~Melissa~

Chrsitine just curious.... what was the outcome on this? You are having a reception at home? Right?

Did you show your daughter Jill? Was she interested? Poor Steve with girls comming up! Thank god no Jay Leno came up for myself! Ack

Good Luck Jen - let us know the outcome!

hahaha that's awesome! I kinda see the resemblences though. What a cool fun lil tool! Jared was 94% Fred Durst and he's all pissy about it. AHAHAHAH i like to bug him. I got alot of women whom i dont' even know: Adriana Karembeu & Carole Lombard & Sammie Cheng. Anyone know who they are?

I'm moving to the north west part of Florida. It's about 5 hours from Miami. It's by Pensacola and it's on the Ookaloosa islands (if you've ever heard of them). It's called Fort Walton Beach. I'm sooo excited to go swim suit shopping. I look out into my backyard and theres about 4 feet of snow. hehehe

Awesome that u found the site with a cigar roller search LOL WELCOME!

Welcome to the forum Jennifer. You've come to the right forum as there's PLENTY of Dreams brides in here. There's lots of good tips and advice. Congrats!

Welcome Jackie! We will just have to convince your FH otherwise... and sway his opinion to the DW theme! What is it about a DW he doens't like? Once he sees all the beaches and beauty he'll want it hehe

That's so exciting Nicole! Congrats on your new house and job too! I move to Florida right away as well. I can't wait for the temps in the 80's! It must be sooo nice!

No worries Sarah, you're not being unreasonable what so ever. This chicky sounds like she may be difficult to deal with. I think she needs to grow up a bit and take a steap back and realize she's being a cow (sorry had to say it). She should be honored to be in your wedding party. And the whole not being appreciative of her bridal shower gift: how horrible and rude! I don't like people that think they should be at the tops of everyones list and only their ideas are the workable ones. MEH - can u tell I have issues here? haha I just can't understand people like that. BTW- I love the idea of the tarrot card lady! That would be soo cool and FUN!

Hey Julie whats the WP plan? I allow myself only 21 points in a day... and it's hard but manageable. How come you get a 36 point day? I WANT ONE OF THOSE!! hehe Awesome job Jill on the .8!!! We'll take it any way we can, ain't that right?! That's awesome how you're almost at the 10 lb mark. When did you start? Fantastic job girls! ALL OF YOU!

Welcome to the forum kelly! Glad to have you here! I love the second dress! Very very sexy and I love the back on it. Is it a type of satin?

Hey Jen I'm really sorry to hear about your unfortunate news. THAT SUCKS!! I never even thought about what happens if the hotel hits capacity before people start to book. In your process of picking out which resort you wanted the wedding to be at did you have any other options other than the Riu? It may be good just in case to start thinking of something else. I dunno what you can do. Tammy gave some good advice about contacting a TA though, that's their job and they're there to help and assist your vacation. Hope everything works out.

Oh Tammy you're so amazing with your great rates! A TA can definatley help ya out Amy. I know when i was looking I was going to use Aldo from PV Photography. His package wasn't too bad and he sent me some REALLY nice wedding portraits that weren't on his site anywhere. Now we have our own photog comming for the wedding. WOO HOO!!! If you're interested in Aldo I can PM you his packages and those portraits. It may be worth checking out.

Welcome to the forum! Your friend was right this is the perfect place for information!

OK I checked in this morning and I've lost 0.7 hahaha (if my memory serves me right). I did drink alot of water last night so I'm blaming that! I guess there's always this week.

AWESOME! thanks melissa you rock! that's a late sunset i guess. eeek i wanted pics but our dinner is around 630

My color is red too! Good to know THANKS!

HMMM does anyone know about Puerto Vallarta sunset times? My wedding is in October and I can't even google the answer. Help please anyone?

Quote: Originally Posted by Nini_Bride So he asked you before you went to dinner? Did you end up talking 'wedding plans' the entire dinner? Lol, I would have!! Were you expecting a proposal? That's a really cute story. I love finding out about all of the behind the scenes details. No actually we didn't talk abotu any wedding plans that NIGHT!!! I was just so shocked and well... I REALLY didn't expect that. I thought he may propose when i move there definitley not before! i think I was admiring my ring most of the night too! hehehehe Then we went back to the hotel for a non - g rated night... so nope no talks about wedding plans that night. We have always wanted to do a destination wedding... and we've been talking about marriage for a couple years now.

Sarah - is that your puppy? He's adorable!!! I love the new siggy!

Aprox $28.. isn't that CRAZY?

Ok I figured I would share our proposal story as well on Dec 27. Keep in mind I wrote this for our wed site and then my FH helped me by editing it and making it flow. I'm not nearly as good as he is with words. haha now that i read over it, it sounds kind of cheesey. It was on Melissa’s recent trip to Florida when Jared finally popped the big question. Jared had made reservations for the two at a really fancy fondue restaurant called “The Melting Pot.†He had everything pre-arranged so that the 2 had a private section to themselves and a rose sitting on the table waiting for Melissa’s arrival. This dinner and evening was originally planned so the couple could celebrate Melissa’s upcoming Birthday (Jan 23rd) together this year. Instead this night proved to be even more special than Melissa ever dreamed. Melissa made all the hotel arrangements herself and did a wonderful job, it was beautiful! The hotel was set right along Pensacola Beach on the third floor looking over the Gulf of Mexico. It was a truly breathtaking view to behold looking out off the balcony. With dinner reservations approaching the two got all dressed up for their special Birthday dinner. After receiving approval from Melissa's Dad (Dave) and much thought and planning, Jared finally figured out the approach he wanted to take with his proposal. It wasn’t until earlier that week that he figured out just during casual conversation that Melissa would prefer a more private proposal and not a real public one with lots of people if she had the choice. With this in mind it kind of shot down the idea of doing it at their dinner as Jared had originally planned. A new plan was in order, a more private and romantic one with just the 2 of them. After many self-pep talks and tense nerves Jared was ready to ask that long-awaited special question. As he stepped out onto the balcony he could see the sun had set, the waves were crashing in against the shore and the smell of clean crisp ocean air was all around. Jared decided that the moment could not possibly get any more perfect. He asked Melissa to come outside and join him on the balcony to admire the beautiful evening. She went outside to see for herself what a wonderful evening they were witness to. As they stood and enjoyed the view of the Gulf and all the sights, sounds, and smells of the evening, Jared told Melissa that he had a question to ask her. He then dropped to one knee and opened a small white box with a diamond ring in it and asked Melissa to marry him. She said yes and he placed the ring on her finger as she broke down into tears of joy and gave him the biggest hug ever. They both stood holding each other in amazement knowing this was the biggest step they had ever taken together in their relationship and the first step they would take towards becoming a married couple. Just minutes later the front desk called them to let them know that their cab was there to take them to dinner. They gathered their things and walked hand and hand down to the lobby for the first time as an engaged couple. The dinner to follow was amazing and the night could not have been more special or memorable.

AWWWWWE that's so cute!!! Thanks for sharing Christie. I love kitty kats!

I would totally look into that but I just found out a close family friend of my FH's is a photographer and she's comming to our wedding. She also offerred to do the wedding pics! I couldn't refuse!