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Quote: Originally Posted by cjb0arder13 msmarmar123...I LOVE Baby G!!! So flippin' adorable. I'm like you, generally go for bigger dogs (as you can see from my siggy pic) but every once in a while a small dog will yap its way into my heart. We bought our lab Boone as a pup at 8 weeks, but adopted Brodie when he was 7 months old (they're 5 days apart in age...how crazy is that??). I've already decided that all of our future dogs will be rescues...there are just so many that need homes! I am a HUGE supporter of rescues! I attempted to volunteer at one once..but they were saying in order to do it you had to be willing to foster and/or adopt....and with 3 animals already...I can't bring another one in...house is WAY too small... We have a rescue cat too...got her a long time ago with my ex-husband...I got to keep her...she's a big baby and she drools...only cat I know that does that... And a BIRD..that is FIs. That bird will live FOREVER....if any of you have birds...I'm sorry...but I am NOT a bird person...Animals are cute and cuddly...cats and dogs... The Bird is fine and everyone gets along (kind of)...but it's a BIRD...they live outside! Love your Dogs too...I love everyone's dogs....if we go to a party or someone's house for anything..you will find me sitting on the floor with the dogs instead of mingling

Quote: Originally Posted by ~Nicole~ A friend of mine is a makeup artist so she gave me some good quality makeup. Most of it was waterproof and it stayed on all night And I've updated the list again.... we have a lot of new brides!!! Anyone else that needs to be added or removed, PLEASE PM ME! Thanks!! July 2010 meghan - July 1, 2010 Meesh – July 10, 2009 momichele – July 24, 2010 Daniepps – July 31, 2010 August 2010 September 2010 Lecreatifbride - Sept 4, 2010 October 2010 amandamarieb – October 10, 2010 chong – October 10, 2010 November 2010 dstinationdrmr – November 12, 2010 – 4pm dirtymartini – November 13, 2010 – Azul Beach December 2010 mzgillis316 - December 3, 2010 jaimeburns – December 10, 2010 rkf1046 – December 11, 2010 January 2011 Murmel – January 24, 2011 February 2011 Less is More – February 19, 2011 March 2011 gingerlover36 – March 26, 2011 April 2011 dakotaAZ – April 2, 2011 May 2011 mmc1105 – May 6, 2011 JaimeTalis – May 7, 2011 Nikki O – May 7, 2011 amcferron – May 13, 2011 MaggieandJay – May 15, 2011 beaz2be – May 27, 2011 Bigboponthebeach – May 28, 2011 June 2011 jazz04 – June 12, 2011 February 2012 msmarmar123 – February 11, 2012 So sad that I'm still the only 2012 Bride....

Quote: Originally Posted by dstinationdrmr Guess I should have read completely before I asked (didn't want my multiquote to be too long). He's cute. My FI wants a Pug and I'm not a big fan (of Pugs and most animals in general) but your dog is cuter. I have fallen in love with my BM's American Bulldog. Love him to death and think one may convert me into a dog lover....we'll see! LMAO at his name too!! Very creative...and long. Everyone thinks my FI's name is Theodore because his nickname is Theo. I had an American Bulldog before Baby G...her name was Princess Jasmine Peanut Butter Smooches Rescued her when she was about 1.5 and one night (April 2009) I woke up and she had passed away sometime during the night. She was only 7....I ADORED her..she was awesome and absolutely gorgeous! I definitely wanted another American Bulldog, but when I saw Baby G I fell in love...I'm usually a big (in size) dog lover (grew up with Newfoundlands my whole life) and didn't really know what to do with a small dog...

Quote: Originally Posted by mmc1105 MsMarmar baby g is too cute! Thanx He's such a good dog (most of the time).

Quote: Originally Posted by beaz2be Thank you ladies for the birthday wishes. I'll try and prepare myself for the looks of disbelief. A girl on a patio at lunch today told me I looked 23 (she was far away and I had LAAAARGE sunglasses on, which hid 80% of my face. hahahaha) Don't you love when people think you're younger? I went a couple weeks ago to get new tires for my car....the guy at the store said "So..you getting this taken care of while you're home from school for the summer?" My response...."Um..I've been home from school for over 10 years now" I wanted to hug the guy!

Quote: Originally Posted by fallfromgrace My grandmother is old, but fiesty. To make a long story short, she has never liked me. We are her step-son's children, therefore she isn't really my biological grandmother. She always chooses her "real" grandchildren over me and some of my other cousins (who are also step-grandchildren). She's never called for a birthday, never called on special occasions, never even called to congratulate me on my engagement! (however...she found out through my aunt who found out through facebook (FML) and called my father and yelled at him that we hated her so we didn't tell her!) Ugh, so I don't want to bother having her there! How many people are you inviting? Do you have a limit? If there are other family members not invited , you can just say it was the budget. Do you ever see her? If you don't..and you never really have to...I see no reason to include her. I know there's all that "have to" crap...but it's not worth stressing over... You need to be happy..if she takes away the happy...she doesn't need to be there. What does your dad say about all this? Does he want her there?

Quote: Originally Posted by lalanyc I know - maybe you can ask this service to uninvite your guests! WELCOME to iDUMP4U| He can start a new service called "I uninvite 4 U"!! haha He was on the Today show a couple of weeks ago...that's excatly who I was thinking of when I said that Too Funny!

Quote: Originally Posted by chong I am definitely doing my hair at the salon with a trial run done here in Houston. For the make-up... I saw $168 for makeup and it includes a trial run. I am not getting bridal package because 1) too expensive 2) I hear the suite only allows 3 people at a time. so you can't have anyone else but maybe your bridesmaids or mom. How many people do you have with you that you would want in the room? I will only have 3 bridesmaids (hopefully...maybe even only 2..1 is iffy) and my mom. I really only want them helping me get ready...and I figure if I wanted a couple other people to join me...I'm the bride...they can't get mad at me

Quote: Originally Posted by chong msmarmar... your sig picture...what kind of dog is it? never seen one like it before He's a Bug (Part Bostyon Terrier/Part Pug). He was a rescue last year..about 4.5. This was his "profile" pic on the rescue site...I saw it and fell in love with him..knew he had to be mine His name is Baby Grinchmas (Baby..cause that's what he came with...and he looks so much like the Grinch). Actually his full name is Baby Grinchmas Theodore Pugglehead....we call call him Baby G Love Him

Quote: Originally Posted by fallfromgrace haha, what should we call ourselves? Yeah, but seriously, I am still racking my brain on how to not invite my grandmother, and FI is talking about moving the wedding day again so that we can go travel. He wants to get married sooner...so that means that I have less time to not invite my grandmother. Ugh! I'll work on a name tonight Do you see your Grandma a lot that it would be uncomfortable if she wasn't invited? Is she old? Are there specific travel restrictions for her? Try to find something and then blame that so you don't look bad Why don't you want her there? Mine comes down to $$$...I think realistically everyone would get along if they had to...but if someone did something awful/rude/mean to me and would cause me un-necessary stress or any icky feelings on what is supposed to be an amazing time....

Quote: Originally Posted by murmel I agree. I thought it would be much more expensive, but when we totalled up what we were getting, it became a great price to bring our photographer with us. He will be doing photos at our welcome cocktail party, the wedding and then trash the dress! So excited And I'm a junior member! Congrats on junior membership! I was so excited yesterday when I got mine.

Quote: Originally Posted by fallfromgrace So is there anyone on this thread that wants to "Un-invite" my grandmother? I will "Un-invite" one of their guests. haha...I loved that idea. We should totally start that service...charge a small fee...we could make a fortune

Quote: Originally Posted by gingerlover36 I am tempted to do that but I don't think I can do makeup well enough to pull it off. I am considering getting the LOMAS person to come in but its like $500 on their website. Is that stupid of me to do? thoughts? PS my FI told me today that he hated the color combo I have been doing. Thanks love for this tidbit that would have been helpful when i showed you the color board 2 months ago! I luckily haven't done much but did have everything envisioned a specific way and got samples of invites and stuff like that. I'm not bad at doing makeup,,,but I feel like a celebrity when I get it done...and I don't think what I currently use is beach/outdoor/wedding good... The LOMAS package seemed like a LOT of money....they do it at the spa in a much cheaper pacckage that included your hair and mani and pedi for only $228...(and they even do a makeup trial with that free) I'll probably wind up doing that...maybe bring a couple makeup staples so I can touch up... Just wished the spa had pics to show.... I hear you with the color thing...FI wants light pink...WTF just light pink...what the hell am I supposed to do with that? Good Luck with that!

Quote: Originally Posted by beaz2be PPS - It's my birthday today and I just looked at my profile thing on the side and my age has changed. BOO! haha Happy Bitrthday

Quote: Originally Posted by MaggieandJay I was going to use the resort! My hairdresser here is Houston and I are going to do a trial run and take pics so i can show the Spa how I want it to look That's such a good idea..I was looking at the bridal spa packages and I really don't want to spend the extra time or money getting my hair done twice... Trial at home is a much better idea.

Quote: Originally Posted by ~Nicole~ msmarmar - I did my own makeup but I me and my bridesmaids all got out hair done at the spa at the resort. I didn't end up doing mine the way I wanted because it was soooo windy, but they did a good job. Good to know...your hair looks cute in all your wedding pics so that makes me happy

I was wondering if any you previous brides used the spa at the resort for getting your hair and makeup done? Or for those B2B..are you planning on it? Or bringing in or going somewhere else? Or doing it yourself? Thanx

Quote: Originally Posted by chong I LOVE the 1st one. The bottoms look soooo nice and it fits you very well. If you like the belt on the 2nd one, you can always add that to the 1st day. Good luck picking one I agree with this completely

Quote: Originally Posted by mr.mrs.winski did everyone bring their own photographer? I'm a photo freak and I was wondering if anyone used any of the photographers the resort recommends Quote: Originally Posted by ~Nicole~ Winski - no, not everyone brought their own photog. I hired locally and paid the $500 fee. I'm not sure who the resort works with, possibly still Caribe? I think there's a few threads floating around on them... try a search. I think there was a bride on here that used the hotel photog but I can't remember who it was. There are only 2 that the resort works with that you don't have to pay the fee for... Matias Cano: professional wedding photojournalist photographer in riviera maya Caribe Photo: Professional weddings and events photographers company Playa del Carmen, Tulum, Cancun, Riviera Maya Mexico Caribe is MUCH more reasonably priced...but in looking through all their pics (I found most on facebook)..they seemed just like normal pics that my friends and I would take... I really don't want to spend so much extra, but I don't want crappy (and they weren't crappy..just average) pics either... I wish they had more of a selection.

Never mind...somehow I figured it out..I love when my boss is out of the office

Quote: Originally Posted by chong hmm.. how do you add avatar picture? I am using photobucket and every time I upload the picture, it says INVALID! so frustrating!!! I am still having trouble with mine...Chong..how did you finally get it to not say invalid?

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