April 2010 Brides

I'm thinking that wedges would actually work on the beach because your weight is distributed more evenly- not like heels where it's all on a little point that would sink into the sand easily. I'd probably go with a barefoot sandal for a beach wedding myself (I'm doing high heels in a gazebo but I love the barefoot sandals) but wedges would be a good choice if you're looking for a bit of height.

OK… I’m playing catch up again and it’s only been a couple of days since I posted. You girls have really been posting!

 

Suzy, Martez is too cute!

 

Congrats on your shower. And the food sounds sooo good. My cousin threw a shower for me when I went back home to Illinois over the Thanksgiving Holiday. It was only about 15 of us. I got some very interesting gifts. Two of my cousins there were pastor’s wives (they happen to be sisters); one of them gave me some sexy lingerie and the other gave me sexy lingerie along with a pair of erotic dice. I was shocked to say the least and so was everyone else. It definitely made the evening interesting. We had a great time and the shower was something I was not expecting. Also, most of the ladies there will not be able to make it to the wedding, so it was a way for them to be involved in the wedding stuff.

 

Congrats on your shower and you should not feel guilty. Glad to hear you got so much done with your Mom too.

 

My dress is also a creamy colored ivory, more like off white. I still have not decided what color shirt my FI is going to wear. I have my first fitting this Saturday, so I’m going to take a piece of the fabric from the dress with me to some stores to see how it looks next to various colors of white and ivory shirts. Then, we'll decide on his color shirt.

 

Tracy, no we have never lived together. The longest we’ve stayed together in the same place is maybe two weeks at a time.

 

If we go to Discovery Cove, I will definitely take pictures and post them.

I was actually good today and did not order anything from VistaPrint, but I did browse the site for those window decals (waterproof stickers) to use on mugs.

 

I hope things work out over time with your FI’s ex. Maybe she will come around eventually.

 

It’s never warm enough when you go to Disney for Discovery Cove? What time of year do you normally go? Go in August or September, it is definitely hot enough then.

 

Oh, and $1 is a great deal on invites. Pleas share pics when you get them.

 

Michelle, time is flying by for me too.

 

Yes, this is something I'm arranging for myself. For me,

 

Something old – My mom is making me a garter using lace from her wedding dress

Something new – My wedding dress

Something borrowed – not sure yet

Something blue – not sure on this either

 

I just ordered plain mugs from discountmugs.com. I’m thinking of getting a beach theme stencil from Michael’s or Hobby Lobby and using some paint (not sure what kind yet, have to research) to stencil the design on the mug. It won’t have our names or anything on it. I’m sure our guests will be sick of things with our names on them.

 

 

Off topic… I am on work travel right now and staying in a hotel room. I don’t know if I will be able to sleep tonight because I can hear the person in the next room snoring loudly! I have the TV turned up and the AC fan going and I can still hear them. Ahhhh!!!

ohh no!! how know exactly how you feel, been in a room like that (with the adjointing door)

Good luck!!! hope you get some rest and the person checks out tomorrow!!

well you definitely have a treat by having him for good!

Are you nervous about living together?

Jill, I thought you meant A dollar tree in Canada lol how embarrassing.. they don't have any here, then I figured you meant the states ...

I probably wont be going to the states any time soon sadly.

And all USA sites that have the individual packets don't ship to canada. Ugh!

so now I am searching high a low for them!

 

I wanted to update my situation about the room.

Itravel come to us Monday and told us they are still waiting for TMR to get access to a room they just don't have access to. So Itravel offered us something.

Upgrade to a romance suite (which is an upgrade to the room we paid for) we pay half and Itravel pays half. We decided to just do that (even tho the extra $250 wasn't in our budged) we just really wanted this to end and have our invoice.

So I finally got my invoice last night, and the room type says 'romance suite' THANK GOD!!!

the only real downer is they canceled our flight with airtransit!!! (which I really like) and switch our flight to CanJet!!!!!!!! normally wouldn't have a problem with that (just get me there kind of thing) but this plan doesn't offer first class or upgrade luggage allowance, your only allowed 44lbs. I have no idea what I will do (yes give the wedding stuff to guest, but we are there an extra week then everyone, still got to bring stuff back,mostly clothes and shoes and all but on a normal 7 day vacation I go over that 44 lbs!!)

I hope they have checked out too!! I finally fell asleep around 1am this morning. I hate being a light sleeper.

I'm not really nervous about living together. We get along really well when we are together. He's stays over lots of weekends and we haven't had too many issues, an occasional disagreement. But, he's a pretty laid back guy.

Tracy,

 

Have you tried Minimus.biz for the Tylenol packets? I ordered a bunch of stuff from the site yesterday. The site says they do international shipping, but of course there are the extra fees. You may want to check it out.

 

Glad to hear your room situation is finally taken care of. But, that sucks about the luggage limits on the airline. Can you ship some of your stuff over to your resort before you leave?

Thanks, I did check and sure enough they ship to canada, for $30.. more for shipping then the actual product, I guess in the end I can go to walmart and pay $2 for 10 pills, I guess I'll give it to per couple as suppose to per person.

I think it'd be more $$ to ship it over as suppose to paying $10 per kg when your over he 44lbs, but it's definitely something to look into, thank you for the suggestion I will look into that now!

Michele, did you give your hang over kits to each couple, or each person?

Wow, $30 to ship to Canada. If you are going to Wal-Mart, check their travel toiletries section. You know, where they have the small bottles of lotion and hand sanitizer. Occasionally, they have travel size packs of advil or tylenol.

I always go over the weight limit too - I'm glad you'll have the nice room at least - I'm going to be so totally over weight and bag limit I'm planning on 3 suitcases plus my dress and FI has his own suitcases - he thinks he can pack light but I just reminded him today he needs to bring workout clothes too...10 days is a LOT of luggage!

My friends hate traveling with me because I actually snore too - my one friend got ear plugs to drown it out...lol...luckily FI doesn't mind too much!

You are a brave woman to get married without living together. Be prepared for some adjustments if you've never lived with anyone...it's a big change. i'd been living alone for 7 years when FI and I moved in together...it was a big change for both of us.

My kits are per bag. so if there is a couple, like husband/wife - they get one OOT bag, one hangover kit but i'll put 2 tshirts in there and 2 of the cups i bought. the single people each get their own bag, so FI's aunt and cousin who are sharing a room, will each get a separate OOT bag. That made sense in my head - if it doesn't to you please tell me

I finally got a dress to wear to my "night before" dinner. I have very few clothes from losing weight and everything I own is black, so I've been needing to do this...the problem is there's been hardly any spring/summer stuff out and dresses are hard for me because I only look good in things above my knee, and i'm only 5'4" so things tend to be long. I tried on about 30 dresses today and bought 1...

Oops sorry Tracy Another option I saw....although it might get pricy, is that in some restaurants - in their washrooms they have vending machines that sell small packs of tylenol, advil etc. As well I know you can get them in small travel tubes.....but I think they sell for a few bucks.