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I got a really good deal on some hard shell suitcases and just bought them anticipating needing them. I have so much stuff it's ridiculous, I should take a picture of my livingroom, it's embarrassing. I went waaaay overboard on the OOT bags and am buying all the groomsmen Converse and I don't trust they'd remember to bring them. I'm bringing all my bouquets and bridesmaids bouquets, bouts & centerpiece flowers too so that's a lot of space oh and tons of candles for the table, guest books etc.

I ALWAYS bring a ton of stuff for vacation, even if it's a couple of days I want options and I get nervous so imagine me packing for 2 weeks!

You can always bring real touch flowers for centerpieces, that's what I'm doing, they will be submerged in water and no one will know they aren't real... especially with the candle lilt on top, no oen will be touching anything or else they'll get burned

My budget is more than DOUBLE what I projected... my guestimate was about $5k off too for months...

I think you should do research, I keep meaning to figure out what I can buy down there but I got nervous because someone told me it was dangerous to rely on something being there at the last second with no other option so I forked out the money for vase rentals and moved on. My stress was getting too high too fast so at this point I think I'm just paying for my sanity

Oh and my dress is TRIPLE my original budget... after I started shopping I made a new budget according to what I liked then went over my new budget by $1,000 so... yeah.

Thanks Katie! I know it's kinda random and has a bird in it... but that's my theme same with the vintage them

I will have a cage with this as well

That’s so tricky when you find something perfect and you absolutely love, this is like dress shopping, you can’t ever try on that $8k gown… just so dangerous!

I saw my family up in Central CA last weekend and my cousin who is a caterer and full blooded Italian wants to throw me a reception!! She said she’d cook and have booze and throw a party at her house which is big. This made me happy and excited and then really nervous… I thought I would get away with not have a reception! This would be family only as it’s a 4 hour drive from where I live. FI is stoked, do you girls think I should do this? It would probably be a few months after my wedding.

I did mine yesterday! I love my blog, I think no one reads it but I am amused by writing things to myself 

I almost did paper lantern centerpieces I think they are very pretty and the soft lantern light is beautiful. You should search for inspiration pictures online to get some ideas, that’s what I always do for ideas.

How exciting! I can’t wait to see your dress. I’m so nervous, mine is supposed to arrive in 2 weeks made to fit me, no alterations as the designer made a pattern from my measurements… now I’m just trying to shrink back down to those measurements!!

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 started P90X all over again yesterday! P90X is the only workout that’s gotten me dramatic results, pretty much exactly what I want so I’m loving starting it again, following the diet will rapidly get you even better results!

I used powerpoint to make my brochures--I downloaded a template from another girl's planning thread that I loved (and it worked out well--she was getting married at Sensatori also so a lot of the information was the same!). I tried using Vistaprint, but all of the measurements were off, and it was stressing me out....So I'm taking it to our OfficeMax and will just pay for them to print them off. Like you said, sometimes paying a little bit of extra for our sanity is totally worth it!!

Amy, I had estimated $5k as well, and am already double that too!

Do you remember where you got the template from? And I'd love to see how yours turned out if you don't mind sharing!

I'm over budget because I really didn't consider travel costs when I was planning. Our travel is costing more than the actual wedding but I guess if we had a wedding at home and a honeymoon we'd be paying more.

I can't even begin to imagine how much luggage I'm going to have. I always overpack even for a weekend getaway so I know I'm going to overpack this time and couple that with all the other stuff such as OOT bags and vases, I know I'm gonna have to give some bags for people to carry.

For the vases I'm only going to do one per table so I should only have 8 vases, which isn't that bad for me to bring. I'd rather pay $1 each for 8 vases and pay the airline for an extra bag than pay $20 per vase for Lomas.

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!!!!!

Amy KH,

I love your birdcage, veil. It goes perfectly with your theme and is very elegant. Its going to look amazing with your dress!

Renee,

I would ove to see who's planning thread the power point was on. I really need to try and get that done, since my wedding is in 17 days!