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Oh and I wanted to add after reading all the other comments- When I first tried on my dress, I cried and cried. Not because I liked it, but because I thought I looked terrible. I wasn't able to take pictures the first time I tried it on because of store policy, but when it came in after I purchased it, I took pics and HATED the way I looked. There was no making me feel better either. I tried it on again when I got home (meaning out of the unflattering florescent light) and took pictures over. I felt much better but still not 100% confident. The day of the wedding, I didn't even have a care in the world. I felt beautiful because I was so overwhelmed with my emotions. I didn't even think about all my insecurities once. I felt beautiful. I believe you will find yourself feeling the same way as well.

I agree with all the girls. The dress doesn't make the bride beautiful on the wedding day. Her sheer happiness and glowing aura do. I can not even tell you how many people told me I was glowing. AND I felt it too- I felt radiant. I probably would have felt that way in a paper sack. Trust you instincts. If the dress looks good on you, it probably does. Your emotions will make you even more beautiful the day of!

I think a cute little logo on cardstock would look great!

See- you need to kick them out of the wedding. next thing you know, they will show up to the wedding sans panties and stand in the wrong order. Clearly, yours are more stupid than mine! LOL

Internet dating seems to be quite a successful way to date now days. I bet she will meet a nice guy and a bunch of funny ones along the way. LOL

hmm...our target didn't have that! Poopy. However, yesterday I did buy some $1 lotion there in Mango Fizz. It smells YUMMY!

Oh I began to worry too! I think he emailed me like 4 days before we left. I attached our ceremony- Ann originally gave it to me when I started to panic. I would just edit it then when he emails you, send him the version you have already completed. A lot less worrying that way. BTW- I added in the hand ceremony. That's not part of his original ceremony. Rachel_and_Steve_March_27th.doc

You always have the CUTEST puppy pics. I absolutely love them. You know the hubby and I were talking about you and your dogs yesterday. LOL I know I sound like a freak. I swear I saw one of your dogs on a commercial and I told him he had to see the pups, so I showed him the thread. He LOVED them and tried to talk me into finding a puppy to bring home. I was like NO WAY! They are cute, but I don't have the time for a puppy right now.

If it's a common thing, you shouldn't stress yourself out so much! I know easier said than done right? Have you done some research? Typically, i spend some time looking up stuff like that and it always puts my mind at ease! I'm sure the little guy will pull through ok and he will be even better for the surgery. You guys are all in my thoughts.

Is she also the type of person that freaks out about stuff then later calms down and rationalizes? I have a few friends that do the "I can't afford it" stuff too when some type of money crisis comes up, but later they are able to see that it wasn't as horrendous to their budget as they first thought. Also, since her parents pay for everything, she might not be very good at the budget concept. I will tell you that at 22 my parents paid for a LOT. I didn't learn the lesson of financial responsibility until many years later.

Thanks ladies for all your wonderful comments! You are too sweet!

Elizabeth Lloyd. She's really nice, but sometimes it takes a bit to hear back from her. I think she's really busy with wedding season. But she is the nicest of nice.

I agree with Jen. Get the dress back then sell it. ANd sell all her BM gifts too. You can at least recoup some money and she doesn't deserve an honorary roll at your AHR. At least in my opinion. HUGE difference in telling you upfront there is an issue and waiting til last minute. I'm all about understanding why people choose not to go to a DW, but not when it's this last minute flakey shit. GRR....

Oh i hope it's recovered! Shame on Tom- I'm sure he probably doesn't want to get all worked up about it to get you even more stressed. Steve does that- he downplays things to help calm me because if he gets upset, I will be 3x more upset. But then I usually get upset that he's not upset. LOL Vicious cycle. At least I hope the photog can get you a new one. I'm sure they still have the proofs.

While both dresses are GORGEOUS on you, I voted for the monique one. It will photograph so beautifully and it really enhances your figure. It fits you perfectly and trust me, not paying for alterations is a HUGE bonus. You don't have to schedule fitting so you save time as well!

Loved the blue shoes. The dance floor pic was cool- were there bubbles? I loved the one of you two kissing on the steps with bamboo and the kissing one in the palm trees. Very pretty! Congrats!

I finally watched it this afternoon! I'm so glad I did. I'm surprised some of you have been disappointed by this season thus far. I've really liked it! I'm kinda sad it's moved past the original core group with all these other characters, but I really like it. I KNEW Rebecca was a little liar. Grrr- I don't like her.

How did Amy see them! Lucky girl. In the mean time, welcome back!

Aww thanks. Your day is just around the corner! Yay! 22 days goes so fast!

I should note that my pro pics didn't pick up the sunset as well- I'm not a photographer so I don't know if it was a different setting or something. However, our cheesy camera did have a few sunset pics. We had our WD at PV and the sunsets were GORGEOUS!! Unfortunately, we didn't really have sunset pics like that at the wedding.

Around sunset time, you are most likely eating anyways. At that point, you don't even notice the sky because LC begins to glow with all the candlelight!

I like the ecru- it's softer IMO. I like them as is. You are just having the bride doubt. LOL I've had it a million times.

No sorry. My personal hairdresser came on the trip! We were truly blessed in that respect. Otherwise, I would have probably wore my hair down and let it get all frizzy! I planned on wearing it down in the beginning but I noticed my hair would frizz up after about 30 mins, so I decided against it.

Maybe a fish supply place? Looks like somehting you would put in a betta bowl.

Oh ok- we had pics DURING cocktail hour. I imagine that schedule works for larger groups but not when the whole group has to be present for pictures! LOL