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Wow, I've been back for over a week, and still didn't have any time to catch up. Way to busy with work, home reno, and just regular housework. I'll try to give out details and post pics in a few days, just a word to say it was fabulous. I've seen a few pics looking throught, very nice! And it's so bad for you Jodi, I mean a delayed trip is one thing, your delayed wedding, ouch! You seem pretty zen about this.

Wow, everybody was very quiet today, what's happening? LOL I managed to do everything on my list, and everything is packed except the toothbrushes! I spend the whole morning at the mall, trying on stuff, because this morning I woke up to the thought that I hadn't bought any "special" outfit for the wedding night I found out a cute little slip in bright pink satin with a black lace border, I think that should do! I wanted white at first, but this one was so cute, and nothing wow in white. Also got undies for the dress, settled for turquoise, was shooting for light blue, but nothing to be found. Finally I bought 2 cute "decent" nighties, thought it would be nice to hang out on the balcony in the morning. The only problem I have is how will I get to sleep tonight, I'm full of energy. Have a great week girls, hope it will go fast for you and real SLOOOOW for me and Jenna!

Well, I think being off work kept me even more busy! Spent the day running arounf driving FH, shopping and going to appointments. Love you dress Meghan, you look fabulous! The open corset back is great! And your "cup" at the bachelorette... Quote: Originally Posted by Melidell April 3 - (hoyt75) Jenna from Fort Worth - Valentin Imperial Maya April 7 - (ewok) ? from Montreal, Couples swept away April 9 - (kimmyg) Kimmy from Cincinnati - RPRM April 9 - (Chicken764) Martine from Casselman - Grand Palladium-Punta Cana April 10 - (jerseykitten) Michele from Jersey (Central Jersey by Six Flags) – Jamaica April 10 - (taratoons) Tara from Ottawa ONT - Dreams Punta Cana April 12 - (bridej9) - ______ from MI - Dreams Puerto Aventuras April 13 - (CaribbeanLover) From Montreal, Grand Palladium in Punta Cana April 16 - (echo2_62) Meghan from Calgary - Dreams Puerto Aventuras, Mexico April 17 - (taylorwd) Wendy from Austin - Azul Beach, Mexico April 17 - (amcarter) Alex from Houston - Reserva Conchal - Costa Rica April 17 - (NegrilLB) Lisa from Atlanta - Iberostar Rose Hall Suites - Jamaica April 18- (NyBeachBride) Di from NYC, PPR, Punta Cana April 19 - (Sasse75) Jill from Hamilton, ONT - Grand Sunset Princess April 20 - (luv2sun) Jennifer from Calgary - Grand Palladium Jamaica April 22 - (taraappl) Tara from Coon Rapids MN - Isla Mujeres, MX April 24 - (jess3414) Jessica from Phoenix, AZ - Dreams Cabo San Lucas April 24 - (katie424) Katie?! from Denver, CO - Beaches Negril April 24 - (vgirl17) Veronica from Vacaville, CA - Moon Palace Resort - Cancun, MX April 25 - (shortnsweet7675) Natasha from Atlanta, GA - Miami, FL (Carnival Glory Eastern Caribbean cruise) April 28 - (ebredhawk) Erin from Cincinnati - Dreams Punta Cana April 28 - (Melidell) Mel from NWT - Melia Las Dunas, Cuba April 29 - (SuzyQ76) Suzanne from Calgary, Grand Riviera Princess, Mexico I've added you, too, Jennifer! You too, ewok. I think I'll save this list somewhere, also. Thanks for adding me back in Mel, very nice. You can add my name as well if you want: April 7 - (ewok) Julie from Montreal, Couples swept away Quote: Originally Posted by taylorwd Hey ladies, I'm secretly a Mrs!!! Our legal ceremony was today We didn't think it would be a big deal but we both ended up crying a little! We're hoping that maybe this trial run will make us better prepared for Mexico. We had a great picnic in the park afterward. It's been a good day Congratulation, nice that you had a little celebration afterwards. Quote: Originally Posted by caribbeanLover OMG!! Congratulations!!!!!!! You guys look so happy!! Awww your a MRS now!!! amazing!!!! hey that's ok you guys cried, tears of joy, nothing wrong with that!!!! so happy!!!! Meghan, forgot to mention, how cute you guys look. Love the new pic!!!! Thanks for sharing. UPDATE My friend actually booked today Now I'm stuck rushing to make a bag for her (luckily I ordered an extra bag!!!) She called me while I was shopping for it all, asking what I was doing... I told her, and she thought it was funny. I had to explain to her, I had a million other things I could be doing instead. I totally regret inviting her, but I did it out of courtesy, not thinking she'd actually show!!! OOPS!!!!!!! OMG, this is so crazy... At least you know she truly wanted to be there, but what a stress. Hope this is the last one! It is nice and sunny outside, and should get very hot. And it's my last day before leaving!!!

Tracy, I really like the last one with small candles and shell, very caribbeany & beachy, with a nice little touch of color. Quote: Originally Posted by hoyt75 I've been so super busy today its' been insane!!! FI finally came home, and being the perfect future wife that I am, I had everything packed and ready to go... well he decides he wants to go through it all! AH! I could kill him! Sorry I haven't gone through to see what's happening. I'll catch up when we get back. We leave early in the am, getting married on Sat... WOHOO!!!! Thank you ladies for all your help and your support, you girls rock! Yeah! Have a good day tomorrow! But don't kill him yet... I'm the packer as well, but at least he doesn't go back and check everything out, he just complains when I forgot something (which is not very often, Ah!)

Well, I'm off work from now on! Hurray! I managed to leave before 5 and have all my ducks in a row, so I won't have to work extra tonight! Maybe I'll be able to follow this thread tomorrow, instead of coming to tons of post & pics... I have a few things left to do in the next 2 days: - shopping: sundresses again, nice underwear for the ceremony - buy more sunscreen - pick up prescription meds - buy some "fashion tape". Even with the added padding in my dress, it will be better if I tape the middle of the decolletage to my skin. - get some socks for FH, to wear at dinner with his shoes - buy 2-3 things for make-up - waxing tomorrow morning - haircut & colour appointment tomorrow for me! Nice relaxing afternoon. - spa afternoon Friday. My MIL gave me a package including 1.5h massage, mani, facial. What a good day to use this! - do most the packing tonight I think those 2 days will be quite busy, if you add the fact that I have to drop and pick-up FI to work both days, since we only have one car. Still very fun, and the weather is great, sunny and temps much higher than normal, almost like summer!

Quote: Originally Posted by Preciousmi811 I got my dress from Landy Bridal and it is too big, too long, and I paid extra for a high grade chiffon and Swaroski rhinestones and I got polyester chiffon and regular beads. I had to pay $300 in alterations to it so I would have a dress to wear to my wedding. I wish I would have bought the real dress, as of right now I am only saving a few hundred. I emailed Landy for a refund (not holding my breath) and let them know they fraudulently sold me a dress. It's one thing for a dress to be too big but to have me pay for a higher quality and bank that I won’t know the difference? I was a professional ballerina so I am very familiar with chiffon qualities; polyester chiffon is heavier and rougher. I am over the stressing and after the alterations the dress will be fine. I had to move flowers around because they put this huge flower on my shoulder (think 80's big). In the pics the dress looks decent because I am holding the back tight so it doesn't sag. At that point I just had to deal with it and not make a big thing of it. I will let you know what Landy says, I wonder if they changed management because everything from them was quite good several months ago. Bottom line is its fine it will work. Lucy did get back to me right now and asked for pictures. Will see what she says. Quote: Originally Posted by Preciousmi811 Well of course Landy sends me best wishes and tells me they used chiffon...even as I tired to explain the high quality is not what I received, and she said they used Swaroski rhinestones...uh no. And they made the dress to my measurements...wonders who's measurements were those? Oh well I got it into alterations everything will be fine. I also had to ask the status of my dress after 30 days and they were like when do you need it? I told them within the 30 days but I have a feeling they had forgotten about my dress. I think your dress look fabulous! But you only can judge the material they used, I would probably wouldn't see a difference because I only buy cheap clothes! LOL Had the same problem with Landy about sizing however, they told me it was made to my measures... I was not professionally measured (DBF did it), but really, there was no 25" waist on my dress... It was at least 2 inches off I'd say (and I had DBF re-measure me too). Was disappointed I had to spend more, I mean the dress was not as cheap as others (300$ with shipping), so adding another 100$ for alteration seemed bad. They didn't give me any money back, hope you have more luck. I still like the dress, and now that it was resized and padded at the bust, it is very pretty. Quote: Originally Posted by Jo&Daz 20-10-2010 woooooooohooooooooo! I got the dress and I am OVER THE MOON! Not only does it fit! it's stunning! The dress is a LOT heavier than I was expecting, and it is well structured with full boning etc. The lining is a thick bridal satin and then there are several layers of beautiful quality chiffon over the top. The beading is not as sparkly as the original - but I dont actually think thats a bad thing! I was a little concerned that my dress choice was a little too bling for a casual beach wedding... Anyway - so here is the bit you have all been waiting for - the pictures!! Now keep in mind that I am on my own, its 11pm at night, the lighting in the spare room (or wedding room as we now call it!) is shocking and I'm taking pics on my blackberry - without the flash so that I can see the reflection in the mirron - but I thought I better get some photos to you lovely ladies... Thanks for all your support and kind words xx The dress seem to fit great! And I love the style.

Quote: Originally Posted by shortnsweet7675 Just wanted to share photos from my 2nd dress fitting today. My sister also had her bridesmaid dress fitting, but she did not need any alterations because the dress fit her perfectly. I still have one more fitting to approve the modification that is being done to the bodice of the dress. I’m having a small ruffle edge added to the top of the bodice. This is to give me more coverage over the 2nd/3rd degree burns I have on my chest. Your dress look great, it's nice when it's fitting properly, it makes such a big difference in look. And the bustle is quite special. I am totally in love with your rings, quite spectacular. They "fit" together without being too matchy, and both of you have something that you love There is something to be said about custom rings. Quote: Originally Posted by hoyt75 Natasha - I love the way that your dress bussels in the back, that is honestly the prettiest bustle I have ever seen before! Tracy - So proud of you for telling your friend to sh*t or get off the pot! Enough is enough, do it don't, make up your mind or make up their mind for them. That crap so gets on my nerves. 2 days to go! All wedding stuff is packed, need to pack our clothes tonight. Here's the list of things that I need to get done: 1. Call TA to find out how our arranged travel in Mexico works. 2. Pick up rx at pharmacy (need to fax copy of marriage license to FI new work first) 3. Determine cost of long term parking at airport 4. Some how get all my stuff together at work so I'm prepared to leave. 5. Bring the dog to fmil house to stay 6. Pick up wedding band on Wednesday 7. Already scheduled mani/pedi on Wednesday, can't forget to go! 8. Exchange shoes for FI for a larger size (I bought him Sperry's and they're too small) 9. Buy bateries for camera 10. Return 1 item to Kohls that didn't fit, and another pair of flip flops that didn't fit FI 11. Get all my receipts together in my wedding folder. hmm... I guess that's all... I thougt I had a lot more to do than just that. Good to know I can relax a bit! 2 days, wow! And your todo list is already pretty small. Relax, and have a nice mani/pedi tomorrow. Quote: Originally Posted by NyBeachBride thanks so much everyone!! ****UPDATE**** i had my legal day today!! it was so cool...the mayor of my town married us in this chapel like place in the town hall. she grabbed a worker to be our witness and camera guy haha He took action shots!! which was pretty cool. they were both sooooooooooo nice!! the legal vows were actually really really nice!! we were both nervous i guess cuz it was LEGAL lol and also because the attention was on us. im actually glad because this was pratice for DR!! it was about 10 minutes. we exchanged rings. we will wear the rings only for today then not again until DR They even gave us a peice of cake they bought from a bakery and said good luck, here is your first peice of wedding cake!! so cute! we practiced feeding it to each other when we got home haha..going to dinner now!! We realized today that our numbers are very much the same which is so cool!! here goes: our legal day was today, 3/30, his birth day was today, 3/30, he turned 30 today, the year is '10, today was our 10 year anniversary, and my bday is 10/3, and ill be 30 on my bday this year!!! very cool!! we should play the lotto lol Congratulations! Nice to see they made a little something special for you, with the practice cake and all. And with those dates, you will have many reasons to celebrate both of your wedding days. jerseykitten: great shower spa pics, I'd probably would have been very red as well... At least the moms didn't comment too much, those can be even more embarassing!

Quote: Originally Posted by caribbeanLover So I finally got all my guest booked!!! I actually have a gf, who keeps saying she's coming, but then she goes back and says 'we'll see' so I gave up on her. She's just so weird like that (yes I have a lot of odd friends lol) Today, she's really acting like she's going to book. So finally I lied and said that my wedding coordinator gave me a dead line for the confirmation numbers she wanted (Also she's called a bunch of other times, ask me my opinion on other hotels!!! I told her finally that I don't have time to look into other resorts, I've reviewed mine and that's all, if she wants to stay somewhere else, she can but I don't know anything and don't ask me, it's not like our resort is booked) (I didn't lie about the cofirmation # needed, just never got a deadline) and that if she wants to come to the wedding, I needed her # today... then she says she hasn't gotten her schedule for that work, so she needs to wait until Wednesday. I told her it was very nice to try and come, but that she ran out of time. To be honest.... who has time to deal with people like that (good friend or not) 14 days before your wedding!!! Sorry for the vent! Good note, OOT bags are all done. here a pic... Wow,your friend is so strange, I mean, up to a certain point you can understand she's making her mind up, worried about prices maybe, but come on! 14 days before and she doesn't know if she can have the vacation time? I have to "prepare" my vacation longer than that (OK, a bit of exaggeration here...) If she doesn't want to come (no time off, money, ...) she could just have said so, or even make a white lie. You definitely don't need this added stress. BTW, the OOT bag content is again very nice, great ideas, and you did dive in for the labels. The personalized Spanish for Dummies is great.

Quote: Originally Posted by NyBeachBride ok i so can not keep up with this thread...you ladied move fast on this thread lol but soooooo excited, my legal day is tomorrow!! it is FIs bday and our 10 year annoversary! woooo...so i am making us a fantastic breakfast, then we our havign our town mayor marry us and then maybe do dinner...no work tom either, yay! not gettign all dressed up, just goign comfy and cute...i was thinking of buying some pink roses to make a lil bouquet..not sure, lets see how i feel when i get outta work tonight lol Best legal day wishes to you! It's even better since it is a meaningful date. Quote: Originally Posted by Melidell ewok- love the rings! Yours is so pretty! Did you have FI's made? I really like it. hoyt- I cannot believe you leave in three days. You must be flipping out! April is almost here, ladies! NYbeachbride- I hope you have a great legal day. Nice that you have the day off- it'll be so relaxing! I have to get FI to get on the phone tomorrow and book ours- I'm thinking the 23 of April (two days before we leave) hopefully at the courthouse. We need to get on that. Thanks! Yes, it is "one of a kind". Our jeweller had never done one like that, so it is unique. And your legal is not booked yet? Is not not something to be done in advance? I'd be so stressed... Quote: Originally Posted by caribbeanLover Thanks, I too was going back and forth on the sand kit, as it's $60 but I am happy I got it, a little memory of our wedding, plus I'll have punta cana side at the bottom. I am so happy you were able to spend a little time with him, and he had a good bachelore party!! 60$ for all of those summer dresses, I'm totally jealous. We don't have a Ross here... always see them on T.V but none here My goal, is to have all my summer clothes and some weddings things (cake cutting serve,garter) in my big luggage, and the rest of the wedding stuff goes to some of the guest and our carry-on. We waste more weight by adding extra luggages (I weight my big luggage, and alone with nothing in it weight 11.5lbs) I haven't finish packing yet, so I have no idea if I can pull this off. But also we are handing all the in town guest their OOT bags, or else we would never would have enough room. OMG, 5 days!!! you must be so excited, nervous at all? I am just nervous about everything but about marrying FI lol. Love you sand kit as well Tracy, very pretty! I'm like you, marrying him is not something to be nervous about, I've already chosen him! Rigth now work is much more stressing! Quote: Originally Posted by ebredhawk wow! entirely too much to catch up on from this weekend, but i do have to update that i went "wedding crazy" this weekend and knocked out a TON of stuff that was on my to-do list! i took pictures of all sorts of stuff and got all of my flowers, etc.! here are a couple pictures of things just to brighten your days! The flowers are fabulous, nice colours, very "real". And your OOT bags are quite nice, hope everyone appreciate them. Tonight I have to work a bit (maybe 1-2 hours??), but I really feel I need to start on the luggage thing, and try my dress again to see if it still fits well. I really have no room in there, no corset back on mine!

I posted pics of my real rings on the April brides: http://bestdestinationwedding.com/fo...ml#post1235316 I am in so in love with it. It is just a perfect size/fit for me, very practical in design with the bezel around the diamond so I won't be scared to catch the prongs on something, nice weight (got platinum). Can't wait to have it on "legally". (I'm cheating right now since I'm home alone...) FH seems real happy about his as well, very comfy, quite unique design. He got in a 18k white gold+palladium alloy, no plating. It is more metal grey than white, but with this type of alloy it should stay the same colour over the years. He didn't want to have to mess with regular re-plating. Sure ended up more costly, but those rings are our big ticket item, everything else was pretty cheap!

What a cool idea a limo to the airport! It is your wedding after all. Still think we'll just take our car, I'll too stressed out about waiting to be picked up when I have a flight to take. What I've looked at in my case is a plane transfer between Montego Bay and the small Negril airport, but it would run us around 500$ round trip, to save 1-1.5h each way. A nice splurge, but I'm too cheapo for my own good I think! I'm getting stressed out with everything I have to do this week. Packing, still a bit of shopping (sundresses, no Target up here Jenna, closest one is south of the border!), cleaning up the house a bit, it is a mess, and work! As if I wasn't already swamped, I told my boss I would do some other things that are normally out of my scope. So in the next 3 days I have to prepare my vacation: give out priorities & task lists to my team, tackle my daily job, get the ball rolling on a few things, and work/supervise this special project!! I've spent a few hours yesterday on my work laptop, and I feel I should be working instead of posting right now... I'll deserve this vacation! On the positive side, we got our rings Thursday: my sparkly: side view to show little blue diamond: his band on my finger: cheesy side-by-side pic:

Jenna, I'm happy that your jeweller will fix the ring for you in time for the wedding! I would have asked for it myself, even if I had to pay money, you will wear this for years to come, if not your whole life! I can cross out something else from my list, we got our rings tonight, and they are fabulous! I don't have time to take pics tonight, but surely tomorrow or Saturday. I also had time to shop a bit between work and my appointment, got 2 swimsuits and one for my FH. Hurray! (His was much harder to find, he's so picky on "suitable" colours...) I'll go back tomorrow for some little summer dresses to put on for dinners. Since I lost so much weight last year, my wardrobe is pretty screwed up.

Quote: Originally Posted by hoyt75 Sorry the pics are so big. How do I make them smaller?? Obviously I don't have the dantiest, prettiest hands in the world. FI custom made my ring, everything about it is unique. I wanted a wedding band that would match the side detail of the e-ring, and something that was large enough to sit next to the e-ring. I had the wedding band custom made by the same guy the made my e-ring. He did a really good job, it's just not what I wanted I guess... It just looks far to wide (like top to bottom) than what I had really wanted. What do you ladies think, and be honest. You can't make me feel any worse! I can never keep up on this thread, too much traffic, and it seems nobody's working regular day hours! Soo much new stuff between the time I go to bed and I get back from work. I think the band is real pretty by itself, but understand how you could think it's a "man ring", since it's quite large, and that's more evident sitting next to your engagement ring. Sure hope they're able to something for you, but have no idea what! I'm happy that my jeweller makes sample of his work in silver first for review, testing and approval. We made quite a few little seemingly insignificant changes to ours after that!

Very nice and sparkly as well! Love the blue accent on your FI band.

Found those nice silver sandals with a small heel on sale. I will go barefoot for the beach ceremony, so it will mostly be for dinner. They are very comfy: