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I have seen this before, only the money was pinned to the bride's dress before people would dance with her. She made out pretty well with some people pinning 100 dollar bills onto her.

Wow, such a great deal!

Sounds like a good time. I can't wait until we do our site visit.

Love the planning thread, some really great ideas!

Got in an hour at the gym this morning!!!!

Well things have been going well, I have been doing good. FI brought home Wendy's last night, I could have killed him. But the good thing is is that it has been almost two weeks since I have eaten any fast food, and when I tried to eat the Wendy's, it grossed me out too much. Plus, I didn't want to undo all of the work that I have done in the last two weeks, so I took it and threw it in the garbage and told him not to bring that crap home anymore!!

I watch say yes just for dress ideas, but then I think, who am I kidding, I can never afford those dresses. And even looking through the Spring fashion issue from the knot has gotten me a little bummed. I hate how overpriced wedding gowns are, they take advantage of us because they know it is our special day and we will pay anything for the dress. Well some brides anyways, not me, I am on a tight budget. Anyways.... I love four weddings, it is a good show, but I don't like how judgemental the other brides are sometimes.

Those are beautiful! Congrats on your engagement!

Amazing pictures, those are beautiful.

Great Review, thanks Brooke!

Cute Bags, great price!

Jenise that is one amazing deal, if only I can find something like that for Mexico!

You look amazing!! They turned out really great!

Love them, they are beautiful.

Yea!!!! I am so happy there are other 2012 brides out there!! We have a date, and a budget (somewhat) and that is about it. We are hoping for a site visit in November, and hopefully we will know so we can get our save the dates out by the end of the year. (I love the Christmas card idea). We are doing a long engagement so that I will be done with school when we get married. I love this forum, and I am so happy I have given myself a long time to plan because I am so overwhelmed with all of the details. What resorts is everyone thinking of? My favs are Dreams Riv Maya, Azul Sensarati, and Moon Palace, but am still considering others.

Very cut bottles, I absolutly love the idea!!!

Great pics, looks like you all had a lot of fun!

Wow, must have been amazing, everything looked so great!!!!

Those are so cute, what a great idea!!!

Wow, those turned out to be amazing! Great job!

theyare beautiful, nicely done!

Quote: Originally Posted by Diva Hey Taylor, my Austin buddy Yes I included EVERYTHING, here is my breakdown: Website 89.00 (18 months at weddingwindow.com) Invitations (DIY) 35.00 guest goodie bags (30 bags) 120.00 mothers coursages (use free ones with the wedding package) BM flowers (DIY) 25.00 (long stem Callas from Michaels with ribbon) save the date (50) 107.00 (magnetstreet.com) his ring 250.00 his suit 150.00 (we are getting the $99 linen ones found on here!) marriage license 60.00 (state of TX) bridesmaid gifts 280.00 (already bought from Tiffany & Co) room (7 nights) 2800.00 flights 1600.00 wedding ceremony 1550.00 (includes reception for 20 ppl paid with full plated dinner) My attire 100 (ok so this was TOTAL luck on my $34 dress and Etsy for $29 veil) Extra people 300.00 ($45 per head over the 20 people) Misc 400.00 (for things that may come up) GRAND TOTAL = $7,866.00 This is a great budget, I am trying to stay under 10K, and have been looking into a lot of DIY projects. My mom has been giving me grief for looking on Ebay for a dress, but I am so cheap when it comes to anything. Do you mind if I ask where you found your dress at?

So many places to choose from, it is so hard to narrow down, but you are in the right spot. Congratulations and welcome to the forum.

Thank you for all of the wonderful advice ladies, I need to start having more self control, and holding out on my cravings, it is just so hard. I have pasted pictures of models wearing wedding dresses all over my house for some motivation, but sometimes the cravings get the best of me.