FoxyBride

I'm from Detroit and this lady is from a suburb of Detroit that is KNOWN for this type of behavior. It's ridiculous and outlandish but not surprising in the least bit.

They all are good; especially for NYE. The main thing you should be concerned about it getting in. Prices are going to be through the roof and the lines are going to be crazy. If you can make VIP reservations early (also going to be $$$) then do it, otherwise, you'll just be standing in line all night.

I'm so obsessed too! I keep wishing I had to work tomorrow & Tues so that time would go faster and it'd just be over already! I want to know who won! Plus I just saw Obama live & in the flesh like 2 hours ago and OMG... I loved him before he started his run for president (I have SERIOUS thing for smart guys) and that just cemented it.

In all honesty, you probably won't get it. Stress is the number one cause that women come on their period late and I'm sure you'll have plenty of that in the last days surrounding the wedding. Also, travel across times zones can cause it to be late as well. Put those two together and you are probably looking at Aunt Flow coming about a week late.

I got my dress at the Running of the Brides so it was a steal at $250. I was glad because I had gone dress shopping before that to get an idea of what I liked and all the sub-$1000 seemed really cheaply made to me but I couldn't see myself spending over $1500 for my dress. The whole ceremony is barely costing me that! LOL

Quote: Originally Posted by ~*petals*~ I want to do the same thing! My sister did one that came out looking pretty close to her real son. My sister is pregnant and due in a few weeks so I did hers so I can compare it to her baby... LOL.

Quote: Originally Posted by BachataBride Too cute!! So...I guess we're all having boys... I want a cute little girl!! Yea I noticed that too... they should have an option where you can at least add a bow to make it look like a girl.

I'm glad everyone is having fun with it! Here's my baby.

I just made me & FI's baby and it came out so cute! RoutanBabymaker3000

Aww that is so sweet for those guys to do that for you! Goes to show that there are a few good ones left. (Besides the ones that we've all snatched up!)

Wedding gown sizes are based on an older scale of sizes that have never been modernized. It's just a number, doesn't mean you are any bigger or smaller than what you are. A lot of stores have "vanity sizing" where a 6 is really an 8 but the smaller number makes women feel better. Wedding dress makers just have not changed from back in the day when a woman like Marilyn Monroe wore a 12. "Bridal sizing goes back to a scale established during World War II that used data intended for making uniforms, Moore [senior vice president of merchandising and product development at retailer David’s Bridal] explains. The scale also was used for ready-to-wear clothes, but over time, sportswear adapted its sizes to reflect changing body shapes, while bridal, for the most part, didn’t."

OMG this just is crazy! My heart goes out to her and her family.

I finally figured out how to use the macro feature on my camera so I have some better pics of my ring now.

OMG this is nuts! She just got engaged to "Punk" from I Love New York. What a tragedy!

Thanks! I rarely see things on here for Photoshop users. To install the brushes just click the little arrow in the brush box (sorry don't have a better explanation), then click "load brushes" and go to where you have the .abr file saved. Then just click it and click ok.

I finally have a dress! I don't really have anything else yet though! I am forcing my FI to make some decisions by the end of the month so we can at least firm up the date. Then I can get a ton of other stuff done like STDs & such.

Looks great on you!

Does anyone know how much this dress retails for? Since I got it at the ROTB & it didn't have an original tag on it so I have no idea! It's from Emerald Bridal but I haven't been able to find this particular dress. I'd love to know how much I saved.

Great find! I almost went with a Demetrios dress before finding mine.

Yea the Caribbean blue on their sample and in your bag look pretty close to me. But whatever color it is, it goes well with your color scheme. But that comment from the customer service rep was unacceptable either way.

IMO, Scriptina is one of the most overused fonts. It's beautiful but every time I see it, I cringe.

Quote: Originally Posted by lmg970 the dress is gorgeous, isn't it amazing that they can alter a dress that much and not ruin it. Yes I was worried about that since there is a lot of beading on the bust and that definitely needs to be taken in but they had some alterations experts on premises and while she said it would be about $200, it could definitely be done. She even gave me a cool idea for a bustle.

Quote: Originally Posted by princessina Oh wow! it looks great on you! So how was the madness out there and was it really worth it?? How many people did you take with you? I would love to go to a running of the brides, only if it were close by. Well I'll just live through you Thanks so much ladies! I got there late so I actually missed all the madness! I got there about 9:45 and it was super calm and people were just browsing around. Plus it was just about the time that all the early birds were putting their rejects back so I had a lot of people handing me stuff to try on that they didn't like. I took 2 of my sisters with me but one is pregnant so we brought her a chair and her job was just to guard dresses. It only too me about an hour to find the dress so the process was pretty painless.

Been waiting forever to have one of these threads of my own! I ended up getting my dress from the Running of the Brides in Cleveland. You can check out my experience with that here: http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t30338 I'm sooo glad I finally found something! Here's the dress on the model. And here it is on me. I have it in ivory.: Excuse the grainy phone cam pic and the bra straps. I was also holding it in the back since the dress is a 12 and I'm normally a 2... but you get the idea. I can't wait until it's altered and I can really see how it fits.

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