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good to know!

WOO HOO! soo exciting!

Quote: Originally Posted by foxytv These are our BM dresses. Using both of these styles but all in the champagne style. Bari Jay, Styles 249 and 251 -- The color is Beige and it matches the champagne trim on my dress perfectly. Those are great! thanks for sharing...I might have to steal them!! thank you

wow, thanks ladies! It's nice to hear that i'm not the only one going through it. I think i have decided that I will have my 2 sisters, 4 best friends, 2 FI sisters and decide later about the 2 other friends. I also think I will have them all sit. I like the idea of MOH and Best man to stand up, but I couldn't choose who would be the MOH so i'm not having one...these decisions are hard! thanks for all the help...I'll let you know what i end up doing.

Great picture! I may need her info since we live i in the same neighborhood! Is there more?

This is a great idea! did you order the tequila from mexico too?

wow!! Really?? I'm shocked! I really don't know any married people. Well, again good to know that LA isn't the problem.

LOLOLOL! those are fantastic pictures! what night to remember!!!

Fun! 2- Date of birth: 7-26-79 3- Do you have any siblings? yes 2 sisters 4- Color hair: brownish blondish 5- Color eyes: Hazel 6- Nationality: American, English 7- Size shoe: 6 8- Favorite color: red 9- Favorite article of cothing: Christian Louboutin red patten leather heels! 10- Favorite book: Me Talk Pretty Some day 11- Favorite food: Soy Delicious cookie dough ice cream 12- Future childs name: haven't thought that far ahead yet 13- What are your parent/s names: Diane and Lawrence 14- Who was your first crush: in real life, Eric something...and fantasy Patrick Swayze! LOL...he was hot when dirty dancing came out! 15- Who was the first boy to break your heart: never been broken... 16- Favorite vacation: so hard to choose! i guess...Paris/London trip with Fiance 17- If you could change one thing about your body, what would it be? where do i start! I guess my arms 18- Have you ever had plastic surgery? If so what; and if not would you ever consider it? no and yes! 19- How tall are you? 5.4 20- Favorite celebrity: don't have one. but If i were on a desert island I would bring Ed norton with me

Everything!

Can anyone recommend any BM dresses in Tan/champagne color, i can't seem to fine any. I am thinking about using the twobirds dresses, but i hoping to find some other options

very thoughtful! congratulations!!

I worked out today too! feels good! but just ate some vegan cake...which is still pretty healthy! woo hoo!

I'm in! I recently started training with a trainer 2 times a week...wow I had no idea how much i don't do on my own. I'm also vegan so i can offer some really yummy healthy sweet alternatives!

wow! looks great!

how frustrating! can you modify them at all, are they completely unusable?

I am contemplating 9-10 BM and FI has 7. 3 BM and 1 groomsman is not that uneven...it will be great

At first i thought that "feeling" didn't exist until finally, I tried on the "one" and finally...the feeling!! its real, if you feel it you know.

Thanks for all the feedback, I forgot to mention that my Fiance has 7 brothers, so he is set and doesn't have to worry about including or not. the poem thing is a cool idea, and also i think there needs to be someone translating so maybe someone could do that. I think i will have them sit down in the front row. Thanks for the ideas!

Quote: Originally Posted by MikkiStreak Frank and I are starting to research home building in anticipation of actually beginning the process later fall/winter. Even tho I've been a homeowner before, I've never built, and I'd like to "smarten up" about this and see what this has been like for other people. It's been about 2 years since we added on to our house and I would like to forget most of the process as it was one of the most stressful things I have ever been through, but i will try to help with what i can remember. I also didn't build from scratch, it was an add on, but hopefully I can help. 1) Whom did you choose for your home builder and why? he came and did a design for us, which was I think about $3,000 or 5, i can't remember. But if we decided to go with him, the money went toward our house, and if not we had to pay just for the design, which worked out well. He did an incrediable design and thats why we ultimatly chose him. And he let us use some of our own people to do certain things (electric). 2) Did you finance using your home builders mortgage company? Any pros/cons to using theirs instead of your own? 3) What do you know now (that the building is finished), that you wished you knew then (before starting the building process)? That we we would go over budget! everyone told me that we would go at least 30,000 over, which i thought was insane, so we gave ourself a cushion but it still was more than expected. so expect the unexpected! Also, we built a retaining wall that ended up taking a year to get the permits signed off on, had i known that before we started that process, I probably wouldn't have done it as it added a year to the construction process, however now that its over, i'm glad we did the retaining wall. 4) What didn't you expect in the process? (or, what "surprises" did you have in the process- both good and/or bad) Greedy contracters. TRUST NO ONE 5) What advice would you give to someone starting the process? know what you want, do your research for the best quaility and price, settle for nothing, some contractors are flakey and don't stand by thier word. Also wire your house with things you might want in the future (i.e. flat screen). its cheaper and less complicated to do it when you walls are open. 6) What would you have done differently if you did it all over again? As much as it was stressful my house turned out perfect. i wouldn't change a thing. 7) What did your builder consider "standard" options? And what did you choose for "upgrades"? not sure? What percentage of your final price was due to upgrades? (example: if the home was $200,000 and you spent $25K on upgrades...) 9) What kind of timeframe did you have for this---- from starting to research, making a decision, then actually building and finally moving in? hmmm, I guess all together it took about 2 years. 10) What was the easiest decisions you had to make? What were the hardest things to decide on? easiest: what kind of door knobs to buy hardest: paint colors, floor colors, bathroom fixtures (painted 1 room 6 times entirely) Any input you feel like sharing is definitely appreciated!!! This is new, exciting, but also where I have a huge learning curve to address and your input will definitely help us! Just stay strong, know your stuff, breathe, and drink lots of wine and you will be fine!!

I have been struggling with this for months. I still don't have a location secured yet, but i have some ideas of where it will be. It is definitely on the beach in Cabo. But I'm have a dilemma and i need some help. I want bridesmaids but ideally I would like 4 or 6, but in order not to hurt anyones feelings I have do 10! Which i think is just gonna look silly. I love all these girls, some I'm closer to than others. I have 2 sisters and 2 of my FIs sisters and 4 friends that I am extremely close too so I really want them in my wedding. I know I could do just sisters but i really want my Best girlfriends. And then I have 2 more girlfriends that I hang with almost all the time, but I'm not as close to them. But i know if were me, and they asked all our friends to be in their wedding, I would be upset, I would understand, but it would hurt my feelings. I was thinking about having all 10 and having them walk down the isle and then sit down. I would prefer to have them all stand next to me but i just think its too much. or is it? Or I could just do the 8 and hope that the last 2 don't get their feelings hurt? Lastly, one of my FI's sisters has said she would love to be in the wedding, the other one i don't think cares either way, and I love both of them...but I'm thinking of a way to cut people out, would it be worse to not include his sisters and include my last 2 friends? or the other way around (include the sisters and not the last 2 friends)...ugh, please help!!! I thought about doing none, but all my girlfriends are really into it, and my little sister has her heart set on it (she is 14)... Oh, and were having about 90 people, Just so you can get a visual of what it might look like with 10 bridesmaids...yikes.

LOL! That sucks i'm sorry! hey, if you can't beat them...

Hi Angela! Welcome! Cozumel is a great location!

Welcome audrey!

Those are great! I love the pockets with the info on the side, very cool