QueenDiva

No, lol. Bloody Bay is a beach.

No, there's the cliffs & also 7 mile beach (& Bloody Bay).

Lua- love your dress on you!

Tris- Congrats girl!!!

Brandy- I can't believe you have like 3 weeks left! Wow!

I'm almost done with my bridesmaid bouquets...

Originally Posted by SeeFlowers 

Ok.... another thing to vent about. I had a dress fitting yesterday and tried it on again today. I hate my dress on my body! I just got done balling on the fone to FI. I'm PMSing too so that doesn't help anything (TMI). I'm such a procrastinating bride....this is what i get for waiting so long. I'm hoping and praying that I can get it altered somehow to look half way decent....

 

The moral of the story other brides.... DO NOT PROCRASTINATE!

 

I swear my next post will be positive. Sorry for being so negative all the time!

I feel so bad for you- and me-- I can't even fit my dress!!
 

You are really prepared! I get married next month & have NOT put my bags together yet, lol. I absolutely love your do not disturb sign & telling you right now and upfront that I'm stealing your wording, lol! Whew- good thing I didn't work on them this weekend like I was supposed to!

Originally Posted by Michele4172011 

 

My shower was so nice! My mom and sister really out-did themselves! My FI and I spend hours yesterday and today going through gifts! SO FUN! Thank you ladies for the well wishes. I hope your showers are as much fun as mine was!

 

Quick question-- For those of you who have done OOT bags.. and hangover kits with bag tops, where did you find the clear (without writing) ziplock bags? Everywhere I look all of the bags have writing on them, like freezer storage bags. I've even tried the cheap ones.

So happy you had fun Michele!

Originally Posted by Brandy 

 

Erin, Im so glad you are making some progress with your AHR, Im sure everything will work out perfectly!!!

 

Well I got a ton of stuff accomplished this weekend, I feel pretty good about it actually, we FINALLY found my mom a dress, she looks amazing in it too, its it nice fitted turqoise satin dress that we found at macys Im so glad to finally check that off the list, I mean she bought like 8 dresses trying to find the perfect dress lol and we finally found one!!!

 

We bought a lot for FI too a lot of outfits for him to have for dinner, if anyone is looking for nice island clothes, macys is having all the cubavera clothes 50% off right now we got like 4 outfits for $120.00

 

I found a dress for the welcome dinner this picture does it no justice but its super cute on!!

 

And I bought this dress too, I posted it a while back for my mom to wear but she didnt like it so I bought it lol!!

Love, love, love the dresses Brandy! I just realized, you don't even have a month left! Are you excited, nervous??

SeeFlowers I feel your pain!

Good post lisa! But I'm still doing my OOT bags, haha

Originally Posted by merrylee 

 

Welcome Yuri!  

 

And Beach and See, I'm in the same boat too.  I just want 1 person to put their deposit  down.  Just one, is that asking too much?  Granted our wedding is still 14 months away, I NEED one person besides FI and myself to book so that I feel that all this work I've been doing is worth it.  Otherwise I've wasted time and money caring about the people who *might* be going.  Sorry for my freak out it's just everyone was so gung ho about the wedding and now it's like where are all my peeps at?

I know it's so easy to worry, but don't! I worried myself too, and wouldn't you know I still have a couple of people booking now?! Everyone was supposed to be booked by December! I have 55 days until my wedding, and finally have 25 rooms booked & paid for & 60 people going including FI and I. So, I'm sure it will all work out. I just don't know why people choose to book so close to the wedding?!

Welcome Michelle & Yuri!

Tris- Love, LOVE, your dress! Looks amazing!

Lisa I feel your frustration, the site wouldn't even let me answer pm's today! ugh!

I got 56 days left- YAY!!

I like them too, you did a good job!

You're so lucky! I had my heart set on including sarongs too, but I couldn't find any reasonably priced. I was going to make them since they're cheap and easy to make, but just don't have the time. Great bargain!

Okay LMAO!!! I just went to to one forum and I saw her post like every 3-4 minutes-- right down the list of threads!  Believe me, there is an attachment somewhere that she really, really wants to open! Too funny!!

Also, just personally, I’m a nurse and although I know it’s cost efficient to just buy a bottle of meds to give some to those who need it, I’ve always been leery of it when I see some people do that. It’s really not ideal to be giving people meds that they’re not opening themselves… even as a nurse, we pretty much open oral meds in front of the patient so they can actually see what it is, then give it to them to take. Individual packets of OTC meds just seem like a better choice to me.

I think the generic is fine- save a buck when you can! I also think it's very thoughtful... lots of times you see med boxes in many office facilities which is why you see a lot of the "industrial" packs of meds in even your local office supplies store. As long as they're OTC I don't see a problem with it at all. Your guests will be grateful!

Hilarious BeachBride, lol! She might've wanted to open an attachment really bad- you never know!

Originally Posted by baileybride2b 

Meggers....Yep, WalMart!!  I'm on the Westcoast but I picked mine up from walmart for $1.00 each.  Not too shabby!!!

So as far as bringing centerpieces down.....I am VERY concerned with my luggage allownace and with the OOT bags and the few decorations that I have, I am starting to cut into my luggage allowance....should I jsut splurge for the extra bag???  We are allowed 44 lbs(20kg)  total!!  It can be in 2 bags but your total weight allowance is 44 lbs.  SOOOO for the extra it's $12 per kg for each bag each way!!  So I am thinking I am going to need the extra bag arghhhhh I hate haveing to do that when we could slpit it up but as far as just being orgainized it might be better to jsut paay the extra.....although...that's $240 for a 44 lbs bag each way!

 

Just wanna put this out there....BAGGAGE ALLOWANCES WITH AIR TRANSAT/NOLITOURS SUCK!!!

I hear you Bailey! That's why I had a plan, lol. My cousin and I are going down 2 days early before everyone else so I had to schedule a flight for us to take down there, but we come back with the group. So...I searched until I found an airline with a reasonable ticket that allowed at least one free bag. Yay- I ended up getting a one-way ticket to Jamaica for $175 and am allowed 2 bags (50lbs each) and a free carry-on and personal item! My cousin says she only needs 1 bag, so I now have 3 free bags and a free carry-on. My mom is part of my group that is staying for 3 nights and they get 2 free bags on American Airline, 50 lbs each- so I'm taking one of hers too! I now have 4 free bags & a carry-on! I'm bringing stuff down in those big totes that I plan to just leave there.

 

Oh I feel your pain! I said I didn't want a "typical" beach wedding either, as I love going to weddings with gorgeous decor. After seeing many pics of weddings at my resort, I hated seeing the "bare" looking tables all the time! However, after contacting the florist, I found out that even a little square vase with flowers in it is like $65! Now I see why everyone's tables at that hotel look so bare! I've tried to accept this in my mind, but I just can't do it- looks like I'll be bringing centerpieces down too...

 

Originally Posted by Meggers7484 

You're probably right. Our resort doesn't include any flowers. I am obsessed with not having a "typical" beach wedding so I've been really going out of my way to make it stand out. I am afraid it is driving me crazy though!
 

 

Originally Posted by tross84 

 

Thank you for posting...now I have to find someone to split an order with

I stareted a thread on the General Wedding forum under OOT bags. I did see a couple of brides over there looking for others to split orders with

I love your OOT bags Fmichelle! And I say definitely get a pompom lol!

Originally Posted by Ellabaja1983 

 

 

 

 

 

 That was me!  Are Oh Nuts! and Beau Coup local places, or an online places? 

I knew it was someone, Ella!  just checked my emails & saw that I mixed up one of the places I got my candy from. I actually got the swirly pops from Favors and Flowers (sorry!). Oh Nuts and Favors and Flowers are online. I'd never heard of Oh Nuts, but when I found it, the prices seemed a little cheaper.

Yes they do rack up pretty easily, lol. A good place to get meds for your kits whould be shoplet.com. The prices are pretty good.

Originally Posted by kitty25967 

I've decided on having a candy/cigar table at the Beach party for my DW.  I am doing skittles which are my FI's fav, I think I'm going to do my "mint to be" matchbooks, I have personalized matches that I want to put next to a box of cubans and dominican cigars, and I think I'm going to order the personalized swirl pops from oriental trading.  They look cute. 

 

 

I ordered swirl pops too. I actually found them in my wedding colors, orange & turquoise from Beau Coup.

 

Originally Posted by tris 

kitty - It's actually ALL plastic ! I've seen so many amazing centerpieces on here but there was no way I was bringing glass down with me. It's so risky and I didn't want to be babysitting it. SO, I got creative. The tall "vase" is actually a plastic pasta container that we pried the lid off of off. The smaller ones are all storage containers for food that I got at the dollar store. I just glued ribbon around everything to dress it up a bit

 

I have 3 of the tall ones and they cost me $7.99 each. I'd be totally willing to sell them after we get back if they make it back with us. The small ones were all between $1-$2.

 

 

And thanks everyone for the compliments! I'm really happy with how they're turning out.

Tris you are a lifesaver! I've been scouring the net for plastic cylinder containers but haven't found any... duh, who woulda thought to use plastic pasta containers, lol!
 

Originally Posted by mochamakes3 

Or really flashy from nine west

 

Totally love these!!! Can I have them when you're done, lol?
 

Originally Posted by Brandy 

I received some of my gifts today!! Im really happy with everything except for the beach bag I got my FSIL, there is no way this thing qualifies as a beach bag, its HUGE, Im talking the size of a suitcase seriously!!! Im hoping they will let me exchange it!

 

Heres the Lounge Cover Towels- the quality of these are great! They are nice thick fluffy towels, I only worry about how much room they will take up in the suitcase! And the embroidering is awesome!

 

I love these! I'm still on the fence whether or not to do the embroidered towels. I was able to get 15 turquoise beach towels on clearance for $2.50 each last year, but I need 57!
 

Originally Posted by Tennyt1 

Hey Meggers - I'm sorry to hear about you FIL - after a lot of contemplating I have decided not to do anything memorial for my mom I think it would make me very sad, I know that she will be with me in spirit.  I will be wearing a piece of her jewelry however possibly a ring on my right hand. 

I think that will be so special for you to wear her jewelry 

Also, someone asked me where I got my candy from for the candy buffet, but I couldn't find the post.  I actually got most of it from Oh Nuts! and then my swirly pops from Beau Coup.
 

Oops- they are $3.37 each for 50.