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Quote: Originally Posted by ashley1316 these are great, i want them to just take along. I bought them in pink too! I was going to return the ones that didnt go with my dress but I decided to keep both!

Karen- Just read your review..Awesome!!! You looked beautiful! Love all your pics! I want to have my wedding NOW!

I tell my FI I buy everything on sale or I put a red line through the tag but I really pay full price. I wish all the new stuff was on sale!

Love all the shoes on here! Here are mine. I chose some simple sandals because I want to go barefoot if the sand isnt too hot. They are from jcrew.

I am 2 1/2 months older than him.

Quote: Originally Posted by JanineA Punkie: wow you are on top of everything. I know usually if I have a shoe that is a half size too big I buy those gelly sort of insoles and then if fits me perfect...and my feet are gellin'...lol! Anacj: I was first told when I ordered my dress and then went in to get measure that it would be in by August but recently when I called to check on my bridesmaids dresses they mentioned mine would not be in until September (I purchased it in January). ChicagoPT: Does the PT stand for Physical Therapist (just had to ask cause my FI is one). Lucky girl, with a tough decision. Are you more inclined to one of them more than the other? Are they both attending? Thats a tough one. MysTea: I am wearing silver shoes. I had bought some Badgley Mischka's to wear but then ended up wearing them early to a friend's wedding they were purple with a brooch towards the back. Then last week ideeli had a sale on badgley mischka's and I picked up a silver strappy sandal New question ladies: HAS EVERYONE SENT THEIR INVITATIONS OUT ALREADY? Mine were temporarily lost and I just received them but I wanna do a few DIY's on it before sending them out. I feel like I am sending them late. Yes I am a physical therapist. I just changed my user name because my FI googled my name and all my forum chat came up along with the cake topper I was surprising him with (it has our dogs and my dress on it!) Ughhhh! Im not sure about the jewelery situation...I think I will look at his stepmoms and if she has something I will just wear that. I need something with both pearls and crystals so Im not sure she has what I am looking for. As far as invitations, I sent them out last week. But get this...I put the stamps on the left side! I have no clue what I was thinking! I didnt even notice until my mom called me and asked me if it was intentional. I freaked for a bit but Im better now. Im trying not to be a bridezilla! I got these great customized stamps from zazzle.com. they turned out great. I will have to take pics and post them for everyone since I got the idea from here!

I have a cute pair of sandals from jcrew and a hair flower. Still trying to figure out what jewelry to wear. FI's stepmom wants me to wear some of her jewelry and his mom wants to buy me jewelry. Not sure what I am going to do.

Quote: Originally Posted by Tennyt1 My dad and brother are walking me also, and I don't care if people think it is weird. Besides my FI they are the most important people to me. Future SIL's will not be taking any part in the wedding besides being a guest. Some of the kids may, but the are NOT. At this point I dont even want to know their opinons....sorry I'm just a little frustrated with some poeple now. Im glad you are doing that too! I just dont know what to do with FI's mom. I was sooooo mad when she told me that I would regret not having them in the ceremony. Then I calmed down and decided to have them do something small.

thanks girls!! all of this helps. so Im thinking one will read a bible verse, one will read the sand ceremony, and the other..not sure yet.

I guess I would want them to do something during the ceremony. One of them could read a verse from the bible but what can the other 2 do? Im looking through various ceremony scripts to see what different things everyone did but havent come across anything yet.

My FI and I originally decided to not have a wedding party. Then after thinking about it, we changed our minds and chose each of our 3 closest friends (one is mine is my sister in law (brothers wife)). My FI has 3 sisters and we werent going to include them because that would make 6 BMs and way too many people. I am not really close with them either. Now FIs stepmom is making all these comments about how we are going to regret not having our family in the wedding party. Ughhh! She definately let us know how disappointed she is with our decision. I really dont think his sisters care much. So what I decided is to have my dad and brother walk me down the aisle. Is that weird? I am pretty close to my brother. Now what should I let his sisters do for the ceremony? Anyone else run into this problem? (his sisters range in age from 16-32). Thanks for ideas and letting me vent!

November 21, 2010

I cant wait to see more of your pics!!

LOVE everything!! You did a great job putting everything together! Have a great time!

I love both dresses also! I dont think you will look back at your wedding day and think..I wish I got the more expensive dress. My FI asked me "what if I dont like your dress?" I told him that he better not tell me that and that I bought the dress because I love it! Also when you asked him if he liked the pictures of the dresses they do no justice for how it looks on you. I HATE my dress on the model.

Thanks for the advice! I will still have to search around. I dont have any stairs but maybe I can rig something up on the door. I cant even come close to doing pullups so I dont have any reason to get the bar yet!

We booked about 13 months out. Booked in Oct 09 for a Nov 21st wedding. We actually wanted the 19th but both the 19th and 20th were already taken!

I did legs and back today...well just legs really. I dont have a pullup bar or anything to hook my resistance bands so I just did bicep curls. So frustrating. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what to hook it on that is high Im a physical therapist and I give my patients resistance bands all the time..I just never thought about how they attach them high! Im just picking and choosing what dvds I want to do. I love to run and go the gym and dont want to give either of those up. Im also training for the chicago half marathon.

Here's my checklist... Las Caletas: booked Dreams PV: 32 rooms booked My Dress: ordered and trying on next week Bridesmaids dress: ordered but waitlisted from J Crew Groomsmen shirts: bought (from target for 19.99!!) Invites: will be in this week..just have to put stamps on them and send excursions: working on one big one for everyone..not sure yet OT Bags: bags fabric painted, almost done with hangover kit Music: we are doing our own music so Im trying to figure out what I want for ceremony Many more things on my to- do list but im getting there!

Congrats! Sounds like you had a great time. I am going to write down all those restaurants. We've been to PV many times but usually stick to an AI. Im sure this time we will make it into town more to eat. Im also going to look into that videographer. thanks for all the info! Cant wait to see pics!

I had a feeling they didnt really enforce any age limits. good idea about the fridge. The girls are trouble makers so Im sure they will be trying to drink.

Does anyone know what dreams does with teenagers and drinking? My FI's sister, who will be 16, is coming with one of her friends and a cousin. Will the staff serve them? I am hoping they dont.

great find! They are really pretty! I am paying for the BM dresses and GM shirts. We figured with all the traveling expenses, it would help them out alot.

Love it! I ordered mine from etsy but we did the same thing incoorporating the dogs. Now I want mine!!

Quote: Originally Posted by dcjackie Hi all--I'm getting married Nov 13th in a small town just north of Puerto Vallarta. Mhabas, I noticed you're going to be at Las Caletas. Is that the surf beach near Chacala or a hotel? Las Caletas is a cove just south of Puerto Vallarta. It was the area John Houston (the director) used to vacation at. They have day trips, dinner shows (Rhythms of the Night) and weddings. Everyone will have to take a catamaran to the cove as there are no roads to it. No hotels or anything like that. Check out their website.... Puerto Vallarta Weddings, Beach Weddings, Destination Weddings in Mexico What is the area you are getting married at like?? How far along are you with planning?