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Quote: Originally Posted by Katie_2010 omg, all these posts about FI has made my night!! (it's 11pm in the UK) I'm soooo not laughing at you, but you all telling your stories has been hilarious lol i have to give credit where credits due, FI seems to have been much more involved that most on here...but don't kid yourselves that that's necessarily a good thing!! it's only because he has to have an opinion on absolutely everything (even if he knows nothing about it) and just means we have to 'discuss' every single little detail. you're all getting 'YOUR' day...I'm getting chris's!! lol (ok bit of an exaggeration but just giving a different perspective from someone who's FI is the opposite!) I can't remember who said it on here but it did remind me of my FI - I do all the legwork and DIY stuff, and then he looks at it and states all the things he doesn't like about it and what i should do with it to make it better!! it's like he's my boss!! the jobs i've given him to do I have no idea how he's doing with them coz everytime I ask him what's happening with them he tells me 'to chill out and stop hassling him - he's got it all under control'....AARRRGGGGHHHH that makes me panic even more!! haha lol but I do know he's started on his speech and he's taking it really, really seriously so I'll take the rest with a pinch of salt anybody else find that the closer you get to the wedding, the more arguments you have?? we've been bickering over stupid things (both of us) most of this week!! think we're both stressing a bit and I've not slept through the night for the past 2 weeks so i'm tired and probably a bit ratty too. for gods sake...who'd get married?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?! hehe Yes! I hate the silly stress arguments!!! And I am SURE I am the cause of it...haha Ryan calls me "Negative Nancy" or "Moody Mona" when I get in my mood! haha

Quote: Originally Posted by lolo Lindz- your dress is amazing. I love that it is unique. looks great on you (hope thats you in it) Thank you!!!! Yes, that's me. I just felt dumb smiling and posing, so I told her to cut my head out!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by meghan Uggghh, I am so stressed today...I think the most stressed i've been in quite a while. We are making our own invites (supposed to have been sent out January 1st) and they still are not made. My FI was really excited about them in the beginning and had an idea of what he wanted, so I let him basically choose what we did for the invites. Over christmas I said we needed to get them done, and it never happened. Then he promised that he would work on them this weekend and get a good chunk done (I have been working on the already pretty much on my own)....that didn't happen. Last night he said he would do them....he cut 10 pieces of paper and glued them, and some of them he even glued on crooked! He is extremely artsy and probably more capable than I am of making them look nice. I'm so frustrated because I went with his idea for the invites, and he isn't even making much of an effort to do them! Sorry for ranting, but just needed to vent. Aside from that, I have such a stressful job this year and when I come home from school and see that the invites weren't done, I'm not in a good mood! SO sorry you are stressed!! I went to bed in tears last night, so I totally understand!!!! Have you talked to him about it? He probably has NO clue that he needs to finish them ASAP. Maybe put a lil fire under his booty! Or give him a "prize" if he completes them...tell him you will buy him something or take him to do his fav thing or whatever, as soon as he gets them done. Guys seem to need that kind of motivation...unfortunately! If you don't think he will get them done, can you move on the plan B? Let us know how we can help you!!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by taylorwd We just booked a sunset catamaran trip for all our guests the night before our wedding. We looked into all the standard stuff: Xel-ha, Hidden Worlds, Xcaret, Tulum, etc., and just couldn't afford them. The catamaran is very reasonably priced, in my opinion, and comes with open bar and food options. It's Paradise Catamarans if anyone's interested! That sounds AWESOME!! FI was saying he wanted to do that for the Friday night dinner. Thanks so much!

Quote: Originally Posted by KittenHeart Man don't even get me started on things I've asked my FI to do that he hasn't done yet... like I asked him to get tape, and print something out at Kinkos, not rocket science and are they done? Nope. I'm sorry you're so stressed... I hate that feeling. I too was supposed to have my invites done and sent January 1st and here we are and they are just now designed not even made yet. Not only that but every quote my DW TA has quoted this week has been wrong, like he's on crack, I'm so done with him. Sorry... totally vented! Hey, can you change TA's? I switched from DW to a girl on this site, and she has been sooo wonderful. SO patient with me and willing to go above and beyond the call of duty. Her name is Wendy Hicks. All her contact info is on on my website...www.lutznlindz.com. Tell her I sent you! MEN!!!!! Why are they ALL the same Literally, the SWEETEST most lovable people one second, and the biggest d*&$@ the next!?!?!

Quote: Originally Posted by lolo to the ladies that have worn 4 inch heels......how hard is walking in them You will be fine!!! Of course you can kick them off during the reception if you want. You will feel so fabulous in your awesome shoes, you won't notice too much. But definitely practice walking in them before you make your grand entrance!! AHHH so excited for you!!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by KittenHeart Hahaha, you're totally right, we need swift booty kicks now and then! I will check out whatever you want while I'm there! It's not really my honeymoon. We are taking a trip around Europe next year for our honeymoon Ok you are seriously taking care of business, I need to see your dress ASAP, how exciting!!!! FI suggested we have dance lessons, he's not a big dancer and wanted to be able to dance to our first song well and make it look good. Our song is also way untraditional and not even many people like it but it's appropriate and fits our story and I love the song so I don't care No, I don't believe they require this. Unfortunately if people want to stay elsewhere they will. That's not a big deal as long as they know they'll have to pay to come onto the property and I'm sure you'll have group events throughout the week for people. Just make them aware that are trying to create a group atmosphere and it's an additional charge for them if they don't stay at your hotel and if they are able to it would be most helpful to you. I doubt you'll have trouble with this. My MOH & a bridesmaid plus about 6 other guests planned to stay at a timeshare 7 miles away (which is close) but still really upset me. After so much pointless planning everyone is staying at the resort which makes me happy, it's just the easiest. Good luck I'm sure everything will be just fine! It is the same dress I emailed you a couple of months ago...SO excited! Yeah you are right!! I need to stop worrying about all this crap! It is very frustrating though... UGH!! I just got an email from my BROTHER"S GIRLFRIEND saying they didn't wanna stay at the resort!!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by mrsvaughn2b this is my 200th post! :-) yay!!!!!!!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Afrommert Lindz, when I save the dates, I had only AS on there and our Destination wedding info for our travel agent and as of today, I have 9 ppl not staying at the resort. I have been stessing so bad about it. IF and only IF you have a private reception the day pass get waived for your guest attending. The problem is, the rest of your vacation, you wont see or get to hang with your guest unless they come and pay for themselves a $80-$90_$100 day pass, meaning i have no idea how much it will be in 200 days lol. with the resorts unconsistant prices, i think its safe to stay in that range lol. So, for example, Im goin to have a WELCOME PARTY on thursday at the resort, and what about my 9 guest not booked there?? And the party is at night/ dinner time. IF they want, i guess they can come hang all day there and get ready in bathrooms or our room if they want and stay since it is an all day pass? I dont know what to do, it sucks but it is what it is. I have so much to do, that this doesnt help... but i guess at the end of the day, id rather have my family there than NOT there so if staying somewhere else was better for them, they hey, I guess i cant complain AHHHHH That was my exact concern! I wasn't really worried about the actual wedding day, but more so the other events and hanging out with them all weekend! My guests are starting to book, so hopefully, we can spread the word. On my save the dates and website, I am ONLY giving them 1 option. I could just see some stragglers trying to stay at the Best Western or something for $90 a night. Hopefully not though!!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by amybermuda Ok so for immigration reasons, Mark & I are getting legally married Saturday February 6th! Woo hoo! I am in between doing a couple things: 1) having it in the Registry General's office and pretending like it doesn't mean anything, or 2) having a small beach ceremony (or nice outdoors) and then going out for a romantic dinner. I really don't think 2 would take away from our wedding and I hate to think that we act like its not special when BOTH days really will be..... He thinks it would be funny to do #1 b/c its next to the Post Office and so lame - they have this screen that they pull down that is cheesy and looks like you are on the beach (no way - totally fake) for pictures. LOL Decisions, decisions. OMG!!! The first one is AMAZING!! I would hands down do that. I would seriously cheese it up as much as I could. You could wear a hot pink wedding dress if you wanted too!! haha And like Amy said, you could keep this picture forever. And no one would even know what you were doing. THEN you could go out to dinner, etc. It would be a great story to tell the kids one day. I think sunglass need to be involved if you are standing in front of the "fake beach." Classic.

Ok girls here is the scoop on the dress... I have decided against the dress that Heidi Elnora and I designed. I found one I LOVE! The designer is Junko Yoshioka. Check out her website to read her bio and see her dresses. Home - InStyle also has her featured and has a lot of her Spring and Fall 2010 dresses on their website. The dress is 100% silk mikado with a mermaid/fit to flair silhouette. It is fitted (and I will make it more fitted!) down to my mid-thighs and then has a big skirt with ruffles (not sure what they are made of and kind of asymmetrical). The neckline is sort of sweetheart, and the dress has a natural waist. BUT the best part of it is this fabulous sash by Amy Kuschel that I am tying around my waist. It's beautiful, and it gives my boy-shape figure some curves. The dress and sash are pretty trendy, and I am sure I will regret this 10 years for now. But, oh well!! I love it!!! I can email yall some pictures I took at the salon...of course the dress is way too big and pinned up, but maybe you can get the idea!

ADVICE! Does Sensatori require that 80% of your guests stay at the resort that are attending the wedding? Mine does! And I honestly figured EVERYONE coming to the wedding would stay at the resort. However, lately I have been wondering how to deal with the issue of people requesting to stay at a different resort. This sounds like a huge catastrophe in the making. On my website and Save the Dates, I have made it very clear that the rooms are blocked off AT LE BLANC, and it is assumed everyone coming will stay there. However, I am starting to worry about people trying to save money and book elsewhere. Suggestions?!?

Quote: Originally Posted by KittenHeart Good Morning ladies! Lindz our to-do's aren't technically due until this Friday but we can always do an update! - I finished my invite designs on Friday... what a relief. - Found perfect envelope liners I am having made for my invites that I'm STOKED about - I decided finally on what the groomsmen are going to wear and am working with a lady on Etsy and she is going to make custom ties for me to gift them. - MOH found a place where we can have them rent their suits for pretty cheap - MOH found a place for us to take dance lessons for our first dance song. It's very untraditional so we want something choreographed (this was FI's idea by the way!) - Emailed people that need to book their flights yesterday, one by one - Finally heard back from WC, PHEW! She was having computer/email issues - Finally decided and booked honeymoon hotel - staying at LE BLANC Lindz!!! I'll be there before your wedding so if you need me to do any photo taking or investigating, just give me the list girl and I'll walk around with a cocktail and my camera just for you - FINALLY decided on hair fascinator I'm having custom made, I love it so much! Just need to decide if I'm doing a cage or tulle veil - Custom cake toppers completed! They are on their way to me now. - May have decided to start making napkin holders - Found out my dress comes in 3 weeks!! I think that's it... I really got a lot done this week and yesterday was the first time I felt like I didn't have too much to do. Weird feeling! How are you ladies doing? Well, I figured everyone could use a little swift kick in the booty to get their "to-do's" in gear...I know I do!! haha AWESOME job on getting all that stuff done. That is so sweet of you to check out Le Blanc while you are there. And no, you do not have to do my 007 work while you are on your honeymoon! ha You are too sweet. I am just gonna ask that you check out the rooftop terrace at some point and see how windy it is. I think yall are going to have a FABULOUS time!!! Ok, here is what I have gotten done: 1) STD's: done 2) website: pretty much done...will finalize this week. I changed the site to www.lutznlindz.com, so it would be easier to recognize. 3) DRESS!!! I DECIDED on it!!!! YAY!!!!!! sooooo excited! 2 of my bridesmaids went with me and agree that it was THE ONE! 4) Bridesmaids dresses: Decided on hot pink (fuchsia) or grayish/silver, one shoulder, and short and flowy. We have amped up our search! 5) Checked out flights and sent out price update...they have gone down almost $200. Oh!! I wanna hear more about this first dance song and dance! SO sweet of him!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Afrommert hey girls! Happy Monday! Ive been so busy, im on overload and am currently trying to find a good healthy balance. I havent been sleeping well because Ill be thinking of some stuff that needs to be done and it will keep me up all night. UGGG. Anyways, I need your lovely ladys help aka ADVICE. OK, my dress is from demetrois and its ivory. but its not your typical ivory, its almost like diamond white? I usually call it pearl. My colors are silver, charcol and hot pink. Since my dress JUST came in last week, I had previously picked out clothes for the men. Gray slacks, white shirt, dark gray vest, shiny gray tie and black shoes. NOW that my dress is here, i put a white shirt next to my dress and it looks horrible!!! I dont think its THAT bad, since they will have the vest on but it looks very ivory next to white...and I cannot stop thinking about it. But when I looked into getting ivory shirts for the guys, i didnt like those either, it just looked bad with the gray. I dont know what it is about ivory dress shirts for men, but I didnt like it at all. any thoughts girls I forgot we have the same colors! Yippee!!! Ok, here is a suggestion...my FI's favorite suit is gray. I know one of the shirts he wears with it is a VERY VERY light gray. You can hardly tell it is gray, but it looks good up against white or ivory. I bet you could find one like it, and it would go great!!

Quote: Originally Posted by lolo ladies!!! help i found these shoes that I love and am deciding how badly i need them... they are definatley not your average shoe,that's what i love about them. Kitteneheart your pics were so beautiful I spoke to my photog about a BD shoot in mexico and he said he'd do it for $150 incl a brag book!! So i think i'm going to go for it!! That is why I think I need the shoes. They'd be hot for the pics.....i think What do you girls think. I do like things that stand out. Um, those are Loubies You ALWAYS need them! hahaha If you can afford them, I say go for it!!

Good morning girls!! I hope everyone had a good weekend...how is everyone doing with their "To-Do's?" Let's get an update!!!!

You look beautiful!!!! I love the gold and tulle skirt!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by hunniebee724 Time is flying by, and I can't wait to marry my best friend! We booked our cruise and ceremony/reception package (photography included) back in June. DJ is booked. We sent out our STD's. Website is up. We have 21 people booked for the cruise. We did a registry with Carnival and one with Bed, Bath & Beyond. I bought my dress. I bought my bridesmaid's gifts. My colors are white, black and red. My dress is white with a red sash and my girls are wearing black dresses. I chose the red because I'm wearing my late grandmother's diamond & ruby jewelry as my "something old." What's left: Invitations Wedding Bands Shoes Veil Favors OOT bags Flowers Finding a hairstylist and makeup artist who will come to my house very early in the morning You go girl!!! I am so impressed. My Save the Date's are going out THIS WEEK!! Website is ALMOST done. Gosh, I am way behind! I think the red sash will look awesome!

Quote: Originally Posted by KittenHeart Have her thow in your TDD too That's what I did as well! Engagement, BD & TTD 4 for 1! Oh yeah! That too!!

Quote: Originally Posted by KittenHeart I just finished my invites... OMG, I've been working on them since August!!! Just wanted to jump up and down for a second, that was harder than the STD's and I'm not even making them, hired someone to make them, just all the info and design ideas whew... Ok I'm done, happy Friday, I'm home sick! YAY!!!!! Can't wait to see them! ok, that's scary...I better get on it!

Quote: Originally Posted by KittenHeart Thanks Lolo!! I'm very flattered, thank you for such a wonderful compliment Those patio shoots were my break, I just threw a t-shirt on and went to have a smoke with my MOH and he came outside and started shooting me and I was like, OK! It's funny because I'm not a smoker, when I drink I like to have a smoke but FI is a big smoker and I think the smoking pictures will actually end up being his fav... maybe aside from the more risque topless and nude pix Amy, that's exactly what i was going to say! I bet he will love the smoking pics. My FI and I don't smoke...unless we drink, but I know he would think something like that was totally hot!! haha

Thanks girls!!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by caribbeanLover wow!! Now I am just jealous lol!! congrates!! You can usually negotiate the BD shots into your quote. That's what my photog did too. I paid her a flat fee and she included that and my engagement shots.

Quote: Originally Posted by KittenHeart Alright ladies, so my BD shoot was Sunday, I had SUCH a blast! My photog handed me a shot of Patron to me and my MOH when we got there and made me show him everything I brought 3 glasses and 4 hours after that I had been convinced by my MOH to take it all off!! Something I stated I absolutely would NOT do but I'm glad I did. Some of the topless and nude shots are some of my favs but you'll have to take my word for it Here you go ladies, I hope you enjoy! BD Shoot pictures by johnnygirl777 - Photobucket I know I already told you, but I LOVE them!! I think that first picture should be the cover...you look so cute AND sexy!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by PynkLemonade We haven't booked yet either and I was starting to worry too. My TA said I can wait another 1-2 months for the airfare purchase since that's when the rates seem to drop a bit so in the meantime, I am trying to get all the other stuff done. I really want to start ring shopping soon and just getting that stuff out the way. And I agree, Ireland will be gorgeous!!!! So your TA advised you to wait on the flights? I have been wondering when to book them! I just got a "ticker" from trip advisor saying they have just gone down $150! I was wondering if now is the time to book or to wait!