TheFutureWagners

Grr! I'm jealous! I want to reach it So bad! You can post pics then too, right?

I'm what is known as a Practice Development Manager at a HUGE (top 30 on the AMlaw100!) law firm. I do marketing and strategic business for all our IP Practice groups. Not nearly as exciting as some of the other careers on here but I love this thread!

and PS- Once you realized how addicted you are to this site, you'll see why I'm saying this- we should meet up if you're in the Boston area!

I am going to PM you later- I am getting married at The Royal in Cancun next April!!! How was it CONGRATS!!!!

So in the throes of all this "wedding planning" it is often hard to take a second and remember that besides the wedding, flowers, guests, OOT bags, etc, we are entering into marriage with the person we love most in the world. We have had a VERY stressful last month with wedding planning and yet everytime something goes wrong, we are in it together, just him and I against the world... Even when we were dating and knew we wanted to get engaged, we never felt the level of devotion that we now feel when our families are giving us hell, or everything is going wrong. It is an unspoken bond between us that is now there since we got engaged. This whole experience has affirmed, and reaffirmed a million times over that I am marrying my best friend in the entire world, the one who will be with me through anything and everything and stand by me at all times. He has been amazing and I know there are so many of us that get caught up in all the wedding details we tend to overlook that wonderful man sitting across the couch from us or waking up next to us each morning. Girls, we are the lucky ones. To have found our life partners, and to be comitting our lives to these people that we are deeply connected with. Many people are not that lucky in life, and we are. Just thought I'd take a second away from the craziness...

I love, love, LOVE it!!!!

I love purple and want to make it a wedding color but I love orange and pink too... I'm torn as to how to tie in purple because I hate purple and orange together!

Wow... I've been so wrapped up in everything I didn't think about having ppl help me bring it down... DUH. lol Thanks!!! The ONLY problem is that we are legally getting married in Mexico and under those laws we have to be in Mexico at least 4 business days before we get married so none of our family will be there that early. I hope I can bring the bulk of it down myself... And what was that about the made in china thing

PS- I probably won't be so enthusiastic this weekend when my busines cards come and I realize I have to literally make 220 of these. Damn guest list.... lol

I can certainly say I was NOT steering wrong by these! Girls, I have followed what Pynklemoade did almost to a T and I am waiting on my business cards to still be delivered but let me tell you- I just got the luggage tags last night and OMG the quality is UNBELIEVABLE!! You are AWESOME for helping me with this! I was SO impressed at the high quailty, I called everyone to tell them! lol Thank you!!!!

Nikki, I am terribly sorry to hear about this. If you need anything, and I mean ANYTHING, I'm sure I'm not alone in saying that we are all here for you. Please let us know if we can help in anyway. <333

My STD's aren't even out yet!!! I'm waiting on the materials (JUST got the luggage tags) to put them together and I will be SO happy when they are out. 220 luggage tags to assemble- here I come! And Brandy- I got in touch with Rebecca- We are prob gonna go with her for the invites.

OMG I am SOO glad this thread is here! It SUCKS having to get the deposit in so early and this has been the cause of SO much stress with planning. We are April 2011 but they wanted our entire group booked, ALL money in by December 31st. We weren't planning to send our invites out until Jan or February but after seeing this I think we should! Especially with the holidays right there!! Ahh! What do we do??

This site is the BEST! Good luck!

I want to see pics! It is so hard to picture!!!

Just got my luggage tags in (waiting for my business cards) and OMG the quality of these exceeds ALL my expectations!!! These are SOOO nice!!! Thank you!

April 16, 2011!

Aww we thought about a cruise wedding!! Good luck!

Hang in there BarbieGirl!! You don't need the negativity right now.. I just went through another similar situation. I just talked to my Mama, who is also usually negative but she (for once!) helped me see the silver lining... like she said, Focus on your dress, your hair, your shoes, your fiance... all the good things. I think sometimes we get wrapped up in this without realizing that this is still going to be beautiful and perfect, just the way we want it to be. Go have a glass of wine! It helped me out of my tears last night!!!

No problem- Aprilmay your puppy is adorable!

I told my fiance about this and he was like OMG she is totally NOT being unreasonable. He said if it were him he would talk to his friend and try and get him to see that AFTER the wedding is a better idea. xo!

I am a NASM certified personal trainer and although (right now!) I haven't exactly been practicing what I preach, I will provide some advice. I don't think your goal is unreasonable but you need to have an "I would be happy with ____ lbs lost, but I'm shooting for 30". You need to buckle down and not just diet- work out as well. I have an extremely high powered job so trust me, I'm trying to figure out the balance here myself, but just dieting isn't going to cut it if you want that much weight lost. Cardio 3-4 x a week, 5 if you can swing it. And STRETCH your muscles AFTER you work out!!! SO important! Also, be realistic. If you go out with your friends and one of them has the chcoclate volcano brownie ice cream thing, take a bite, enjoy it. Just don't eat the whole thing. Dieting is about changing your everyday habits, not about depriving yourself. Also, DO NOT get discouraged if the scale stays the same one week in the middle of dieting. This happens, it is perfectly normal. I promise, if you keep at it, it WILL move the next week. Vary your eating- do not make yourself the same things every single day. I have this problem when dieting because I am a vegetarian and I feel limited so I end up eating the same things and getting bored. Try new ideas, look up low fat recipes. Seriously, we all know the struggle, I'm with you right now. Just don't get discouraged. There will be times you will be frustrated, don't let it ruin all the hard work you've done. You WILL see results, I promise. PM me if you need ongoing support... I'm here for you!!!

This is so helpful!!

PS- I've posted on this thread so many times, I think you can all see how much this is affecting me by now. I apologize for venting so much, but this has been by far the biggest struggle emotionally for me through planning this. THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING. And THANK YOU Soontobemrsdow for putting this thread up in the first place. <3

Mrs Price said it best- are people serious about not thinking this is a "real" wedding?? It is SO true! I keep eharing about my cousin's wedding in South Dakota that is 6 months AFTER mine with people saying well... we already planned on going to hers... SHE HASN'T EVEN PICKED A DATE YET!!! People are treating my wedding like it is total shit compared to hers because they don't seem to think this is an actual wedding. It is awful!!