JaimeLynne

I think you should get something you're more comfortable in personally. I have tried those dresses on and they were hard to walk in! lol But your dress is GORGEOUS! It will be so worth it for the wedding, but if I were you I'd probably get an inexpensive, comfy gown for the TTD... sorry...

Oh my gosh, I had not heard this...

fyi, we decided to go ahead and order a suit that FI has tried on... so we'll not be looking into this further. Good luck to those of you who do though!

I love the back! And great deal on the alterations!!! Mine are gonna be like $400 with tax

UGH Andi! We just sent out our formal invites on Tuesday, and put the final RSVP date as April 24th. They all received their STDs very early (can't remember when exactly but like 8-12 months before the wedding), and then we sent out info packets around November of '08 (I think - my concept of time is faltering). On our info packets we put something like "Kindly RSVP asap. Please understand that if you do not RSVP in a timely manner, we may not be able to accommodate you." We just had one friend book last week who never even RSVP'ed - so weird cause we haven't even seen him in like 4 months! He just decided to hop on the flight with some of our other friends... we're happy to have him of course, but kinda strange... he still hasn't RSVPed but I know his flight is booked because my MOH booked with him! lol! I think with the economy a lot of people are having to wait until the last minute to see what their finances will be like. Which I understand. However, an RSVP would be nice if you even *think* you're coming. I don't mind if you change it to "No", but please give us an idea! I mean it will cost us around an extra $75-85 a person... if 10 extra people booked without RSVPing that would be nearly a grand that was not budgeted for. I know at least a few in our group are waiting to see and if they do, will probably book at the last minute... Maybe people are seeing how cheap the flights are getting right now?? We just booked my hair/makeup artist for R/T DFW to PV for $375 which is a great deal!

I'd go ahead and create a registry somewhere, so that people who want to give you an actual gift can do so. Etiquette is for your bridal party/close family to spread the word about where you are registered if people ask. But yes, definitely do not put it on the invite.

Go Kat!!! Weird, I wonder why mine are not showing up - maybe they registered just before the start, or just haven't posted enough...

I love that dress!!! But definitely make sure it fits your bms body types.

I agree with the other girls - the 2nd one looks fantastic on you!!! The first one was honestly IMHO just kinda "blah"... no offense! WOW, you are gonna look amazing in the second one

Yeah I was thinking maybe if they were the hosts then that is your present... is that the case, were they the ones who threw the shower for you? Or have they done other things like that for you?

Quote: Originally Posted by carly That's great that it was a valid charge, but why would it say "PAYPAL"? ? ? Long story, but the TA for our HM had to have someone run it from a different account because it kept getting declined for being over the $5k/day limit (I used to bitch about chase's strictness on this, but now I get it! ) She did verify that it was out of CA... I just did not know to look for that or for that exact amount so it freaked me out, especially after hearing about all the "worm" crap. Btw, anyone know if that "worm" actually did anything today?? I haven't watched the news... *EDIT* Here is an update from CNN.com No problems so far as April Fools' computer worm awakens - CNN.com Looks like we're ok! Biggest impact will just be on network traffic... phew!

I also have a diamond white dress. FI is going to wear a very light khaki colored suit. No one else gets to wear white! Except my bms jewelry will be sort of white-ish with pearls and such.

duplicate post...

FYI, the $4,500 did turn out to be a valid charge... was from our TA from the HM. Miscommunication... gonna go deal with the bank tomorrow... Phew, that sure did wake me up though! We went out and bought some awesome security software - "Kaspersky". Supposed to be better than Norton and McAfee. Would still keep a look out on your accounts tomorrow though!

Sounds like everything was a huge hit! Congrats!

No prob - hope it's just a fluke on my end!!!

Ok, so that April Fool's "worm" email you've been seeing go around may in fact be true! I found what looks to be a $4,500 fraudulent charge on my Debit Card today from "PAYPAL". It looks nothing like my other paypal transactions, and nothing of this magnitude is showing up on my actual paypal account. It just had a phone number to the side and listed as coming from CA. Martin Googled the number and said it came up with all these fraud alerts. Tried calling Chase (my bank) but could not get through. Have a friend from high school who is a banker at our location, so ran up there totally freaking out on her (lol). She said their systems are down and acting really suspicious/weird. She says she's never seen anything like it, and that their security systems are supposedly right up there with the Pentagon's. FYI - we still do have one other thing to check out and make sure it's not that but went ahead and canceled the card anyways to make sure. (Paying a lot of stuff for the wedding right now, only thing left is the HM but they're based out of MI so don't think it's for that... if it is I'll feel a little silly! ) SO - watch your bank accounts closely the next day or so!!! (well always watch them, but you know! ) My friend says these hackers usually attack when the economy is down. I am not one to get caught up in all this hoopla normally, but since I found the possible $4,500 fraud charge on my account today I wanted to pass it along!! They are hoping that other customers aren't having the same issues... Please post here if you do!

BUMP!

Quote: Originally Posted by TA Lindsay Jaime - I can't believe how quickly your wedding is approaching - I'm so excited for you! I also wanted to answer your question re: tipping the minister...we did not tip our minister (we didn't have Brad, we had another lady), but she left very shortly after our ceremony, and we didn't see her - we were very busy taking photos before the sunset, etc....and then she was gone! So I wouldn't worry too much about it. We did tip Nicole about $100 though... Hi Lindsay Thanks, I am excited for my wedding too! Yippee! And thanks for your opinion/experience with tipping the minister.

woohoo, congrats!! I remember how excited I was when we booked Elizabeth Medina - VERY!!!!

Wow, sounds like a great contest!

Quote: "It took us nine hours to fly home from Jamaica to England it only took the Americans three hours to get home." Bwahahahah! thanks for the laughs

Great review!! Sorry about the nasty bug bites and infection Your wedding set up looks awesome!!

Quote: Originally Posted by cdnvb9 OMG at first I thought your dress was on a mannequin b/c of the tiny waist! Wow, I wish! Good choice on the jewellry, it all goes great together and is simple and elegant. $30 for jewellry is super cheap in my mind and if I were your bmaid I would be more than willing to buy it for myself! Wow - SO loving you right now!!! HAHAHAHAH!! thanks for the compliment! Quote: Originally Posted by OROBride1008 If your girls try to order the foot jewelry, I would have her tell them that she is backed up with foot jewelry and that there is no way she could get it done before the date that they need it. Maybe that would work. Funny, that's what I thought of at first but then thought it might look bad on her side/for her business. Pamelia suggested I have her write up an email that she can print out explaining that they are only getting the sale price/discount because of all the jewelry I am purchasing for myself. And basically that I would need to pay for it all to get this deal, so that way they wouldn't have to go to the website and see everything else... This is what she suggested, however I'm not sure if it would be tacky to ask for my bridesmaids to pay me directly. Plus one lives out of town. Guess that BM would have to paypal me.... I dunno... I told Pamelia I'd ask my BDW girls to brainstorm because y'all are always good like that! Soooo, any more ideas??

duplicate post, but I'll use it to ask another question that's come up! What if the girls try and order foot jewels from Pamelia when they order their jewelry and see them on her page?? I don't think they'll want to spend the extra $$, but just in case... we need a back-up plan for Pamelia to tell them. Trying to brainstorm ideas!