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Hey, Rayden's Mama, do you have pics for us?? I like the dress you posted, so lets see you in it!

Welcome!! You'll find SOO much here! Watch out though, it's totally addicting!

I agree with the others. Wait until you get it and then POST PICS of you in it! You know we love pics! But, for the record, I still think it looks great!

We're doing it legally in the US just to avoid the hassles of translating documents and all that junk. Dominican Republic is pretty easy, but we jus figure it's just easier to get it done with here.

Welcome! You'll find tons of info on lots of locations here! Let us know how we can help

She's awesome! So is she insanely expensive?

Congrats and welcome!!

Love the cold feet thing! Took me a while to get it though

Welcome! I love the growing number of DR brides on here! Melia looks awesome!!! We would totally go there but we wanted to keep our guest prices a little lower so I think we're going with Gran Bahia.

good idea! You're so sweet!

Welcome! Glad to have another DR bride! Which resort are you having it at?

I really like it! Nice work

Quote: Originally Posted by Nini_Bride What exactly is a trash the dress session?? And why is it so common? lol. Why would I want to trash my dress, isn't that bad luck or something?! Check out this site trash the dress I want to do mine in the ocean/on the beach. Incorporate some of the destination wedding into it!

So, we're scoping out photogs and I REALLY want to trash my dress. Made me wonder how many of you are?

I like #2!!

Welcome! Good luck with the planning! Let us know if we can help you!

Quote: Originally Posted by RaydensMama My sister had a nondenominational do her wedding. It wasnt a DW but in a hall. If we decide on the DR we will get married here. The TA said it would cost around $1100 just to get all the paperwork done!! We're thinking the same thing. So then do you tell your guests When I told my Mom that we would be legally married already she thought it was kind of strange to do it that way. But it seems to be a great way to reduce costs and stress. But if my Mom wants to pay for the translation I'm all for it. I really don't care either way; was just trying to make things easier!

I would leave them out until you know for sure that they are coming. I deal with this crap on a day to day basis for work, and I always go low for head counts. Usually vendors and hotels can accomodate the extras and you will just be charged for them, but after you guarantee, say 20, and only 15 show up you'll still pay for 20. Does that make any sense at all??

Quote: Originally Posted by Tlseege Well, I've been blessed all my life. I've always been rather thin. Which means, I ate WHATEVER and WHENEVER I wanted. That is... until about a month ago. Dang age catching up with me finally! So, after never working out, motivating myself was very difficult. So, what I do, is my boyfriend works out with me. It's much easier when we do it together. And on days when I don't want to do it, he pushes me, and on days when he doesn't want to do it, I push him. And on the other days we stand on the scale!!! LMAO!!!! But we do the same thing! We do it together. Plus we have 2 dogs so we get up in the morning and go for an hour walk at a fairly fast pace. Then at night we'll go for a shorter slower walk to unwind and discuss our days. Just doing this I lost 4 lbs in one week. Oh, I'm doing WW (half assed) too. And I get on the scale 3 times a week. Usually Wed, becasue thats when I start loosing my motivation to not hit the snack bar at work, and on Friday so I can make it through the weekend, then again Monday to guage how I did. Also, I have 4 WW cook books and most of the stuff in them are easy and tasty!

Hi Bridget! Good luck getting everything worked out!

Quote: Originally Posted by amyh WOW~ you guys have mulah! we generally give about a $60 gift. Now I really sound cheap! There is no way to afford that much for a gift. (I am turning really red right now!) I'm with you!! I'm feeling totally cheap right now! I was doing 150-200 for my close friends and more like 75-100 for random people.

I totally agree! At first I was unsure about picking such a large resort, but then we figured that we wouldn't have to babysit everyone and always make sure everyone is having a good time. Plus it will be easier to get away for a while if we wanted to.

I like the elastic idea. I think it also depends on how high your dress comes up if there is space or not. Do you have a picture??

I think we've made a decision! Gran Bahia Punta Cana/Bavaro... now I just have to get on confirming a date! Are you girls getting legally married in DR or at home? I think we're going to do it at home, but we want to get a nondemonitaionlalala (bla, spelling is hard) to do the ceremony. Anyone doing that?

Quote: Originally Posted by Tlseege I nominate Christa. I think that she's been very good about sharing reviews and photos. Not to mention a good sport about the chair ties! I second that!