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@@Wafflesmom Wow! Those shoes are gorgeous!! Well done finding those. They will look so stunning with your dress! p.s I want your shoe closet!

@@maybeoneday Yikes! I'm a small person and I don't think I could function on only 600 calories. Although I know what you mean. Lately I've been struggling to eat enough calories and then I have to find healthy snacks at the end of the day to hit my goal. I know under eating isn't good so I need to be better about eating more too. Lets do this! @@Janjin Aw thats so cute that your FI made you pancakes! I'm not sure mine even knows how to do that haha. I'm lucky if I get a cup of coffee in the mornings from him haha. Eating out has also been my FI and I's weakness. We went to vancouver just about 3 weeks ago now and we've only eaten out I think once since we've been back. I don't know what changed but we've been really diligent at making dinner at home and eating healthy. It definitely helps the bank accounts! @ We all have slip ups. But it's how you recover from them that makes the difference. Take this week to make healthy choices and get back on track! You can do it! Thats so awesome @@JoannaBanana You should be so proud of your 33lbs. You are so close to your goal! I know you can do it! @@calgarybride2015 don't feel discouraged. Let that photo be your motivation. You have been so good at tracking your food and sticking to your calories. Like the saying goes, you didn't gain the weight over night so you can't expect to lose it overnight (as much as I seem to expect it also haha). So far my food wise has been mostly good this week. Monday I had no excuse really for not working out. I accidently spilt hot wax (sentsy) all over the floor in my kitchen and because I was cleaning it up forever I used that as my excuse to not workout . Yesterday, The starbucks barista poisoned me Well.... sort of. I asked for a skinny cappuccino and he made me a soy cappuccino. I have a soy intolerance. I haven't had soy milk in 3 years because of what it does to me. And I think because its been out of my system for so long now it affected me so much worse. I ended up laying in bed almost all night feeling like garbage. So far today isn't much better but i'm hoping by the time i'm done work i'll feel good enough to go for a run or lift some weights. Mid week girls! Keep it up!

@@acw271011 your ring is exactly like mine! Where did you get it from! I love how dainty they are. Simple and elegant. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

@@TinkerSofi your photos are absolutely beautiful! You look so happy! Congratulations again! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hello everyone! I'm happy to say I had a successful week last week and only had small cheats on the weekend as opposed to full meals I only cheated with snacks. I also am proud to say my cheat snacks still fit within my calories for the day! Because of this, I've lost about 2lbs over a week and a half! We are going to a wedding in 2 weeks and I want to lose another 4lbs by then which means I really need to up my working out. I worked out twice last week which isn't like me. I need to do more! My goal is for 4-5 workouts this week! Never skip a Monday! Lets do this!

Yay! They look so beautiful! I can't wait to see my bridesmaids in their dresses!

Oh wow! I love everything you have been up to. Those table numbers are so cute! And what a great deal you got on them. I hope you can find more! The survival kit stickers are so perfect! I think that will be a nice finishing touch to them! I also love the white moleskin books for your vows. I think white seems fitting for the wedding! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

@@calgarybride2015 thank you for your help as always! I think you are right about the table numbers. That makes me think my placement cards will probably blow away too I'll take a look for something to hold them up with. I think you are right about the quality. I don't think I'd really looked at Elena's photography in detail enough. I think she is a really good photographer and the fact that we can save money is a bonus. I think 6 hours would ensure we got enough coverage. I don't want to have to move all my events around just to ensure we get pictures of everything. @ I think you are right. Photography is so important and I think if we are to spend money somewhere it should be there. It's something we can look back at forever. I actually quite like Elena's work the more I look at it so I think we are going to book 6 hours with her. @@Wafflesmom haha thanks, you'll love my next craft then... And thanks for the photography input! I agree, photography is really important and not something we should just ignore. I think we are going to go with 6 hours with Elena. I quite like her work. She has an eye for fashion and positions the wedding dresses in all her photos in a way to really showcase them. Yay! I have made another craft! My card box. I'm not sure If this can come to Mexico though. It's a bit big and I kind of glued it open because it kept falling shut. I think this might stay for our AHR because about 90% of the guests coming to Mexico will also come to our reception back home and can leave a card then. Btw this was made out of a shoebox, twine and burlap! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

@@Janjin oh my gosh! Everything is so beautiful! I love the sky deck set up and the simplicity of everything. I think you chose right! I love the guest book idea! Its super cute and so easy to put up around the house afterwards to remember your special day every day! The escort cards are awesome! I think that will be so much fun on your wedding day!

Love this! My bridesmaids are wearing the same dress but only teal and floor length. I even bought myself one the same and a short black one. They are such nice dresses and great quality! Your groomsmen will look so sharp! I love the look you are going for. I love the suspenders. I had quite the battle with my FI about suspenders. He absolutely refused to make them wear them haha. So he got to veto suspenders. I'm very jealous of you haha. Mother of the bride dress is gorgeous!!!

Ok I admit, I've totally neglected my planning thread. But I haven't neglected my wedding planning completely. My apologies for the long and picture heavy post. I will start with decorations pictures and then go into planning info: DIY decorations->candle holders I mainly used twine on these and some burlap and starfish! The fishbowl will eventually have sand in the bottom with starfish and seashells (will be used for AHR because of its size and weight. My guest book! We are going to do a message in a bottle idea for our guestbook. So I cut a bunch of squares of paper and tied ribbon to each one. The idea is that the guests will write their message on the paper, roll it up and tie it with the ribbon. The top of the bottle twists off and they can drop their message in there. After 1 year we will open up the messages. The bottle opens up in the middle making it easier for us to take the messages out in a year. Table numbers: I designed, printed, and cut my own table numbers. I'm not sure how to place them on each table yet. I'll either have them propped up in the centerpieces or find a little picture holder stand they can be clipped onto. Twine bottles: After a serious hot glue burn to my hand, I had to stop crafting for a couple weeks. The blisters finally are starting to heal after about 3 weeks. But these are the result of my hot glue burns! I think I figured out a safer way to make these now. Also these won't come to Mexico unfortunately (even though I wish they could). They are too heavy so I will be using these to decorate my AHR. OOT BAGS!!! yay finally posting this! Left is guys, Right is girls. I'm only making these for the wedding party so i've made 6 total. Girls: Mesh black backpack Facemask bikini shot glass lotion & body spray mints toothpaste facemask bandaids nail file eos lip balm sewing kit waterproof phone case Guys: 1 drawstring bag Advil sunscreen mints hand sanitizer mouthwash & toothpaste Chapstick Cards (one bag has dice) bandaids Waterproof phone case pop up shot glass (see picture below Chalkboard signs. I will probably put sign the guest book, Mr & Mrs, or something like Happily ever after on these. I have another one that is like an easel that I posted a while back. Bubbles! I finally printed off my bubbles tags. I want the guest to blow bubbles as we walk back down the aisle after we say our "I do's". I think I will have one of these placed on each chair or a little basket at the ceremony location for them. Now I've been working on budget and photography packages. My budget is looking a little brighter now that I've talked with the resort about what extras we want. We were originally told we needed to rent the gazebo for the ceremony in order to reserve this location. Turns out that's not the case thank goodness. That saves us $440! We did find out that we have to pay for 30 people though even though we don't quite have 30 people coming yet (we have the potential for 31 people to come). Photography: I need you help, ladies! We are torn between different packages and different photographers. I really want to book the photographer this weekend! So here are our two options at the moment Elena Fedorova http://elena-fedorova.com/ 4 hours coverage with vendor fee = $1603.97 CDN 6 hours coverage with vendor fee = $2133.01 CDN Lancelotti Photography www.lancelottiphotography.com 4 hours coverage with vendor fee = $1802.59 CDN 6 hours coverage with vendor fee = $2616.50 CDN Lancelotti has better quality of photos but Elena Fedorova has better prices for more coverage. I'm curious to what everyone else has chosen for length of coverage. I really want to make sure I get: Getting ready Ceremony Cocktails Photo session Reception (cake cutting, first dance) Thoughts?? I need help. I'm so torn. is 4 hours enough??

Ahhh Your story is so cute! I love that you got proposed to in superhero onsies! So memorable and so cute! Everything seems to be coming along nicely for you. I love the save the dates! Super funky and cute! Also... your dress.. OMG! Breathtaking! You will look amazing on your wedding day in that dress! Congrats!