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Quote: Originally Posted by ~*Lisa*~ OMG it's stressing me out!!! I leave in 4 days and I haven't had my final fitting yet! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! I have to call my aunt today. I do have the next couple of days off, so it should be no problem to have my fitting, but still, it's coming fast! Hang in there beautiful bride to be! Everything will work out... * BREATHE * BREATHE * BREATHE * BREATHE * *Hugs*

Yes I agree!!! It's got to be soon! I want to know when the "BIG REVEAL" is.... :-) ~ Erica

Quote: Originally Posted by AmandaMc Silly question... Does anyone know if going into the ocean with a wedding dress will totally ruin it? I would LOVE to get a few pictures in the water but don't want to ruin my dress. That is definitely not a silly question girl! I've heard that the ocean will almost clean the dress and not ruin it. The only thing you have to worry about it is getting it caught on rocks or coral and ripping it. Do you plan on wearing it again? ~ Erica

Thanks for passing on this info. I will definitely check Sasha out! ~ Erica

Great info Amanda, thanks! We have 6 weeks to go and I'm getting really nervous as we don't have a photographer yet. Ours fell through and now I'm scrambling! Does anyone have any suggestions ~ Erica

Hey girlz!!! It's me Erica (China girl)!!!! I'm doing great and I'm so sorry for not logging on in quite a while! We arrived in the U.S. Dec. 17th and have been sooooo busy since this is our last trip home before heading to MEXICO!!! Yikes! OMG!!! I've been stressing out a little since we got an email from Ivan Luckie Photography saying he has a conflict with our wedding date and won't know for sure if he can do it until the end of January. SO, now I'm scrambling to find another photographer. Moments That Matter is booked and now I'm not sure where to turn! Yikes! Other than that, things are getting done and my list is getting shorter! Yeah! Things done: Wedding bands bought and will be ready on Friday FI got his wedding sandals Invitations were sent out and we're getting RSVP's back already Sexy lingerie was bought oh la la la! Had my Bachelorette party last weekend and got some cute VS outfits and bride undies! Things to do: Meet with DJ for AHR Pick out food for AHR Decide on cupcakes for AHR Fill out Wedding License app and turn in Get groomsmen gifts Buy candles for AHR This is why I'm still up at 2:30am!!! I can't sleep, too much on my mind! I hope all of you are doing good. I'll have to catch up on all the posts! Thanks for being concerned for me ShellK you're such a sweetie! I'm doing good though, glad to be in the U.S.A and among family and friends! We head back to China Jan. 4th and we still have so much to do! ttyl xo ~ China Girl

Quote: Originally Posted by CatBride09 Hi Ladies I leave this Sunday for Mexico for my wedding on the 2nd!! I cant believe its nearly here! :-) Just to let you all know that it appears Demitrio no longer works for the hotel, I have been contacted by a lady called Myriam Vater regarding reception arrangements. Her email is [email protected] She had litterally left it until this week to contact me for my requirements so for those of you with a long way to go til your big day dont worry to much about lack of contact as they will eventually. Anyway I will tell you all about it when I return! Bye :-) Sally Good Luck to you CatBride09!!! I can't wait to see the pictures and hear how things went! Next time we talk to you, you will be a married woman!! How exciting!!! Have a great time! ~ Erica

Greetings from Japan!!! Tokyo is an awesome city, we have had a great time but today is our last day here. We leave tonight to head back to China. So sad, I have really enjoyed being here! Here's some pictures! Day 1 - Arrived in Tokyo at 9pm - Ate dinner in Shinjuku Day 2 - Took the train to Kamakura to see Japan's Largest Buddha, visited the Roppongi area and had dinner and drinks with friends. Day 3 - Did some shopping in Harajuku and gawked at the interesting Japanese girls that had blue hair, some dressed as maids or school girls, Some dressed from head to toe in pink. Saw many dogs that were dressed up in outfits and were being pushed in baby strollers. Had dinner at a Okonomiyaki restaurant. Day 4 - Last minute shopping in Shinjuku and then taking the train to Narita Airport. Miss you girls, I'll catch up with you later! xo ~ Erica

Quote: Originally Posted by sfrench0621 I love the saying for your welcome tag! Might have to borrow that! Everything looks great! Congrats! Yep, you should do it! I can't take all the credit as I stole it from a former BDW bride as well and changed a few words! Hee-hee! LOL Good Luck and Happy Planning!! ~ Erica

Love them!!! Notice: If you order the mini maraca keychains from OTC, they don't make any noise! I was so bummed when I got them but I decided to tell people to "shake" and "click" them together. It works right!? Good Job Autjo!!! ~ Erica

Yep.. me too! I just hope they travel well. I think if I put them in my inside carryon pocket they won't shift around as much!

Quote: Originally Posted by vdaybride OH yes, I forgot to mention.... I hit the 50% off motherload.... my cousin came through hooray for extended family that you haven't seen in over 7 years!!! Nice job! I love Tiffany and Co. !!! I have about 20 pieces of Tiffany jewelry but the "China" version! I always bring some home for my friends and they love the fact that is not real but great knockoffs! I bought my BM's the starfish silver necklaces. I think they will love them! But when we are in NY or Chicago we always visit the T & Co and leave fingerprints and drool all over the glass cabinets. LOL I will miss you girls! I am off to Tokyo with my FI, he has a business trip and I'm tagging along. I've never been to Japan... I can't wait! Talk to you next week! xoxo ~ Erica

I have the Jillian Michael's Wii workout and I don't care for it. I do want to buy the Jillian Michael's Shred.... I've heard excellent things about it. I haven't been able to find it here yet. ~ Erica

Quote: Originally Posted by SusieQ Ok i am the old bag on this thread!!!! lol I don't care. I do if it interesting that all of you ladies are in your 30's and getting married for the first time. Mature strong women!!! I was 18 and stupid when I first married and trust me it was brutal and I stayed for 15 years. I started dating him at 15 years old!!!!! My step-daugther is 15..... Holy Hell what was I thinking? I just think you ladies are at an age where you know what you want in life and can stand up for that. It's been great getting to know all of you... I am going to see David Cook tonight.(american Idol winner 2 years ago). My Gfriend and I are doing a cougar date... Two forty somethings cougars waving our bras at a 20 something cutie pie.... lol... I would never wave my bra around someone could get hurt. Awww... you talk like you are 65 years old or something! From looking at your picture, you look in your 30's and your hubby-to-be looks older than you! Come on... you are one of the spunkiest, funniest, sweetest brides I know! Age is only a number, just remember that! I bet you are the coolest stepmother ever! I have a stepmom and she was pretty cool while I was growing up. She used to make me clothes, braid my hair and play lots of board games with me. Have fun flirting with your "boy toy"... hee-hee! ~ Erica

Quote: Originally Posted by Raykel Comparing details: Age: 35 Children: none - going to start trying in the spring/summer Sign: Cancer Favorite color: Turquoise/blue Favorite food: Pizza, red curry chicken with coconut rice Favorite drink: water, Diet Dr. Pepper Car: Charcoal grey F150 FX4 (yup I like the back-country sometimes) Pets: two Border Collies - Parker 10 yrs and Madison 5 years (well she has a little Australian Sheppard in her) Career: public servant Status: engaged Music: country, Andrea Bocceli Favorite shows: Lie to Me, Grey's Anatomy, NCIS, the Unit (sadly off the air) Siblings: 1 younger brother Raykel... I have to ask... when is your birthday?!?!? Maybe we are birthday twins!? As far as registering, we registered at Target & Bed, Bath & Beyond. Both registries are pretty much bare so we are telling people if they MUST get us something a Home Depot gift card would be appreciated. We are half way through with remodeling our house. The only thing left to do is get rid of our 20+ year old appliances. It's bad, my stove is the GE pukey gold color... ewwww!!! I don't think I could ever register for things I didn't want so I can take them back to the store after the wedding. That is just too much work in my eyes! Wow!!!! So, people really do that!?!? Unbelievable! We are hoping to get prego soon after our wedding. We aren't getting any younger and our clock is ticking away... tick... tick... TICK! lol ~ Erica

HAPPY WEDDING DAY KOOLATTA!!!!!! Can't wait to read your review when you get back! Hope you're having a great time!! ~ Erica

Thanks SusieQ... I will try to keep sane while home. The other stressful part is when we are home everyone wants time with us so I literally make up an Excel spreadsheet and block out time. Doctor appts, lunches, family visits, etc. It's nice to see everyone but a little on the crazy side! Plus, I'm helping throw a baby shower for a family member, having a bach. party thrown by my MOH (21 year old sister) (<-- Scared about this one since she is so young and loves to party!), having my last and FINAL bridal shower. When all is said and done I will have completed 4 bridal showers. OMG!!! Our guest bedroom is FULL of gifts and we haven't even had our wedding yet! This is so new to me and I barely had much on my registeries and they are pretty much empty. My family keeps bugging me to go back online and register for more but I really don't want to, is that bad? For our AHR, we're not putting where we are registered on the invitations because we really don't want anymore gifts and if anyone INSISTS on getting us something I'm sure it will be money and we can use it for our honeymoon! Ahhhhhhh... how will I ever get my last minute wedding stuff done before I head back to CHINA!!! Okay, maybe I will be the first bride to break!!! (sniff-sniff) Sorry for the long book ONCE again! ~ Erica

Quote: Originally Posted by SusieQ I am really random when I order online.. No favourites, just whatever stikes my fancy. Xmas shopping, I have started and I am not too motivated... Too many wedding thoughts to really focus on pretending to be the fat man in red. Our kids are older 15 and 20 and they have been told this is a lean xmas because when have purchased them a vacation. They are really kool about it. FI and I have done a $100 limit for each other. How are you other ladies doing ? As far as Christmas goes, we are keeping it low key. My FI's side of the family we draw names so I have one person to buy for - his mother. I already told my side of the family that Christmas will be small since we have a wedding to pay for. My FI and I decided on possibly buying a video camera or nice camera for ourselves for Christmas. Other than that, not much shopping for me. We fly back home Dec. 17th and if I need to pick up anything I will do that when we get back to Michigan. My bach. party is Dec. 19th, two days after we get back to MI. I just hope I can pull myself out of the Jet Lag!!!! With it being 13 hours time difference it takes 4-5 days to get back on schedule Yikes!

This is a great idea!!! "About Me" Age: 33 Children: 0 Sign: Cancer Favorite color: Pink Favorite food: Chinese (lol) Favorite drink: Miller Lite Beer or Diet Coke Car: No car Pets: Black Lab named "Britney" (Lives with her grandma in Michigan) Job/Career: Training Admin. Assistant (part time nursing student) Status: Engaged/Never been married Music: Hip hop/Pop/Jack Johnson/BNL/Norah Jones/Jimmy Buffett Fav. Show: Grey's Anatomy, ER, Amazing Race Siblings: 4 half brothers (ages: 17, 18, 19, 22) 1 half sister (21), 1 step-sister (32)

Quote: Originally Posted by SusieQ Erica you crack me up.... I am looking a real estate.... I love looking at what is for sale and what kind of decorating they have done. I am hoping to down size our home and move to a smaller house in the next few years. I'd like to do it next year, FI thinks we should wait about 5 years and have a house built. We'll see nothing has really jumped out at me and I have been window shopping (online) for about two years. I think Chinese food would be great for dinner, hummmmmmm maybe while I am working I can get FI to cook. He'll just order food/ So Erica do you find it lonely being so far from home? I love going to open houses and seeing how they decorated. We just bought a house 3 years ago before we knew we were moving to China. But, we still have it and have been remodeling it ever since. The last thing we had done was vinyl siding and it really makes it look nice considering the house was "MINT GREEN" when we bought it. The bathroom was pink, even the toilet and toilet seat!!! We built a 2 level deck on the back and we really miss sitting out there and watching nature since it backs up to one acre of woods. The one sad part we found out 6 months ago was we had an empty lot next to us which we were planning to buy when we moved back in 2010 but, it has been sold and the buyer is building a house on it. We were so bummed! Oh well, we should have bought it when we bought the house. Our dinner last night was great! We had really good chinese food! I hope you get some sleep this weekend. As far as missing Michigan, YES we miss it alot. It was hard to leave our family behind. Especially my 9 year old black lab. She was a sweetie, fortunately my mother took her and she has become part of their family. They love her to death and when I go back home to visit she'll walk over to me, wag her tail and then go sit by my mom! My mom said we can't have her back when we come home because she is theirs now. I guess we'll have to see. But, we have been working for the same company over here for over 12 years so when we moved out here they are paying for our housing/bills, transportation and 3-4 trips home a year! We are very fortunate. So the longest we've been away from our family is 4months. We just became an aunt and uncle last week so we won't get to see our new nephew for 5 weeks! So, we will be home Dec. 17-Jan 4. Okay, sorry for the long book! Better get going, I hear my FI in the kitchen attempting to make breakfast. LOL ~ Erica

Quote: Originally Posted by SusieQ It's 4.30am here and I am awake and can not get back to sleep. I really hate this because it starts the spiral of me getting run down and sick. I sent the third request of to the WC asking her if she can please give answers to a few very simple questions. Tick off to no end here, how do we get to the resort and smile and pretend that this person wasn't a royal pain is the butt? I hope you ladies have a great weekend, I am working most all weekend, oh well it's $$$$$ right! Aww.... maybe play some computer games online and it will get you tired. That always works for me! I hope you're able to go back to sleep! We are just heading out for dinner... I think chinese tonight for dinner. LOL *Hugs* ~ Erica (China Girl)

Quote: Originally Posted by SusieQ Hey Shells, Glad to hear FI got a new job. Futuremrsgoodrich, I agree with vdaybride, you just want answers and it is a stressful time with the holidays just around the corner. I would be pissed too, it has to go into the budget and it is just a couple months away. I totally would be freaking out and demanding a price list and some pictures. Sorry is 3am here "Sue" isn't sleeping, I read the post about the friend wanting to do the brides hair the day of the wedding (sorry I forget which lovely bride this is) I think I'd be worried about her and her baby and she being able to focus that day. Just tell her I am sorry I just need you there as my friend and not to be worrying about my hair. I had another fitting on my dress tonite "forgot my camera". my FMIL probably wouldn't have been able to work it anyway. the dress is looking great and should be ready next week. I am very excited. I also talked to FMIL about the fur coat and explained how I was feeling about owning something so beautiful and accepting something so expensive the I know I'll never wear. She was really good about it, and was totally ok with the thanks but no thanks. So guess what? In two weeks we're going shopping for a dress for her (not sure where with all the winter stuff being out) and we're going shopping for diamond ear rings. She really liked that idea. So no worries about a paint can being thrown at me for wearing a fur coat, I will just sparkle and a sparkle looks good even if your wearing jeans and a t shirt. Very happy girl here. I should try to go back to bed... nite chickies Hey SusieQ!!! The "hair" bride is ME... I think I will let her down gently and use the salon at my resort for my hair. I think she should understand. Another fitting.. yayyy!!!! Was your dress hanging in the window like last time, ready to greet you? Hee-hee. That is so exciting!!! I can't wait until it is hanging in your closet!!! That's great that the FMIL understands the issue on the fur coat. Diamond Earrings... you are sooooo lucky! What kind will you get? Studs? Drop? Chandelier? Come on you have to have some kind of idea?!?!? Okay... Good night girls! ~ Erica (China Girl)

Quote: Originally Posted by IMPPEARL I love them!! My sister lives in Singapore and was recently visiting Bali I got her to pick mine up there for me! I havn't even seen them yet! Very cool... make sure you post a pic when you get them. I'm have had second thoughts about using them because they aren't beachy enough, but then I thought the girls will love them and will be able to use them again and again. I just hope they don't look dumb because they don't match my beachy theme. Maybe I'm over thinking too much. lol ~ Erica

Hi! This is what we are using on ours, it's kind of long but we had them printed on the back of business cards with our logo on the front. I stole it from another BDW bride and changed a few words. As we come upon our special day, Jason and Erica would like to say… Welcome to Mexico, and enjoy your stay. We thank you for coming all this way. Please enjoy these gifts that we all share. They are brought to you with our love and care. Let’s celebrate and keep those cocktails within reach. As we exchange our vows this Wednesday on the beach! 02.10.10 ~ Erica

Quote: Originally Posted by svetayasofiya It's all how you word it... just say something like- ''I was thinking... and as fun as it would be to have you do my hair... I think I am going to be so stressed out the day of the wedding that maybe I should just go to the salon... what if something happened? It would take a lot of pressure off of you, and that way you can just relax, but thank you so much for the offer...'' Ok that wasn't awesomely wrote but you get the idea... she'll either be happy she doesn't have to do it, or she'll press on with '' no no no, really I WANT to do it,'' in that case you're screwed, LOL jk. You have to do what you are comfortable with on your wedding day and she will understand. I don't see how she could be offended. My friend wasn't. She was relieved... she didn't want the pressure of ruining my hair. With the humidity and stuff down there, she was unsure of how my hair would react and wasn't comfortable doing it in the end. Plus you also have the excuse of wanting to be at the salon with everyone else! Don't be afraid... do what you want to do!! Thanks for the great advice svetayasofiya! Okay, not to freak you out BUT..... 99 Days!!! You are at double digits.... ahhhhhhh!!!!! J/K ~ Erica