Andi

Quote: Originally Posted by mummergirl oh i think we ALL have those! sometimes i lay awake at night unable to fall asleep because all sorts of wedding related nonsense is circulating my brain. once one of the bad thoughts slips in, i can totally forget about sleeping! a popular one is "good thing everyone's not on the same flight ... what if the plane goes down? oh god, what if any one of the planes go down? we couldn't possibly go on with the wedding if any part of our group were in a crash" ... etc etc etc ... so it's not even real problems, more like made up scenarios that i play out in my mind. and to top it off? i'm not afraid of flying in the least (you have a better chance of just about anything else killing you), so i have no idea where this is coming from! OMG! I am so glad I am not alone! I have been having the plane thought lately too! I am glad that not everyone is on the same plane because of my fear of it going down!

beautiful! the TTD pics are hot! congrats! just out of curiosity where did you buy your hubby's suit? that is exactly what we are looking for too!

Quote: Originally Posted by deefalvey You guys are too cute - packing "just in case" clothes ! I love the expression on your face in the limo picture, it is adorable! Congrats Andi! Now are you really going to be able to keep this a secret from everyone else? I didnt want to tell anyone but FI (I decided that is what I am going to continue to call him until our legal day )came home yesterday and said he had called his mom to tell her! WTF?! So now I will have to tell my parents too so they don't feel left out. I wanted to keep it a complete secret though so that we didn't start to get people saying stuff like "well if you are already married why are we going to mexico?!" As far as I am concerned the real wedding is the Mexico one! Quote: Originally Posted by Kat81 Fun! Congrats on being a Paperwork Mrs! Ha! paperwork Mrs.! that is perfect! Quote: Originally Posted by Goldstein to Be Andi! You crazy girl! That is soooo fun. You look amazing! Yadeira is coming out next weekend and I'm hoping I can convince Ben to get married while she's here. I don't think he'll go for it (we still have 3 months!). Congrats girl! oh that would be fun! will she be going to mexico? if not then that gives you even more of a case to have the legal day when she is there! let me know what happens!

Yep that is right! Married! well legally anyway! We were in Vegas for the weekend and on Saturday night (after two yard drinks of Long Island Iced Teas ) decided to go to the drive up wedding chapel! I didn't think that FI...err DH would actually want to do it! I had packed my little cream dress without him knowing and thought it might come in handy if we actually decided to go through with it! He had packed his suit so he was thinking about it too! It was so FUN! Nobody knows so I had to tell someone and decided to come here to tell you all! it was perfect, not how I envisioned getting married but it was perfect! The limo picked us up from our hotel drove us to the marriage license bureau and then to the chapel! after we got back from the chapel we walked to Sonic and my lovely DH got me a chicken finger basket that was to die for! Seriously it was the best chicken basket from sonic I ever had! hee hee hee! So that was just our legal ceremony...real wedding is in 6 weeks in PV and now I really can't wait for that! Here are a couple pics for your viewing pleasure!

one of my boys lifts his leg EVERY time he goes....the other who is now 4 squats about 98% of the time and occasionaly lifts....I guess they do whatever feels right to them? I never really thought about why my one doesn't lift his leg! maybe it is because he is my wussy boy?! awwww, that was mean...I do love my mutts sorry the pic is so small...its the only one I have on my computer at work of my boys

did anyone else totally cheer for Melissa like I did when she called him a bastard kind of under her breath! that was the best part of the whole show! Seriously though Molly gets on my last nerve...what kind of woman would take a man back (who dumped her and proposed to another girl) so quickly!? I mean really...I think they are a perfect match for eachother...both scummy! and poor Ty! talk about confusion!

UGH! I am SO MAD! why do I continue to watch this show?! I am only about 10 minutes in on the after the rose show b/c I recorded it...but NOW I AM SO MAD about this whole line of BS that ABC is putting on TV I dont know if I am going to finish watching it! I am SO over Jason...he is a slimeball!....a crying one! i am tired already of all the tears!

How exciting! Don't stress! I am sure everything will somehow or another get done on time!

wow very pretty dress!

hey...I just fixed the list...there was one 2010 wedding in on 2009 brittbrodin - Las Caletas - March 21, 2009 Andi - Las Caletas - April 24, 2009 Mel&B- Playa Fiesta- May 1, 2009 klhutsell - Villa Celeste - May 16, 2009 alliegrenier - Riu Vallarta - May 22, 2009 JaimeLynne Mayan Palace May 24, 2009 Susanandmo Dreams Nuevo Vallarta May 24, 2009 Bca33 -Las Caletas June 6, 2009 Goldstein to be (Bo) - Riu Vallarta, June 6, 2009 Ylopez87 (Yesenia) - Palladium Vallarta, June 29th, 2009 Ashey063009 (Ashley) -- Dreams Puerto Vallarta -- June 30th, 2009 Tiffiney01 -Riu Vallarta - August 15, 2009 tcuvicki- Presidente Intercontinental 9/26/09 jmiranda - Riu Vallarta - October 21, 2009 Jamie (smith3576) - Dream - 11-3-2009 (arrive Oct 2 godaloveme-playa Los arcos- 11-14-2009 Jess - Dreams Puerto Vallarta - 11/28/09 MaryS-Mayan Palace - 11/28/09 msjcastillo- Las Caletas Puerto Vallarta 12/27/09 owensmiley-las Caletas-4-10-2010

We just got some last week at my shower...they are personalized ones with engraving on the glass part and then in the stem there are scattered rhinestones. I am pretty sure they came from Things Remembered although I can't find them online. Let me know if you can't find them I can ask my mom where she got them at!

wow great pics congrats! I love the one with all of your guests on those two balconies and the one at the end of the slideshow with the wave crashing right behind you is awesome also! well actually they are all great!

OMG! Happy Wedding day! Have a great time!

brittbrodin - Las Caletas - March 21, 2009 Andi - Las Caletas - April 24, 2009 Mel&B- Playa Fiesta- May 1, 2009 klhutsell - Villa Celeste - May 16, 2009 alliegrenier - Riu Vallarta - May 22, 2009 JaimeLynne Mayan Palace May 24, 2009 Susanandmo Dreams Nuevo Vallarta May 24, 2009 Bca33 -Las Caletas June 6, 2009 Goldstein to be (Bo) - Riu Vallarta, June 6, 2009 Ashey063009 (Ashley) -- Dreams Puerto Vallarta -- June 30th, 2009 Tiffiney01 -Riu Vallarta - August 15, 2009 tcuvicki- Presidente Intercontinental 9/26/09 jmiranda - Riu Vallarta - October 21, 2009 Jamie (smith3576) - Dream - 11-3-2009 (arrive Oct 2 godaloveme-playa Los arcos- 11-14-2009 Jess - Dreams Puerto Vallarta - 11/28/09 MaryS-Mayan Palace - 11/28/09 msjcastillo- Las Caletas Puerto Vallarta 12/27/09

Drats! I can't see it at work boooooo! UGH! Dumb work...I will watch it as soon as I get home! I am with Kristy though...I am sooo excited to see you guys in PV!

Quote: Originally Posted by Betsy We are in the middle of doing ours - turbo-tax style. It calculates the return as you go, and last year we got married, sold our house, bought a new house, moved blah blah blah.....so it is taking awhile to get all the ppwk together. But so far it shows us having a refund so I hope we do get one! FINGERS CROSSED!! I am using turbo tax too (and have been for the past couple of years) Every year I have this bad habit of saying to myself "oh yeah i donated this or bought that" all just to see how much of an effect it would make on that little automatic calculator! Last night we were doing mine and I was jumping up and down because of the number it was showing...then FI tells me "um honey the red number means you owe..." I was able to get it back to the green though when I started entering my real info!

Haha! so funny this thread was started today...I was going to do the same! Actually I don't know why I waited this long to do my taxes! I did them last night and was able to cash in on the first time home buyers credit! Woot! Woot! that will pay for the honeymoon hotel!

Yay for local seamstresses! I found and great one here in Denver and just dropped my dress off there today! She was super nice and just gave me an overall great vibe...so she is charging me $270 BUT when I actually list it out I am kind of getting a lot done (also keep in mind my entire dress has a kind of lace/beading overlay so I am sure that will not be the easiest to work with!) Here is what will be done: -side seams are coming in 1 inch on each side -cups sewn in -bustle -modesty panel on corset back is being removed -neckline is being completely changed...it is currently just a straight strapless neckline and she is changing it to a sweetheart. (this is about half of the total cost of alternations but for me it is a must because I REALLY want a sweetheart neckline) so i went in for first measurements today and she will be done with everything on it by the end of march...then she told me that when I go back at the end of march that should be it! I probably won't have to back again and will be able to take my dress home with me!

ok...total side note and off topic but Ann your little girl Gwen is growing up way too fast! seriously though I remember when she was so small and tiny in that hospital that you couldn't leave for days on end! wow! congrats...she looks like such a big girl now!

Quote: Originally Posted by yamille I confess- that I HATE my BD pics and am very sad. I jumped on the band wagon of a group shoot with a not so experienced photographer in my opinion. I only paid $250 with crappy hair and makeup included plus the rental of car cause it wasn't in the city. I am just super bummed because this was a big deal for me. I have struggled with my self image and body issues my whole life and have come to a healthier place but seeing this horrible lighting, non artistic shots, and bad makeup (which i didn't correct becuase I didn't bring any of my own makeup!!) has thrown me for a loop. I feel horrible. I was hoping the experience would be liberating, fun and empowering and it wasn't. Now that I see the pics i am a bit depressed. They look trashy and not good. I am supposed to pick 30 that i like but can only find about 6. I am considering forking out the dough for another shoot with a more experienced photographer -even though i don't have it at all- ugh.. thanks for letting me vent. * I don't want to say who the photographer is becuase there are 2 other girls on here that did it with me. I will wait to chat with them first. Quote: Originally Posted by *Casey* I was one of the girls that went to the shoot with Yamille... and I feel the EXACT same way! I got all the proofs yesterday and am so disappointed. I'm mostly disappointed in myself for just jumping in and not researching the photographer at all! I also want to fork up some cash and get them redone. I know that FI would love any picture of my half naked, but I'm not happy with them, and that's important to me. The more I look at them the more and more I dislike them. I'll look at other photographers BD blogs or sites, and could just cry that I didn't use one of them... any of them instead. This SUCKS!!! Oh no girls! I agree, if you are that unhappy with the pics you should maybe express your unhappiness with the photog. I am sure you wouldn't want to re-shoot with that photog being that you really are that unhappy with the first go round....but maybe you could get your money back or something?!

Quote: Originally Posted by verh0016 HI Everyone - We're back from our week in PVR. What a wonderful time we had! I knew everything would be perfect, but it was great to see things with my own two eyes. Las Caletas is so magical - and I cannot wait for our wedding in November. It was so much fun being there for the day and meeting Kelley, our wedding coordinator. In addition to visiting LC, we toured 4 resorts and a few places for rehearsal/welcome dinner. Now, we have things narrowed down to staying at either the new Dreams Villa Magna or the Riu Palace Pacifico. Also, our dinner the night before will also be held at either La Palapa or Barcelona Tapas. Instead of giving you the whole run down - I'll post a link to my photos. Each photo has a description. Let me know if you have any questions! Login | Facebook Yay - going bridesmaid dress shopping next! Best - Trisha Hey Trisha, glad everything went well! i tried your pic link but it just took me to the facebook login page?

Quote: Originally Posted by JaimeLynne Crap I forgot to include you in the multi-quote Sounds good to me! So March 24th it's on like Donkey Kong! Make sure you have your own bottle of wine to bring to the freak-out fest... Quote: Originally Posted by yoAzul Ill be right there with you ladies freaking out on the 24th ;-) Esp cuz thats the day our final payment for everything is due so we need to have made all our decisions by then! We all need to make sure to have some wine handy! Yes! I am marking my calendar...oh wait it is already marked for the one month countdown! well i am adding donkey kong freak out to to it! Quote: Originally Posted by JaimeLynne Fanny - haha, no worries on the colors! I *just* picked our colors!!! And I finally found a BMs dress that I like but it was in an ad in a magazine so we're busy trying to track it down! UGH! oooh what colors did you pick?

Thanks for all of the wonderful ideas!!!!!!! I just took my BPics this past Saturday and just got the proofs back today! OMG I am so excited to start to put my book together! I really like the words on the pages from different songs, my only problem with that is that FI and I listen to completely different types of music! But wow...great ideas...I am not sure how I am going to keep this a secret from my FI for two more months! I want to call him into the room right now to show him my proofs!

Quote: Originally Posted by JaimeLynne Hey Andi! Just saw this after I posted... OMG you're under 2 months! Dude - we TOTALLY could have had a freak out session together last night! hahaha Hell, I'm sure I'll be open to one again before either of us gets married I'm so glad to hear you haven't had your dress altered yet either! I've told myself the same thing - 5 more lbs and I'll go! But my MOH convinced me last night not to wait on that and just call and see what the absolute latest is they can get me in. I'll probably do that next week though - I'm totally stressed over other things going on apart from wedding stuff right now (seriously it's like one nasty, hellacious circle goin' on here!) Cheers to you! Hang in there, sorry I haven't been on more to chat with ya! haha! what if we plan for a freak out time? say this time next month!? maybe if we plan for it then it won't happen!

Jamie! I am sorry I missed this thread last night! we could have had freak outs together! Yesterday I was excited because we were exactly 2 months away! Today though I noticed my ticker is now UNDER 2 months! AAAAAAGGGGGHHHH!!!!! What do you have left to do? do you need help with anything?! LET ME KNOW!!!!!!!!!!! I think the only thing that is stressing me out at the moment is that even though our RSVP date was OVER a month ago we STILL have people booking!!!!!!! that is starting to get on my last nerve! I haven't took my dress to get altered yet...I keep telling myself that I am going to lose 5 pounds before I do that but those are just not coming off as they should! Last weekend I had my bpics, shower and bachelorette party and all of that was a bit overwhelming! I know it is hard but just try to relax and enjoy every minute! (well that is what I keep telling myself anyway!) sad but true that it will all be over before we know it!!!!!!!!! (well the wedding stuff but then we will both begin our lives with those fab new hubby's!) hang in there it will all work out just fine!