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Quote: Originally Posted by jerseykitten My friends hate traveling with me because I actually snore too - my one friend got ear plugs to drown it out...lol...luckily FI doesn't mind too much! You are a brave woman to get married without living together. Be prepared for some adjustments if you've never lived with anyone...it's a big change. i'd been living alone for 7 years when FI and I moved in together...it was a big change for both of us. My kits are per bag. so if there is a couple, like husband/wife - they get one OOT bag, one hangover kit but i'll put 2 tshirts in there and 2 of the cups i bought. the single people each get their own bag, so FI's aunt and cousin who are sharing a room, will each get a separate OOT bag. That made sense in my head - if it doesn't to you please tell me I finally got a dress to wear to my "night before" dinner. I have very few clothes from losing weight and everything I own is black, so I've been needing to do this...the problem is there's been hardly any spring/summer stuff out and dresses are hard for me because I only look good in things above my knee, and i'm only 5'4" so things tend to be long. I tried on about 30 dresses today and bought 1... That's funny. My FI snores too, but his snoring doesn't bother me for some reason. I sleep like a baby when he's with me, even if he is snoring. It's everybody else's snoring that bothers me. Weird huh? I know it's going to be an adjustment living with someone. I've lived alone for the past 10 years, ever since I got a job out of college. Except for the few months that I lived with an ex-boyfriend. So, it's definitely going to be an adjustment. But, everything just feels right when we're together. I'm going to do the same thing with my OOT bags. I'm going to give one Hangover kit (I'm gonna call them Survival Kits) in the couple's OOT bags and each single person gets their own. Your dress is very cute. I've done a little shopping while I've been on my work trip here in Florida. Since it's warm here most of the year, they have swimming suits and summer clothes in the stores. They don't have spring or summer stuff out yet in Atlanta either. I've found few things here in Florida (sun dress, swimming suit, swim shoes, capris, short sleeve tops). That's more than a few things isn't it... I just shipped it all to my house today cause I don't want to carry that extra stuff on the plane with me Friday.

Quote: Originally Posted by caribbeanLover Thanks, I did check and sure enough they ship to canada, for $30.. more for shipping then the actual product, I guess in the end I can go to walmart and pay $2 for 10 pills, I guess I'll give it to per couple as suppose to per person. I think it'd be more $$ to ship it over as suppose to paying $10 per kg when your over he 44lbs, but it's definitely something to look into, thank you for the suggestion I will look into that now! Michele, did you give your hang over kits to each couple, or each person? Wow, $30 to ship to Canada. If you are going to Wal-Mart, check their travel toiletries section. You know, where they have the small bottles of lotion and hand sanitizer. Occasionally, they have travel size packs of advil or tylenol.

Tracy, Have you tried Minimus.biz for the Tylenol packets? I ordered a bunch of stuff from the site yesterday. The site says they do international shipping, but of course there are the extra fees. You may want to check it out. Glad to hear your room situation is finally taken care of. But, that sucks about the luggage limits on the airline. Can you ship some of your stuff over to your resort before you leave?

Quote: Originally Posted by caribbeanLover ohh no!! how know exactly how you feel, been in a room like that (with the adjointing door) Good luck!!! hope you get some rest and the person checks out tomorrow!! well you definitely have a treat by having him for good! Are you nervous about living together? I hope they have checked out too!! I finally fell asleep around 1am this morning. I hate being a light sleeper. I'm not really nervous about living together. We get along really well when we are together. He's stays over lots of weekends and we haven't had too many issues, an occasional disagreement. But, he's a pretty laid back guy.

I bought the Avery clear address labels for my invites and printed them on my inkjet printer. Here is a link to the labels I used Easy Peel Clear Address Labels. You can buy smaller quantity packs at Office Depot or Staples. Word has templates for the Avery labels. I did a mail merge to put my addresses from an Excel spreadsheet onto the labels in the Word document. You can search the help menu in Word on how to use label templates and how to do a mail merge. I suppose you can put clipart on the labels too, but I just chose to do a nice font.

OK… I’m playing catch up again and it’s only been a couple of days since I posted. You girls have really been posting! Suzy, Martez is too cute! Quote: Originally Posted by sasse75 I had my first shower yesterday! I have to say it was a tad bit overwhelming......I always thought I would be like "Bring it on!" But than I felt so guilty that all of these women (40+) had all went out, bought me a gift and were spending the afternoon with me. I guess we have all done it....and in the end it was Fantastic. My mom slaved in the kitchen for days making seashell cookies from sctarch as favors and homemade Mexican food to eat. Oh and did I mention I got sooooo spoiled! Congrats on your shower. And the food sounds sooo good. My cousin threw a shower for me when I went back home to Illinois over the Thanksgiving Holiday. It was only about 15 of us. I got some very interesting gifts. Two of my cousins there were pastor’s wives (they happen to be sisters); one of them gave me some sexy lingerie and the other gave me sexy lingerie along with a pair of erotic dice. I was shocked to say the least and so was everyone else. It definitely made the evening interesting. We had a great time and the shower was something I was not expecting. Also, most of the ladies there will not be able to make it to the wedding, so it was a way for them to be involved in the wedding stuff. Quote: Originally Posted by hoyt75 I'm glad your shower went well this weekend. I had my shower to, and it was very overwhelming! and yes, I also felt a little guilty... Also, I'm curious what color your wedding dress is. Mine is not white and not a dark ivory, but somewhere in the middle... it's like a creamy colored ivory. FI is giving me such a hard time about what he's wearing and he totally doesn't understand that he can't be more white than me. Congrats on your shower and you should not feel guilty. Glad to hear you got so much done with your Mom too. My dress is also a creamy colored ivory, more like off white. I still have not decided what color shirt my FI is going to wear. I have my first fitting this Saturday, so I’m going to take a piece of the fabric from the dress with me to some stores to see how it looks next to various colors of white and ivory shirts. Then, we'll decide on his color shirt. Quote: Originally Posted by caribbeanLover sasse75 ShortNSweet, your honeymoon sound so perfect. You two will have so much fun just relaxing. I didn't realize the resort's there also had everything on site. I figured it was just all inclusive. Guess that's how much I know lol. Oh wow, you guys live so far apart. It will be nice I am sure to have him for good in your neck of the woods. It'll be so different I am sure, have you guys lived together? I love dolphins (I have a tattoo!!) your so lucky to be going to the cover, pls pls pls take lots of pic and lost them when you get back!!! i'm looking forward to them lol (I wont go swimming with them if they are locked up, and they all are) what if the 2 of you blocked vistaprint until after the wedding!! to hard for you guys? Tracy, no we have never lived together. The longest we’ve stayed together in the same place is maybe two weeks at a time. If we go to Discovery Cove, I will definitely take pictures and post them. I was actually good today and did not order anything from VistaPrint, but I did browse the site for those window decals (waterproof stickers) to use on mugs. Quote: Originally Posted by ebredhawk i tell you what... dating and now marrying someone that has a child is one of the most difficult things i've ever had to do. we rarely get time to ourselves and it's hard to be thrown into that situation, but i already know what kind of dad he'll be and we have been able to develop our "parenting style" together while not having a child together.. it's a truly interesting perspective and i'm happy for it. well you know, except for her mom, but she's not worth the energy to even think about! shortnsweet, i can't wait to hear if you go to discovery cove!! i have been to disney world several times, but it's never warm enough to do that! speaking of the shower... i just checked our registries and people have bought things! i'm so excited! i'm rationalizing it because everyone keeps saying you need to make sure that the small dollar stuff doesn't all get bought up and the people who wait till the last minute aren't left with just expensive things. i also made up our AHR invites this weekend too. i have never used zazzle before, but it was the only site i could find that would let me just do a plain black background and use my pictures in any configuration i wanted! they'll be pretty inexpensive too i think.. around $1 each for 4'' * 8'' color printed on both sides! I hope things work out over time with your FI’s ex. Maybe she will come around eventually. It’s never warm enough when you go to Disney for Discovery Cove? What time of year do you normally go? Go in August or September, it is definitely hot enough then. Oh, and $1 is a great deal on invites. Pleas share pics when you get them. Quote: Originally Posted by jerseykitten Does time seem to be going by very quickly for you guys? It's FLYING for me! Michelle, time is flying by for me too. Quote: Originally Posted by sasse75 So I have a question....might be a dumb one. When it comes to "Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue" Do I go out and do that for my self? It's not that I have a problem doing it, it's just that I don't want to if my Mom or wedding party will as well? I don't wanna ask, cause I think it seems rude! Yes, this is something I'm arranging for myself. For me, Something old – My mom is making me a garter using lace from her wedding dress Something new – My wedding dress Something borrowed – not sure yet Something blue – not sure on this either Quote: Originally Posted by sasse75 Ya I saw that....lol! I think they are adhesives from what I can tell because they have a peel away backing. My problem is going to be trying to load my logo onto the template....I'm severly challenged with that stuff...LOL! I just ordered plain mugs from discountmugs.com. I’m thinking of getting a beach theme stencil from Michael’s or Hobby Lobby and using some paint (not sure what kind yet, have to research) to stencil the design on the mug. It won’t have our names or anything on it. I’m sure our guests will be sick of things with our names on them. Off topic… I am on work travel right now and staying in a hotel room. I don’t know if I will be able to sleep tonight because I can hear the person in the next room snoring loudly! I have the TV turned up and the AC fan going and I can still hear them. Ahhhh!!!

Welcome to the forum! I'm also a cruise bride getting married in April 2010. Are you getting married on embarkation day or in one of the ports of call?

Mel, I wish we were getting "special days" for getting married. I'm using up most of my vacation time for our two-weeks off. I know it will be soooo hard for you to go back to work after your long break. Quote: Originally Posted by SuzyQ76 Shortnsweet, it must get hard sometimes being away from each other a lot! (but maybe good sometimes too! lol) but I bet you can't wait till after the wedding when you have him for good!!! So true... I can't wait!! To get him started on projects around the house, lol! Quote: Originally Posted by michellerics I am an April bride too! SO EXCITED! April 8th, 2010 at Sol Palmeras, Varadero, CUBA. I have my dress, the bridesmaid dresses but working on the guy attire is proving difficult right now. We still want to look somewhat formal and classy with a relaxed feel. Trying to find a linen suit/shirts....any ideas? Welcome to the thread! I know there is a thread floating around on the forum about custom linen suits. Quote: Originally Posted by jerseykitten shourtnsweet - i am the same way with ordering things off of Vistaprint - it's like an addiction! Addiction is right... I need help!

Quote: Originally Posted by Nunina Well, sorry I didn't post before, but shornsweet saved the day with her info! I just included a "memo" with the information. I copied the Princess Logo and used it on the insert. As it turned out, most of our guests DID NOT read the insert, so they all started to RSVP without ever knowing/reading that they had to provide some info... Kind of upsetting, but, oh well. We are 37 days away from our wedding, the guest list has been sent to Princess, so we are good to go! Also, whoever didn't call to RSVP (ie: give us the info), is not getting on the ship. Sorry for those that didn't read the insert and will show up at the pier... LOL Thanks again for posting! Glad I could help. Isn't it amazing that people just won't read everything you send them? I have to make phone calls and email people because they either left information out on the RSVP or their writing is so terrible I couldn't read it. You are right... whoever does not RSVP on time just won't get on the ship. LOL!

They look great Mel!

Quote: Originally Posted by riunegrilbride2010 Ok I'm kinda scared now. I just ordered $350 worth of flowers from wedideas last week but my wedding is at the end of May. I was quoted April 10th for a shipping date but I'm so scared that they won't get here in time... If she quoted you Apil 10th, I'd expect them to show up no later than the 2nd week in May. Hopefully, my case was a rare case and you get your flowers right on time. I wouldn't worry too much.

Quote: Originally Posted by DWbridetobe I decided that my invitations were going to be my first DIY project. BAD idea. I'm not crafty or artsy at all! So here I am, begging for help! We're using pocketfolds for our invitations. I really need a RSVP template that I can use, because I've spent hours in Word and PhotoShop, with nothing to show for it. Everything I have found online (so far) doesn't fit with a beachy wedding theme. Does anyone have any that they would be willing to share? I also did pocketfold invites. My template is attached. It does not have a beachy theme though. You can use it for formatting purposes. I printed on both sides of the RSVP card since I needed to collect so much information. I've also attached a template I found on the web with a beachy theme. The font will look kind of funny if you don't have that font loaded on your computer. Try doing a search on this forum. I know I have come across a lot of RSVPs with beachy themes, but did not bookmark those threads. You might also want to look at using some items from VistaPrint for your RSVPs. Hope this helps! Response_Final.doc RSVP_yay_or_nay[1].doc

Quote: Originally Posted by caribbeanLover That's so true , I keep forgetting your not home. I am so sorry you must miss the FI too!!! hope your not to lonely. I know FI does when he travels (which is a lot, not as often as you tho!!) We did the same, booked 1, then a few months later booked the second week. Like you feeling like the first week wont feel like a honeymoon. That'll be so nice in Orlando. Will you do Wilt Disney? lol I love that place and is dying to go again, especially universal studio's Not too lonely... Talk to the FI everyday and I keep myself busy working on wedding stuff and stalking the BDW and Cruise Critic message boards. Oh, and spending way too much time on VistaPrint, Discount Mugs, and other wedding favor sites ordering stuff for OOT bags and wedding favor bags. I need to stop. My FI and I live apart right now anyway. He lives about a 2.5 hour drive south of me. He will be moving to my city after the wedding. We usually see each other every other weekend. We will probably do at least one day at one of the Disney Parks. I really want to do Discovery Cove (where you get to swim with the dolphins). I've been to most of the parks though already, but not Universal Studios. We are just mainly going to relax. The resort has pretty much everything we need... pools, a water park, water sports, a beach, a golf course, restaurants, etc. So, we really don't need to leave the property very often. I can't wait!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by TaniBBurwell I love that hairstyle! However, I am 100% natural and I don't want to relax my hair for the wedding. It took me 3 years to get my hair pass my shoulders! Do you think I can pull off that style without relaxing my hair? Hmm... I'm not sure about that. You would need to find someone that really knows how to do a good press with the straightening comb or a good flat iron. It really depends on the texture of your hair and how it reacts to humidity. I know my hair would frizz right up if it weren't relaxed. Or you could try getting a full sew-in. Not sure how that would work for you since your natural hair is so long.

Quote: Originally Posted by caribbeanLover Thanks guys so much for your kind kind words!!! ShortNSweet, That is so cute you dog moves things to have your attention, truly like a child!!! to adorable, you all will miss the puppy's so much when your gone for the wedding, who's doing 1, who's doing 2 weeks. I know we are leaving in a month and 17 days and all I can think about is how much I am going to miss my 4 cats, and their usually sleeping, so I know it'll be worse for you guys with the dogs, as they are usually always around you guys. I will definitely miss them while I am gone (like I am right now). We are doing two weeks. Just recently decided to add one extra week. Since we will have 13 people going on our week-long cruise with us, it will not be a "true" honeymoon. So, we've decided to spend a week alone in Orlando, Florida at our timeshare resort when we return from the cruise.

Thanks for the compliments ladies. I can't wait to see how they look with everything on the wedding day. Only 2 months to go!! Quote: Originally Posted by ebredhawk i can't believe i missed this before!! they look AMAZING (and they smell good too?!)... so so classy and striking! just imagine how gorgeous all your pictures will be with them!! thank goodness you ordered well enough in advance so that the shipping issue didn't matter. it looks like they were well worth it though! Yes, I am glad I ordered in advance too. After being about 3 weeks late on delivery of my order, she forgot to include the rose clusters that go with my cake topper. But, they arrived within the next couple of weeks after I let her know they were missing. The "real smell" has worn off though. She must have used some sort of floral spray on them. lol... Quote: Originally Posted by caribbeanLover seriously, i can't believe I missed this. They are sooo beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tototally jealous lol. wow!!! great!!! did you do them yourself? No, I didn't do them myself... I'm not that creative, lol. I ordered them from wedideas.com.

Quote: Originally Posted by caribbeanLover on a brighter note, I have a 1 teaser's in last night from my photographer. ok ladies, please be brutally honest, I truly need it. Tracy, those pics are gorgeous! I sure wish I had your body. Your FI is going to love them. Quote: Originally Posted by katie424 shortnsweet - SO sorry to hear of your scary dog situation. We have a 2-year old boston terrier, who is currently curled up on my lap right now but still whining at me b/c I am typing, not petting her -- haha! I am glad your dogs are okay and surely will be too at their doggie day care. I know our little dog is our baby. I can't imagine how scary that is! PS -- thank goodness, my flight that was supposed to be the day after the bachelorette party is pushed a few days later! Yay!!! That will be one less thing to stress about! My dog tries to push my laptop out of the way when she wants attention or puts her wet nose under my arm when she wants to be petted. LOL... That's great news about your flight... The less stress, the better. Quote: Originally Posted by Melidell shortnsweet- I love your dogs, they're so cute. Your black dog reminds me a bit of my Nara (the small female) although they're different breeds. I love Lab mixes, we had one growing up and he was the nicest, smartest dog. Thanks Mel. Your Nara reminded me of Kayla when I saw your pic. My lab mix is also smart and soooo sweet.

Oh. I'd like the key/tip holders too.

It's too bad you are having so much "baby mama" drama Erin. It has to be super frustrating. You are so right... your situation sounds sooo much like my friend's situation. But, it sounds like you and his daughter get along just fine despite all the drama. My FI doesn't have any children, so luckily I don't have to deal with "baby mama" drama.

I would like all 4 iron-ons. The luggage tags ($1 ea right?), and all 24 lanyards with retractable cords if you still have them. I will PM you now.

Everything looked so beautiful! If these are the non-pro pics, I can only imagine how the pro pics will look. Congrats girl.

They look great Michelle. I know you are glad to get that done... and stop shopping already. LOL!

Those came out great! Very creative.

Quote: Originally Posted by Melidell I don't think I've ever posted pictures of my dogs, have I? Since we're on topic why don't I lighten things up with a few: Aww... They are soo adorable. I don't think you've posted pics of them before. You're right, Atlas has filled out just a little bit. Here is a pic of my dogs from this Christmas. I'm sure I have shared pics of my dogs before LOL! Kayla is the lab/doberman mix (on the right) and Sunny is the beagle mix (on the left).

Ladies, thanks for all of your kind and supportive words about my dog’s situation. It’s so nice to hear that others understand what I’m feeling. Meghan, My dog did not appear too traumatized after the attack. I think I was more afraid to go back outside than she was. I let the doggie daycare staff know she had been attacked, so I am sure they will call me if she displays any aggressive behavior. She will probably have forgotten all about the incident after her two-week stay at the doggie daycare. They are literally outside all day (or in the inside play area) with other dogs except for naptime and bedtime when they are put in cages. Suzy, They don’t have webcams at the doggie daycare, but they do take you tube videos of them occasionally. I’ll probably call them tomorrow to check up on my babies. When I do finally have children, I know I will be super protective of them, seeing how I am with my dogs. Tracy, Glad to hear your BD session went well. I know you are so anxious to see the pictures! I am with you… I would not believe the room issue was resolved until I had the revised invoice in my hands. Erin, I hope your future step-daughter’s mother comes around and realizes that she should let her daughter be involved in your wedding. The magistrate is right, her daughter could end up resenting her for it. My friend and her son’s father are constantly in court over visitation issues. His father is always dragging my friend to court to complain about his child support payments or he thinks my friend needs to always put her son on a plane or drive him from Florida to Virginia so that he can visit with his son. He never makes an effort to travel from Virginia to Florida to see his son. Anyway, long story short, her son has become really resentful of his father the older he gets because it’s becoming apparent to him that this back and forth to court is more about “getting back†at his mother than actually trying to spend time with him. By the way, your centerpieces are gorgeous!