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Yay Jamy!!! You looked gorgeous!! For some reason I couldn't view a lot of the pictures (the dreaded red x), but I did see quite a few... enough to see the beautiful bride! everything looks gorgeous. Congratulations again.

Haha, Good luck Erica!! lol Regardless, I hope its an awesome birthday!

Sorry I missed out on the forum yesterday, Jessalyn. I hope everything went beautifully and exactly as you've dreamt. You deserve the best. I can't wait to hear how everything went. Congratulations!!! P.S. Jonathan, thanks for the update!! Can't you post ONE teaser..?!?

Aww, I missed you guys! lol. It's nice to be back! Tammy, is the shoutbox gone permanently? P.S. I hope youf hand feels better. Thanks for sacraficing your health for the forum!!!

I totally love this time, because everyone is so nice to eachother and it's compliments galore... but I hate this time because it's so hard to choose just one! (or two now I guess, right - a Mrs. and a Bride to be?) Mrs. - I have to nominate Ann. She's always helpful, and omg the fact that she rushed from the airport to the resort and managed the get the starfish to Jamy on time is totally worth my vote! Bride to be - Tara (tvt). Omg, this girl is so funny, so positive and she's incredibly helpful, I'd be stupid not to nominate her!!! Good luck girls!

Quote: Originally Posted by leigh miller funny! when we were shooting the pics of just ann and paul paul said - when am i going to get to see you in some of those things you had on in the pics? ann said - never, most of it was leighs! but not pauls shirt and tie, so im assuming she will be playing dress up with that. courtney you dont need much. im getting away from focusing on the outfits so much. three things will be plenty. Haha, Leigh, that's hilarious... omg, I can just imagine the look Aaron would give me if I told him that! lol. Ya, I'm just going to stop getting myself worked up about this and hopefully have a blast in just over a month (aka - LISA'S WEDDING DAY!!! WOOT!)

Welcome to the forum Paola. Let us know if we can help you in any way

That's so nice of you Shea. Aww, we have the best people on this forum... so thoughtful!

D'oh, I'm so slow. I was going to mention that Aaron has co-best men (his friend just assumed, Aaron didn't want to hurt his feelings since he was going to be a groomsman anyways... so he shares the honour with his dad)... but it looks like you've alread worked everything out! haha... damn my slow reaction...

Yay Leigh, I love when you chime in with it... I couldn't find the website!! Thanks

For the Alberta DIY Brides: Scrapbooker's Paradise has an "Invitation Discount Deal". What you do is keep all of your receipts from your invitation purchases, and when you've finished your DIY invitations, you bring in the receipts with an invitation. They want examples/inspiration for invitations, so they'll credit you back 10% of your purchase (not sure if this is cash, or store credit - the clerk couldn't remember). Having said that, I haven't had the best experiences in the south Calgary store. I'm not sure if it's just a string of bad luck, or if they generally suck. lol. I placed an order for paper, the lady told me to show up on Wednesday, so I came in on Thursday... and as it turns out, she never sent in my order! UGH! Lady, I'm trying to get my invites out! Anyways, the cashier that was there this time sent the order right away... but when I went to go pick up, they had no record that I paid in full!!! Good thing I remembered my receipt. But even when I showed her the receipt, she questioned whether or not I'd bought before and was claiming I paid in full, she said to me, "are you sure you paid for this?" Umm yes. Anyways, she found my order sheet and it said PAID IN FULL on it. Anywho... they're not so bad that I won't go back, because they do have a large selection, but I don't have a lot of patience anymore with them. They have four Alberta locations: South Calgary Macleod Plaza #20, 9250 Macleod Trail S. 253-4799 M-F 9:30 - 9:00 Sat 9:30 - 5:00 North Calgary Crowfoot Crossing 45 Crowfoot Terrace NW 547-8522 M-F 9:30 - 9:00 Sat 9:30 - 5:00 Sun 12:00 - 5:00 Red Deer South Point Crossing #185, 2004 - 50th Avenue 314-0550 M-F 9:30 - 9:00 Sat 9:30 - 5:00 Lethbridge College Centre 103B - 2045 Mayor Magrath Dr 327-2122 M-F 9:30 - 9:00 Sat 9:30 - 5:00 And here's their website: Scrapbooker's Paradise, Canada's Largest Scrapbooking Store

Sorry I missed out on this thread. Happy belated birthday ladies!!

Quote: Originally Posted by kucka00 I'm aweful in that I know a lot of music but never know the name or the artist! Thanks for starting this thread! Looking forward to the responses:) Haha me too!! Aaron always quizzes me when something comes on the radio... I know the words, but have no idea who sings it or what its called! lol Good thread to start - spanish songs ALWAYS sound romantic, no matter what they're saying! (especially since I have no idea what they're singing about anyways! lol)

Wow, those are gorgeous.... the Wynn is almost convincing me to ditch the idea of Mexico! lol. Thanks for posting this Christine!

Oops, missed this thread. I'm doing them, and I'll be using Leigh Miller as well. I found it incredibly difficult to find someone in my city who didn't make the boudoir photos look trashy .... I'm traveling all the way to Mexico to meet up with Leigh Miller (lol - I know, it's a tough trip to make! haha). Leigh did post a website of some boudoir photographers that are worth looking at. She's made some pretty good recommendations too

Quote: Originally Posted by JaimeLynne Awesome, thanks Tammy! Do you know if the prices would skyrocket in December or January, possibly over New Year's? I'm assuming they would, just trying to weigh some options. Jaime, Are you thinking of moving your wedding up to Christmas/New Years??

When I went, I walked up to the guy/gal that you show your membership to at the door, and he directed me to the counter where you get a daypass. It was super easy. So yes, day of.

Quote: Originally Posted by lryates76 Oh that stinks!! Well I think shopping for those kind of things are the most fun!! You should grab a friend and make her go with you! I think my friends would be horrified. lol. So far, it's not fun.. just depressing! Although, I am making some progress... so that's good! I think I might just steal Stephanie's boyshort with FI's name on the butt idea mixed with Ann's tie idea and one other outfit and I should be good.. hopefully that won't take too long!! lol

lol ya Leigh (and Kelly)... it doesn't take much! haha

Quote: Originally Posted by lryates76 It'll be here before you know it!! Have you got your stuff from VS yet Ya I did. A lot of it was blah... so I didn't avoid going out and shopping lol, I guess I have to drag my lazy butt out to do that... that should be interesting lmao

Quote: Originally Posted by lryates76 Congrats on getting Leigh, Court!! I know she'll do a great job!! When are you getting your B pics done?? Beginning of August!

Hey, welcome to the forum. Where in the USVI and P.R. are your negotiating prices?? Well, I'm using the forum host as my travel agent. Her name is Tammy (username: host). Not sure how her schedule is for next year, but she's awesome. That's the only T.A. I know of that I can suggest.

Hey Ashley, welcome to the forum!! Tell us a little more about your wedding plans... 7 months to go! Yippee!!

Quote: Originally Posted by leigh miller courtney - its officially a done deal now. i charged the retainer to your CC today! youre stuck with me! i cant wait. elizabeth is my next BDW bride woohoo! Haha, "stuck with you"... now I'm worried! lol. Quote: Originally Posted by AQHARIDER See Court- you've picked the right photog. Not only is she an artist with the camera, she'll loan you her lingerie, makeup, and wedding dress! As much as I love Juan, he could never do that! lol Side note- I'm so glad you got Leigh! After seeing Ann's pics I'm soooo excited to see other brides on the forum use her. If I hadn't already booked Juan she would have been it for me! Don't get me wrong- I LOVE my pics from Juan, but Leigh is amazing too! Haha, now I've just pictured some poor bride borrowing Juan's makeup, lingerie and wedding dress. rofl. thanks Sarah!!! Yep, those picture's of Ann's wedding put a pretty big smile on my face... seeing pictures like that makes it easy to relax. I have total faith that I'll be completely blown away by her work. Yay, seeing this thread again get's me all hyper and excited again! lol

Quote: Originally Posted by BayBug That is really good news and bad news at the same time. I really hate going to the dentist. I think they are horrible people. All though I did find a really nice dentist that did my root canal. Thank god for him!!!! Ooh that's how I found my super awesome dentist too! He's so cool. When I had my two root canals done, he called the next day (HE called, not his receptionist!) to see how I was doing... and then I got a card in the mail about a week later! It was really nice - plus he's a good dentist too! lol He gave me free x-rays because he felt sorry for me! lol, those are expensive!!