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I agree with all the other previous posts! if it is YOU to do red... do it girl! Myself, I am a french manicure queen, I never leave home with out it, and i love my toes painted in hot hooker reds and wild crazy pinks! my toes were HOT pink on my wedding day OPI "charged up cherry" they looked too cute with my teal blue dancing shoes!

bumping up for new Cuban brides!!!

Sirenis La Salina was my #1 choice before we left for our site visit in 2008. There have been some other brides that have went there - so a quick search. I'll bump up my site visit review for you. If you have any further questions please don't hesitate to contact me.

That cake looks amazing! Was it tasty too?

Good luck B2B's!!!!

Good luck ladies!!!!

Erin, your photos are gorgeous! Congratulations!!!! Re: Posts about chairs on the beach, this was done at the resort we were married at.... my review is coming SOON!

Erin, your photos are gorgeous! Congratulations!!!! Re: Posts about chairs on the beach, this was done at the resort we were married at.... my review is coming SOON!

Those are really cool... who was your vendor?

Congrats Evelyn! Hey... is there anyway we can be privy to the story?

Congratulations Erin!!! What an awesome honour!!!

As an alternative to the originals, you have chosen great invites - I think your guests will love them. You'll have to post pics of both sets... when they are in - and you have a minute to breathe... re addressing all of those invites is a chore! (a similar situation happened to me).

Beautiful dress!!! it is a perfect choice!!!!

lol.. you are too funny... i too love this song... it is really catchy though!!! Thanks for getting it stuck in my head too!

You look fantastic Kerry!!!! All that powerwalking certainly paid off!!!!

We stayed apart... DH really wanted it that way - I stayed with my brother, DH went out with his friends for his 30th birthday celebration. The next morning I had breakfast with my girls, and we went on with our day. I think it is completely your choice... It was actually really fun hanging with my brother for the night.

For the Mrs: BachataBride - Amanda B2B: Ericka J Good luck ladies!!!!

I think if the pics are tasteful and artsy... you should'nt worry about it... it isn't like you are doing HUSTLER type and "down there" raunchy type nudes... I used Shutterfly and mine came in fine!

We recently furnished our newly renovated basement, after looking and discussing the ashley line with a local dealer - it came to my attention that much of their ''leather'' furniture is actually a product called DURAPELLA®, DURAPLUSH™, and DURABLEND™ ... then the sales person showed us what a pet (claws and nails) can do to this DURABOND - it looked terrible. Because few of their "leather" pieces are actually leather they rip and tear really easily... the sales lady actually told us that... and.. it is not repairable -- where leather is. We ended up with Cindy Crawford leather furniture from the Brick... it's gorgeous... a little more $, but in this case it is a definate case of you get what you pay for!

Quote: Originally Posted by ErinB I think the no alcohol depends on the reason you are doing it. If you have a group of non-drinkers and you and your FI don't drink then it's not a big deal. I just don't like to see people skip a bar for budgetary reasons only, especially if you know your guests are people who imbibe or you and your FI drink socially. When people are concerned with budget they can offer just beer & wine, wine with dinner, a champagne toast, a signature cocktail, etc. I personally feel that cash bars at weddings are just as bad as no alcohol. I blame a lot of issues on drunken guests on the person serving the drinks. Either the bartender isn't trained well enough to know how to handle intoxicated guests or the hosts didn't spend the extra to hire a professional server. Erin, you took the words out of my mouth! I myself love to celebrate with wine, and I could'nt have imagined the day without it! I didn't get trashed at the wedding - but drank socially with all my guests. as previous posts said...it really depends on the crowd and your usual habits...

I had full on bridesmaid dress drama earlier on... and now have 2 brand new dresses that would be perfect for anyone's upcoming DW. They are brand new with tags... one is a size medium = 6 or 8 and i have one in a large = 10/12 They can be very easily taken in. http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t24442 They were $130+tax per dress from a Canadian company.... MAKE ME AN OFFER!!!!! Here was my bridesmaid dress drama - incase you are interested http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t33398 http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t33727

Welcome fellow Canadian Bride!!! From a New Mrs. there is tons of info and assistance here!!! Welcome!!

Wow Heather, What an experience - thank you for sharing and protecting other unsuspecting B2B's. Morgan, you are incredibly generous! Your generosity is a stellar example of why I love hanging out with you ladies day to day. Karma is a wonderful thing... your turn will be just around the corner.

OH MY!!!! you ladies have me giggling today..... Quote: Originally Posted by TA Maureen I feel bad even typing this but someone I am very close to had their second wedding in a family member's yard, nothing wrong with that but...instead of letting people use the bathroom in the house there were 2 port-o-potties outside! That's terrible! A johnnie on the spot at a wedding? I held it all night. I must say everything else was nice. LOL... ok, I have to admit - I hosted a wedding about two years ago for friends, and did the catering... the whole wedding was a gift to them from DH and I as we knew that their financial situation wouldn't allow them to have a big blow-out. The 'reception/party' afterwards in my backyard was open to the neighbourhood... DH and I were totally cool with that as it was planned... but our only stipulation was that we hire a johnny to put in the driveway outside the fenced in yard.... :S Ok... now everyone is laughing at me.... I just couldn't deal with having half the town tromp through my house drunk.... and possibly overflow the septic! ________________________________________________ Quote: Originally Posted by ErinB OMG! I am a caterer so I could go on and on and on with bad wedding stories! I had one with an orange bride. The poor girl looked like an oompah loompah! She made me swear to never use a self tanner. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA an OOMPA LOOMPA!!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I actually laughed completely out loud when I read this one!!!! ________________________________________________ Quote: Originally Posted by BachataBride "hold my drink & smoke...I've got to get these underwear off...they are killing me"!!! I kid you not!! DH still calls it a trailer park wedding!! LOL TAKE OFF YOUR UNDERWEAR OMG Amanda this one Rocks! So freakin hilarious! ________________________________________________ Ok... here is my contribution: In the honeymoon week following our wedding we saw many many other weddings - the resort basically had a wedding nearly every day on weekdays. There was a bride near the bar - fully dressed, and looked great, whom I over heard her saying... "I drank too much champagne before the ceremony, and all I could think about during the ceremony was kissing and having a smoke".... WHAT? I double checked with DH to be sure I hadn't misheard... he concured - he heard it too!

This is definately the funniest thread I've read today! ShamWOW! LOL.. You ladies really know how to brighten my day!