Oryx

Wow, 14 years, that's awesome! Congrats and welcome to the forum

Congrats and welcome to the forum!

Congratulations!! I'm hoping to book the same day next year

Looks like a great program -- thanks for posting. I hate doing push-ups only because they are so tough... it would be nice to be able to accomplish this.

I'm leaning more towards doing the civil ceremony there -- I'd like to have my actual wedding with all my friends and family. However, my FI was not born here and he does not have his birth certificate. He is not close to his parents, so he's in the process of trying to contact them to see if they have it, but it is possible that he just won't have one. I've e-mailed the Dominican embassy to see if they accept some other kind of ID instead (i.e. Canadian citizenship + passport) but have not heard back yet. Has anyone else dealt with a similar situation? In the end, we may have to do the symbolic ceremony due to the above reason.

First for both of us... although we have both been engaged before and broke it off. This time neither of us are running away

Congrats and welcome to the forum!

Quote: Originally Posted by brandynd Well….I’m working the uber slow night shift tonight (funny as I type that the phone in my office rings), so I thought I’d update you on what’s going on. The BM still hasn’t had the nerve to call me, but I did receive a text earlier this afternoon saying “Brandy I know you’re mad at me and I’m sorry, but I was sick. I understand I wasn’t there, but I can’t help that.†If she was so sick, then why was she getting home at 3 in the freaking morning? It just seems like all too convenient of an excuse if you ask me. I’m not even going to argue with her about it though. I feel like I’m at my wits end with my bridal party, and it’s hit the point where I’m more looking forward to my wedding being over than to the actual wedding itself, which is sad. No bride should feel the way that I feel. It’s not just her either. One of my other BM’s who shall remain anonymous called me the day before the wedding shower. I asked her if she was coming to the shower and bachelorette (she hadn’t even lifted a finger to help the 2 BM’s who put the whole thing together) and she started in on this whole schpiel about how she’d be there, but wasn’t bringing a gift because “I don’t have money to buy you a million gifts Brandy.†What the hell?! I didn’t ask her to get me anything, I just asked if she would be there. She then went on to complain that she had to work Friday night so she could get her hair done for the wedding, which she didn’t even want to do (I told them if they didn’t want to go to the salon they didn’t have to), and to pay for her hotel that she didn’t even want to stay in (it’s called a cab, maybe she should catch one if paying $99 for a $300 suite is too much.) This is the type of attitude that I get from my BM’s on a daily basis. Just feels like everything is stacked up against me, and I’m trying SO hard not to go Bridezilla on these women, but my nerves are getting worn down to the point where I’m about to blow up at some people. I’m not trying to be a PITA, but jesus. Anyways, just one last little add on to my bitch fest. While we were at the bar FI’s big sister (another BM) came up and said “Thank you so much for making us book our trip to Mexico. We had soooo much fun! Oh, I bet you’re bummed you guys didn’t go and get married down there, huh?†All I could say was “I’m glad you had fun.†Then I took the drink she had just bought me, and I walked away. The wedding gods hate me. Vegas has never sounded SOOO good. 12 days and counting, and thank god for my BM’s who actually care. They are the only thing standing between me and insanity. The end. Wow, that is just unbelievable. A text message instead of a phone call? These are not your true friends. Despite all the things that have gone wrong, please remember that in the end, you will still be getting married to the one you love! Screw anyone else who just doesn't get it.

Hi Nikki, congrats and welcome to the forum!

I've always been afraid of trying those chemical peels ever since that episode of Sex and the City oh so many years ago.... let us know how it goes!

Quote: Originally Posted by Kelitaw Thanks Ladies Oryx - we actually had to do that. The airfare from Boston to Belize in February was insane. It was worse too because we had picked school vacation week. Thankfully the fares in April are better. Well I'm glad everything worked out for you. You must be getting so excited as the day gets near!

Quote: Originally Posted by McToasty Hey girls, I love this thread!!! Many of you have recommended A Thousand Splendid Suns, so i'm going to read that next. Especially since i loved Kite Runner. Just read Crime and Punishment. It was sooooo hard to get through, but I had to b/c it's just one of those books that i've always wanted to read, and I knew if I didn't finish it, in the future my curiosity would be aroused again and.. i would have to re-read everything. A Fine Balance is one of my favorite books... it draws you in completely and when it's finished, I felt like I wanted to go back into that world... I loved all of these books -- even Crime and Punishment. Actually, Crime and Punishment gave me bad dreams one night... it was so dark and intense. I just finished The Hour I First Believed, and now I'm starting Margaret Atwood's The Year of the Flood. Happy reading!

I did 45 minutes on the elliptical today plus weights (arms)!

Congrats and welcome to the forum! Happy planning

Congrats and happy planning!

Wow, sexy pictures, ladies! This forum is making me want to get some hot TTD and boudoir pictures done!

Sorry for your bad luck. Thanks for the helpful post! In the end, I'm going to try not to stress out too much about anything... in the end, I'll be married and that's the main thing.

Interesting to see all the different jobs out there! I work in addictions research as a research analyst.

Love the STD. I may borrow this for mine, thanks for posting!

Congrats and welcome to the forum! Check out the section on Hawaii -- maybe there are some ideas posted there.

Quote: Originally Posted by KittenHeart I just want to start off by saying, I'm not claiming to be an expert here by any means but I have completed P90X and just started it all over again last week. I used to be a gym person but then getting to the gym and paying for parking started to wear on me and I kept hearing great things about P90X. FI and I did it last April and I've been been in better shape. I even bought Insanity, another Beachbody DVD program of intense high impact cardio to see how that would work for me and I got better results from P90X, Insanity had less toning effects on me except it really got my abs looking nice. If you haven't worked out in a few months it may be a little rough at first but doable. The difficulty with P90X is that the workouts are on the long side 1 hour, 75 minutes and 90 minutes and each day focuses on a certain area. So an hour of Shoulder's and Arms or Legs and Back really works the same muscles in that hour, over and over. Soreness is common and frequent in this program but it works. I am at the point of needing toning, lose some body fat and this works. The diet is pretty important in this which is rough at first but not impossible and not only for advanced athletes. When I first started P90X last year I couldn't do a single pullup and not many pushups despite frequenting the gym. It was amazing to finally be able to do pullups on my own without a chair. Good luck, hope you join us! Thanks for the great explanation -- I may look into getting this.

Congrats and welcome!

Yes, this forum is great! Although it can get a little addictive... I don't know how many work hours I've spent on here, haha. Not sure about the points either, but I'm sure I'll figure it out eventually. Congrats and welcome to the forum

Congrats and welcome, fellow Canadian! Sounds like you are already off to a great start with the planning.

Congrats and happy planning! My cousin got married at Dreams Tulum and loved it. Check out the Riviera Maya forum and the wedding reviews sections on the forum -- very helpful.