Ana

I'm so sorry to hear of all the hangups but in the end you will have a really great story to tell, and when you're talking to your husband one day on your 30th wedding anniversary you're both going to enjoy remembering it all Congratulations!!! now its time for the pics!

beautiful dress!!! congrats

oh I"m so glad this worked out...the nerve of the UPS dude to say that to you and ask that question :S grr

Michelle! you look so gorgeous omg! I love everything and I loved reading your review I'm so glad that you had an amazing time and that everything worked out perfectly! btw, cute pic with Pepe, I think he was everyone's fave!

Quote: Originally Posted by marvilla22 OK I am getting married at the church this July! My question to you is what music did you have, or did they let you bring your own music and did your girls have to cover their shoulders? Oh and how long did the ceremony last? Oh did you have to have all the things that come with a customary catholic wedding like, sponsors bible, coins, lasso, etc... Pls help on this note!! For music we arranged for a trio to come and sing at the ceremony, they usually work with Padre Juve and sing at mass, weddings etc... They sang and played instruments. I spoke with Esperanza directly, she is the lady who organized and sang. It was a bit tough to understand eachother because her english isn't very stong and my spanish is non-existant. I only had one request for music, and that was for her to sing "Ave Maria" when I walked down the aisle instead of "here comes the bride" We did not have to cover our shoulders, I didn't either if you see in the pics. Also we didn't have any of the customary things you're referring to. We had a meeting with Padre Juve the night before and we ran through the ceremony and all the details. He gave us the readings that we would have to pick from and asked us if we wanted a full ceremony with mass, or just the marriage rights. We picked just the marriage rights, and the whole thing took only about 40min. Let me know if you have any more questions!!

oh thanks Heather!! I'm going to call them today and see if they have anything in the length that Michael needs

B2B I nominate Erika J and Mrs. I nominate Abbie

congratulations Michelle!!! I can't wait to see your pics yey!

yey I'm so glad that everything worked out!! Congratulations!

Kathy I'm so sorry that you're going through this! If there is anything I can do please let me know. As far as depression goes, I suffered from clinical depression when I was 17 and 18 and my symptoms were pretty severe. I couldn't sleep, I was fantasizing about suicide (even attempted once), I was in a constant state of sadness for about 4 months before I was diagnosed. When I say constant, I mean that I NEVER EVER felt happy, not even for a few minutes at a time. I was lethargic, didn't show emotion, didn't care if anyone around me lived or died. It was pretty bad. I went to the doctor who sent me to a psychologist for review, and then I was prescribed meds in conjunction with intensive therapy. Only you can know truly whether you're depression stems from a chemical imbalance or if its causal. Meds can only treat the imbalance, but if you're not chemically embalanced they can actually induce depression as well, so its pretty tricky. I would suggest that you try to pin point why you are sad, and if you can't, then go talk to a doctor and ask for them to recommend a psychologist. The psychologist can determine whether they believe you need to just talk to someone or if its something more severe. Since my dpression I have had instances of sadness that have lasted a few months. When I moved to Toronto from Vancouver, both Michael and I had quit our jobs, and made the move and that was stressful. We moved in a down market, there were alot of unknowns and stress, so I was sad most of the time. I cried every day for about 2 months, but because I'd been through chemical depression I was able to distinguish between the two. Sometimes life events can trigger sadness, but if we take control of them we can become happy again. I don't know if my rant even helped :S **huggs**

Thanks Josie...you girls are making me blush!

btw, the gazebo is really close to the water, its practically on the beach

I would suggest that you contact the resort WC in regards to this. I don't see why it wouldn't be possible, but the cost is subjective and I wouldn't hae a clue

One more day!!! yey! congrats

Congratulations!!! everything looked amazing

hmmm ok I will look up Lord&Taylor maybe they will have some stuff. Heather - we did go to Over the Rainbow but they had a very limited selection of jeans for him. He needs a minimum of a 36 inseam and most Canadian stores don't carry anything past a 34. Also for shoes, he needs a 15 or 16, and again...Canadian stores don't carry anything past 13. If you can get the name of the store from Matie that would be great!!! I will call them and see whether they have anything that length and if its worth the trip for us

I agree with you Heather, I almost cried this morning on my way to work when I heard in the car that they had arrested people and were going to charge them with murder it took all hope out of me..as I'm sure it did for everyone else. Its so horrible. I will never be able to understand how or why people do this. Its one of the number 1 reasons why I choose not to use my criminology degree. I can't work with these types of crimes, it disgusts me.

My husband and I are planning to go to Buffalo to shop, but we have nooooo idea where to go for certain things. Mostly we are going for Michael because he's super tall and can't find jeans in his length or shoes for that matter. Does anyone know any good stores in Buffalo that sell True Religion, Rock and Republic, Seven Jeans etc... for men? oh and converse shoes?? I know there isn't a Nordstrom which is what I would have liked to go to...so everything is in one spot lol but I will definitely go to multiple stores if I have to. Thank you so much girls!! hopefully someone can help me

oh no! :S i almost thought that with mine too...well except that I couldn't find it so I thouught it was lost. You have some time still though to have it renewed ...don't stress

Awesome review!!! ahhh It makes me miss Dreams so much you are going to have such an amazing wedding!! Yesica is great and she really does work super hard for all her brides

lol that's such a TEASE!!! can't wait to see the rest of them!!

oh no...its not working for me

OMG!!! that's terrible! I would die :S

oh no! I'm sorry you had such a terrible visit

my FI and I kept our finances separate for the majority of our relationship. We opened a joint account for gifts for the wedding, and then slowly we started using it for things like buying our first car etc... Now, a month after the wedding we are starting to combine our finances as well. We are consolidating everything, and hopefully by the end of this week we can officially close our separate accounts We have two accounts that are joined, one for savings and one for our expenses, and we also are closing down his credit card and we ordered a card linked to mine, so we will only have one credit card account as well.