Lisa DSO

Quote: Originally Posted by Jenny310 Lisa, I started doing the brazilian a while ago and I started getting ingrown hairs with all the waxing. So then I switched to the laser hair removal and I LOVE IT! I agree it is a little painful but I think the waxing hurts more. Another great thing with the laser is that you can shave in between sessions if you have some hair that grows back. I think it really depends on where you are in your cycle, that’s how sensitive you'll be to pain. Just take 2 tylenols before! I was embarrassed at first but then you remember that this is what they do for a living and mine isn't the first one they saw LOL Ok, if waxing hurts more then I'm gonna do the laser lol. I'll just order the topical cream and take some tylenols like you suggested lol.

I know there is a thread for this elsewhere, but I want to ask YOU ladies lol. Are any of you getting a brazilian wax or the likes for your wedding? I know it's advisable to start well in advance, but I'm scared lol. I've had laser hair removal and that hurts, so I definitely don't want to do it in THAT area...hmm, i wonder which is worse...

Quote: Originally Posted by RunningBride24 Alright girls, so I've decided to have two entrees for the reception dinner. I have 39 guests and I'm trying to avoid doing a seating chart. My idea is to have cards at each table (one pink, one blue) to distinguish which entree they want. Chicken can be pink and beef blue. Of course I would give the Royal a count ahead of time, but then the servers will know who gets what and I do not have to force everyone into a seating chart. What do you think of this, would it work? Or is it not a good idea? Also, how many per table? I thought 6 but since I'm WC-less right now I couldn't verify. Some wedding sites like the knot, wedding channel and wedding wire have guest seating charts that are VERY easy and useful. I already used it to track my invitations, guest list, and meals, so adding them to a seating chart was quite easy.

Quote: Originally Posted by Lady_Di Lisa, here is an update on my issue. http://bestdestinationwedding.com/fo...d-texas-60322/ I would suggest you to get married before going to Mexico to avoid any headaches. Apparently a bride from Dallas is experiencing the same issue as me. It seems that every county in Texas is different when it comes to foreign marriages. IT SUCKS BALLS!!! Yep, big fat donkey balls lol Quote: Originally Posted by Lady_Di Ok, I retract my statement...lisa, get married in TX if you want to avoid any potential headaches but your marriage will be legal if you get married in Mexico. Do get the marriage certificate translated before you leave the Royal!! We didn't do that. Do your research and see if the SS, DMW and your company will accept translated marriage certificate if you want to change your last name. We are just going to get our marriage certificate translated then leave it alone. We are married. Nobody can tell us that we are not. I told FI what you said and we are gonna get it legally done here in the next couple of months. It's complicated enough already with him being Canadian, so we're just gonna do it that way and change to symbolic. I posted in the other thread, but like I said there, your wedding in Mexico WAS your real wedding and don't let this stupid rule take anything away from that.

Quote: Originally Posted by Lady_Di . We don't want to get married again because it is basically saying that the first time was fake. Diana, whether you have to redo it again as a formality or not, your wedding in Mexico WAS your real wedding and do not forget that. You exchanged vows to each other in front of your loved one and before God and that beautiful scenery- it WAS/IS real. Don't let a stupid local rule take anything away from that. If you have to do it again on paper, so be it, but your real wedding happened in Mexio. :-) <3 **hugs**

Quote: Originally Posted by dianep our wedding pictures are in! i posted them (still unorganized) here: looking at the pictures just makes me want to go back... loved it there! Diane York's Photos | Facebook and here (there are kind of a lot) Diane York's Photos | Facebook enjoy! Hmm i can only see the one pic and not the album :-(. I'll try again when I get home...otherwise expect a friend request on Facebook! lol

Quote: Originally Posted by Lady_Di Lisa, are you still planning to get married legally in Mexico? It turns out that Texas does not recognize any marriages performed out of the state! On the dept of state, it says that any marriages performed abroad is legal in U.S. and that's why we went ahead with the legal ceremony. I am seriously pissed. WTF?!?! Where did you find this information? And why weren't you informed by one of the michigan coordinators? I would think they would know all of this. Are you sure? Grrr...suxorz We currently have a legal ceremony scheduled, but FI has been thinking lately that it will be too much of an extra hassel since he is a resident alien on a visa (he's Canadian). I am so pissed for you!!

Quote: Originally Posted by RunningBride24 LOL LOL LOL you make me laugh! I totally would be rockin' the afro with all that humidity! I have naturally tight CURLY hair and after it's blown out or had a flat iron on it it will bounce right back into a curl at the first sign of moisture. Definitely need someone good. Mine isnt too tight, but def curly. I always prepare before going to the beach by leaving conditioner (not the leave-in kind...regular lol) and combing it through because when it starts drying after being in the ocean...dios mio! Yikes..... Yet another reason I am leaning toward having my hair up for ceremony lol

I just emailed Fernando lol!!! Diana, did you say Norma came to the resort? I would really like stuff done in my room so I stay relaxed. Did she put some kind of finishing spray afterward?

Oh God, I'm scared lol!

I'm curious why so many people are having hair/makeup done outside of the resort? Are they not pros at the Spazul? Should I be worried? lol

Quote: Originally Posted by dianep lisa, sorry i couldn't be the answer to the dress trauma you're going through! i know that you'll find something great and you are gonna look gorgeous! :-) <3 Thanks, i'm getting closer. Actually, when you mentioned that you would never have gone for a fit and flare, I asked to try one on and i liked it!

Quote: Originally Posted by 2mckee Thanks, I hope it will. No, she thought it looked fine. I honestly think she thought I wanted to show too much skin. She did the opposite of what I wanted her to do to take the bodice in and its heaved up around my underarms, which pulled the entire dress all the way up....Definitely not the pretty look any of us are going for and pretty dang uncomfortable to boot. (Imagine your relatively normal arms looking a bit like snausages (yes, as in the doggie treat) sticking out of your once beautiful dress.)The dress looks like a completely different dress. Anyway, going to look far and wide for a seamstress down by where we live that can perform a miracle in the next week and pray that it works out. My FI is military and we have been here less than a year, so a bit harder than if we were in TX or CA, where we are from and know people. I would go to the nearest boutique for even davids bridal and talk to one of the seamstresses there that are used to working with all different kinds of wedding dresses. Oh sweetie, best of luck. Like Jess said, it will all work out and you will be gorgeous on your wedding day.

Awesome, Diana! Everything looked amazing...makes me confident in having my wedding there! :-)

It's sooooo beautiful and exactly the style i like, but my latin hips would never fit in a 2 lol!

it never fails...someone makes me cry in this thread! lol

Quote: Originally Posted by Lady_Di Thanks! When did you book the resort? The vendor fee is $350, not $100. They honored $100 vendor fee for brides who booked before the policy change. I was just about to say that lol

Quote: Originally Posted by 2mckee I was told the same. We are using an outside florist, Maya Diseno, (prices are EXCELLENT- Thanks to Lady Di for that suggestion) but I still got the bouquet in our colors- figured we can use it on as guest book table decor or something!! are you picking up the flowers to avoid a vendor fee, or how does that work?

Quote: Originally Posted by giraffexx As usual with the Royal...you can't upgrade your bouquet and pay the difference. At least that's what I was told. However, my WC did tell me that I can give the bouquet included in the luxury package to a bridesmaid. typical from them lol......thanks for the info

Do you ladies know how they charge you for a luxury bouquet if they standard bouquet is already part of your package (i think worth 85.00)- do they just subtract -80.00 from the luxury bouquet?

Quote: Originally Posted by dianep we played ours through the whole sand ceremony. music was quietly playing while she read through it and then while we poured the sand. i was so oblivious to my surroundings that i have absolutely no idea of the song finished or if it was phased out. i'm guessing the latter. how cute!!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by duprk452 For those of you who have just returned.. what time were your ceremonies? Anyone have theirs at 2 o'clock? The heat indices here in Louisiana is 105 and there is NO wind. I'm getting very nervous that the heat will be intolerable at 2 there. I think Lynnie had hers at 2pm a few weeks ago..you might want to ask her

Quote: Originally Posted by louise_pernell Lisa, could you send the corsage list to my email: [email protected]. Thank you so much, Louise Done! Quote: Originally Posted by dianep i walked down the aisle to sea of love by cat power. for the sand ceremony, we used when i'm 64 by the beatles. recessional was come fly with me by frank sinatra. pre/postlude was a CD of steel drum music. it was perfect, and we didn't need a DJ at all. When did you start the music for the sand ceremony? Did you play the entire song or fade out at some point?

Quote: Originally Posted by dianep it's not really ceremony at all, but that's what they call it (whoever "they" are!). you hold hands and the officiant reads some beautiful words. i'm totally gonna butcher it, but it talks about these being the hands that love and comfort you now, the hands that will hold you family (and your children), the ones that reach for you and hold you now and that they will be the hands that do all of these things when you're old. the real one brings a tear to my eye, but i can't remember it all right now. check out the "post your ceremony" script and there are lots of people there who have incorporated this into their weddings. i haven't posted my script, but a lot of others have. plus, this thread was SUPER helpful when trying to come up with my ceremony. i took bits and pieces from a LOT of the postings, added some of my own stuff and came up with a ceremony that i absolutely loved (and that made our guests cry. a lot). Thanks, i didnt know about this either... I'm totally gonna do it! FI had a change of heart this past weekend and now wants to do a symbolic ceremony (he's Canadian so I guess it will just be easier if we make it legal beforehand).

Quote: Originally Posted by dianep i'm so sorry to break it to you, but i was a little sad, too, when i found out i couldn't have calla lillies. they don't offer them after april. i was only two weeks into may and was told that there was no way i could get them. i think just the orchids (and any other "exotic" flowers) are imported. the ones in the standard bouquets should be available. i just had a symbolic ceremony, but i had a sand ceremony and a hand ceremony. both took place after the vows. good luck and have FUN! What's a hand ceremony?