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Steph those are fantastic you are very talented, i do not have an artistic bone in my body! I lived in Nassau for 2 years I lived at harborside resort which is part of Atlantis. You and your guests will have such a fun time. I left 2 years ago now and still really missed it. If you would like any suggestions on restaurants outside the resort let me know. Victoria

wow tris they are awesome you are very talented!

Ella that is awful i am so sorry to hear that. At least you have the dress now and you have time to get it fixed! I am so nervous i am heading to my BD shoot in 2 hours!!!

Francine, love your dress it you look gorgeous! < Laura I cant believe the nerve of your mother in law that would drive me insane! Yes she has made a couple of valid points but thats it! If i was you i would talk to your fiance and make him talk to her after all it is his mother! Meggers sorry to hear about your troubles that is really bad of the ta, but am pleased your hair turned out great! Bailey your hens night looks like it was a lot of fun! Your outfit was super cute! So i totally hear you girls with the family/friends issues! We have been engaged since Oct 09 and decided on Mexico in Nov 09 the only reason we have had such a long engagement is because we were living in New York and my FI got made redundant end of Nov 09 so we had to move to Australia which was very stressful and costly hence pushing the wedding back to April this year. So anyway the point is all of our guests have had a lot of time to plan and save for our wedding, my best friend got made redundant and hadnt booked her flight or accom so she is now not coming to vegas for my hens night and is just acting a bit strange and not being as supportive as i would have liked ahhhhh, and we still have a few guest who haven't even rsvp'd which they could do on our website so easily! I have decided to just try and forget it now! On a positive note i have found and booked a fab new photographer, I am using Trisha from Faber Photography, thanks so much for the recommendation Teira.

Laura your dress looks beautiful! Tris congrats on winning the BDW competition! 25 more sleeps till i leave!

Good luck Janet, That's great that you still have 6 months to reach your goa,l 2.5 to 3 pounds a month and you will get there! I wish i had started 6 months ago!!

tris i love the dress you look stunning! I met with a photographer on thursday about my boudior photo shoot, she was awesome and have booked her! Am so nervous!

Hi Lisa p.m me with you email address and i will send you a copy of my order of ceremony. Victoria

Diamond girl i am the same as you i am 5'1 1/2 and weigh 135 pounds my goal is to get to 125-130 i was 148 when i started!! The last 10 days i have really started to see a change! Good luck and keep it up. I have 4 weeks to go until we leave!

Good luck with your wedding and happy planning!

thanks for all the advice girls! I do regular squats, sumo squats and lunges alternate during my circuit training, i have now introdued holding a 3 kg weight which is just less than 7 pounds when i do my lunges and holding a 4 kg medicine ball when i do my squats. I am feeling good at the moment just got home from Zumba which i am really enjoying it kicks my butt but will hopefully start to pay of!! Victoria

Thanks for your advice. I was just talking about the previous six days that i had really started the new diet, that's why there was no 7th day! I do try and eat a lot of lean protein, I love meat so protein is not a problem for me and I always by the best quality lamb and steak from a butcher. Thanks for your advice that really helps. I did the boxing on the wii fit yesterday for the first time and am really feeling it today my back is killing me! I will be really happy if i drop another 8lbs but my ultimate goal is to eventually drop another 15 pounds!

Thanks so much for your post it has really helped to inspire me to keep going! That is a really good idea about allowing yourself 1200-1500 it is really hard sticking to 1200!! My problem is my thighs and my bum! I have lost 4 cm of my arms and about the same from my waist but the thighs will just not move!! Hopefully they will start soon i only started my really strict diet exercise plan last week I am now doing gym 3 times a week zumba once a week and treadmill twice a week! I have 2 weeks left to drop a few cm form my thighs before i have to decide if i will get my dress let out a bit in that area!! Good luck with everything!

Lua your rings are great! We are not going shopping for ours until we get to l.a (9 days before our wedding) hopefully we find something!!

Tris and Lisa your centerpieces are great you are both so talented!

I have lost about 8 pounds over the last 6 months but just not enough! I really hope that over the next 5 weeks i will drop at least another 8 pounds then i will reach the max weight i wanted to be! I was the same as you I kept putting of starting thinking i had heaps of time, i joined the gym back in sept but just havent been going enough! Have really dropped my portion sizes now! I would try really hard to start now if i was you then it doesn't have to be so drastic a change at the end!!

Ultimately my goal was lose 10-15 pounds but I am now running out of time! I leave in 5 weeks.

I have been really good on the exercise front this week and the eating. I started keeping a food diary. My exercise this week. Monday - went to my woman's only gym where you do 2 laps of a circuit Tuesday - went to my first Zumba class Wednesday- took the baby i look after for an hour long walk Thursday- went to gym again, then had a private dance lesson with FI for our first dance Friday - 20 mins on the treadmill doing interval training Saturday (today) - walked 4 km (took me 41 mins which i was really happy about) sorry that is about 2.5 miles then went to the gym I weighed myself at the gym and i have put on just under 2 pounds so gutted! I stuck to a 1200 Calorie diet 4 out of the last 6 days Wednseday was about 1600 because i had a few wines at a friends house with dinner and then last night was a bit of a blow out as it was our good friend's farewell they are moving back to new york. I stayed away from the wine though and drank vodka diet coke as it as less cals than wine! No alcohol for me next week! Hopefully that will work! Although actually it is my Fi's bday next week so that may be hard!!

Kitty your stuff looks great Lua that sucks about your bonus. I am a nanny and some family give bonuses some dont! I got a small one this Christmas which was un expected as they bought me lots of gifts! One of my previous employers is hosting a Cocktail party for us at The One and Only in Cabo for all of our wedding guest which is pretty amazing! This weekend i need to finish of my order of service and menu cards so i can get them printed next week, do a big online shop from vic's secret and book some appointments. I have a appointment on Thursday with Boudior photog thanks for the inspiration Teira! Hope you all have a great weekend, already Sat night here in Australia.

Hi Girls I just finished catching up on all your posts. I have had such a stressful week, one of the brides on here sent me a p.m at the beg of the year asking me about my photographer, as she had tried to book him and never heard back, i sent her a p.m again last month to see if she ever heard back and she didn't which concerned me so i emailed him - no response FI emailed him - no response then we tried calling phone disconnected!!! I then emailed David my co-ordinator at Dremas to ask for some advice and let him know he also emailed him no response and also got the dis connected tone! Finally on friday i decided to start emailing new photographers as i have 5 weeks today until we leave, then that afternoon i get an email from the photographer basically one line say sorry for the late reply i have been on Vacation! Seems a bit strange to me, doesn't everyone check there emails regularly how can you run a business like that! I dont know if i can trust that he will turn up on the day, but we will not get our deposit back. Any advice please!

Hi ambularose, I was originally going to book Suzanne and then i found out that she does not do your hair and make up she sends her team. Neysa is doing my hair and make up herself, also when i had a look at Neysa's work i personally preferred it and i Love MAC cosmetics! Sorry can't help with the D.J we are using D.J Ricardo. Victoria

Well i have finally read all your posts that i have missed over the last few days!! FI and i just got home from our dance lesson, we have almost memorized the entire dance 4 more lessons to go! Meggers i love the clutches they are fantastic. Brandy that is great to hear that your dress fits perfectly.

Brandy - I love the towels and bags what a fab idea. Ella - Your bags are awesome! We had some rock candy made in our wedding colours with our names written on it and a pink heart in the middle my FI picked it up today and it looks awesome, there is 10kg of it!! Am thinking i will only take 5 of it with me to Mexico as it will make my luggage so heavy! Will try and post a pic soon. That cover up it awesome thanks for posting where it is from Hanna, i wonder if they ship to Australia!!

have you decided on a resort yarai?

Welcome to the forum Courtney! David is my wedding planner also he has been great!