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Nicy I LOVE your topper, we are having similar! Great minds think alike ah ;o) x Josie - when you come on here MRS... i love your photos. Beautiful, you looked gorgeous, I loved your hair very pretty ) cant wait to hear all about it xx

LOVE your shoes, beautiful and a lovely height! I am seriously worrying about mine but i LOVE em, ha ha Welcome along. Azul Sensatori was on our short list. LOVELY hotel! 20weeks! That will fly by! Ha ha were all hard at the exercise ;o) i dunno if i can keep up the 5days a week when i'm back lol

Well done Herbie!! I've been doing an hours workout 5 days a week for the last 3 weeks. Got over the aching bit but finding it hard work and the results are SLOW lol. I'm so impatient but determind to keep going. No different on scales but FI said its making a difference and my clothes are a tiny bit looser. I've had my DIY head on today, got the colour printer sorted, glue and coloured paper galore here. Lol. I've done the tags for the OOT bags. I've made little tags to go on the fans for the ceremony. I've also made myself a "Mrs Page" top for the day after the wedding ) i got a diamonte iron on name transfer from ebay and a black shiny vest top out of Primark and it looks lovely!! Very pleased with it. I've also been down to hobby craft and got some place cards and made up a lovely one with swirly font i downloaded and i've got shell starfish to stick on them. I feel quite pleased with myself today so having a glass of Rose and bit of chocy cake to celebrate! ha ha Yes Nicy my hen is all sorted now thanx. 3mths tomorrow!! Cant wait for that. Oh why you having trouble?

** $23,740

Our budget is £15,000 (around $23,7400) and i think we will just about do that!! I hope )

Yep defo blonde day that should of read FI's SISTERS girlfriend! Doh

OMG OMG i thought i had longer! lol. 17wks eeeekkkkkk aaarrrggghhh that sounds nothing! I better get me to do list out again. lol.... what a blonde day i'm having! hee hee How funny we are prob going Coco's on 27th or 28th!!!!! Its FI's girlfriends birthday on the 28th so thought it might be nice to go that night. A joint hen/birthday celebration ) Might see ya there.!! My friends went 2yrs ago said it was good and to Senior Frogs so i think we will go even if it is a bit pants i'm sure us girls will have some drunken fun ;o) I'm from Welling in Kent! Sam i think that dress is very pretty and very elegant. Nice you can also go and look in Feb half term. That's when my first fitting is... i better get back to the sit ups ;o) otherwise i'll never get in it lol

Woo hoo congrats on getting the date confirmed! That is lovely news. A real date to aim for. It will fly round. We also booked through Caribbean Warehouse and they are great. Our consultants name is Louise and she is just so helpful ) Will let you know if i find any shoes ;o)

Oh girls i LOVE all your dresses they are gorgeous!!! Thanks for the tip on debenhams i will defo have a look in their for a bag. Nicy i'd say the same as Jo. If she is a mellow 18mth old you'll get away with it but if she's in her tantrum throwing stage it might be hard work... what's her mum say about it? I think it will be quite cute though and at the end of the day if she's going to be there anyway why not? I'm glad Scarlett will be nearly 4 when we go but i'm still worried. But i'm sure it'll be alright on the night ;o) Herbie - that is a right result. So glad it worked out for you. Know its a stress picking and booking. I'm going for heels as we're not marrying on the beach. But i'm worrying about mine as they are little higher than i'd normally wear. I'm keeping them but gonna keep my eye open for the next few weeks see if some hot pink ones come up i like ) Need to have them for my fitting...eekkkk!! OMG when you say 17wks Nic it sounds like nothing. That is just so close!! How's the hen's coming along girls? All sorted now?

Oh i didn't know about the extra fee.... how do they get away with charging that? You are right it does all add up!

We're also having a 3pm ceremony. We are having a cocktail hour and our meal is at 6.30 so hoping there is time to fit it all in ) x

Oh it will fly by!! I got my dress back in Jan 2010 and we didnt book till June 2010! lol i was a little eager but we've been engaged for like forever so i just couldn't wait any longer!! lol..... The time goes SO quickly though... Your dress is beautiful. I LOVE it!! I'm going with a maggie sottero called Ambrosia! Like the custard! hee hee http://www.maggiesottero.com/dress.aspx?keywordText=ambrosia&keywordType=any&page=0&pageSize=15&style=A3365 I have my first fitting on the 21st Feb and i cannot wait to see my girl again ;o) x

Thanx Jo i will defo buy a bag now. I have seen them but just assumed they came in a little bag! Not sandwich bag though, lol... Scarlett's got 100 and 1 bags but i'll go out with her and buy a proper little petal bag )

Hello there, welcome to the thread. So nice to have another destination bride on board. How far along are you with your planning? This is a great site and so helpful. Not only that its also a great support group ) Good luck with your planning too ) x

Yeh i see it! Arrr so happy for her! A MRS at last! I'm going with pink roses and pinning on my mums old mother of pearl broche to the steam (thats my something old) and the BM's will have smaller white ones of the same flower. Scarlett will have a petal bag ) I haven't heard from my WC in months but i'm sure i'll be able to pick it out when in resort ) That Zumba class sounds like fun!!! And if your working out even better ) Glad its quiet on the MIL front for you. Finger's x'd it stays that way! I had SIL round last night tryin to defend MIL's actions but i was having none of it! I think she learned a few things by talking to me that she didn't know about. Maybe now she'll understand more why i've distanced myself from them! Hay hoe!! I have loved the most part of this wedding planning but i can say hand on heart i would NEVER do it again. Its caused so much upset and stress. I never in a million yr's thought i would have this grief over something so special.

It is so difficult at times. I was in regular contact with Victoria and now i haven't heard from her in months.... She hasn't asked any questions about the wedding etc. All i have been sent is a guest list sheet. I did hear you hear from them more within the 3mth mark. We are getting married on the 1st June so i hope the ball gets rolling soon. I know it will all probably work out ok but its the build up and worry isn't it? I have also printed off everything she has told me and i'm taking it with me for back up

That meant to read Horrors NOT coming to your wedding lol x

Thanx girls, its so nice to be able to talk to ppl about it. I have tried with her and shown her nothing but respect but i wont no more! She is nothing to me. Its just hard on FI. But i cant help it. I do hold a grudge and life is to short to spend it around ppl that make you feel like s**t! sounds like alot of us have problem in laws one way or another. It is horrible and i feel for you all. Anyone that is getting away with the horrors coming to your wedding i envy you, lol. Charmaine i really hope FIs brother calms down and realises what he's done. He should apologise and take back what he said. Fingers x'd it sorts itself out and you dont end up like us not talking for yr's. Why do ppl feel the need to put so much pressure on us at such an important time. Sometimes i just feel like they wanna take the shine off of it for us. Buggers!! Jo - thanx for the info. I did hear you couldn't use $ now. So glad you can still. We are gonna do the dolphin discovery trip and i know FI wants to go play golf too. Not sure what else we'll plan. We were going to have a stag and hen at Coco Bongos....would you not reccommend it then Jo?? I heard it was fantastic? I am just looking forward to the rest now and the holiday itself )

Thanks. She is but i've put up with it in the past for FI's sake. But since she last had a go i didn't stand for it and since then we haven't spoke or if we have its not been very nice. So i avoid her at all costs. She's never said sorry or tried to sort it out. So you know what, i dont need ppl in my life like that to complicate it. FI needs a wake up call where mummy is concerned. I am just keeping away from her. She is very spiteful, it all has to be about her. She will turn any situation around so its about her. She's making a big deal over her oopppss sorry i mean MY wedding day.. FI's sister is gay. Not a girlie gay. Jeans and tshirt is all i've seen her in in 8.5yrs. Nothing wrong with that as far as i'm concerned. Mother from Hell made her keep it quiet and not come out for yr's. FI's sister was a wreak but had to stay quiet cos of mummys reputation. Finally it all comes out and MIL breaks down. All she ever wanted was a girlie girl to go shopping with etc etc.... So for our wedding day she's made her get the girlies dress i've ever seen. And you know why? So its something she can focus on rather than me!!! She wants to forget i'm there and make a big fuss and palavar over FI's sister in a DRESS!!! It annoys the life out of me. I dunno how she gets her own way with them. Its like they are brain washed. When i had Scarlett she 'thanked' me for having her for HER!!! now i can do all the girlie things with Scarlett!! I'm like EEERRR hello i'm HER MOTHER.... honestly i could go on all day with things that witch of a woman has done. To the unkown she comes across as a caring woman but under it all she is playing a silly, silly game! Some days its easy some its hard... i'm sure as the kids get older things will be easier too ) See there i go again. Told you i'd bore ya! lol

Oh i really feel for you chick!! I feel the same. But i dont care what she thinks of me or how nasty she is i will never forgive her for coming between me and FI at such a special time in our lives.. Its so hurtful and the woman has shown no remorse. She thinks she has the right and has done no wrong!! I'm hoping it all goes OK. We will have to grin and bear it. It is horrid and not ideal for us i know. I wish my MIL weren't coming to our wedding and i think she has a total cheek coming on my hen too seeing as we cant stand each other... but there will be enough ppl at yours and my wedding to make them less important!! I intend to spend my time with my mum, sis and great friends and hopefully that will overshadow the witch being there!! Pretending everything is ok when its not is also a battle... i hear ya on that one x

Thanx girls, i really hope it is just as Jo says and everything is magnified because of the 'big occassion'. I'm sure i'll feel like a weights lifted after the wedding. Its just horrible she takes the shine off it for me. I have up and down days and the last week it's just been down. Dont get me wrong i'm not a heartless cow. I have been with FI for 8.5yrs and got along with her for the most part. Its only the last yr we haven't talked at all and there is a terrible atmosphere around us. Thats why i keep my distance. I stay away not only cos she is nasty to me (behind FI's back) but because its not nice for him or the children to be around. So i dont go round he goes on his own. I have good reason to dislike her. I've bit my lip for yr's. She is a very sly manipulative and patronising woman. FI turns back into a little boy when he's around her. But she is a control freak and thats what has caused this. I stood up to her and said NO and now i'm the black sheep. She is used to getting her own way and she doesn't like me cos i dont mind telling her NO. I've had to put up with loads. The day i first met her she didn't stop talking about FI's ex. How she was like one of her own etc etc...she even invited her and her parents to our engagement party!!! She ordered the flowers for my cake without even asking. She caused a row the week Scarlett was born. She invited a load of ppl around when we asked her not to... she refers to the wedding day as her and FI's day!!!!! The list goes on and i've never said a bad word to her....she's on another planet!!! but the stick that broke the camels back was when she came into my house screaming and shouting at me infront of my daughter calling me a trouble maker etc... She caused alot of upset in the planning of the wedding and she has come between me and FI. That is when i thought enough is enough. I'm better off out of it!! Now i am the black sheep and have nothing to do with his family. I'm OK with that but there is still hurt between me and FI. It is his mum after all. I even invited her wedding dress shopping!!!! But she decided to ruin our relationship the week b4 so that never happened!! As i say i just hope it gets better and is all dramatised because of the wedding. I will breath a sigh of relief after Mexico. I'll need lots of will power out there with her for 2weeks.... Oh well i'm off to the hair dressers today to cheer myself up. Sorry for the rant. I'll go before i turn it into the MIL from hell thread and bore you all to death, lol... Thanx for all your support girls xx

Oh Jo i do love your honesty. I have the same feeling when it comes to Scarlett she is 3 but she's been having terrible twos tantrams since she was 1 and hasn't outgrown them. And boy has she got a set of lungs on her. Once she goes there is no stopping her. You were so good not saying anything. I would of had give mum the look and said 'take her' lol. But as you all know i dont get on with my inlaws as it is!! SO glad they found your ring OMG i would have been stressing!! Oh i really felt for you reading about the morning of the wedding day. You poor thing. I am worrying i am going to be the same. You looked lovely on your day. You didn't look fat at all. Its all in your head girl...... To be honest girls i'm not looking forward to the wedding so much these days. I keep telling everyone 'i'm so excited' but i'm not. Me and FI's mum dont talk. I can't bear her. She has come between me and FI and i just feel like the gap is widening. I actully feel sick when i think of the wedding. I dont know if its just cos it's so near now but half of me is thinking 'what am i doing'..... i feel really gutted to be feeling like this when i'm supposed to be on a high at such a special time. They make me feel totally cut off and on my own. I'm not part of their family and never will be and i really feel it. Its FI's fault as much as his mums cos he's let it happen. I know your all gonna say i should talk to FI about it but i know he'll just defend his mother and we'll have a row and i dont want to go over the same old same old anymore. I just dont know how to learn to live with it. Maybe i'm just having an off few days! Hopeing and preying it passes!! Sorry to put a downer on everyone elses excitement (

Yes it is nice. Still lots to think of. I'm getting to the stage now where i've done alot of the 'wedding bits' and now have to start thinking about holiday clothes, what to take etc etc... all fun stuff though ) My to do list - getting married 1st June Barcelo Maya Palace What i have done Got my dress! First fitting is 21st Feb eeekkkk ;o) Got FI's, BM & FOG suits Got my sons suit (he's giving me away) Got the BM dresses and shoes Got the wedding bands Got my shoes, underwear, tiara Picked wedding songs Booked photographer Booked videographer Got Favors Booked hair trials for me and BM's 26th FEB Still to do Send out AHR invites Finish OOT bags Get sons suit altered Flowergirl dress fitting TBA FI's shoes Son's shoes Do name cards Decide on center pieces..... I think that's it?? ha ha so much to think about lol

Arrr Jo, reality hits hee hee..... glad your home safe and had an amazing time ) your pix are lovely you looked gorgeous as did your hubby and beautiful kids. Can't wait to hear all about it hun xx