AishaB

Kat it's great! I love your choice of song. Really makes you enjoy looking at the wedsite longer and rocking while you do it. Wonderful!

Snowflake, she is a bichon and maltese mix! She is a handful

Wonderful stuff. It looks great!

I just love these cake toppers! I think they are the cutest things ever! She will make them to look like you and your FI! custom wedding cake topper with arch you by lollipopworkshop

LeAnne, you are so right. I spend my time (when not job hunting) looking into budget savvy ways to save and have the wedding that I want but at a much cheaper price. The reality t.v. star is something to think about (no way! I wouldn't wish that on me either). But thanks for the well wishes. I am hoping that something works out soon. You ladies are great!

Great planning thread! Wonderful stuff.

This is a great planning thread, thanks!

Great work! Everything looks great! I hope you guys are having a wonderful life together.

Everything looks wonderful. I especially love the proposal. Congratulations and all the best wishes.

Congratulations! Everything looks great. You guys will have a wonderful day and weekend.

Looks great!

Thanks Pazzesca, I appreciate the kind words.

You've had a lot going on also. But I agree with you with the feeling of not fun. Most times I feel the same way, instead of excitement it is worry, but I know everything will work out for the both us!

These are really great thanks so much for the detailed description.

I'm an attorney. But presently unemployed. But usually work in the non-profit sector.

Anyone else planning their wedding while unemployed? My FI has a good and stable job but I have been unemployed for the last 8 months. It has ben tough going ahead with the wedding planning and having the kind of wedding that I want to have, that is one reason we have slowed down with the planning a bit hoping that I will get a job soon. Is anyone else facing the same problem?

Thanks ladies. The wedding will definitely not be themed around my birthday. I think that we will mention it though because even though I usually like to ignore my birthday my family kind of make a big deal out of it because my oldest sister (the first child) and my self (the last and youngest child) have the same birthday. My mom likes to say she opened and closed the book on the same day. So I was thinking that we would just mention the birthday thing maybe at the end of the night but that would be it for the birthday thing.

I'm still a 2011 bride but me and FI have decided to change date to 8/21/2011, which is one day before my birthday!

I also understand. I don't mean to get to psychological on you but this is what I know to be true. As human beings we love to us each other's emotions against one another. We do it best when we know exactly what will push the buttons of the other person. With that said what your dad is doing (the guilt trip) is big time "projection". He is projecting onto you all of the guilt that he has built up over the years. He as well as your stepmother and sisters know and are aware that you have always done everything to be a part of their lives, so they have gotten used to you being the proactive one, making sure that you are a part of their lives, but they really weren't a part of yours. So now that you are doing something for you, they are surprised, or rather he is surprised and up in arms because he thought that you would always put yourself aside for them. Well, this time I say to you, do what makes you happy. If he and them want to be a part of your life, a part of your family, then they will do the needful and go the extra mile. It seems like you already know where you stand with them, so the ball's in their court, and if they don't then once again it will be his (your father's) and well as their collective loss, not sharing your important day or not being a part of your life. Like you said this is a common problem. I was also three when my dad walked out on my mom. It took me 23 years for me to forgive him and to even acknowledge him. Cause where as you visited your dad, my father divorced his six children with my mom at the same time he divorced her. He got a new wife, new children, new life and we didn't exist. Now he loves walking around telling people that he has a daughter that is an attorney, a doctor, etc... As though he had a hand in any of it. Well, it is his loss because yes we are successful and we are happy and that is because of our mom and us having each other. So you go have the wedding that you want. Be happy with the people that love you.

So we changed our wedding date. Nothing dramatic about it. We decided to do it later in the summer (instead of winter) and around my birthday. So our new date is 8/21/2011, which is the day before my birthday. Do you guys think that is corny? You know having a birthday wedding? Aisha

I dont think they have to match. Two girls can walk up individually and then maybe the MOH and BM can walk up together. I think that will be fine. I totally understand your predicament though. I have my sister who automatically thought she was going to be my MOH and then I have two best friends. My one friend who I have known longer had already started saying, she knew that she was my MOH so everyone else should step aside. Well, I am happy to say that for budgetary reasons I was able to take the punk way out. I am not having any BMs at all. Which makes my life much easier. I have four sisters (and we are all very close) plus my two really good friends. I have no lack of help with wedding planning and I will be asking my two friends to be ushers. Good luck!

Thanks for sharing Sara

Welcome to the forum and happy planning! BTW, congrats on your engagement!

Welcome to the forum. Happy planning!

Congrats and happy planning!