 diamonds in it will also go bigger - OUCH to my budget! but as FI said, you've got to wear it for the rest of your life so if it needs changing, that's what we'll have to do. On Friday we found flowergirl dresses for FI nieces - soooo cute. when they both came out the changing room holding hands I nearly balled it! got so chocked up, and in a way, that made it all feel more real seeing them like that. Also sorted out my remaining bridesmaid's new dress (we wanted to get her a better dress kinda as a thank you and also as she's now on her own). thought, 'great, sorted' then went to order it online today (so we had a brand new one) and it says there's either a problem with the link or they're not stocking it anymore...arrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhh if its the latter, I am going to have a nervous breakdown....this was the only dress we found that everyone agreed on in about FOUR shopping trips! so please keep your fingers crossed for me! (you'll all know soon enough!! lol) inserts are done after a nightmare - i did them in Publisher on my PC, and then sent them to my email so i could open it on my dad's (which has the printer) except he's got a mac and doesn't recognise Publisher. Then copied it over on my Pc into a word doc and after much more fiddling about, got there, sent it to myself again, but when I opened it on my dads, it didn't like the changes I'd made to it in word! so FI just rewrote it all out in a word doc on my dads pc and we just had to forgo all the fancy editing and formatting. but hey, its done now. got our gift cards finally sorted after FI decided he didn't like the one we did in the shop and so did a new one online. then he decided he didn't really like that one and wanted to add to the one we did in the shop. long story short, I made it be ok with the one he did online and we just added some more things to it. so i then could write the gift list number on all the cards to go in with the invites! lol and finally...don't know what you will make of this, but on Friday I found out my BF (the one who's dropped out - you all remember that?! lol) is going to the Dominican Republic with her boyf for a week, just the 2 of them (her birthday present)....just a week BEFORE we all fly out for the wedding. think im in shock or numb because I really don't know how I feel about that or if I feel anything at all. ah well....I'm off to stuff envelopes with all our invites and inserts, so night all xx

Quote: Originally Posted by renee1811 okay, I have attached my pre-wedding brochure. I stole the template from Trayce2222, and I loved the way it looked! I am mailing these off mid-Feb. with luggage tags to help the guests get pumped up about the trip! The measurements aren't quite right, so I need to adjust it to fit in the margins to be printed--if anyone has any suggestions on how to do that, I would appreciate them! That's soooo good...I hate mine now! lol love it, so clear, fun, and informative. WELL DONE YOU! Quote: Originally Posted by thefuturemrslutz man, I still have 600 posts til I get to Senior member...crap! haha...I felt like that too...get posting lady!! lol it will come round i promise!

hi Angela, welcome to the site try not to feel too overwhelmed...you'll be a pro in no time! congrats on your upcoming wedding and HAPPY PLANNING!!

hi Susan, welcome to the site congrats on your upcoming wedding and HAPPY PLANNING!!

ok, ok, I just have to do this one post as it will be my 1000th(!!) and I couldn't think of a more fitting place to put it! (plus I've been having real problems with the site timing out today and not loading pages up so now that I'm in...I'm doing it while I can!!) off to bed now...more flat hunting tomorrow and on my much needed day off I still need to get up at 7am boooooo whats that about??!

hi Clare, welcome to the site congrats on your upcoming wedding and HAPPY PLANNING!!

hi Ashley, welcome to the site I hope you find the info you need! congrats on your upcoming wedding and HAPPY PLANNING!!

hi Courtney, welcome to the site congrats on your upcoming wedding and HAPPY PLANNING!!

hi, welcome to the site congrats on your upcoming wedding and HAPPY PLANNING!!

hi cathe, welcome to the site congrats on your upcoming wedding and HAPPY PLANNING!!

hi Christie, welcome to the site congrats on your upcoming wedding and HAPPY PLANNING!!

that better Nicole?! hehe!!

Quote: Originally Posted by KittenHeart Side note - I've been extra emotional all of a sudden, our first dance song never made me cry, now I'm balling at work... I'm worried I'm going to be a pile of mashed bride by wedding day, LOL! aww, that is kinda cute you'll be fine chick...don't stress...maybe if you keep listening to it over and over, it will lose it's effect??!! and anyway, you'll be so wrapped up dancing in your HUSBANDS arms, enjoying the moment that you won't even think to cry Quote: Originally Posted by KittenHeart As a gift from one of my close friends, she is a professional film editior and he is a camera man for television and movies out here in LA are actually borrowing a really pro video camera and offered as my wedding gift to professional film and edit a wedding video for me. This is the most amazing gift to me so I figured I'd be able to show this to everyone at my AHR as well WOW...what an amazing gift...I think that sorts out whether or not to have a AHR doesn't it?! you have to just so you can show it off!! lol Quote: Originally Posted by thefuturemrslutz I agree!!!! I think it is a fabulous idea!! BUT IF AND ONLY IF, you will let them handle it!!!!!! From what I know of you, I think you will try to make it super cute and do all this stuff for it (I would be the same way)...I think you should definitely do it if it doesn't stress you out!!!!!! It will be nice for yall to get to celebrate with the fam! totally agree!!! it would be great for you to have someone throw you a AHR!! BUT ONLY IF YOU DON'T STRESS!!!! promise us?! lol Quote: Originally Posted by amybermuda Katie (and Lolo and anyone else) - I think a cheaper and fun way to decorate a table is to buy a bunch of maracas when you are in Mexico and put 4 (+/-) in the center of the table. Its also a fun prop when dancing. Honestly though I have also seen pictures of weddings in Mexico without centerpieces and they look lovely too. Its like the wedding pictures - yes the flowers on the arch/gazebo are nice, but its just as pretty without them. amy, i love this idea, thank you! it's my top choice now...i just feel like there should be something there. but using this idea means I don't have to do anything in advance and if when I get there and see the tables etc and decide it DOES need something, I can go get some maracas! Genius idea Quote: Originally Posted by amybermuda I finally (with the help of a friend) wrote down my WHOLE to do list! YAY it does feel good when you do that doesn't it?! my FI is off this week and said to me today, if you get bored on the train on your way home, write me an email of all the things we've got to do....so off the top of my head and about 10 mins later, I sent him a list of 33 things we still need to do!! lol his response - I can handle that!! lol we'll see how he does! Quote: Originally Posted by daniepps The one thing I am under budget on is my dress!! It was being discontinued so it was on sale for half the price. Woo-hoo!!!!! YAY!!! don't you just love it when things like that happen?! i haven't had that yet...I'm still eagerly waiting in anticipation! Quote: Originally Posted by KittenHeart I did mine yesterday! I love my blog, I think no one reads it but I am amused by writing things to myself  haha thats what I was thinking...I'm just chatting away to myself, just everyone can see it! it was good fun to do it tho so I'm defo going to keep it up. what's your wedding site again? I'll have to save your link somewhere as well as Lindsey's! Quote: Originally Posted by KittenHeart How are you making the brochure? I was going to make one on VistaPrint but FI has Publisher so I was thinking maybe we should make it there. Any suggestions? I have used Vista Print for my AHR invites and I am using Publisher for my inserts with the invites, and our wedding brochure - I just find it really user-friendly and there's so much you can do! that's my vote lol Quote: Originally Posted by KittenHeart I should take a picture of my livingroom, it's embarrassing. DO IT! lol you've intrigued me now...got the maddest image of how your living room looks right now, but I bet it's nowhere near as bad as you think it is!

Hi Maggie, welcome to the site congrats on your upcoming wedding and HAPPY PLANNING!!

Hi Mindy, welcome to the site congrats on your upcoming wedding and HAPPY PLANNING!!

Quote: Originally Posted by thefuturemrslutz Thanks love!! I need to update it more often...hmm maybe I will do that now! I did mine for the first time today after getting inspired by reading yours!

Quote: Originally Posted by meghan Katie, we are way over budget too. Mostly because in the beginning, just like everyone else, we thought way more was included and all the "extras" that we didn't originally think were extras have put us way over. I'm going to be talking to my parents in the next few weeks asking them for money! oh god, I wish I could do that!! I feel bad enough though that they are having to pay a whole load of money just to come to start with!! ours is over budget as we fell in love with our AHR venue and couldn't say no...then we found out AFTER we signed the contract that we couldn't bring in our own caterers and had to use theirs....which obviously isn't cheap. we bargained them down in the end and they are catering to us so it's not too bad, just more than we thought we could do it for. (I also have to take some of the flack as we kinda randomly guessed guest numbers and didn't budget properly for food and welcome drinks etc) damn it! lol good luck with your talk tho....fingers crossed you get what you need

hi Jennifer, welcome to the site and that is exactly why it's worth doing all the research now! but remember to take things with a pinch of salt - everyone has different expectations and different levels of expectation so just because one said it's bad, doesn't mean you will...just look at the general overall opinion and take it from there. congrats on your upcoming wedding and HAPPY PLANNING!

hi Elaine, welcome to the site congrats on your upcoming wedding and HAPPY PLANNING!

hi Kat, welcome to the site you'll be a pro in no time - I felt the same as you with all of that, but I've done ok eventually! congrats on your upcoming wedding and HAPPY PLANNING!