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The runners are extras that I didn't use, but here's a picture of how they look on the tables.

Hi Ladies, My wedding was fantastic! Now that I’m back and done catching up with life, I have a bunch of stuff to sell. I'm in Ohio but can ship as needed. Buyer pays shipping. INVITATIONS 25 Cobalt Blue Pocket Invitations - $15 25 Lemon Drop Yellow Invitation Mats - $5 24 Ivory Envelopes - $4 TRAVEL Wally bag - 66 inches - $90 This bag is awesome. I fit my mermaid style dress along with all my accessories, two pairs of converse, and my husbands suit. We carried it on the plane and had no issues. WEDDING Paper Lanterns new in package - 12" - $1 each 5 Yellow, 5 Beige, 5 White Paper Lanterns new in package - 16" - $1.25 each 5 Yellow, 5 Beige, 5 White 25 Blue Paper Straws - $3 25 Yellow Paper Straws - $3 5 Tan Pashminas - $3 each 1 Champagne Gold Sequin Tablecloth (Used) 72"x72" - $20 1 Champagne Gold Sequin Table Runner (Used) 12"x108" - $8 4 Navy Table Runners (new) 12"x108" - $2 each 25 Navy chair sashes (new) 6" x106" - $0.50 each 12 Program Fan Wooden Sticks - $2 OOT Bags 31 White OOT Bags (thin polypropylene bags) - $0.25 each 25 small lotion bottles - $5 35 yellow lanyards - $10 40 navy lanyards - $10 25 clear ID pouches - $8 for all 100 Electrolyte tablet packets - $8 50 Extra strength pain reliever packets - $4 50 Antacid tablet packets - $4 35 white nail files - $4 65 mini plastic bags (3"x3") - $3 22 Survival kit bag toppers - $5

Happy Wedding Day!! I hope that everything comes together beautifully and that you enjoy every minute of it!

I saw this picture on Facebook with text that said something like "When you upload a picture on FB vs when you're tagged in a picture"! [emoji1][emoji23]

I like the textured paper! That's a really nice touch.

My reception dress came!! and for what I paid, it's really nice. Comparing it to my actual wedding dress, you can tell it's cheaper, but it's definitely lightweight and much less hot. This one is a corset back too, but it was much easier to finagle getting it to stay up than the other one. I had to cover my face in the pic with me since my FI knows about this board. My only problem with it is that the boning in the top portion is flimsy, so I'm going to replace it with stiffer boning, and hopefully that + doing the corset up right will make the top fit better. I can sew and do minor alterations, but if it needs work that cost a lot of $$, I'd rather just sell it and be hot in my wedding dress than spend a bunch more $ on it.

Haha I got nice bitch (Taurus). People always say I say the meanest things in the nicest ways possible!!

Love your bands with your ring. They enhance your e-ring beautifully!! [emoji7][emoji7]

If it's too early for travel agents to have prices, you could look at what it would cost between resorts for next year to get a general idea of what to expect for pricing within the month of April

@snswedding2016 @yycbride2016 @perianjay I COMPLETELY understand you ladies on the name thing. I actually Facebook stalked a few of my FI family members because he didn't know how to spell their names. My name is spelled and pronounced wrong all the time. My name is Latrice (okay, technically it's La-Trice) but I've gotten everything from Latricia, Patrice and so on. If I type my actual name into most computer systems, I become "La" because it cuts everything off. My name wasn't pronounced right at any of my 3 graduations lol and I wrote it out phonetically. I've gotten used to people spelling it wrong so I wouldn't be upset if someone got it wrong on an invite (hey, at least they invited you!).

I've been neglecting my planning thread lately, but I've been super busy at work, and just started working out 5 days a week so when I get home all I want to do is sleep. I've done a lot of work for my welcome bags, which I'll have to take pictures of later and post. Two major updates are that I picked my photographer and my reception dress is on the way!! Reception Dress I love my wedding dress (see post above) but while it's fabulous, its fitted in the legs which restricts dancing and its SO hot. So, I decided I needed a reception dress. My budget was limited because I spent the majority of my budget on the other dress, so I changed some numbers in the budget to make it work. The FI has always said that he can get his outfit for much cheaper than what I budgeted, so I skimmed a bit from there to make it work He still hasn't picked what he wants to wear (!!!) so he better be right. I decided to do a custom dress from China after reading some threads on WeddingBee. She gets really good reviews for simple dresses and is very affordable. The dress cost $175 and took about 1 month to make. It just shipped out yesterday and should be here by next week! I'll be sure to take pictures when it arrives. Here are some pictures she took of it before it shipped out.

The cake at your bridal shower is so cute!! Is that graham cracker for the sand? I love it. Also, your future sister in law did a really good job on the bracelets

@@calgarybride2015 I always check a combination of Etsy, eBay, and AliExpress to see if I can find things for cheaper. @@yycbride2016 The seller was suntopfavor. Here's a link to the actual topper I got. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Personalized-Gold-color-Mr-Mrs-Acrylic-Wedding-Cake-Topper-Custom-Accessory-/121685779823?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c5509a56f

@@calgarybride2015 That's where I got my inspiration picture from! But I found the same topper on eBay for half the price. I had to wait about a month and a half for it to get here but it was only $12 with shipping. Funny story: When it arrives in the box, the glitter side is covered with blue film for protection but I thought it was the color of the topper and was really upset for a little bit. I buy stuff from China on eBay all the time, but it's a gamble of whether you'll get high quality stuff or not. I was pleasantly surprised with the topper. Like other people said, the toppers look much smaller in-person

My FI and I don't have a joint account, but we divide all the household bills and pay a percentage based on relative incomes. So over time we've had 100/0, 65/35, and now it's 50/50. It never felt right making the person with less income pay just as much as the other when they couldn't do anything fun all month then.