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Thanks for all of the compliments. I never thought I would be doing so many craft projects before I started planning this wedding. I didn't know I had it in me. This forum gave me lots of inspiration. Quote: Originally Posted by Snickers They turned out awesome. Thanks for the great tip and instructions too. My only worry would be transporting without breaking the sand dollars. Believe me, I have them packaged up pretty well. So, I don't think the sand dollars will break. At least, I hope they don't. Quote: Originally Posted by mrs.timpone they look great!! thanks for the step by step guide! what does the actual invitation inside look like? Oh, these aren't invitations. They are the wedding favors. They are only about 3" tall.

Quote: Originally Posted by Jackie22 Wow, you did an amazing job. Everyone on this forum is so creative, I seem to get so many great ideas. How did you mail those? Was it expensive to mail them? Oh, I'm not mailing them. I am getting married in the port of Miami on a Carnival Cruise. So, we are taking everything to Miami with us (driving to Miami from Georgia) and handing them out at the Welcome Dinner the night before the wedding ceremony.

Oh ladies, I have been so busy trying to get all of this wedding stuff done. The FI and I got a lot done this past weekend with wedding favor bags and OOT bags, but nothing is totally complete yet. I’m hoping to get them fully assembled this weekend, and then I’ll post pictures. Today, I posted a thread of my sand and shell bottle wedding favors w/ pics and instructions. Check it out. http://bestdestinationwedding.com/fo...-w-pics-56826/ I was able to breathe a BIG sigh of relief yesterday when I finally faxed my FINAL wedding guest list to the Carnival Cruiselines Wedding Department. That means I don’t have to BEG people to RSVP anymore! If anyone tries to RSVP at this point, too late, the guest list is already final. Quote: Originally Posted by jerseykitten Erin,You started passing out your OOT bags? What a FANTASTIC idea!!!! OMG! I want to do that! How much easier will that make my life?? You are so brilliant! Are you telling them to bring everything with them? Natasha - no nothing wedding in the basement - mostly books and tools, and my kitties hang out down there - they were a little stressed but they are ok. the sun is finally out today but the rivers are just cresting in some areas and tons of floods. New Jersey has been declared a diaaster area. My friend who's home my shower was in just got her power back. I have pictures on my facebook page - Michele Bailin - you can request me to be a friend : ) Passing out OOT bags ahead of time is a great idea if you have people in town. I only have one person in town that is coming to my wedding. All the other guests are in different states. Luckily, we are able to drive down to Miami, Florida where the wedding will be. We will definitely have the SUV LOADED. I have wedding stuff scattered all over the house and it won’t be cleared out until after the wedding. I’m so glad your kitties are ok. I was so out-of-the-loop over the weekend, I didn’t know about the flooding in your area until I came on this message board. I’m in the dark ages, I don’t have a facebook account yet, so I couldn’t check out your pictures, but I saw the news coverage this morning while I was getting ready for work. Quote: Originally Posted by echo2_62 okay first I have to point out how much of a EEEEEKKK!! moment I just had when I noticed that both Tracy & Michele's tickers are now counting down in DAYS and not months anymore!!! How awesome does that look now!?! I know! Ours will be that way soon too. I can’t wait to hear their reviews and see some pics. Quote: Originally Posted by hoyt75 I bought several starfish and sand dollars yesterday online and I can't wait to get them in. I decided to use the starfish as name cards for dinner and I'm going to use the sand dollars for the sand dollar prayer. You should really check out this site: Sand Dollars, Starfish and Seashells for sale, I found it from another girl on here that was very happy with her order, they are so reasonably priced too! I ordered sand dollars from them too. They are definitely good quality and are packaged very well. None of my shells arrived broken. Quote: Originally Posted by caribbeanLover Nat, Thank you so much, I am feeling back to myself... once I'm done the time of the month everything goes back to normal. Now to deal with the next time of the month (the day I leave!!!!... very nervous as I have pattern to end up in the hospitl every 3 months, and March was suppose to be that time and I didn't... I just hope it's not next month) I actually had a nightmar last night,that I started my period on the 10th (the day we leave) but I ended up in the hospital,and so I missed my flight!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll be crossing my fingers for the next 28 days lol Glad you are feeling better. I will definitely be keeping my fingers crossed for you too. Quote: Originally Posted by ebredhawk i am a terrible future daughter-in-law, but i'm not doing anything for my in-laws. i made a frame for my mom that has 3 openings.. i included a picture of her and my dad at their wedding (they have NO wedding pictures of their own out), my brother and my SIL at theirs and then an opening for one of our pictures. i got my dad a tommy bahama shirt to wear in the wedding. i forgot to tell everyone that we actually have half of our wedding stuff packed and out of our house! i can update my wedding packing list (i made a spreadsheet that has everything wedding-related that we're bringing and which bag it's packed in) too! hello freaksih organization. I don’t think you are terrible for not getting the in-laws anything. Not everyone does the traditional thing. You are sooo lucky to get half your wedding stuff out of your house. I can’t do that though, because none of my relatives or close friends live in the same city (or even the same state) as me. I’ve only lived in this area for about a year and a half and moved here for the job. I try to be organized and I have spreadsheets for almost everything, but I don’t think I am going to have time to put together a packing list. Luckily I don’t have to do much clothes shopping for the honeymoon. Just a few swimsuits and sundresses. My friends and I typically do a “girlfriend’s weekend” every year, and we did Miami in 2008, so I bought a lot of outfits for that. Then the FI and I went to Vegas for a week last year and I bought a bunch of clothes for that trip , so I have TONS of clothes for vacation. I just need to go through my closets to figure out what I’m bringing and what still fits right. Quote: Originally Posted by NJ Hunnie Ladies, you should all post what you have ready to go and packed. I love to see all your ideas. Hmmm… The only thing I have packed up and ready-to-go are my natural touch wedding flowers. Everything else is just scattered around the house. But, I will get it together soon… Hopefully! Quote: Originally Posted by ewok Wow, some of you are super organized! I still have some shopping to do, mainly summer dresses (not a lot in stores right now), and bathing suits. I won't start on packing stuff till the week before, the house is already such a mess, don't want to add more... (I'm trying to finish a big renovation at the same time, just chose some tile over the week-end. We will only install it after the trip though). I couldn’t even imagine planning a wedding and doing a home renovation at the same time! Quote: Originally Posted by hoyt75 On a side note - does anyone know if the 3 ounce in 1 quart bag apply for checked bags to? Or is this only for carry on bags? The 3 ounce 1 quart bag only applies to your carry on. A tip though (since I travel by air a lot)… use Ziploc bags to seal all of your liquids, gels, and aerosols that are in your checked bag. The change in air pressure on the plane could cause the containers to leak or burst and you don’t want your clothes ruined. I usually double wrap mine in my checked bag.

I just wanted to share my sand and shell bottle wedding favors. I made some modifications to them to fit my vision. This is the finished product. This was my inspiration. I ordered the sand and shell bottles from americanbridal.com. They come with clear personalized labels that you have to stick on the bottles yourself. I ordered the sand dollars from qualityshells.com. I was originally going to use starfish, but bought the sand dollars because they were cheaper. I was a little concerned that the sand dollars would be too thin to support the weight of the bottles, but they worked out just fine. I used a clear industrial strength craft glue (you need a thick glue) to glue the shells to the bottles. It just takes a small dot of glue. Place the bottle on the sand dollar the way you want it. Then flip over, sand dollar side up, to let dry (I let them dry this way because if you try to let them dry the other way, the bottle will tilt to one side of the sand dollar). I set them on bubble wrap because it kept the bottles from rolling. After about an hour of drying, turn the bottles back over for a moment(sand dollar side down) just to check and make sure they are still level; the glue should still be pretty flexible after an hour and you should be able to adjust. Turn the bottles back over (sand dollar side up) to finish drying. The glue should be hard after about 3 – 4 hours. I let them set out on the table (sand dollar side down) for a few days, just to let the “glue smell†air out. I wiped all of my smudgy fingerprints off of the bottles after they were ready to box up. I put the clear personalized labels on the bottles last. I wrapped the finished bottles up in tissue paper and placed them in favor boxes. I had about 40 total to complete. I didn’t do this all in one sitting. It took me over a week, just doing several bottles at a time.

Wow... the pictures came out great! Thanks for sharing.

Quote: Originally Posted by caribbeanLover I'm now thinking about a gift for me parents/ mother my mother especially since she's been a major help in all of this, if it wasn't for her none of this would be happening. What should i get them, I want it to me something she/they can use but a memory as well. I am so stumped!!!! I have no problem getting 1 for my mother and 1 for my dad, like I'm saying I just don't know what. Please Please help me!!! I know a lot of you have great idea's running around up there, share pls! (Can you read my desperation?!) I had such a hard time deciding what to get my parents. I finally decided to buy a personalized picture frame for my parents with a poem on it Wedding Gifts for Parents. I just got it in the mail on Saturday. It’s very nice. I will be giving the frame to them before the wedding and they will get a wedding picture to put in the frame after the wedding. We ordered something similar for my FI’s Mom Father and Mother of the Bride and Groom Wooden Picture Frame. I thought about doing the embroidered hankies, but figured my parents wouldn’t really know what to do with those. I think Meghan’s idea of a digital picture frame sounds good too. By the way, I hope you feel better soon. Quote: Originally Posted by jerseykitten Well, i realized last night that I have 2 bathing suits that fit - that isn't going to be enough for a 10 day trip, and I don't think ordering from Victoria's Secret is going to work at this late date, so now I have to shop. Our basement also flooded over the weekend from the major storms we had...nothing like a little added stress - I don't know if you saw my post but my friends surprised me with a shower this weekend - it was so nice - a Spa day - FI was a big part of it - he did all the cooking and was the "suprise" caterer! i was so shocked! No pictures yet but soon~ I feel like I'm in total panic mode too Tracy - There just isn't enough time in the day! I think you should get your bathing suits in time from VS if you use the express shipping option. So sorry to hear about your basement flooding. Did you have any of your wedding stuff down there? The spa day sounded great. You must’ve felt really good about that. Quote: Originally Posted by Melidell So I've got "bridal brain" really badly. It's all I can think about for the past few days. My MOH came over on the weekend to help me try on my dress (I'm paranoid that it won't fit, I don't know why) and ever since then I've been in full on wedding mode. I just got my hair clips in on Friday, and the mug that my MIL sent me got in too so that didn't help! I'll post up some pictures maybe later today when I'm not at work but I love the way my mugs turned out! “Bridal Brainâ€â€¦ Is that what it’s called?? I totally have that condition. FI even told me I was having a Bridezilla moment this weekend. We were working on the wedding favors and OOT bags. I assigned him the task of cutting off the extra edges of the bag tags. Well, he said I kept fussing at him for not doing it right. He also said I kept fussing at him all weekend for not moving fast enough when I would ask him to do something. Lol…

Quote: Originally Posted by ourvm They look amazing and it's cool that they smell like real flowers. I never thought about using "fake" flowers but these look so gorgeous - I may have to check it out. Are you planning on packing your flowers in your suitcase ? I'm actually just packing them up in a plastic storage container. We are driving down to Miami, FL for the wedding. I'm not sure how other brides have transported their silk flowers.

Looks great! I just noticed that your wedding date is the day after mine... It's approaching fast isn't it? The FI and I worked on our welcome bags this weekend too, but they are not quite finished yet.

Same here... I spent a lot of time creating my website. I think we've only had about 200 views of it since September 2009 and MAYBE 10 guestbook signatures. It is kind of disappointing.

Quote: Originally Posted by JerseyBride1981 Here is the style that I will have for my wedding. I went to the salon on Saturday. Got a relaxer and roller set. I showed her the picture and she seemed to be confident that the dominican ladies in DR would be able to replicate. Crossing my fingers but I made an appointment with her for the day before we fly out. Will be using Remi hair @ $70 per pack (she said to get 2!) Yikes!!! Let me know what you guys think of the style. http://lh5.ggpht.com/_V1lwqeUfdkc/S5...20-%20Copy.jpg I'm a little biased with this style since it was one of my inspiration pics. So, of course I love this hairstyle.

Meghan, your bachelorette sounds like so much fun. Sorry to hear about all of the drama with your FI's bachelor party. Just put all of that out of your mind this weekend and have a blast at your party girl! Michelle, I am panicking too. I have a list written down, but somehow, I keep adding more stuff to it. My FI says I am going above and beyond what most people would do. Like the OOT Bags, paying for a charter bus for the wedding, our website, making the invitations, etc. He says the more I come on this message board, the more stuff I find to do for the wedding. I just want to make sure everyone has a good time though. I toss and turn most of the night too. But, I think most brides go through this.

Quote: Originally Posted by amybermuda Here is the Word document I used if anyone wants to use as a template. Thank you!

Quote: Originally Posted by SuzyQ76 Ok here's one for the girls struggling with weight issues.... Now with clothes on, sometimes I feel like: "Damn, I'm looking pretty good!" you know with new shoes and some makeup I can be bright and shiny like a new coin! But naked, or even close to naked...well lets just say I'm soooooo not there and at this point won't be by the time I get to mexico....this makes me pretty sad. But hopefully with enough Tequila I won't really care and I'll be shakin' it as if I look just like Beyonce! (btw, I can't dance a lick, but alcohol does bring the Beyonce out in me) So and there is one other dilemma....my dress...well, I may have to get a corset put in, because right now it's not zipping up very well, or I'll have to wear spanx - that'll be nice and attractive for our wedding night, I can see it now! Not to mention extremely HOT HOT HOT, like temperature hot, not looking forward to sweating, but I may loose a few pounds, lol. SO I'm basically screwed, I have been working my ass off at the gym with NO RESULTS. at first, I had lost 11 pounds but I think it found me again!! I effing hate my thyroid and it's lack of working ability...this is what I blame it all on!!!!!!!!!!! That's my rant for the evening - now please excuse me while I go take my oatmeal cookies out of the oven, they're for the baby I swear, and they do have raisins in them....and dark choco chips ) I hear ya about the thyroid. Before I had thyroid issues, I never had to worry about my weight. Now it is a constant struggle. I have to work 3 times as hard to lose the weight... And don't get me started on the whole fatigue thing.... Enough of that. That's so funny you mentioned Spanx. I plan to wear the high-waisted spanx that are the length of shorts under my wedding dress. Well, before my dress fitting this past Saturday, I decided to put on my Spanx & long-line bra before I went to the bridal shop so I wouldn't have to struggle with putting it on at the shop. I had my FI to help me button up the long-line bra in the back. So, I'm walking around the house in my high waisted Spanx and this long-line bra. My FI got a good laugh out of that. He told me I better not wear that s*!t on the wedding night. It was not sexy at all ladies. My dogs were even looking at me funny. LOL!! The things we go through to look good.

Ladies, thanks for the compliments on my wedding favors and OOT bag stuff. Suzy, you are so funny calling it a “swag bagâ€. I like that. Mel, I got a good laugh out of your story about the burnt toast and the firefighters. It sounds like something I would do. Lol! Kimmy, I don’t think your idea of an “all white†wedding sounds tacky at all. Have fun at your bachelorette this weekend! I just read through some of you ladies posts regarding your bridesmaid issues. I am sooooo glad I chose the people I did for my bridal party or I could have been having similar issues. I am only having a maid of honor (my good friend of 9 years) and one bridesmaid (my only sister). My cousin is the person that I always thought I would ask to be my maid of honor, but when I decided to have a semi-destination wedding that changed. I thought about the fact that I might not be able to count on her to do all of the things that a maid of honor is expected to do. Then, I would have to foot the bill for her attire and travel to make sure she made it. I was also worried that she would drop out last minute and leave me without a maid of honor. So, I decided to ask my close friend to be my maid of honor. She has been great and I can totally depend on her. So, my cousin calls me last week to let me know that she is not going to be able to make it to the wedding after all for various reasons. I was so relieved that I had not asked her to be in the wedding. But, I am definitely disappointed that she will not be there. Quote: Originally Posted by SuzyQ76 So when we renew our vows in 10 years....haven't broke this to FI yet but that's the plan, but when we do renew our vows - ABSOLUTELY no one will be invited, except our kids of course! Next time around I'm doing things MY Way! lol It’s so funny you said that, I said the same thing to my FI the other day. Quote: Originally Posted by taratoons So all this talk of weight loss and working out, how is everyone feeling about their wedding bodies? Feeling ready? I've been trying to find the motivation/energy to get in better shape, but it's so HARD! I'm a total couch potato, and we have a nurse at work that makes a different type of cookie every week. So the temptation is just too great! Has anyone tried the Jillian Michaels DVDs? We have the Shred and No More Trouble Zones. INTENSE!!!! I’m not feeling so good about my body. I have not lost the weight I wanted to. I was doing pretty good, then I had two two-week work trips in the past couple of months and gained back about half of the weight I had lost. I am a total couch potato too. Thankfully, my wedding dress is very slimming, so I still feel like I look good in my wedding dress. I’m definitely not swimsuit ready though! I have not tried the Jillian Michaels DVDs. I do the Hip Hop Abs DVDs when I do find the motivation to work out. Quote: Originally Posted by hoyt75 We're getting married this Friday, legally and in accordance to the state of Texas. Congratulations! So, you will be the first “April†to officially get married then.

Quote: Originally Posted by caribbeanLover OMG, Nat!!! I love everything. Your guest will love them and appreciate all your efforts. You did one heck of a job. I especially love the little bottle with the sand. Oh if you don't mind, I may steal your idea for the thank you card from vista print. What exactly did you say, how did you thank them? Amazing work!!!! Share away, I personally love seeing it lol. Well the sooner you put them together, the sooner you can 'hope' to stop shopping for them! Feels good, getting all the paperwork out of the way for the licences huh!! So your finally back home then?!? Thanks Tracy. I am so glad to be getting near the end of this wedding planning stuff. Sure, I will be glad to share the wording that I "borrowed" from some other brides on this forum. And yes, I am back home. I got back Friday evening. For the OOT Bags, For the Wedding Favor Bags,

Quote: Originally Posted by taratoons Hey ladies! Love the list idea, totally puts things in perspective! Thanks for adding me, but my wedding date is actually April 12th, not 10th, and since I'm technologically impaired, if someone could change that for me, I'd appreciate it greatly! :0) Updated the list for ya... April 2010 Brides April 1 - (adelaide) Claire from Ontario - Occidental Grand Xcaret - Mexico April 3 - (hoyt75) Jenna from Fort Worth - Valentin Imperial Maya April 9 - (kimmyg) Kimmy from Cincinnati - RPRM April 9 - (Chicken764) Martine from Casselman - Grand Palladium-Punta Cana April 10 - (jerseykitten) Michele from Jersey (Central Jersey by Six Flags) – Jamaica April 12 - (taratoons) Tara from Ottawa ONT - Dreams Punta Cana April 12 - (bridej9) - ______ from MI - Dreams Puerto Aventuras April 13 - (caribbeanLover) Tracy from Montreal QC, Grand Palladium Royal Turquesa, Punta Cana April 16 - (echo2_62) Meghan from Calgary - Dreams Puerto Aventuras, Mexico April 17 - (taylorwd) Wendy from Austin - Azul Beach, Mexico April 19 - (Sasse75) Jill from Hamilton, ONT - Grand Sunset Princess April 22 - (taraappl) Tara from Coon Rapids MN - Isla Mujeres, MX April 24 - (jess3414) Jessica from Phoenix, AZ - Dreams Cabo San Lucas April 24 - (katie424) Katie?! from Denver, CO - Beaches Negril April 25 - (shortnsweet7675) Natasha from Atlanta, GA - Miami, FL (Carnival Glory Eastern Caribbean cruise) April 28 - (ebredhawk) Erin from Cincinnati - Dreams Punta Cana April 28 - (Melidell) Mel from NWT - Melia Las Dunas, Cuba April 29 - (SuzyQ76) Suzanne from Calgary, Grand Riviera Princess, Mexico

I’m getting so excited now! I had my first dress fitting on Saturday. The FI and I also signed and mailed off our Florida Marriage license paperwork on Saturday. I have just about everything I need to start assembling my OOT Bags and Wedding Favor Bags. I just need to stop buying stuff! It was like Christmas when I came home today because I had three packages waiting for me. I just couldn’t wait until I got everything assembled before I shared pics with you ladies. If you remember, I am having a cruise wedding out of the Port of Miami before the ship sails on a 7-day cruise. So, some of our guests will be cruising with us (sailing guests) and some will just be attending the ceremony and reception, but not cruising (non-sailing guests). All of our guests will be getting a Wedding Favor Bag. Only the sailing guests will be getting an OOT Bag. This is the OOT Bag I ordered from VistaPrint. I wish the font would have come out larger, but oh well, it will work. Each single person will get one bag and each couple will get one bag (but with more items than the single’s bags). Pic of most of the stuff that will go in the OOT bag. I only have ten OOT bags to make. I ordered Welcome note cards from vistaprint to include in the bags. I tried to think of everything that would come in handy during a week-long cruise since I have been on two so far myself. This is the list I came up with: travel mug, sewing kit, earplugs, bath & body works room spray, pepto tabs, advil, Tide liquid (one load packet), shout wipes, Dramamine (motion sickness pills), bandaids, antiseptic wipes, hydrocortisone cream, hand sanitizer wipes, waterproof ID pouch (for use at the pool and beach), lanyard/id holder (to use while on the ship), ink pen, and post-it notes. I’ve ordered the waterproof stickers (window decal) from VistaPrint to personalize the mugs, but I have not received them yet. I also plan to put the meds, sanitizer wipes, and stuff like that in a “survival kit†bag. I still have to create the labels and everything for that. So, I have more work to do. This is most of the stuff for the Wedding Favor Bags. I have about 50 to assemble. Shown below is personalized deck of playing cards, thank you note card from VistaPrint, Cruise ship bag tag, and silver organza bag to hold favors. Not shown is the sand and shell bottle wedding favor that I have not received in the mail yet. This is the sand & shell bottle I ordered. They will come with clear stickers with our names and wedding date. I plan to modify them to look something like this souvenir I got in Cocoa Beach, Florida several years ago. I will not be putting anything on the top of my bottles. I’ve ordered sand dollars to glue to the bottom instead of the starfish shown in this picture (the sand dollars were cheaper). I haven’t received the sand dollars in the mail yet either. Sorry for the long post, I just had to share! I will post pictures of the final products when I get everything assembled. Yay!

That is such a great idea! Definitely something that will get used.

Quote: Originally Posted by caribbeanLover I finally figured a label for my shot glasses for the men. I also did the fan's..post a little later. I think the fans and shot glasses are cute. I really like the saying on the shot glass label, "Mojitos, mo' problems". lol...

Quote: Originally Posted by KimmyG I'm trying to put together hangover kits. I remember seeing packages of mini hand sanitizers, 3 for $1, but now I can't remember where that was! I want to find individually packaged meds too, it's surprisingly difficult!! Has anyone checked Sam's Club? I know there's a seller on ebay who sells 100 ibuprofen for $4.44 but shipping alone is nearly $6. Lame! I still need to find the actual bags. I was thinking either drawstring bags or other basic/inexpensive bags that I don't plan to personalize. Anyone have suggestions for a good seller? I’ve looked at Sam’s Club online and the local stores and I couldn’t find anything. I bought some items for my OOT bags from minimus.biz (hand sanitizing wipes, advil, & pepto bismol chewable tabs) and amazon.com (12 pack case of Dramamine 2 tablet packs for motion sickness). Minimus.biz offers free shipping in the US if you spend over $20. I should receive my minimus.biz order by Wednesday. As for the bags for the hangover kit, I ordered these clear cellophane bags from PartyCity.com today Clear Large Party Bags 25ct - Favor Bags - Boys Party Favors - Party Favors - Party City. I'll seal them with a label using the template from this thread http://bestdestinationwedding.com/fo...mpletes-44213/. Hope this helps!

Quote: Originally Posted by taratoons Hey guys, I hope your planning is going better than me! I will have to sift back through all these pages to see what you have been up to. I'm not sure if anyone has heard of Go Travel South, but they went out of business on Wednesday, and this has majorly affected my wedding planning. Firstly, my fiance was employed by them, so now we are down to one salary, and our wedding is in forty-some days. Additionally, we had booked our wedding group through them, for 43 people total. Needless to say, I haven't had much BDW time lately, as we are trying to figure our re-booking everyone through other airlines, for similar prices. It's been a hectic few days. :0( Oh no, so sorry to hear that. I hope you get things worked out.

Do you have a template you could share with us?

Quote: Originally Posted by staceysbride shortnsweet- what brand of hair did you use? I'm thinking remy saga (i believe that's milky way- don't know a ton about hair extensions though) but there's another brand that I've heard okay things about. Was wondering what you went with? Can not decide if I will have my (natural, thick, and curly too boot) hair corn rowed in something intricate and wear a lace front on the 'important' days, or if I will do a sew in, or what. I'm leaning more towards sew in- but I want to swim! I used Milky Way - Remy Saga premium 100% human hair (color 1B), 14â€. I believe it's the same hair you are thinking of using. There is another brand called "Remy" that people say is good. As long as you get a good quality hair, you should be fine swimming in it.

Suzy & Mel... That talking in the sleep stuff would freak me out. Suzy, how did you react when you first saw that? And now your son too, that is so hilarious! Mel, you never wandered out of the house sleep walking did you? Suzy, You might have a hard time sleeping alone if you are not used to it. After my FI leaves after visiting over the weekends, I have a hard time sleeping for a few days. Quote: Originally Posted by caribbeanLover ShortNsweet, thanks I'll do just that today, let ya all know how my tylneol shopping went lol. Darn, I forgot to mention that sometimes they have the travel packs of tylenol and advil in the checkout lanes of grocery stores and drug stores. You know how they try to lure you to buy just one more thing before you checkout. Quote: Originally Posted by echo2_62 my problem isn't that I take up a lot of baggage, its usually that I'm overweight. I can pack more than you'd imagine into a single bag but it will also weigh close to my own weight! Oops! Just make sure you've got a scale nearby when you start packing so that you can figure out how much each bag weighs as you go and know which ones can fit a little more in them. It's all a game of tetris!! I usually have the overweight issue too. I use those vacuum pack bags when I pack (the ones that you can just roll the air out of). When you use those, you can sure pack a lot of stuff in your luggage. My FI bought me one of those travel luggage scales. He says its the best $20 he's ever spent. You just clip the scale strap to the handle of your luggage and lift the luggage for a few seconds and it reads the weight. It's been pretty accurate, like within 1/2 pound of the airport scales. Quote: Originally Posted by echo2_62 You are too funny! The best way to figure out how much the bag weighs is to take your own weight then pick up the luggage and take your combined weight. Subtract one from the other and you're set! That is exactly what I used to do before my FI bought me a luggage scale.

Have you tried minimus.biz? I just ordered some items from them for my OOT bags and I'm only doing OOT bags for 13 people. They offer free shipping if you order over $20 worth of items.