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09/14/2009
FLUTES
FLUTES
SERVER ANDKNIFE
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Toasting Flutes and Server
Love love love them
I know other people have posted these before, but I love them and I think they're great! I got them from Things Remembered and they are absolutely gorgeous - the pictures do NO justice for them.

Can't wait to use them on the wedding day - 17 more days to go!!
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09/12/2009
EXCITED
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It's Crunch Time
20 Days to Go
According to the counter I have 20 days to go and I'm freaking out! I can't believe that after waiting 1 year and 8 months I am now down to less than 3 weeks. I have everything done (for the most part) I just have to meet one more time with the photographer and go out with my girls for my bachelorette party (hopefully a big stress reliever), but that's about it that I can think of.

One thing I'm noticing - a tip for all the brides who are further away from their wedding then me - once you make a decision stick with it! I am starting to second guess certain decisions that I made because it's getting so close to the wedding. I was at the florist this morning and started freaking out that I may hve picked the wrong colors for the wedding, and luckily my mom was like it will look fine don't start changing stuff now. The florist also helped by saying that if she put the flowers together and didn't like the way they were looking that she would change them and that the flowers should be the last thing that I should be worrying about. Thank God for vendors who know what they are doing!!

Everything is getting real close and like everyone says time is FLYING. I can't wait for it to get here already - all these months of planning hopefully were all worth it!
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08/03/2009
I'm Back!
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I'm BAAAACCCK!!
Yay!!
The bar is over!! I feel like I have risen from the dead!! Two months of studying for 10 hours a day is finally over (even though I did sneak in some WBC on breaks). I am back to finishing planning the wedding and can't wait until the big day!!
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07/25/2009
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If I Could Give You One Good Piece of Advice, It Would Be....
So to all the brides who are already married, and to all the ones who are getting married and have been given advice, what is the one best piece of advice you have been given about wedding planning, the day of your wedding, etc.

The best piece of advice I have gotten so far is to not worry so much about every little minor detail because inevitably something will go wrong and when it does to just be happy because at the end of the day the only thing that matters is that you're married to the man you love.

I also thought a good piece of advice, which I share often, is to get as much done as soon as possible because waiting to the last minute (when it comes to anything in life) is never a good thing.
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07/24/2009
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A vent and a question
This is a pretty long vent so if you could help me out and just answer the question skip ahead :)

So now we are only 70 days away, (4 days away from my HUGE test) and now is the time that people start to cause problems. WTF? FH and his BM have been arguing. His BM has known that he was the BM for over a year. FH wants to have his bachelor party the end of next month (the same time I'm having mine) and he wants to go to Atlantic city for it. All his groomsmen and friends that are attending are psyched about it. Well his best man hasn't been working (cause he was going to school and now he wants a break) and now he's telling FH that he thinks they should do something else that is cheaper. FH said no, this is what he wants and everyone else is already set on going to Atlantic City. Behind his back the best man goes and starts telling people they are going to Pennsylvania (for who knows what). Everyone gets upset with FH and starts calling to ask what is going on. Who does that?! FH called him up and said it's not your bachelor party it's mine and if you can't spend the weekend there why not just come for a night then. His best man then says "oh, well to be honest with you, if that's how it's gonna be then I'm not going to go at all". Really??? I told FH that he needs to figure out what's going on with him because if he's complaining that he has no money how is he going to afford the tux rental (which is like $150 or so). His best man said he's probably going to have to ask his mother for the money!! He's 24, really?!?!?! I really can't believe people. Now FH is thinking of telling him just to come as a guest so he doesn't have to worry about it and I'm thinking that if he tells him to come as a guest he just isn't going to come at all. It's really sad and horrible.

Then to top it off we sent out the invitations this week. I already had 4 people (on FH side) saying that they weren't coming (when they've been telling us for MONTHS that they were so excited and that they were coming). I really wouldn't care so much it just kinda sucks and I feel bad for FH because most of the people coming to the wedding are for me and my family, and his family is really small and now people are saying they don't think they can make it. I wanted his family to be there and support him like mine is, and I can't believe how petty and shady his family is (basically no one gets along and once one person finds out someone else is going they decide they don't want to go, etc. etc.). I just really don't understand how his family can't just be there for him and put their differences aside for one day. I am so thankful and feel blessed for my family.


HERE'S THE QUESTION :)
So if I have a bunch of people all of a sudden say they can't make it (I originally was way over and cut the list down and now have people saying they can't make it) how do I fill in those spots. Do I just send out invitations to people that i originally was going to invite but cut them so I could fit close family and friends into the count? What are you doing, what do you recommend? Thanks for the help as always!!

P.S. Please wish me luck ladies on my exam on Tuesday and Wednesday I need all the luck/help/prayers I can get. 7 years of schooling comes down to this!!! **Fingers crossed**
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07/18/2009
LOVE DARE
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Love Dare
I'm giving it a shot
As we get closer to the wedding (and I get closer to my test) FH and I are getting more and more stressed and are fighting over stupid little things. So the other day I was thinking about a movie we watched. I recently was taking RCIA classes to become Catholic so we could get married and have a full mass, etc. etc. in the Catholic Church. During one of our meetings the person who headed the class asked if we would want to watch fireproof since he knew we were getting married, so we said "sure".

Now you don't have to be religious to get the point of this movie. I absolutely loved it. The basic concept is that marriage is forever and you never leave your partner behind no matter how hard things get - you work through them. The movie is based on the book the love dare, which is a day by day (40 days in total) step by step guide on things you should do each day to improve your relationship. Each day it gives you a task to do. So I went out and bought the book and plan on starting to complete the tasks each day. The final task has to do with renewing your vows (since technically this book is for people who are already married) so I plan on having day 40 be the day of our wedding to complete that task.

I hope it works :)
fireproof, love dare
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07/03/2009
CARD BOX 2
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I made my own cardbox - what do you think?
Sorry about the quality of the photos (I can't find the charger for my camera battery so I took these on my cell phone).

I had a little time off from studying for the bar so I decided to try to make my own card box, and this is how it came out. I noticed in some of the pictures that I took that you can see some white from the inside of the box through the slit so I know I have to fix that, but otherwise I think it came out pretty good since I am by far the most crafty person in the world. I didn't want the traditional white box that people get from Michael's or David's Bridal. I was able to find the perfect match to the color brown I am using for the wedding, so it will match with everything else nicely.

FH said he thinks it's great, and he said that he likes that it will put a more personal touch on our wedding. He was really helpful too (helped me shop for all the things I needed). Believe it or not I had a real hard time finding boxes that I could use.

Anyway, please let me know what you think... Thanks!

Update: I added another pic cause the first one might be too close, lol. The color in the first pic is better than the second one.
diy card box, chocolate brown card box
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05/10/2009
GOOD BYE!
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Good Bye Until August!
Bye for now Ladies!!
I've written in previous posts that I am a law student and am finishing up my final year. I have two more finals, one on Monday and one Tuesday, and then I graduate on Friday. I hope that these tests go well because I found out a couple days ago that I have pneumonia and I have been completely wiped out! I have worked extremely hard to get as far as I have come, and hopefully the 7 years of school will pay off in the end. Part of becoming a lawyer is taking the bar, which is the last week of July. Unfortunately 1 week after graduation I start classes that I had to pay a ridiculous amount of money for to help me pass the bar exam. They pretty much expect us to study 14 hours a day to prep for this exam. I made a promise to my mother that I would put the wedding in the back of my mind for the next few months and focus on the exam. I pretty much have everything done so I don't have to worry about getting things done, and I'll have August and September to tie together loose ends, so I think it will be ok.

So good bye for now ladies. For all the ladies who are getting married while I am away - congratulations in advance. For all the ladies not getting married while I am away - good luck with the planning and I'll hopefully be making more posts soon. I pray these next few months fly by cause I know how stressed I am going to be. Good luck again to all - and please wish me luck, I need as much as I can get.

Good bye for now!
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05/04/2009
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No you can't see my dress!
Along the lines of my last post, I have noticed that some brides have let the groom see their wedding dress ahead of time, and some have even had their FH go with them to pick their dresses out.

Recently my FH has been pissing me off, to say the least, because he keeps telling me that he's seen my dress. I am notorious for looking up my dress online about 20 times a day to look at it or show it to people. He made the comment to me the other day that he had used my computer and looked up my dress to make sure he likes it. I have looked up other dresses as well, but he keeps saying that he's seen the dress and he knows which one it is. I ask him if he's serious and he says no that he's just kidding with me, but then he'll joke around and say again that he has seen my dress. This is the one thing that I am ademant about - and is the one thing I have been able to keep from him. Even with his christmas present I always end up telling him what they are or showing them to him before christmas - I'm horrible at keeping secrets, but this is something very special that I want to keep from him until the wedding day.

How many of you are keeping your dresses away from the FH, and how many of you are letting them see it, and why?

Thanks ladies!
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05/04/2009
BRIDE PICS
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Seeing Groom Before the Wedding
I am totally against this personally for myself, but I do know tha this is becoming more common. Recently I've noticed that a lot of brides are seeing their grooms before the ceremony so they can take pictures and get it out of the way ahead of time - doing away with the tradition of the groom not seeing the bride until she is actually walking down the aisle.

I was just curious as to how many of you WBC brides were going to be seeing your groom before the ceremony to get pics out of the way.
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shana831

4 years since wedding
Shana
Eric
Oct 03, 2009
Upstate, New York, United States
Roman Catholic Church
Villa Borghese
Matt Yerkes
Chocolate
My wedding is taking over a year to plan! Eric and I have been engaged since November 24, 2007. The colors of my wedding was originally clover green - but I recently decided to change the color to Chocolate brown and gold (colors of MOH dress). I am extremely excited and looking forward to getting married and spending the rest of my life with my perfect match!
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