This is butterflybride7's Purple Wedding!

Thanks Ebay Seller (platinumsingh)!!! i cant wait to get my beautiful cake stand!!

So Ive been doing the 30 day shred and honestly im bored of it, i did lose inches. I know this because when my wedding dress came in after waiting 6 months for it to be maid, the thing was big on me! So newaze my co-worker told me about P90X, i had no idea what it was, until i checked it out on YOUTUBE. i saw so many inspiring stories about weight loss using this program. so even though i really cant afford it, i bought it! its a 90 day program, ill keep you guys update on my progress. wish me luck! wedding is now in 112 days.. time is flying by, its crunch time now ladies :)

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So with much advisement from my floral designer and several others, we have scratched the tall glass cylinder centerpieces due to them possibly falling over with the wind ( that im praying doesn't come) and have decided to do the whole branch idea.
the tall branch centerpieces will be on 7 of the 15 tables
and on the other tables will be the shorter centerpieces (see pic 4) you'll also get an idea of my flower colors since the short centerpiece is almost exact flowers and colors were doing :)
girls dresses are eggplant and with the strong floral colors, im just not sure what color table linens we should do, any suggestions?

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ok... i have now had two quotes from two different caterers and omg... over 8 grand for food, chairs and staff.. not to mention the large amount of tax and gratuity!!!!!! at this point... im starting to freak out a little. We are having open bar, so there has to be food there for my guest. but with what Ive been quoted, I'm starting to worry if i can afford to have anyone there to set up and clean up when it comes to the food. you would think in these hard times that business would be giving better deals then what they are.
here we are 217 days till the wedding, time just seems to be flying by and i just don't know what to do. If we were planning this wedding last year, money wouldn't have mattered but now that the economy is the way it is....im wondering if we should even try to have this big wedding and is it worth all the financial worry. My fiance and I are trying to pay for the wedding ourselves, we don't want to bother our families to help us out, specially because this is my second marriage (yes i once was married for a very short time and we just did the vegas thing). Its so important to me to have this wedding, Sammy and I are huge on celebrating with our friends and family. any suggestions on what i can do to save money on food cost? any suggestions would be of help. thanks!

so.. its been about 2 months since i ordered my Maggie Sottero dress and it wont be in till January :/.. at this point i haven't seen my dress now in a while and as i continue to look threw magazines and bridal pics, i find that i keep asking myself, will i still love my dress when i see it.. anyone else feeling this way?

I guess what i just really wanted to say was.. with all the wedding stuff, work, and our busy lives.. its important to be thankful and remain humble. Times are tough for all of us, its even more stressful trying to come up with all the money to pay for what we need to make our special day spectacular, but in the end, what is most important is living life and sharing your love with your friends, family and the rest of the world. Its so easy to get caught up and lose site of what wonderful things we really do have, and im not talking material. but just knowing that most forgotten things, the most simple tasks of life are free... waking up to look in the face of your future husband doesn't cost a thing.