Rachelle E.

I'm so sorry!!! I totally understand how upset you must be! Your wedding is coming up pretty soon isn't it? Did your friend say why she can't go? I'm sorry!

Name 7 things in your bag (or if you're male...wallet/ pocket): Wallet Advil Keys Lotion Studio Fix about 5 kinds of lip balm! Name 6 things you do when you're really stressed: Watch movies Drink Think WAY too much Clean Get a massage lie awake at night Name 5 favorite fruits: Raspberry Banana Pomegranate Mango Pineapple Name 4 names you go by: Chelle Chellsie Rocky Lovey Name 3 things you are wearing right now Pants Cami Shirt 1. What are you thinking about right now? Can't WAIT to get off work! 2. Where do you sleep? In my bed 3. Where did you get the shirt you're wearing? Gap 4. What was the last thing you ate? Pizza 5. What kind of cell phone service do you have? Cingular 6. What is the closest item near you that is blue? water bottle 7. What is the last movie you watched? Wedding Crashers 8. When did you last cry? A couple days ago 9. What were you doing this morning at 8am? paying bills 10. Do you know the words to the song on your myspace page? no song on my page 11. How many different beverages have you drank today? 3. Water, Ginger Ale and Iced Caramel Macchiatto 12. What's one thing you wish to change about yourself? A smaller ass please! 13. What do you wish for? having a healthy baby someday 14. When was the last time you got really hurt? physically or mentally? Not sure? 15. Any plans for Friday night? Grilling & drinking wine 16. Something you are excited about? Going to Mexico!!! 17. What is your favorite flavor of jelly? Raspberry tied with Boysenberry 18. Describe your keychain? silver square from Nine West 19. Do you know anyone in prison? Not that I know of! 20. When is the last time you ate peanut butter and jelly? A few weeks ago 21. Have you ever gotten naked at a party? No. . .well...one time in like 8th grade I had to skinny dip for Truth or Dare, so I guess that's acutally a yes. But not since then. 22. Name someone you miss? My Brother 23. Are you named after a grandparent? Nope 24. Who loves you? David, My family, my good friends 25. Have you ever broken a rib? no 26. Would you rather be a girl or a guy? A girl for sure 27. Who is the most spoiled person you know? Helen - in the best possible way! :-) 28. Would you rather have a million dollars or true love? True love 29. Have you ever had sex in church? No 30. Would you rather date someone 2 years younger or older? older 31. What's your favorite junk food? Mrs Bairds little chocolate frosted donuts - omg! 33. Is your birthday on a holiday? yes, It's called Rachelle's Birthday. 34. Are you old enough to vote? Yes 35. Do you have any friends or family in the war right now? yes 36. Are you a vegetarian? No 37. Do you worry about global warming? Sometimes 38. Seen shaun of the dead? yes - thought it was funny! 39. What song do you want played at your funeral? I'm not sure 40. What's the best day in the world? All the days that I wake up with David! Lol!! Or any day that I'm off work...either one!

Lol! You're great Jaime! keeping all of us entertained at our desks! You realize that since we're all looking at this stuff, we've apparently got a little time on our own hands - right!? ;-) I also really like your dark hair phase.

I love it!!! SUPER CUTE!!

it should be gorgeous then! my first time to PV I spent the month of January there and it was abolutely beautiful!!! The weather was unbelievable! From what i've hear Dec is pretty similar. yay for you!!

Gorgeous!!! I LOVE your dress!!! and omg...you got thrown around a LOT in those pics!! I got nervous they would drop you or something! lol! how fun!!!! I'm so glad you posted those!!

I agree - I think it's a gorgeous, modern and chic combination! Find some pics of weddings that have used those colors so they can see how complimentary they are. They may just not be able to picture it in their minds that well. It's not something you see everyday. . .

One of the managers in my office went to Bermuda last year and absolutely LOVED it! And he's a pretty well traveled dude! Def. worth looking into.

Or maybe I could just drop in and get a slice for myself?! OR, better yet - You can bake it at my house...dirty up my dishes and everything and I'll just hurry home from work to make sure it's "birthday worthy"!??! Lol! I'm Soooooo brilliant.

hawaii?? And yeah, I'm with you on the Bora Bora...in fact David and I have promised that we'll take a vacation there for a future anniversary - probably a "big one" since it will be a pretty big trip! :-)

Lol! I feel ya! There's too many great options. If you're really trying to stay in a certain budget than establish that first and use that to narrow down the list a bit. Like, airfare to Belize could possibly be more costly than to Jamaica...which might cut into your hotel/activites budget. . .and so on. That might at least be a good starting point...places w/ airfare under $xx amount per person? Then at least you can focus on an area!? :-)

You'll do great! Honestly, the layer thing always seems more complicated than it is. As long as the batter turns out right (meaning you don't forget anything important like baking soda or something) you're pretty much just stacking them on top of each other after that. Two tips for that part: 1) make sure to let them cool all the way. Stick them in the fridge or freezer if you need to hurry things along. They'll be more likely to crumble if they're still warm. making them harder to stack and WAY harder to frost! (frosting will get "melty") 2) Assuming it's two layers, set the bottom layer on the serving plate (after cooling) and use a knife to level off the top of it. You know how most cakes are a little rounded on the top/middle after baking? If you trim off that "bump" then it makes it easier to get your top layer to stack (and stay put!) properly. I only do this to the bottom layer(s) and leave the top loyer rounded 'cause I think it's pretty that way. Esp on a carrot cake 'cause those usually have nuts and stuff on top. And THEN you can taste test from the little bit you trimmed off - yum!! It doesn't have to be perfectly even but fairly even will help you out in the long run. Hope that made sense!! hard to explain in writing!

I agree - bouquet is not necessary but I LOVED mine! You could always do one of those pretty pomander balls...that was you can let in hang on your wrist while you're busy w/ rings and such. Here's an example with hydrandgeas - though I've seen them with other types of flowers as well. Roses are really pretty like this. It's on page 3, the first one on the 2nd row ( sorry I could't make it easier to find! lol!) http://weddings.theknot.com/gallery/...spx?gallery=20

Tammy is such a superstar!! I was going to tell you to buy one too! lol! I actually really like the one from cheesecake factory. That being said...it's REALLY tall - no way you could "fake" that you made it! (not that you would ever do that. . .)

side note: LOVE Nars!!! I use their blush called Madly and love it!

Both of our parents gave us set amounts of money up front. 8k from mine, 2k from his. But to be honest, they both contributed little bits extra along the way. David and I paid for a lot of misc. stuff (hair appts, shoes etc), the rings and the honeymoon. It definitely helped a LOT to have that extra money from them! We really appreciated it.

I LOVE THEM!!!!! Leigh - you're awesome! Courtney - you and Aaron are the cutest couple!!! You guys are adorable together!! LOVE that last b/w shot...it looks like an old movie to me! So romantic! can't wait to see those b-pics!

Great review Courtney!! Looks like you guys had a lot of fun - it's beautiful there!! I totally laughed when I saw Aaron's shirt - David had one (but it was white w/ the pciture in blue) that he wore to his bach party!! All his friends (and even the strippers!) signed it. It's actually a really fun/funny little momento! :-)

I LOVE the little outfits you got!!! omg...people are just going to want to squeeze those babies wearing those cute little outfits!! lol! Adorable!! Great finds!!

Yay!! I'm so glad you posted pics!! You looked beautiful! And you guys just look so happy together - I love it!! Huge Congrats from me to you and your family!!!! Have fun in DR - can't wait to hear ALL about it when you get back! :-)

I was another one that spent some quality time at Sephora - purchased a bunch of makeup and had my MOH do some trial runs for me.. She also did my makeup on my wedding day and I LOVED it! I would definitely say that if you're not someone who wears makeup frequently to buy some and either practice yourself or have someone do it for you. You don't have to buy expensive makeup - if you're never going to use it again then it wouldn't be worth it for you. Just take someone makeup shopping with you and get the basics you'll need to create the look you want. Then practice with it 'til you feel comfortable and happy with your look. It's a lot more cost effective that way then paying to do a makeup trial and paying for wedding day makeup to make sure you get what you want.

I cost $141. . .pretty normal I think. :-)

Woohoo! Apparently BDW has everything...hotel info, vendor reviews, porta-potty advice. . .! lol!! Who woulda' thought we'd have a whole thread about bathrooms! lol!

LOL!! Hyper color!!! OMG! wow. . . Aside from Senor Jason's outfit...that sounds like a kick ass party!! haha! You've thought of everything I think you're going to have an amazing time!

I carry my digital camera in my purse when we travel. It runs through the x-ray at sercurity w/ no problems!