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You must be getting super excited tho Ash!! Do you have everything ready to go? Had a good day yesterday, exercised and ate well! Hoping I can have a good weekend in total, but halloween party alcohol could abotage me!! Hehe Happy Halloween everyone!!

I def. gave my deposit a while back... calling Visa would be really smart. Let them know to monitor it for unusual activity more than normal (cause they always monitor). Good thinking girly!!

Isnt it awful how a few bad apples ruin it for everyone? I bought things from a few ladies here without any problems... I wish you ladies the best, nothing is worse than being scammed! Buying with paypal AND a credit card is the best idea if possible, like another bride said, since if Paypal cant help your credit card almost always will.

Steph you will be fine! I exercised today, even though it is ridiculously hot here!! The heat isn't so bad, but its the humidity! Good luck ladies this weekend!!

Ginalyn! I sent you two emails with my weigh-in, because our stuff FINALLY arrived here in Florida late last night so I got my weigh-in done Not that it makes a diff., I gained anyway! haha

Hey ladies! Sorry I haven't been on, we don't have our internet hooked up down here yet, s we steal a connection from a neighbour... haha but their wireless is sporadic, so I don't get on much! Our deal is offered through our travel company, Sunwing. What our deal has, is every 12th person gets a free trip. So that means room and airfare. But the "free trip" does not include tax, so thats about $300 from Canada, and it would not include our choice to upgrade to a honeymoon suite. It is a free basic room + airfare. So basically Ben and I pay only for our honeymoon suite upgrade + the taxes.... does that make more sense? Its freeing up some money, which we definitely will not complain about! We are staying at DPC for 2 weeks for about $1300 bucks... sweeeeet LOL

Toya you must be pumped!! Ben and I also qualify for a free trip each, but only for the deluxe room, not the honeymoon suite. So we have to pay that, but having the free part cuts the cost by more than half... can't complain about that!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Tam Very excited as my FLOWERS FINALLY CAME THIS MORNING!!!!! YAY! Now I can finally figure out my own bouquet etc. Also, very proud of myself as I just worked out for the last 1.5 hrs.. cardio, weights and situps.. also am watching bulging brides.. good motivator I LOVE THAT SHOW. I'm in the usa now, and I will miss it, since it IS a great motivator! Oh well, I will see it when I go back!!

Quote: Originally Posted by nmurch thanks ladies!! well my DREAM would be Maui! butt, like i said were in the middle of building a house.. so thats outta the question. i then would like to stay either in the Mayan or Cancun.. i REALLY love the dreams hotels but does it love my budget? i keep telling myself i hope so lol... do you ladies have any thoughts of mayan vs cancun or cabo?? all the mags make pretty much every hotel look nice i've been doing alot of tripadvisor.com.. and i'm not sure were pretty young but not party animals. i would say our guest list we will send out is 75 and i would say that maybe tops tops top 30 might come.. PS love BDW already.. i just wanna get on my crafty side and start making my boarding passes now Dreams can fit into your budget, it just depends on the destination! I don't know what your budget is, but Cabo can be expensive... though so can Mayan Riviera! My FI and I love Dreams too, but Los Cabos was out of the question for us (and our guests for the most part) so we are going to the Dominican! Start with deciding on a place, then the hotel... after that is done, like one of the other BDW-ers said everything will fall into place! DW's are easier to plan than the at home ones from what I hear, so just relax, you will be a GREAT bride! And since you have help from all of us, you will be FABULOUS! hehe xo By the way, the boarding passes are fun, thats what we did for our STD's!

Sgt Pepperette you must be getting excited!! I arrived here in Fort Myers last night, and oh wow am I ever impressed! Funny story, on Daniels Parkway last night (a big artery in this area) between the airport and our apartment we saw 4 accidents... and we don't live THAT far! To give you am idea of how close we live, its flat rate $20 for airport transport... haha You are leaving soon, so I wanted to say have fun down here, its gorgeous!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by ebredhawk i saw real quick that someone asked about excursions.. i think we're going to do the sanoa island catamaran... i've heard that is fantastic! Saona Island is AMAZING... we did it when we were in Punta Cana this past May, and we ended up making friends who we hung out with the rest of the week!! It is definitely al about the drinking, since there isn't realy any snorkeling or anything, but its a good social and a day in the sun!! And oh the pictures!!

Quote: Originally Posted by SSNM Oh boy, sooo did not come close to meeting this. I think I got about 1 L :-s On a positive note, I have been pretty good with my workouts. Diet has been slightly better, but only slightly. I think I shall have to return to my regimented dieting style; eating healthy is NOT as easy/natural as I thought -- not so much because of cravings, but because of poor preparation and fore-planning. Thats exactly right, and thats why so many of us (not you included, because you look FAB anyway!) are in the situation we are in... life gets in the way and makes it hard to plan eating healthy! It requires a lot of focus!!

Jeni that is a good idea! Some of my STD's are going out to family members who I am pretty sure won't go, but would appreciate the invite anyway! Toya I really don't know what to tell ya... except that I agree with Tam to the extent that you extended the invitation to that many people, and shouldn't go back on it... BUT, your worst nightmare could be that most or all RSVP. Man oh man, I don't know what I would do if that many people came.... haha I think you must be really popular, I cant even think of 150 people to send invites to!!

Tam you are getting really close!! WOW, I wish mine was close, I feel so prepared except for my centrepieces too actually.... haha we won't have that any to bring though! Does your carrier let you bring more but charge for it?

Ginalyn I think I heard that before!! Hey, its worth a shot!! lol

Quote: Originally Posted by cougs ashley! water sucks but it SERIOUSLY helps so much. just do it! glad to see you ladies are back on track in this thread ... your group is small but mighty! We sure are!! You should join us in our water challenge if we ever decide how many ounces... haha I can't measure in ounces (I'm Canadian) so you ladies have to tell me what you think, then I will do the conversion! I hope you are hanging in there... be strong xo

ouu Ash that IS dark! I bet if you drank water you would see big losses, since you usually lose or stay the same!! It helps A LOT... So how many ounces do we say for a water challenge? Tomorrow we will start!!

Quote: Originally Posted by JUSTUSTWO A few BDW brides have bought travel cups & then personalized them with waterproof labels & markers. They came out really cute. I would do a few as tests to see how well they hold up before you buy them in large quantities. Here's a thread that I found that may give you some ideas: Best Destination Wedding Forum ~ The Ultimate Destination Wedding Resource I knew someone on here had done this before so I went looking for the thread & found it. This thread has the pics of the mugs: Best Destination Wedding Forum ~ The Ultimate Destination Wedding Resource And this one tells how she did it & what materials she used: Best Destination Wedding Forum ~ The Ultimate Destination Wedding Resource Morgan did these as well. Take a look at her planning thread: Best Destination Wedding Forum ~ The Ultimate Destination Wedding Resource This is very helpful, everything in one place! Thanks so much!!

those are very cute!!

very pretty, and a great price! It should go fast

Quote: Originally Posted by ~Stephanie~ HAHA! So its like the real biggest loser! And you will all be voted off! HAHA! (in my most sinnister evil person laugh) I will be the only one standing and although I haven't really lost any weight I will still be the winner! Not if I have anything to say about it!! MOUHAHAHAHAHA! <3 I say tomorrow we have a water challenge, what does everyone think??

Congrats Kelly! yahoo! I can't help but notice our little group is dwindling...

Quote: Originally Posted by Ginalyn I don't have sniffles but one of my coworkers that I travel with came down with a bad cold this week. I've started to sneeze and have a tickle in my throat, so I think she gave it to me Oh no!! That's awful, but I can beat it.... in my community, there is a junior high school that had 26% f its population call in sick today, and they suspect its H1N1 (swine flu)... aycarumba!!! haha

aw thanks ladies!!! youz da best

so awesome, very different from most monograms!! by the way Shan 13 I love yours too, really captures the essence of Vegas!!