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1. How old are you? 30 2. At what age did you/will you get married? 31 3. Do you have children? no (but if the four legged furry ones count then two) 4. Did you think you would marry the person you are with now? I was hoping! 5. Were you ever engaged or married to someone other than the person you are with now? I was previously married he has not been either married or engaged 6. Do you want a garden wedding, beach wedding, or the traditional church wedding? beach wedding for sure 7. Where did you/will you get married? Dreams Cancun 8. First dance - classic waltz, slow and sexy, or fast and spicy? slow and sexy if we have dancing 9. How many guests did you/will you have? about 30 10. Do you want/did you have an extravagant wedding or a simple wedding? simple 11. Vows - traditional or something you make up on your own? make up our own 12. How many layers of cake did you/will you have? 3 13. Is/was your wedding/reception at a hotel? yes on the beach of our hotel 14. When did you/will you get married - sunrise, mid-day, sunset? sunset 15. Did you/will you have your reception outdoors or indoors? outdoors 16. Plan every detail down to the napkins or let someone else decide? Plan every detail,I am an organizational freak 17. How did/will the bride enter? Very carefully on my father's arm (I can be a klutz) 18. Song to walk down the aisle to: Sister Hazel's "Everything Else Disappears" 19. Song to make your exit: Probably another Sister Hazel song 20. Will you/did you have a solemn ceremony or a light one? Light one for sure 21. At what age did you think you would get married? Whenever I was ready 22. Who to invite - practically everyone or a select few? Just close family and very close friends 23. Wedding menu - fine dining or simply delicious? simply delicious 24. Champagne or red wine? We are more the mixed drink type but I am sure we will have champagne 25. Honeymoon right after the wedding, awhile after the wedding, or no honeymoon? Our honeymoon is our wedding so I guess right after 26. Was your/will your honeymoon be at a place special to you both or somewhere brand new to you both? Our Weddingmoon is new to us both 27. Who will pay for the bills? Both of us 28. Living together: Not before marriage or absolutely before marriage? absolutely 29. Anything else about marriage you'd like to say? I am so excited to marry the man of my dreams and my best friend! __________________

I would love to join. How about the weekend of Feb 9 or 10? Any chance of getting closer to the suburbs or is everyone from downtown? I was thinking Schaumburg area? Just a thought..

For whatever it is worth I read a DW ettiquete guide that says to send out the formal invites 8-10 weeks before the wedding. Doesnt seem like much time to me. But I guess if you had already done STDs then people already have an idea that the event is coming.

How exciting! Congratulations! and having time to save money will take a lot of stress off too!! Its so fun to absolutely love your dress! I know I want to try mine on all the time so I had to keep it at my parents house or my FI might catch me in it one day!

It sounds like you would've asked her without a doubt before this blow up? My feeling is life it too short to hold grudges so since it sounds like things are getting back on track I think it would be a very nice gesture to ask her. If you are going to invite her to the wedding anyway why not show her you are serious about your friendship and really did miss her? She must be important enough in your life that you are making an attempt to mend the injured friendship.

Welcome jhof to DC!! I am sure with the help of Claudia and Daniella plus the wonderful ladies on this forum you will have no problem getting your wedding planned in time!! Congratulations!! If you need pictures or information please let us know as I think collectively we have quite a bit!!

Welcome jhof to DC!! I am sure with the help of Claudia and Daniella plus the wonderful ladies on this forum you will have no problem getting your wedding planned in time!! Congratulations!! If you need pictures or information please let us know as I think collectively we have quite a bit!!

Oh thank goodness I thought I was losing it...I couldnt find the DIY section either. I am so eager to get started with this! What a great resource this thread is!! Thanks ladies, you guys are truly awesome!

HAA! You guys are killing me, now when we do our TTD shoot I am going to be thinking of "pour some sugar on me" and Mr Rod Stewart. But I do love the "Wicked Games" idea!Hmmm!

I certainly am not Miss Etiquette but I know we are getting married early November. By the time we return it is holiday season so our plan is to actually wait until after the new year to have a celebration.

I think calling it a rehearsal dinner is just fine. I think most people understand the logistics as far as the actual rehearsal is for those in the wedding and the dinner is for all of those from out of town (or in our cases, everyone,ha). But a flyer with the details would be nice either before everyone leaves for the occasion or upon their arrival.

We went with November because our travel agent had told us it is the end of hurricane season and it is very doubtful a tragedy such as that would occur. However like everyone else has said insurance is worth the money! Good luck and congrats!

I am a future DC bride not a past but maybe I can help a little...after we told Daniella our date and she said it was being held. she emailed us a general contract. Have you filled out the questionnaire yet? It is just with some general info. I know our contract didnt have everything set for example we signed our contract Nov 2007 but we just told her last week where we had decided to do cocktail hour and reception. What I am getting at is you dont have to make every last decision now. But I would figure out which package you are going to do and get that contract signed and back to them. We mailed our contract and it took over 3 weeks to get there. I was getting a bit scared it got lost. You can fax it too. Hope that is a little help.

I completely agree! First of all, those are not very good friends. Second of all you should not have to compromise your wishes because they are being losers. You should be able to honor the important women in your life by having them as attendants if you so choose. Any thing goes these days especially with a DW so dont worry about how it may look.

So I have a gal who we use to be close so I had sent her a STD. Now she has turned into a jealous lunatic and has lost her mind. Is it rude not to send her an invitation when that time comes? I know I am a little ahead of myself time wise but trying to get this figured out sooner rather then later. Thanks all!

Holy crap! Those ROCK! Very impressive!! Tell your FMIL to go blow! Apparently she doesnt know fabulous when she sees it! Congrats and being totally creative and skilled!!

knorris27 had said "we thought the whole blood test thing was a little weird, it was no big deal though. the doctor came to our room the morning after we got there, opened the needles in front of us, and took our blood. they said it is to test for STD's.. the process only took about five minutes." In a DC posting...hope that helps, I can understand being nervous!

11 Weeks is plenty of time! I can totally understand and empathize with your stress but you will be just fine! WW is ideal!! Maybe talk to someone at WW about your fears and they can give you some last minute pointers?

Ok call me new, call me ignorant or whatever...is a sand ceremony done at every legal ceremony in Mexico?

Great idea thank you so much for sharing that! Great way to keep guests informed and encourage them to go.

Congratulations, you will find this forum is full of awesome people and tons of great information!!

Congratulations, you will find this forum is full of awesome people and tons of great information!!

I just got the 2008 centerpieces (slightly different) and pricelist if anyone wants them pm me, I cant get it attached, grrrrrr.

I asked two days ago what came on the tables and was told only votives. Below is my question and the wc response... What comes on the reception tables? If you dont want to purchase centerpieces we have votive candles for the tables. Your Package comes with chairs with white covers and white linens set up.

Anyone have any recommendations for who does my hair at the salon? Thank you