Angels Among Us...

[lilone]

Ok, I've been reading everyone else's journals and decided why not start mine.


How we met:
I never expected to even like him much less fall in love with him. I was talking to a friend of mine at school before class one day and he said "come with me there's some people I want you to meet" He knew that with as many times as I had been hurt in the past I didn't trust new people at all but he wanted me to meet these guys anyhow (and yes they were ALL guys). They were all pretty nice except one, the big obnoxious one I didn't want anything to do with. First impression: he was an arrogant cheuvanistic pig. I held this mind set for about a week. Then my friend called me one night and said that Lucas kept asking him about me. I was kinda annoyed but at the same time I was flattered.

So it went for about another week, my friend calling me every night telling me about all these things that Lucas was asking and saying about me. One day I wasn't feeling well and as we were sitting waiting for the bell to ring to go to class I was sitting next to Lucas and not thinking about it put my head on his shoulder and closed my eyes, I really didn't want to be there. I found out in one of our ritual phone calls later that evening that he had asked my friend "is she always this cuddly?" That almost had me sold on him, but he was still rude and obnoxious and just couldn't get past it. Mind you our friend was convinced that we were going to hook up and whatever else.

Homecoming dance that year, I went with our mutual friend but spent the majority of the night dancing with Lucas. He really wasn't as bad as I thought he was, in fact he was starting to turn into a really sweet guy. The only problem was that the girl he was actually at the dance with was his "girlfriend" they weren't official but they might as well have been.

Not even a week later she decided that she didn't want him anymore (boy does she not know what she gave up :p ) My friend decided it was time to go in for the kill, he was going to get us together if it killed him (and we almost did)

Now I don't exactly have a sunshine and roses past, I've been through a few things and I've done a few things and these are always the things that have burned me in previous relationships. So I decided that before I was going to even consider dating him he had to know who I really was. So I told him. After my 20+ minutes of crying and telling him everything he looked down (he's 6'2 I'm 5'1.5) at me and said that even with all that in my past I was still the same girl he'd wanted to date since he met me. I was hooked.

[SarahK]

Now I don't exactly have a sunshine and roses past, I've been through a few things and I've done a few things and these are always the things that have burned me in previous relationships. So I decided that before I was going to even consider dating him he had to know who I really was. So I told him. After my 20+ minutes of crying and telling him everything he looked down (he's 6'2 I'm 5'1.5) at me and said that even with all that in my past I was still the same girl he'd wanted to date since he met me. I was hooked.


What a sweet story. :o

[lilone]

I'm going to skip the next two years of our relationship except to say that it was the best two years of my life to that point. Our second anniversary however he totally outdid himself, everything he had done previously, good and bad, was nothing compared to what he did that night.

He took me to dinner, Olive Garden our favorite spot, and it was just like any other date we ever went on, but I did notice one thing different, he was slightly more dressed up than usual and his pants had bigger pockets. I knew he was hiding something but I had no idea, nor was I prepared for, what.

After dinner we decided we were going to a movie. The problem was we still had over an hour till the movie we wanted to see started. But we went to the theatre anyhow and sat in the parking lot. As we were sitting there he just randomly started telling me how much he loves me and how much he can't live without me. Now you would have to be completely dense to not know where this one was going and mind you we were sitting in his car in the movie theatre parking lot, not exactly the most romantic spot ever but it was fitting to us. So anyhow he's really getting into this speach he's giving me and what happens, my phone starts ringing, I ignore it. He keeps going, goes for about another two minutes and it starts ringing again, wow this chick really wanted to get a hold of me. Finally the third time it started ringing he told me to just answer it, so I did. And after listening to my friend vent about all her boy troubles (something I could NOT relate to at that time) for about three minutes I told her I was on a date and had to go. I got off the phone and just sort of slumped back in my seat, I was frustrated. Lucas looked at me and asked what was wrong. I told him that all of Jenny's boy problems were making me really frustrated. He obviously saw his window and leapt right through it, he pulled a small white ring box out of his pocket and said "well hopefully this won't frustrate you" after I finally managed to get it to my eye level (remember he is a foot+ taller than me) he asked me to marry him.

He thought he was going to have to give me mouth to mouth (not that he would have minded ;) ) because I literally stopped breathing I was in such a state of shock and pure ecstasy. When I finally managed to choke out a yes neither of us could stop smiling. I honestly, until he bought it and we watched it again, didn't remember what the movie that night was about, it didn't matter, all that mattered was that I was going to be his wife.

[Marsha]

how perfect

[lilone]

a picture of us from last October, it's not very good and it's kinda far away but it will at least give you an idea of the size difference between us. And it's one I have where he is actually smiling! :p

[NYjerseygirl]

I was reading you r story before and I got kicked off the puter. :confused:

But I wanted to say what a sweet story and I love that picture of the 2 of you, very unassuming and just adorable! :)

[lilone]

I was reading you r story before and I got kicked off the puter. :confused:

But I wanted to say what a sweet story and I love that picture of the 2 of you, very unassuming and just adorable! :)

It was taken at my grandpa's cabin in northern Wisconsin last October when we were on vacation with some friends. It's so hard to get him to smile for pictures, although usually all it takes is me being in it with him. :)

[NYjerseygirl]

It was taken at my grandpa's cabin in northern Wisconsin last October when we were on vacation with some friends. It's so hard to get him to smile for pictures, although usually all it takes is me being in it with him. :)
Awwwwwww :p

[lilone]

I wanted to start planning everything right away. But he told me we had to wait till we had at least set a date first. So I told him we needed to do that. We went through probably 5 or 6 different dates before we finally decided on one and said to heck with everyone else this was our day and it would be when we wanted it. We finally decided on December 17th 2005 because he loves anything winter and cold and Christmas is one of my favorite holidays so it just fit. With having my sister's wedding being this coming Sunday my plans kinda got put on hold as far as my mom was concerned but I've managed to do what I can when I can and everything is so far going as smoothly as possible.

I have a dress, I'll try to post pictures of it when I can. And we are getting married in our church by a minister who has been a friend of his family since the church opened. We still aren't sure if we are even having a reception but whether we do or not our wedding will be beautiful.

[loveatfirstphp]

I'm going to skip the next two years of our relationship except to say that it was the best two years of my life to that point. Our second anniversary however he totally outdid himself, everything he had done previously, good and bad, was nothing compared to what he did that night.

He took me to dinner, Olive Garden our favorite spot, and it was just like any other date we ever went on, but I did notice one thing different, he was slightly more dressed up than usual and his pants had bigger pockets. I knew he was hiding something but I had no idea, nor was I prepared for, what.

After dinner we decided we were going to a movie. The problem was we still had over an hour till the movie we wanted to see started. But we went to the theatre anyhow and sat in the parking lot. As we were sitting there he just randomly started telling me how much he loves me and how much he can't live without me. Now you would have to be completely dense to not know where this one was going and mind you we were sitting in his car in the movie theatre parking lot, not exactly the most romantic spot ever but it was fitting to us. So anyhow he's really getting into this speach he's giving me and what happens, my phone starts ringing, I ignore it. He keeps going, goes for about another two minutes and it starts ringing again, wow this chick really wanted to get a hold of me. Finally the third time it started ringing he told me to just answer it, so I did. And after listening to my friend vent about all her boy troubles (something I could NOT relate to at that time) for about three minutes I told her I was on a date and had to go. I got off the phone and just sort of slumped back in my seat, I was frustrated. Lucas looked at me and asked what was wrong. I told him that all of Jenny's boy problems were making me really frustrated. He obviously saw his window and leapt right through it, he pulled a small white ring box out of his pocket and said "well hopefully this won't frustrate you" after I finally managed to get it to my eye level (remember he is a foot+ taller than me) he asked me to marry him.

He thought he was going to have to give me mouth to mouth (not that he would have minded ;) ) because I literally stopped breathing I was in such a state of shock and pure ecstasy. When I finally managed to choke out a yes neither of us could stop smiling. I honestly, until he bought it and we watched it again, didn't remember what the movie that night was about, it didn't matter, all that mattered was that I was going to be his wife.


That is so cute

[reecey]

I wanted to start planning everything right away. But he told me we had to wait till we had at least set a date first. So I told him we needed to do that. We went through probably 5 or 6 different dates before we finally decided on one and said to heck with everyone else this was our day and it would be when we wanted it. We finally decided on December 17th 2005 because he loves anything winter and cold and Christmas is one of my favorite holidays so it just fit. With having my sister's wedding being this coming Sunday my plans kinda got put on hold as far as my mom was concerned but I've managed to do what I can when I can and everything is so far going as smoothly as possible.

I have a dress, I'll try to post pictures of it when I can. And we are getting married in our church by a minister who has been a friend of his family since the church opened. We still aren't sure if we are even having a reception but whether we do or not our wedding will be beautiful.

You're getting married on my daddy's birthday! Very cool! :)

[lilone]

You're getting married on my daddy's birthday! Very cool! :)

well you're daddy has a very good birthday :p

[lilone]

So if you ladies will allow me for a moment I am going to be one of those who sits and says that I have found the sweetest man in the world (I know all of you feel the same way so I hope you won't mind)

I was having a REALLY bad day yesterday. My mom was getting on my case about everything, work has been really stressful and to top it off I hadn't talked to FH for more than like 20 minutes since Tuesday, I was upset. He called me because he needed to ask me a question so since I was on my lunch at work (I used to call him everyday just so I could talk to him for those few minutes until our phone bill sky-rocketed and we had to cut back) we decided we were actually going to have a conversation. I started telling him about a conversation I had had with my mom the night previous and he got upset with my mom and started yelling at me. I took it personally, as I have a tendancy to do, and almost started crying. I hadn't done anything wrong, why was he yelling at me. We got off the phone and I was still upset. He called me back a few minutes later because he had to tell me the resolution to the problem he originally called me about and I was still upset that he had yelled at me and his comment was "you always sound so depressed on the phone, what's up?" So I told him, not wanting to start a fight as I was sitting at my desk at work, that it was just more of what had been bothering me the day previous which I had already told him about. He got exhasperated with me and decided he needed to get off the phone. I didn't have a really great rest of the workday. (I know this doesn't exactly sound like sweetest guy in the world but I'm getting to that part)

Fast forward to when I got home. We don't live together but he does have a key to my apartment just in case something happens or he needs to escape for a little while he can get in. I walked up to my front door and there was a note stuck to it. All it said was:
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Flowers are sweet
These are for you
There was nothing else with the note or by my door so I got kinda confused. When I open my front door the first thing I can always see is my dining room table. There sitting on my table were 11 blue roses (blue is the color of my decor) and 1 red one (red is the color of love). Needless to say I was in such a bad mood up to that point that I started crying I was so shocked and happy. When I spoke to him later he said he got them for me because I needed something to make me feel better and call it "happy because I can day" It was the sweetest thing anyone has ever done for me. :D

[Kelly1Mickey]

So if you ladies will allow me for a moment I am going to be one of those who sits and says that I have found the sweetest man in the world (I know all of you feel the same way so I hope you won't mind)

I was having a REALLY bad day yesterday. My mom was getting on my case about everything, work has been really stressful and to top it off I hadn't talked to FH for more than like 20 minutes since Tuesday, I was upset. He called me because he needed to ask me a question so since I was on my lunch at work (I used to call him everyday just so I could talk to him for those few minutes until our phone bill sky-rocketed and we had to cut back) we decided we were actually going to have a conversation. I started telling him about a conversation I had had with my mom the night previous and he got upset with my mom and started yelling at me. I took it personally, as I have a tendancy to do, and almost started crying. I hadn't done anything wrong, why was he yelling at me. We got off the phone and I was still upset. He called me back a few minutes later because he had to tell me the resolution to the problem he originally called me about and I was still upset that he had yelled at me and his comment was "you always sound so depressed on the phone, what's up?" So I told him, not wanting to start a fight as I was sitting at my desk at work, that it was just more of what had been bothering me the day previous which I had already told him about. He got exhasperated with me and decided he needed to get off the phone. I didn't have a really great rest of the workday. (I know this doesn't exactly sound like sweetest guy in the world but I'm getting to that part)

Fast forward to when I got home. We don't live together but he does have a key to my apartment just in case something happens or he needs to escape for a little while he can get in. I walked up to my front door and there was a note stuck to it. All it said was:
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Flowers are sweet
These are for you
There was nothing else with the note or by my door so I got kinda confused. When I open my front door the first thing I can always see is my dining room table. There sitting on my table were 11 blue roses (blue is the color of my decor) and 1 red one (red is the color of love). Needless to say I was in such a bad mood up to that point that I started crying I was so shocked and happy. When I spoke to him later he said he got them for me because I needed something to make me feel better and call it "happy because I can day" It was the sweetest thing anyone has ever done for me. :D

AWWWWW...it is almost worth having a bad day when they do such sweet things, isnt it?

[lilone]

AWWWWW...it is almost worth having a bad day when they do such sweet things, isnt it?

yeah, it almost is. and his comment to his mom when he told her what he had done was "well, I'm now officially the dorkboy" because I call him a dork whenever he does something silly or sweet or just because I feel like it. :p

[Debbie]

He sounds like a keeper. ;)
Sure you two will be very happy :D

[lilone]

He sounds like a keeper. ;)
Sure you two will be very happy :D

He is. But if you read my "how we met" story, you'll see I didn't always think so ;)

[lilone]

Ok, so here's how things are going so far.

What I have:
~Church
~Officiant
~Dress
~Veil/headpiece
~FH :p
~Ideas for flowers, just need my planner to get back to me so we can get them
~Entire wedding party picked, is it odd to not have a FG or RB?
~Stupid parents :mad:
~Invites picked but not ordering yet


What I need:
~Reception site
~Cake (possibly have but not sure)
~Caterer
~DJ
~Photographer
~Program design (doing myself on computer)
~Favors (last minute detail as far as I'm concerned)

And if anyone can think of anything else I'm missing because I know there is something, please let me know.

[lilone]

Ok, so this is a little off topic with my wedding but some of it fits and I just need a place to vent that isn't FH's ear because I feel like I have been burdening him lately (if you ask him he'll say I haven't but I'm sure you all know the feeling)

So my stupid ******** sister's wedding is this Sunday. My uncle is in town visiting my grandparents but can't stay for the wedding because he has to drive back to Oklahoma to get back to work on Monday. My whole family was supposed to be going to grandma's on Saturday for lunch and I was going to bring FH so he could meet my uncle. So my mom calls me and tells me that they are going tonight instead of tomorrow so that means that I can't go because I don't like driving that far (grandma lives an hour away) by myself and with the way my mom has been treating me lately I'm not going without FH. And we can't go with tonight because FH works till 10:30 or later depending on if he gets ot or not. So I guess it will probably be another 5+ years before I get to see my uncle because I have a feeling he won't make it up for my wedding in December either. So my MOH and i have been putting together a "wedding from h**l survival kit" for me for Sunday. Here's what we have:
make-up, I don't have the BM dress so I have to do my makeup at the hotel
pain killers for the headache that is almost certain to happen
a brush and hair spray
***era
lotion for my feet
snack of some sort
a bottle of vodka (I wish)

so my mom decided to tell me that AFTER my sister's wedding is completely over with then we can start planning mine. I have 6 freaking months and she wants to START planning now. I have the thing half planned without her. and every time I mention something about my wedding she either a) tells me I'm trying to take the focus off my sister or b) gets all sad and tries to guilt trip me that I'm planning my wedding without her.

I'm sorry to dump this on you guys but as I'm sure you've noticed from this and other posts I have a lot of problems with my mom. I think I'm one of the few who has a great FMIL but a b****y mother.

[lilone]

Ok, my sister's wedding is finally over. Before I get into details of how it went let me ask you guys a question, how many of you feel that it is appropriate for the bride and groom to be present for a total of about 1 hour of their six hour dinner/reception?

So the wedding went pretty good over all. Ceremony only started about 15 minutes late because the MOH decided not to show up until about 1/2 hour before it was supposed to start and needed to get dressed and do her hair and makeup and the BM was her boyfriend so they both showed up late. My sister didn't tell anyone who they were supposed to be walking with or how the processional was supposed to be until about 5 minutes before the ceremony was supposed to start. All in all it was very disorganized but it was a beautiful ceremony once it finally started. It was JoP and they wrote the entire thing themselves.

My sister decided she didn't want to do wedding party pictures so we didn't (didn't exactly break my heart since as it was I got enough pictures taken to last the rest of my life) After she finished throwing her fit and yelling at everyone about the pictures she disappeared. She didn't come back for almost an hour. This didn't make the guests happy since the dinner was supposed to start at 7 and because she decided to disappear it didn't start until almost 7:30. As soon as the dinner was over she disappeared again. She only ***e back for brief intervals to do the first dance bouquet/garter toss and dance with dad. The worst part of it was my mom kept making excuses for her. Eventually people just started leaving because they were all sick of being at a wedding reception where the B&G don't have enough respect for the people who paid a lot of money to travel and get hotel rooms and everything else and for my parents who paid A LOT of money to make this nice for them to even stick around and actually talk to people.

On a happier note my FH and I decided that even if they were going to be stupid and selfish about it, we were going to have fun. Without telling me he asked the dj to play our song and pulled me out onto the dance floor. :) And every time I started to get in a fight with someone (this happens a lot with my family) he would take me for a walk to calm me down so I didn't end up embarassing myself in front of my entire extended family.

All in all, except for my sister being petty and selfish it ended up being a really good night except for the ugly dress I had to wear which FH said was beautiful on my whether I liked it or not :D

[Marsha]

where did she go? ive been to one other wedding like this, and i was upset also. The bride/groom at that wedding decided to fight early in the morning and didnt want to see each other so she was in her room and he was at the bar sloshed. NICE huh.

[Marsha]

was also going to mention, if u get into fights with extended family like i do :rolleyes: then why would u want them at YOUR wedding? make yours small and invite me instead lol

[lilone]

where did she go? ive been to one other wedding like this, and i was upset also. The bride/groom at that wedding decided to fight early in the morning and didnt want to see each other so she was in her room and he was at the bar sloshed. NICE huh.

No one knows where they went. they just disappeared and they weren't fighting. my thought is my sister was upset because everything wasn't going as perfectly as she wanted it to so she left.

[lilone]

was also going to mention, if u get into fights with extended family like i do :rolleyes: then why would u want them at YOUR wedding? make yours small and invite me instead lol

I don't get in fights with my extended family, it's my immediate family that I have problems with. if you are in or around Madison/Sun Prairie Wisconsin, I'd rather have you or anyone else from these forums than my family :p

[loveatfirstphp]

Wow. I totally agree with you that your sister was being rude. It's too bad that she wasted your parents money rather than her own on the reception. Maybe she would have been more careful. I'm sorry you had to go through this. I hope that this won't reflect on your family when it comes time for your wedding. At least you had fun. Good luck planning your wedding.

[Kelly1Mickey]

where did she go? ive been to one other wedding like this, and i was upset also. The bride/groom at that wedding decided to fight early in the morning and didnt want to see each other so she was in her room and he was at the bar sloshed. NICE huh.

How romantic!!

[Marsha]

might be in the chicago area then, so thanks lol

SO its tuesday, have you ask your parents to start planning your wedding lol, sorry couldnt refuse. You may have to wait a few weeks before you get into details with them cuse now they will be upset because of what sis did.

[Lacey]

Some people don't appreciate what they have. Personally if I were a guest and was treated like that, I would have collected my gift on the way out the door before leaving early. Just focus on your big day now. Put your sister in an uglier dress than you had to wear, and show your out of town guests how a real, happy, beautiful bride is supposed to act.

[lilone]

might be in the chicago area then, so thanks lol

SO its tuesday, have you ask your parents to start planning your wedding lol, sorry couldnt refuse. You may have to wait a few weeks before you get into details with them cuse now they will be upset because of what sis did.


Actually, my mom called me yesterday and told me that she had been calling reception sites and needed me to get her a rough guest count so that she could figure out what we needed.

[reecey]

Actually, my mom called me yesterday and told me that she had been calling reception sites and needed me to get her a rough guest count so that she could figure out what we needed.


Woohoo! Progress!

[lilone]

Woohoo! Progress!

Yeah except now she's going to kill me because my guest count is up over 200 people except I know a bunch of them won't come but when you have three different families (mine FH's mom and stepdad and FH's dad and stepmom) the guest count gets a little high.

[Marsha]

just remind her about how great of bride you will be :cool: she couldnt be mad then!

[lilone]

I need some opinions on what you guys think of these as our wedding bands. I am trying to find something unique but sweet.

http://www.crystalrealm.com/cgibin/webc.cgi/st_prod.html?p_prodid=324&p_catid=16

[SarahK]

I need some opinions on what you guys think of these as our wedding bands. I am trying to find something unique but sweet.

http://www.crystalrealm.com/cgibin/webc.cgi/st_prod.html?p_prodid=324&p_catid=16

I think those are lovely!

[taylorsmom]

if you are in or around Madison/Sun Prairie Wisconsin, I'd rather have you or anyone else from these forums than my family :p[/QUOTE]


I live on the Illinois/Wisconsin stateline! :) About an hour and a half away from Madison.

[Kelly1Mickey]

I need some opinions on what you guys think of these as our wedding bands. I am trying to find something unique but sweet.

http://www.crystalrealm.com/cgibin/webc.cgi/st_prod.html?p_prodid=324&p_catid=16

I love them!

[lilone]

I love them!

Thanx, I want something as unique as we are but yet something that people will recognize as being wedding bands.

[lilone]

Well, looks like those are our wedding bands. I sent his mom the link to show him what they looked like and his response (copy and pasted from the email I got back) f*@fk*&^ awesome BaBe. I'm so happy, I've found our wedding bands!!! :D

[lilone]

Ok so remember how I said my mom was being cool about everything, that lasted all of a day and a half. I went over there to talk to her yesterday and she got on my case about the size of the guest list (about 200 people with at least 50 of them guaranteed to not show up) and then she told me that my dad was ready to just tell us that we "have to wait" because it is inconvenient for them. Well it's a good thing it isn't their choice now isn't it. I lost it and started yelling at my mom and got into a big fight with her and ended up telling her that we'll do it ourselves and she can get an invitation in the mail like everyone else. All the stupid ******** said to that was "well I hope I'd get an invitation, I got an invitation to Aubrey's" I don't think she understands the fact that I don't want her help with this anymore. I'm sick of it.

[lilone]

But anyhow, now that I'm done complaining about my evil mother.

I think we might finally almost have a reception site. It is just a banquet hall and we'd have to get our own caterer but it holds 250-300 people and is $100 deposit and $500 room fee so a total of $600. If we go with the caterer that the hall recomend it's $11 a plate so if we figure about 200 people, which I know a lot of them won't come, it's about $2200 for catering. They do have a bar but it would cost us a fortune to have an open bar since mixed drinks are $3.50-4 a drink. But they do let you buy barrels of beer and soda and juice for the kids so I think we would end up doing that and if people don't like it then I'll have to wonder why they even ***e in the first place ya know. :confused:

One of my bm's is supposed to be getting me the phone number for a photographer friend of hers (has yet to do it) I'm going to call her either tonight or tomorrow and see if she has it for me.

I have yet to hear back from my planner regarding the flowers. Hopefully I'll hear from her soon since I still have to figure out exactly what I want and everything else. But I do need to give her some time seeing as she just got back from vacation and everything but I'm getting impatient. :(

I think we are still planning on using my grandpa's cabin in the middle of nowhere for our honeymoon. It's a really nice cabin, no running water, no indoor plumbing but he has electricity. It's out in the middle of nowhere in northern Wisconsin. By Oconto if anyone knows where that is.

I think I want to use the dj from my sister's wedding, they were really good. They were very professional and I already know that they have our song since at my sister's wedding FH had them play it and dragged me out onto the dance floor (even though he swears up and down that he doesn't like to dance).

So I'm pretty sure that's all the updates I have for right now. If anyone wants to know anything else that I didn't put on here let me know, I probably forgot that I needed it and could use the reminder. :p

[lilone]

and here's a picture of the invites we want but we aren't sure if we are going to be able to afford them.

[lilone]

I know there is a link in another post but I just had to post the picture of the wedding bands we are probably going to be getting. They are unique just like we are but they will be recognizable as wedding bands. In short they are exactly what I wanted.

[MauiGirl]

I know there is a link in another post but I just had to post the picture of the wedding bands we are probably going to be getting. They are unique just like we are but they will be recognizable as wedding bands. In short they are exactly what I wanted.
Does the rings just have the words I am his or I am hers on them or is there something else written? It looked like there may have been more. The rings are very nice.

If you are unable to afford the invitations that you like you could always look at michael's. I got mine there for $29.00 a box; a box contains 50 invitations, 50 envelopes, 50 RSVP cards, and 50 RSVP card envelopes. Mine were simple but they did the trick and I like them. :cool: Just a thought.

[lilone]

Does the rings just have the words I am his or I am hers on them or is there something else written? It looked like there may have been more. The rings are very nice.

If you are unable to afford the invitations that you like you could always look at michael's. I got mine there for $29.00 a box; a box contains 50 invitations, 50 envelopes, 50 RSVP cards, and 50 RSVP card envelopes. Mine were simple but they did the trick and I like them. :cool: Just a thought.

The full inscription on the rings is "My beloved is mine and I am his/hers"

I never thought about looking at a place like Michaels but I'm not sure if we have one of those around here.

[lilone]

Greens wrapped with ribbons and bows,
and candles all aglow . . .
The warmth of the holidays in our hearts
will be shared with those we know.

You’re invited to a festive Holiday Wedding!
on DATE
at TIME
LOCATION
ADDRESS
CITY, STATE

BRIDE
and
GROOM


True love is the reason
we’ll gather at this season;
wedding bells will ring –
what joy this Christmas brings!

BRIDE
and
GROOM
invite you to share in the joy
of their wedding
DATE
at TIME
LOCATION
ADDRESS
CITY, STATE


Believing that Holy Matrimony
is ordained by God
and in the spirit of Christian joy
BRIDE
and
GROOM
together with their parents
BRIDE'S PARENTS
and
GROOM'S PARENTS
request the honour of your presence
when they vow their lives to one another
and become united as one in Christ
on DAY
YEAR
at TIME
LOCATION
ADDRESS
CITY, STATE


Two lives, two hearts
joined together in friendship
united forever in love.
It is with joy that we,
BRIDE
and
GROOM
invite you to share
in a celebration of love
as we exchange our marriage vows
on DAY
YEAR
at TIME
LOCATION
ADDRESS
CITY, STATE


Let me know which one you guys like best please.

[lilone]

Ok, I'm having some trouble deciding on songs that I want.

Here's what I have so far:
Prelude:Keeper of the Stars, Tracy Byrd
Processional: I Only Have Eyes For You, Flamingos (from My Girl)
Unity Candle: His aunt is going to do Ave Maria
Recessional: No clue as of yet, possibly A Kiss To Build a Dream On, Louis Armstrong (from Sleepless in Seattle)
First dance: Nothing Else Matters, Metallica
Father daughter dance: No clue, don't get along with my dad so well so I don't want anything real sentimental, any suggestions would be appreciated

I know there are songs I'm forgetting but for the life of me I can't remember what else I need. If anyone can think of anything that I'm missing or has ideas for the songs I'm not sure on please please please let me know.

[lilone]

In keeping with my Christmas theme, these are some centerpieces I found that would be sooooooo easy to make and so cute too :)

[kg4eoh]

I really like this wording:

Believing that Holy Matrimony
is ordained by God
and in the spirit of Christian joy
BRIDE
and
GROOM
together with their parents
BRIDE'S PARENTS
and
GROOM'S PARENTS
request the honour of your presence
when they vow their lives to one another
and become united as one in Christ
on DAY
YEAR
at TIME
LOCATION
ADDRESS
CITY, STATE


I might have to use that myself. It really gets to the heart of the matter and ie beautiful.

[SarahK]

In keeping with my Christmas theme, these are some centerpieces I found that would be sooooooo easy to make and so cute too :)

I adore the christmas balls in the glass bowl. Its so simple and elegant, yet it has such great potenial!!!!!! :D

[lilone]

Ok so looks like we are going to get the invites we wanted after all :) It's actually going to be cheaper than doing them ourselves because the printer that I have access to it is $80+ for an ink cartridge because you have to order them special.

My FSIL got her dress not this weekend but last weekend. It is absolutely beautiful it makes her look so much older than she really is (she's only 12)

[lilone]

So here's what our ideas are for our flowers:

BM's bouquets:
round bouquets of beige poinsettas and holly

my bouquet:
cascading bouquet of white poinsettas white roses and holly

GM's bouts:
plain holly

FH's bout:
a white rose and holly

mother's/grandmother's corsages:
a beige poinsetta and holly

father's/grandfather's bouts:
holly, same as GM's

we are doing silk flowers and we are doing them ourselves because it will be a lot cheaper than going to a florist.

[Marsha]

i hope there is going to be some mistletoe around. :)

[lilone]

i hope there is going to be some mistletoe around. :)

I was actually thinking of attach mistletoe to the backs of my and FH's chairs during the dinner and hanging some in the entrance to the hall.

[lilone]

so I got a bag of stuff from my mom that was left-over from my sister's wedding. there were some little silver bells which we plan on getting more and using them as our favors and instead of people clinking on the glasses, some really cute "just married" confetti with little brides and grooms and wedding bells, and 50 yards of tulle, what in the name of God's green earth am I supposed to do with 50 yards of tulle? I figure I might be able to use it as decoration on the bouquets and maybe make some small table decorations out of it but 50 yards is a little excessive. if anyone has any ideas for things I could use it for it would be appreciated.

[kg4eoh]

so I got a bag of stuff from my mom that was left-over from my sister's wedding. there were some little silver bells which we plan on getting more and using them as our favors and instead of people clinking on the glasses, some really cute "just married" confetti with little brides and grooms and wedding bells, and 50 yards of tulle, what in the name of God's green earth am I supposed to do with 50 yards of tulle? I figure I might be able to use it as decoration on the bouquets and maybe make some small table decorations out of it but 50 yards is a little excessive. if anyone has any ideas for things I could use it for it would be appreciated.


You would be able to decortate the tables, maybe drape it around the sides. Also, you could drape it and put it up around the door which you plan on arriving through for the reception, maybe with mistletoe where it gathers at the top. I don't know if you are doing the rice/birdseed throwing, but you could get the small communion cups put in the seed and tie the tulle around it so they form little bells.

[lilone]

You would be able to decortate the tables, maybe drape it around the sides. Also, you could drape it and put it up around the door which you plan on arriving through for the reception, maybe with mistletoe where it gathers at the top. I don't know if you are doing the rice/birdseed throwing, but you could get the small communion cups put in the seed and tie the tulle around it so they form little bells.

Thanx for the suggestions. As far as the birdseed thing goes FH's aunts and cousins are making those for us and I have nothing to do with that since they live in Indiana and Missouri. As far as decorating the door goes that's a good idea and I'll have to check with my reception site to see if they will allow it.

[lilone]

Ok I'm getting seriously frustrated now. I only see Lucas on the weekends and every time I try to discuss wedding stuff with him one of us has to run off. And I'm not saying it's always him that has to go, sometimes I'll get a call or something will come up that I have to deal with and the same for him. We haven't gotten anything done in like the last 3 weeks because we haven't been able to talk about anything.

And on top of everything else he's being really uptight and nervous because my ex is coming to visit next month and we are still good friends and Lucas knows that the only reason we ever broke up was because he lives in Montana and I'm here in Wisconsin and I couldn't deal with the distance thing. So now Lucas is freaking out and there doesn't seem to be anything I can say to make him feel better because he just keeps going back to the fact that he knows we only broke up because of the distance and he doesn't want my ex to try anything. I've tried as hard as I can to convince him the my ex isn't stupid and he knows we are getting married and he's not going to try anything on top of the fact that he knows that if he did Lucas would kill him.

I'M LOSING MY MIND!!! :mad:

[lilone]

Well, we finally got a chance to actually talk about something this weekend. We have finally definately settled on a reception site. We are using a banquet hall just outside of town that seats 250-300 people and only costs about $600 with the deposit. We have to bring in our own catering and the liquor is expensive but we'll figure that out.
Do you guys think it is tacky to have free beer and soda and then cash bar everything else? :confused:

[Kelly1Mickey]

Well, we finally got a chance to actually talk about something this weekend. We have finally definately settled on a reception site. We are using a banquet hall just outside of town that seats 250-300 people and only costs about $600 with the deposit. We have to bring in our own catering and the liquor is expensive but we'll figure that out.
Do you guys think it is tacky to have free beer and soda and then cash bar everything else? :confused:

Personally, I am not a big fan of a cash bar. You wouldn't invite guests to your home and ask them to pay for their drinks. But, if you are on a budget, I am sure your family and friends will understand. Do you think you would be able to do open bar on beer, wine and soda instead of only beer and soda? That way the non-beer drinkers would still have something.

[lilone]

Personally, I am not a big fan of a cash bar. You wouldn't invite guests to your home and ask them to pay for their drinks. But, if you are on a budget, I am sure your family and friends will understand. Do you think you would be able to do open bar on beer, wine and soda instead of only beer and soda? That way the non-beer drinkers would still have something.

I will look into the wine it's just that it's $3.50-4 for mixed drinks and we are doing everything on our own but depending on what we do for catering, which we haven't decided yet if we can save money there then we will consider doing open bar.

[SarahK]

I will look into the wine it's just that it's $3.50-4 for mixed drinks and we are doing everything on our own but depending on what we do for catering, which we haven't decided yet if we can save money there then we will consider doing open bar.

Traditional ettiqutte frowns on a cash bar, but I honestly think its up to you. You and your guests are truly the only ones who have anything to say about. I figure that if your guests don't mind and understand your situation, that its ok. I'm lucky in that respect because I will be having my reception at the church where I'm getting married so only beer, wine, and champagne are allowed. Liquor is just so expensive... although I personally like cocktails. :D

I'll tell you this though, you can jazz up your wine and champagne to be more cocktail-like. I am planning on having white sangria (I have the best recipe for this!!!) as well as just wine and I am hoping to spice up my champagne as well. I found a few recipes in a Martha Stewart weddings magazine that will be very helpful in that regard. Check it out and then maybe you can find a few alternatives to having a bar.

[lilone]

Well, wedding plans are on hold for a few days while everyone cries a lot.

We had to put his dog down this morning. He is 14+ years old and has a cancerous growth on his leg that has spread. His growth exploded yesterday and he started hemorrhaging. He made it through the night, but Lucas had to carry him to the van this morning. He couldn't walk on his own. It is very hard on everyone as Max has always been a part of the family.

For those of you who aren't animal lovers you probably won't understand how hard this is but for those of you who are I'm sure you know how it feels to lose a part of the family. :(

[SarahK]

Well, wedding plans are on hold for a few days while everyone cries a lot.

We had to put his dog down this morning. He is 14+ years old and has a cancerous growth on his leg that has spread. His growth exploded yesterday and he started hemorrhaging. He made it through the night, but Lucas had to carry him to the van this morning. He couldn't walk on his own. It is very hard on everyone as Max has always been a part of the family.

For those of you who aren't animal lovers you probably won't understand how hard this is but for those of you who are I'm sure you know how it feels to lose a part of the family. :(

Oh no!!!! I understand totally what you mean and I'm so sorry.

[Kelly1Mickey]

Well, wedding plans are on hold for a few days while everyone cries a lot.

We had to put his dog down this morning. He is 14+ years old and has a cancerous growth on his leg that has spread. His growth exploded yesterday and he started hemorrhaging. He made it through the night, but Lucas had to carry him to the van this morning. He couldn't walk on his own. It is very hard on everyone as Max has always been a part of the family.

For those of you who aren't animal lovers you probably won't understand how hard this is but for those of you who are I'm sure you know how it feels to lose a part of the family. :(

I definitely understand how much it hurts. Animals really are family members (my mom spoils her grand-cats to death). I am sorry you and the rest of Max's family are hurting right now, but at least he isn't suffering from the cancer anymore.

[lilone]

I definitely understand how much it hurts. Animals really are family members (my mom spoils her grand-cats to death). I am sorry you and the rest of Max's family are hurting right now, but at least he isn't suffering from the cancer anymore.

Well probably the hardest thing for me right now is waiting for Lucas to call me and actually tell me that it's done. I just need to know that he isn't suffering anymore.

[Marsha]

so so sad


i cry at pet funerals, but never have cried at a human one. i know im werid moving on

[lilone]

so so sad


i cry at pet funerals, but never have cried at a human one. i know im werid moving on

Max is the first pet I have cried over in a long time. I told Lucas yesterday that I felt silly because I never figured I would cry over a dog that wasn't part of my family and he said "what the heck do you mean not part of your family" it was really sweet cuz he made me feel better about crying for Max.

[TuckBoatman]

I am so sorry to hear that. I have tears in my eyes. I have two chocolate labs that are my kids and if anything happend to them I would be devistated. I know how you feel inside it is like a part of you is missing. I will keep you in my thoughts as you go through this difficult time.

[lilone]

Ok, I am really sick of my mom trying to play down my wedding and make it seem like it isn't as important as other things.

So I went to my mom's house yesterday and she started to bring up the wedding and I told her I didn't want to talk about it because every time I talk with her about it we fight and I was still upset about Max and didn't want to deal with it. So she decides to talk about it anyhow. She tells me that she thinks we should have the wedding the same weekend as my little brother's high school graduation because then people will already be here and they won't have to make a special trip just for my wedding.

I was talking to FMIL about it and telling her what happened and she had the idea of having a small private ceremony on our anniversary which is Nov 1 and then having sort of a "wedding blessing" on Dec 17 which is our "wedding day" FH doesn't really like the idea because we are both very religious and he thinks it would mean leaving God out of the private ceremony but we are working on telling that that isn't what we mean at all. Now my question to you ladies is this, do you think it's ok for us to do the private ceremony and not tell people about it and then have the priest announce at the "wedding" that we have already been married for a month and a half and we are just doing a blessing? The reason we would do it this way is because since the day we announced our engagement my mom has done nothing but try to ruin it for us and we're afraid that as December rolls around she is going to get worse and I don't want her to be able to get to me and make me want to call off the wedding. And if we don't tell my mom we are doing it this way she can't try to ruin that for us either.

[Marsha]

when is this graduation? and honestly they are 2 seperate things. neither one of you should play down your day. they are both big issues in each lives.

can i talk to your mom? lolol i could vent for u. lol

[lilone]

when is this graduation? and honestly they are 2 seperate things. neither one of you should play down your day. they are both big issues in each lives.

can i talk to your mom? lolol i could vent for u. lol

That's exactly what I told my mom yesterday. I told her that I'm not going to take away from my brother's big day and I'm not going to let anything take away from mine.

I would love for you to talk to my mom, or anyone else here for that matter. She doesn't seem to listen to me.

And just so y'all know, it's all a big power struggle. I let my parents control me until FH and I got engaged and now they know they are losing that control so they are trying to make this he** for me so I call it off.

[Kelly1Mickey]

I think having a private ceremony first is fine. But I wouldn't let your guests think that you aren't married and then spring it on them at the wedding. They might feel deceived. I understand what you are saying about trying to keep the plans from your mom though. So...hmmm...there really is no way to keep it from mom, but not your guests.

If you are paying for this wedding, then just do what you want. You mentioned that your mom might make you want to call it off. Thats crazy...you are stronger than that, right? You can't let her get in the way of having your dream wedding. Do things the way you want and don't discuss it with her. When she brings it up, leave the room. And no matter what happens, at the end of the day, you will be married to your dream guy. I try to remember that when I think about all the things that can go wrong. No matter what happens, we will still be husband and wife, and that is what all this work is really about right?

[lilone]

I think having a private ceremony first is fine. But I wouldn't let your guests think that you aren't married and then spring it on them at the wedding. They might feel deceived. I understand what you are saying about trying to keep the plans from your mom though. So...hmmm...there really is no way to keep it from mom, but not your guests.

If you are paying for this wedding, then just do what you want. You mentioned that your mom might make you want to call it off. Thats crazy...you are stronger than that, right? You can't let her get in the way of having your dream wedding. Do things the way you want and don't discuss it with her. When she brings it up, leave the room. And no matter what happens, at the end of the day, you will be married to your dream guy. I try to remember that when I think about all the things that can go wrong. No matter what happens, we will still be husband and wife, and that is what all this work is really about right?

I'm sorry, I never meant she WOULD make me want to call it off, I meant that that would be her intention.

What I had wanted to do, because I agree with you that it is rude to not tell everyone we are already married, was put a small insert in the invite stating that we were married on Nov 1 and that this would be the wedding blessing instead of the actual marriage followed by the ceremony but I know someone would tell my mom so that won't work either. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[lilone]

Ok, so we're back to wedding planning. Everyone is starting to feel better about Max, that is until later this week or next week when we get his ashes back and bury him, that's going to be hard since no one has seen him since the morning they took him in.

I am calling the reception site we want today to make an appointment to go in. I hope they still have our date open, they did about 2 weeks ago when my mom talked to them and I was supposed to call them last week but with everything else going on I just didn't get a chance.

I don't think I will have to worry about my family giving me any more hassels about the plans we make because I think after the fight I got into with my sister this weekend none of my family will speak to me for a while. And I know the fight isn't over because my sister is one of those who always has to have the last word and I walked away before she could say anything else because I didn't want it to escalate into anything worse than it already was/is.

FH has finally realized that we don't have a lot of time left, less than 6 months, and we have to get things settled so we can actually have the wedding we want.

He has pretty much nixed the private ceremony first idea, but we are still "discussing" it, meaning he doesn't want to but we haven't come to a formal decission yet. The main reason we would be doing it at all is to save my sanity from my mother.

[NYjerseygirl]

Hi lilone, I just wanted to tell you that your wedding bands are very unique and beautiful :)

[lilone]

So I officially had my first pre-wedding meltdown yesterday. FH thought I was crazy at first and then he realized that 1) it's just the way I am, I stress about everything and 2) I'm right, we have less than 6 months and I'm still waiting for the reception site to call me back...

I started freaking out that I'm not going to have everything done and that we aren't going to be able to make it work. He tried to assure me that everything will be fine but I'm having a hard time believing him when last night I had to call the reception site twice before anyone called me back and then the manager was supposed to call me because I had some questions the other person couldn't answer, ok cool, they are trying to get all my questions answered accurately, great, now call me back already.

I made a list of everything we still need, and it's a whole lot longer than the list of things we have done. I mean a lot of the stuff we have picked out but we haven't bought it yet and it's driving me crazy.

I'M GOING TO END UP IN A MAD HOUSE BY THE TIME THIS IS OVER!!!

[reecey]

So I officially had my first pre-wedding meltdown yesterday. FH thought I was crazy at first and then he realized that 1) it's just the way I am, I stress about everything and 2) I'm right, we have less than 6 months and I'm still waiting for the reception site to call me back...

I started freaking out that I'm not going to have everything done and that we aren't going to be able to make it work. He tried to assure me that everything will be fine but I'm having a hard time believing him when last night I had to call the reception site twice before anyone called me back and then the manager was supposed to call me because I had some questions the other person couldn't answer, ok cool, they are trying to get all my questions answered accurately, great, now call me back already.

I made a list of everything we still need, and it's a whole lot longer than the list of things we have done. I mean a lot of the stuff we have picked out but we haven't bought it yet and it's driving me crazy.

I'M GOING TO END UP IN A MAD HOUSE BY THE TIME THIS IS OVER!!!

this is what I went through not that long ago. I'm completely energized after this past weekend when I actually started buying bulk things - like the flowers, decorations etc. I probably spent 1000 bucks last weekend but got great deals and took care of close to 1750.00 in my budget - which puts me even further under budget. It will come around. The first time you go and start the "shopping spree", it makes things really seem like they're coming together. The great thing is, you have everything picked out - you know what you need - for the things that aren't time sensitive due to printing or creation, hold off for a bit - wait till you see sales or scour for coupons, etc. This also gives you time to save more money. Even if its just a month before the wedding that you buy this stuff - at least you gave yourself the opportunity to get it on sale - and you won't have to worry about making sure the funds are there for your invitations and things like that - because you will have already taken care of those by then. Its gonna be okay! I promise! I've less than 5 months to go - sometimes this seems like forever, others it seems like its an hour from now, ya know? But everything is really starting to fall together and I couldn't be happier with my progress. Its just a matter of getting "the ball rolling" so-to-speak. It'll happen :)

[lilone]

this is what I went through not that long ago. I'm completely energized after this past weekend when I actually started buying bulk things - like the flowers, decorations etc. I probably spent 1000 bucks last weekend but got great deals and took care of close to 1750.00 in my budget - which puts me even further under budget. It will come around. The first time you go and start the "shopping spree", it makes things really seem like they're coming together. The great thing is, you have everything picked out - you know what you need - for the things that aren't time sensitive due to printing or creation, hold off for a bit - wait till you see sales or scour for coupons, etc. This also gives you time to save more money. Even if its just a month before the wedding that you buy this stuff - at least you gave yourself the opportunity to get it on sale - and you won't have to worry about making sure the funds are there for your invitations and things like that - because you will have already taken care of those by then. Its gonna be okay! I promise! I've less than 5 months to go - sometimes this seems like forever, others it seems like its an hour from now, ya know? But everything is really starting to fall together and I couldn't be happier with my progress. Its just a matter of getting "the ball rolling" so-to-speak. It'll happen :)


Thanks for the vote of confidence reecey. It really helps to have someone else tell me that I can do it. I mean yeah FH says it but he believes I can move mountains so-to-speak. It's also partly I'm freaking out that I'm going to end up breaking a bone or seriously injuring myself right before the wedding. I'm such a clutz, in the last 3 day I have succesfully burned myself twice, ripped my thumbnail off, and bruised the top of my foot, along with all the other little cuts and scrapes I get daily from doing whatever.

[lilone]

Ok so after 3 days of trying to get ahold of someone at the reception site we want and leaving 4 messages that never got to the guy I'm finally breathing again. Apparently there was a glitch in their messaging system, the operators take the messages and email them to the manager and he returns them when he has time, and he wasn't getting my messages or they were getting mixed up or something. He finally got my messages and called me from home this morning and left me a voicemail with his home phone number and cell phone number so I could be sure to get ahold of him. We finally have an appointment to go in and actually look at the place and what-have-you.

I'm still going crazy about the flowers, we are using silk, doing them ourselves and one of our flowers is poinsettas. This poses a slight problem because most places don't start getting Christmas flowers in until July or August at the earliest and I still have to figure out how to do the arrangements and what I want them to look like and I have never arranged flowers even in a vase much less for a bouquet, normally with vases I just put them in and leave them to settle on their own.

I'm still working on getting FH to even think about the tuxes. It wouldn't be such a big deal except that 2 of his 4 groomsmen leave to go back to college in either August or September and will hardly be back until the wedding so he needs to get that done.

I have the phone numbers of a DJ and photographer that I have to call yet, hopefully those will work out and be fairly cheap since the DJ is the one we used at my sister's wedding and the photographer is someone one of my BMs knows.

[lilone]

these are ideas of what I want the bouquets to look like, my flowers are roses and poinsettas.

[fmil0625]

these are ideas of what I want the bouquets to look like, my flowers are roses and poinsettas.

I like the second one best, classic! :)

[lilone]

Ok, so I haven't updated in a while but I"ve been kinda stuck in a rut lately as far as the wedding goes.

But I'm all kinds of excited now because Lucas has finally started actually helping with the plans and wanting to be a part of this (I argued with him for 6+ months to no avail trying to get him to give me an opinion on anything) and we're also finally starting to get things done.

We finally have a reception hall, we are using the local legion hall which also takes care of the caterer because they do in house catering. We have our photographer which is a friend of one of my BM's and our cake is being made by his little sister's friend's mom who is a professional baker. We are going to sit down this weekend and try to decide on our invitations, we have a style we want but we just have to find a place to get them.

[lilone]

Also Lucas has taken most of the guys in for the tux fittings. He has one who couldn't go with everyone else because he was out of town so they are going this weekend.

He decided on a black jacket with black pants, pure white shirt and hunter green vests to match my red BM's dresses. His vest is going to be silver. He is going to have a black bowtie and the other guys are going to have normal straight ties, also black.

And he was so cute the other day, we were standing in his kitchen talking and out of nowhere he looks at me and says "I can't wait to see you in your wedding dress" I of course asked him why because I was confused because we hadn't even been talking about the wedding and his response was "because you are going to look so gorgeous" I got butterflies. I guess he said it because I was dressed up all formal because I had been at an awards dinner where I had be dressed formal and seeing me in the dress I had on and how beautiful I looked in that he decided that I was going to be absolutely gorgeous in my wedding dress. Now granted he has no clue what my dress looks like except that it's white and has a low cut back (but he only knows the second part if he was actually paying attention to the conversation I was having with another lady about it) so he just deduced from the fact that he thinks I'm beautiful in anything I wear that I'm going to be gorgeous in my wedding dress. :)

[lilone]

Ok, so I haven't updated this thing in almost a month. I have just been really stressed to the point of depression lately. My whole world pretty much bottomed out last week but I'm not going to get into that right now. If anyone wants to know where I've been PM me and I'll give you some details.

Anyhow, we have gotten so much done with the wedding.
~reception site-booked and deposit paid
~caterer-comes with the reception site
~photographer-meeting with him on Saturday
~DJ-waiting on the contract so we can sign it and send it back with deposit
~cake-being made by FH's little sister's friend's mom
~ceremony-readings decided and working on music
~flowers-going shopping tomorrow
~invites-buying this weekend so I can make them on my parents computer
~programs-designed, just need a little tweaking before the final printing
All this done and I still have 4 1/2 months left.

So what do you guys think of this idea, all of FH's groomsmen are also very dear friends of mine and so I was thinking that as a thank you from me to them for being there for me through all my fights with FH and everything else that I just couldn't stomach going to FH with I was going to take the handkerchiefs they are ordering with their tuxes and get them monogrammed.

And now, on top of planning a wedding I am also planning a vacation, Lucas wants to go see his dad in Indiana, a month and a half before the wedding. He wants me to meet that side of the family before the wedding so I will be more comfortable at the wedding and won't be stressed out about whether or not they will like me.

[fmil0625]

Ok, so I haven't updated this thing in almost a month. I have just been really stressed to the point of depression lately. My whole world pretty much bottomed out last week but I'm not going to get into that right now. If anyone wants to know where I've been PM me and I'll give you some details.

Anyhow, we have gotten so much done with the wedding.
~reception site-booked and deposit paid
~caterer-comes with the reception site
~photographer-meeting with him on Saturday
~DJ-waiting on the contract so we can sign it and send it back with deposit
~cake-being made by FH's little sister's friend's mom
~ceremony-readings decided and working on music
~flowers-going shopping tomorrow
~invites-buying this weekend so I can make them on my parents computer
~programs-designed, just need a little tweaking before the final printing
All this done and I still have 4 1/2 months left.

So what do you guys think of this idea, all of FH's groomsmen are also very dear friends of mine and so I was thinking that as a thank you from me to them for being there for me through all my fights with FH and everything else that I just couldn't stomach going to FH with I was going to take the handkerchiefs they are ordering with their tuxes and get them monogrammed.

And now, on top of planning a wedding I am also planning a vacation, Lucas wants to go see his dad in Indiana, a month and a half before the wedding. He wants me to meet that side of the family before the wedding so I will be more comfortable at the wedding and won't be stressed out about whether or not they will like me.
I think your idea of having the hankerchiefs monogramed is a wonderful idea, you might also want to have monogramed hankies for your bridesmaids.

Regarding your trip to Indiana, since you are doing all the wedding planning I'd let him do all the planning for the trip. You have enough on your plate. :)

[lilone]

I think your idea of having the hankerchiefs monogramed is a wonderful idea, you might also want to have monogramed hankies for your bridesmaids.

Regarding your trip to Indiana, since you are doing all the wedding planning I'd let him do all the planning for the trip. You have enough on your plate. :)
I hadn't thought about hankies for the bridesmaids, that's a really good idea. And I did pretty much tell him that since it's his family and he's the one who's been there before he gets to plan the trip, I just get VETO rights ;)

[Marsha]

I hadn't thought about hankies for the bridesmaids, that's a really good idea. And I did pretty much tell him that since it's his family and he's the one who's been there before he gets to plan the trip, I just get VETO rights ;)


just plan on corn country lol Harry's family lives in indi, and sometimes its boring but sometimes its so much fun, just go with the flow different types of peeps there lol.. (dont mean that bad to anyone that lives in indiana, im from chicago- indy is just a slower almost southern kinda state in the north lol)


anyway, i have a sewing machine, that does monagramming, i could do it for free if u send me the hankies! or try an altertations place before u take them to a silk screener or embrioridry place in the mall. If you have a burlington coat factory near your home they do monagrams for abot 3 bucks a piece. I got harry some shirts with boo boo on the pocket for Christmaka.

[lilone]

just plan on corn country lol Harry's family lives in indi, and sometimes its boring but sometimes its so much fun, just go with the flow different types of peeps there lol.. (dont mean that bad to anyone that lives in indiana, im from chicago- indy is just a slower almost southern kinda state in the north lol)


anyway, i have a sewing machine, that does monagramming, i could do it for free if u send me the hankies! or try an altertations place before u take them to a silk screener or embrioridry place in the mall. If you have a burlington coat factory near your home they do monagrams for abot 3 bucks a piece. I got harry some shirts with boo boo on the pocket for Christmaka.
I'm used to corn country, I grew up on a farm in central WI. I now live in south central WI so it's not much different. The only thing I'm worried about with our trip is that I already know his dad doesn't like me, I've met him twice and the first time he hardly said two words to me and the second time the only reason he was even cordial was because his wife likes me and he knows that Lucas would kill him if he was mean to me.

I would love to send you the hankies and have you do them for me :) . I have to talk to Lucas about getting them soon so I can get them done so I'm not waiting till the last minute, I hate waiting. There is a burlington right by where they ordered the tuxes from so I'll look into that otherwise I was going to ask the lady who I"m going to have do the alterations on my dress.

[Marsha]

I'm used to corn country, I grew up on a farm in central WI. I now live in south central WI so it's not much different. The only thing I'm worried about with our trip is that I already know his dad doesn't like me, I've met him twice and the first time he hardly said two words to me and the second time the only reason he was even cordial was because his wife likes me and he knows that Lucas would kill him if he was mean to me.

I would love to send you the hankies and have you do them for me :) . I have to talk to Lucas about getting them soon so I can get them done so I'm not waiting till the last minute, I hate waiting. There is a burlington right by where they ordered the tuxes from so I'll look into that otherwise I was going to ask the lady who I"m going to have do the alterations on my dress.


omg a fellow cheese head!!!!! lol sorry you know it's just all in fun!
well let me know if you want me to help ya out, i would love to.

[lilone]

omg a fellow cheese head!!!!! lol sorry you know it's just all in fun!
well let me know if you want me to help ya out, i would love to.
Yup, I was born with a wedge of cheese on my head :p
I would love to have you help me. I have to talk to Lucas about when he's going to get them and then I'll let you know what my time frame is so that you can let me know if it works for your time frame seeing as I'm sure you are also busy with your own wedding and everything else in your life.

[lilone]

Well, I go after work today to get the hankies so I can get them monogrammed for the groomsmen. I'm so excited, I hope they like them. I wanted to do something special for them because they have been like brothers to me for the last 3 years.

Lucas plans on writing a special toast for one of his groomsmen because he's the guy who hooked us up and if it weren't for Brad this would not be happening. He's going to write it up before hand and let me read it so I can proof it and make sure he isn't missing anything and doesn't have anything too inappropriate in there. When I get a copy of it I'll definitely post it for you ladies to read. His whole goal is to make Brad cry because Brad is a very emotional person and we don't think he understands just how much we appreciate what he did for us when he worked so hard to get us together.

[lilone]

122 DAYS!!!!! :eek: 4 months from tomorrow and I will be Mrs. Gustafson. Gee it sounds wierd to say that in my head.

[lilone]

Ok, so I almost called off my wedding last night. I said something to Lucas's sister Tuesday evening that I was joking but she took it personally and for the last 2 or 3 months she has done everything she can to try to come between us (she's 12) and Lucas also told me on Tuesday that his friends think they are losing him to me which he then proceeded to tell me that in a way they already have. Well I'm one of those people that I never want to come between other relationships in peoples lives so last night I told Lucas that maybe it would be better if we called off the wedding and I just disappeared. When he called me after work he told me that I'd better never do that again unless I plan on actually following through with it because that really hurt him. Then I of course felt really bad because I didn't want to hurt him but I'm just under so much stress right now that I don't know how to deal with it and when people tell me that they feel like I'm taking him away from them I start to wonder if we're doing the right thing by getting married. After I originally talked to him about it I called his mom to talk to her (she's the only person I have ever been able to talk to about something that's bothering me, my own mom has never been there for me) and she made me feel a lot better about the situation so when Lucas called after work I was feeling better and apologized for what I said but it was just so hard to sit and think about the fact that his sister and best friend don't want us to get married because they feel like I am taking him away from them.

[reecey]

You have to remember, his sister is 12 - kids don't see things the way adults do. Eventually, she'll understand that she didn't lose her brother. As for his friends, I'm guessing they're all single. He's the first one to "fall" - I wouldn't worry about it - the thing is, once you and he started in a serious relationship, they lost the "single guy" he was. Its just starting to hit home now. They'll get over it - especially once they set down.

[lilone]

You have to remember, his sister is 12 - kids don't see things the way adults do. Eventually, she'll understand that she didn't lose her brother. As for his friends, I'm guessing they're all single. He's the first one to "fall" - I wouldn't worry about it - the thing is, once you and he started in a serious relationship, they lost the "single guy" he was. Its just starting to hit home now. They'll get over it - especially once they set down.
Well, his mom and I have pretty much conceeded that whether she's 12 or 50 she'll resent me for marrying Lucas, that's just the way she is. And the thing with his friend is his friend leaves in a month or so to go away to school, he's transferring to a school about an hour and a half away. So if anything we're all losing him. It just hurts that people aren't being supportive of us. It's not like we've known each other for 6 months and are planning a shotgun wedding, we've been together for almost 3 years. I just don't get it anymore.

[reecey]

Well, his mom and I have pretty much conceeded that whether she's 12 or 50 she'll resent me for marrying Lucas, that's just the way she is. And the thing with his friend is his friend leaves in a month or so to go away to school, he's transferring to a school about an hour and a half away. So if anything we're all losing him. It just hurts that people aren't being supportive of us. It's not like we've known each other for 6 months and are planning a shotgun wedding, we've been together for almost 3 years. I just don't get it anymore.


reality hits some people and they get selfish. They get over it though :)

[lilone]

reality hits some people and they get selfish. They get over it though :)
That's what I'm hoping for. And if they don't I'll just do what FMIL suggested when I was talking to her about it last night, if they have a problem with it I just need to tell them that it's our decision to make, we are happy with our decision and if they can't support us then they need to keep their mouths shut and get out of my face.

[reecey]

That's what I'm hoping for. And if they don't I'll just do what FMIL suggested when I was talking to her about it last night, if they have a problem with it I just need to tell them that it's our decision to make, we are happy with our decision and if they can't support us then they need to keep their mouths shut and get out of my face.


I adore your FMIL :)

[lilone]

I adore your FMIL :)
So do I, she's the closest thing to a mom I've ever had in my life.

[lilone]

108 DAYS!!!! I'm so excited but so nervous. I feel like we still have so much to do. We are supposed to sit down this afternoon and sort out some of the little details we have been putting off. I just can't wait to be his wife and to be part of him and have him be part of me and to never have to say goodbye to him anymore knowing that I won't be able to see him for days. He'll be with me and that's all I could ask for right now.

I finally actually put the deposit down for the DJ, I still have to talk to the photographer and finalize that and we have to sit down with our reception site coordinator and decide on a menu. We have to finish designing the cake and get the design to the baker. I still have to get all of the flowers and make the arrangments but I have to wait because we are using poinsettas and most places won't get those in till October-ish.

We are supposed to sit down today and decide on ceremony music and special reception songs. We are also supposed to definatively decide on invitation wording so I can print those so we can get them out on time. I want to have them sent before we go on vacation at the end of October because if I wait till after that it won't give a whole lot of time to get the responses back.

I have to go through my list when I get home today and figure out what all else we still have left to do.

[lilone]

99 days, I'm down to double digits now. And time is just flying by.

I'm going over to FH's house this evening to sit down with his mom and start addressing the invites.

All of my bm's except the pregnant one will have the same dress. I found a really pretty dress at Boston Store for 90$ that is perfect, and they have it in all the sizes I need for 3 of my 4 bm's and I haven't yet decided what I'm going to do about Malissa since we don't know what size she is going to be after she has the baby.

So Lucas almost gave me a mini heart attack yesterday. We were talking about the photographer and with our photo package we get free engagement portraits, well I had said we probably weren't going to do them because Lucas hates getting pictures done. So when I talked to him yesterday about it he said out of the blue "so, are we going to do the engagement pictures? If you really want to I don't have a problem with it" I told FMIL about that and she asked me what I had done with her son.

[lilone]

Ok, I need opinions. I have 4 sisters and none of them are in the wedding party, long story. I have decided that I want them to feel special too since FH's sister is in the wedding party. Do you girls think it would be appropriate for me to stop on my way down the aisle and give each of them a white rose? The other thing I wanted to do is my grandma died last year and she never got to see any of her grandchildren get married and I wanted to also carry a yellow rose (it was her favorite flower) and as my dad is giving me away to FH, when I turn to give him a kiss give him the yellow rose. Do you girls think this would be appropriate or should I find some other way to honor them?

[ca_dawson]

I think the roses would be a great idea! I'm actually doing that for my special dad too! (not my real dad but has always treated me better than either of my real parents) I am having my BIL (older sis husband) walk me down since he's been like my big bro since I was 8 so I wanted to do the rose for my dad. BTW, how are things with your parents? Any better yet?

[lilone]

I think the roses would be a great idea! I'm actually doing that for my special dad too! (not my real dad but has always treated me better than either of my real parents) I am having my BIL (older sis husband) walk me down since he's been like my big bro since I was 8 so I wanted to do the rose for my dad. BTW, how are things with your parents? Any better yet?
Thanx, I've been really trying to think of a way to include my siblings in the ceremony. My brother is going to play joyful joyful on his trumpet for us and my younger brothers are too young to really care but my sisters were really hurt when they were told they couldn't be part of everything.

[ca_dawson]

I know how that is! That is why I have 6 bridesmaids! Because I didn't want to leave anyone out!

[lilone]

I know how that is! That is why I have 6 bridesmaids! Because I didn't want to leave anyone out!
Yeah, I didn't want to leave anyone out but I don't get along with my older sister so I didn't want her to be part of the wedding party and my mom told me that if i don't have my older sister I can't have any of my siblings.

[lilone]

74 DAYS!!!!!

I'm getting so excited and so nervous.

I have 3 weeks till I go on what should be a very interesting vacation. FH and I are driving to Indiana to visit his dad and step-mom. This wouldn't be so bad except for the fact that everyone knows FH's dad doesn't like me. FH was the first person to say anything to me about the fact that his dad doesn't like me. Now granted I'm not usually one to care if someone likes me or not, the reason this bothers me though is that FH's dad has only met me twice and I have never been anything but polite to him and FH's step-mom likes me and even told FH that she can't wait for us to come down there so she can spend some time with me. I just can't for the life of me figure out why FH's dad doesn't like me. The other thing I'm worried about, and FH has expressed this same concern is that FH's dad is very abusive and he doesn't think about who he's abusing and FH and I are both very afraid that FH's dad will do something to me because I tend to be a very blunt and outspoken person (FH's dad has never seen that side of me) and FH and I both know that if I say/do something his dad doesn't like his dad will say/do something to me and then FH will end up getting in a fight with his dad.

I seriously need to quit over-analyzing everything.

[CKNEET]

74 DAYS!!!!!

I'm getting so excited and so nervous.

I have 3 weeks till I go on what should be a very interesting vacation. FH and I are driving to Indiana to visit his dad and step-mom. This wouldn't be so bad except for the fact that everyone knows FH's dad doesn't like me. FH was the first person to say anything to me about the fact that his dad doesn't like me. Now granted I'm not usually one to care if someone likes me or not, the reason this bothers me though is that FH's dad has only met me twice and I have never been anything but polite to him and FH's step-mom likes me and even told FH that she can't wait for us to come down there so she can spend some time with me. I just can't for the life of me figure out why FH's dad doesn't like me. The other thing I'm worried about, and FH has expressed this same concern is that FH's dad is very abusive and he doesn't think about who he's abusing and FH and I are both very afraid that FH's dad will do something to me because I tend to be a very blunt and outspoken person (FH's dad has never seen that side of me) and FH and I both know that if I say/do something his dad doesn't like his dad will say/do something to me and then FH will end up getting in a fight with his dad.

I seriously need to quit over-analyzing everything.


difficult situation . .i know how it is, somewhat, not to that extent. but good oluck, i'm sure everything will be fine, at least his step-mom likes you!

You're getting married on my FH's birthday!

[lilone]

difficult situation . .i know how it is, somewhat, not to that extent. but good oluck, i'm sure everything will be fine, at least his step-mom likes you!

You're getting married on my FH's birthday!
FH has already told me that if I get uncomfortable or anything I just have to tell him and he'll step in because he knows I get very nervous/uncomfortable around people I don't know very well, especially if I'm in a strange place.

It's also Reecey's dad's birthday.

[lilone]

I'm getting so excited. I went yesterday and bought all the stuff to make my flowers and my favors. I just have to figure out when I can get together with my mom to put the flowers together. I have bags of wedding stuff all over my living room now. It's kinda funny really. A month and a half and I get to marry the love of my life.

[blushing_bride_2be]

Awww good luck girl. You're not the only one with wedding bags scattered all over the floor and in like every room. I bought some flowers to do the toss bouquet but I am still unsure about what I will do for the centerpeice. Good luck girl and hae fun and can't wait to see what else you do!

[lilone]

Awww good luck girl. You're not the only one with wedding bags scattered all over the floor and in like every room. I bought some flowers to do the toss bouquet but I am still unsure about what I will do for the centerpeice. Good luck girl and hae fun and can't wait to see what else you do!
Thanx for the warm wishes. I'm getting so nervous. Everything is almost done and it's so close to being here. The only thing I have left to figure out and buy the flowers for is my toss bouquet (as far as the flowers go) BTW you are getting married on my little brothers b-day.

[blushing_bride_2be]

Thanx for the warm wishes. I'm getting so nervous. Everything is almost done and it's so close to being here. The only thing I have left to figure out and buy the flowers for is my toss bouquet (as far as the flowers go) BTW you are getting married on my little brothers b-day.

Really? I feel special now! It's close to when we first met and I wanted to get married on our anniversary but it fell on a sunday and so he said no. He really didn't feel right getting married on a sunday. Oh well. I bought fake flowers for the toss bouquet at our local craft store Hobby Lobby. They had fake flowers and stems for 1/2 off. I bought 12 flowers at 99 cents a peice and when I checked out I only paid 5.49 for them as well. Just wanted to hare that with you. I don't even know if you have a hobby lobby! Do you?

[lilone]

Really? I feel special now! It's close to when we first met and I wanted to get married on our anniversary but it fell on a sunday and so he said no. He really didn't feel right getting married on a sunday. Oh well. I bought fake flowers for the toss bouquet at our local craft store Hobby Lobby. They had fake flowers and stems for 1/2 off. I bought 12 flowers at 99 cents a peice and when I checked out I only paid 5.49 for them as well. Just wanted to hare that with you. I don't even know if you have a hobby lobby! Do you?
I'm doing all the flowers myself, I've bought them at Michael's but when I bought the rest of them I didn't know what I wanted for the toss bouquet so I didn't buy them.

[blushing_bride_2be]

I'm doing all the flowers myself, I've bought them at Michael's but when I bought the rest of them I didn't know what I wanted for the toss bouquet so I didn't buy them.

I really didn't know what I wanted either but when I went to the store those just stuck out for some reason and I was like yep gotta have em for the toss bouquet. I even cleaned themout of them and made a small floral arrangement here for my room and possibly considering using them somehow for the wedding so that way they will be seen in another place!

[rachmc]

I'm sorry to dump this on you guys but as I'm sure you've noticed from this and other posts I have a lot of problems with my mom. I think I'm one of the few who has a great FMIL but a b****y mother.



I totally understand what you mean but I have it worse my mom is a pain and his mom is worse.Don't get me wrong I love them both and appreciate their financial help but they are sooooooooo annoying!!!!!

[rachmc]

Are you excited I was reading your journal and you guys seem like a match made in heaven!! I totally understand frustrations (with mom and sister) hopefully everything with them is going smoothly. Just remember it is your day!!!! that is what my fh keeps reminding me. Don't let anyone ruin it for you. It will be as good as you want it to be I tend to let things bother me but I have made up my mind that I will enjoy the next 28 days regardless of what happens!!!!!!!!!!

[blushing_bride_2be]

You are not alone girl. I have an wonderful mother in law but my mother is being a b****. She doesn't want to have a part int he wedding if she does say somethign about it mostly it's her comparing it to my brothers second wedding he's planning. Ugh I can't stand it sometimes. Oh well. You're wedding will be beautiful girl! Relax! You have a wonderful man to help you!

[Marsha]

im wondering why ther are no pics in this folder? i wanna see your dress and flowers, what wedding bands did you decide on? what are your colors again? did you decide on the cake?i reread your whole wedding journal and i still feel bad that your mom dosent act nice to you. How are things going?

[lilone]

im wondering why ther are no pics in this folder? i wanna see your dress and flowers, what wedding bands did you decide on? what are your colors again? did you decide on the cake?i reread your whole wedding journal and i still feel bad that your mom dosent act nice to you. How are things going?
There are no pics because either I'm too lazy to put them up or I just don't have them. The only pics I have are my dress pre-alterations but otherwise I lost the cord to my digital ***era so all of the other pics I have taken don't get put up because I don't have a way to get them on the computer.

There is a pic of my dress in the 10 more days thread the flowers are: mine are white poinsettas, white roses and red ivy flowers, the bridesmaids are beige poinsettas with greenery mixed in and the bouts are holly and the corsages are white ive flowers. Our wedding bands are: mine is white gold with a row of channel set princess cut diamonds along the top and his is white gold with a braided inlay in the center. Our colors are burgandy and hunter green with silver accents our cake is 2 layers, a space, another layer, another space and a half ball. The first space is going to have white poinsettas in it and the other one has our cake topper.

I've almost gotten over my lack of a relationship with my mom, although if you read my "I hate my mom for this" thread you might think otherwise. The last 2 months have probably been the hardest 2 months of my life trying to finish planning this wedding knowing that Lisa isn't going to be there.

[Marsha]

how are we going to see pics after the wedding then??

[lilone]

how are we going to see pics after the wedding then??
We're having them put on cd and I'm going to transfer them from the cd to the computer

[Marsha]

ooooooooo prettty. and different I love it.

whats ya gonna do with your hair? Is it always that blonde? I remember it being darker. Veil or something else? i like details.

[lilone]

ooooooooo prettty. and different I love it.

whats ya gonna do with your hair? Is it always that blonde? I remember it being darker. Veil or something else? i like details.
My hair right now is actually brunette, I had died it strawberry blonde and when I tried to go back to real blonde it turned brunette on me (still trying to figure out how that worked) it's cut so that it's long in the front and short in the back so I'm going to pull it back from y face except for my bangs and it's going to be pinned back and then I'm going to spike up the back and I have a veil but no blusher because I hate having stuff like that over my face, I'm clutzy so I'd probably end up not being able to see and I'd fall walking down the aisle.

[Marsha]

we have a similar hair cut. Im sure you will look beautiful!

[lilone]

we have a similar hair cut. Im sure you will look beautiful!
Thank you, I'm hoping so.

[lilone]

Ok so for those of you who haven't seen, here are some pictures of stuff for the wedding, there aren't many but that's life.

my wedding dress
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b214/PNewberry/P5030024.jpg


the invites, without the writing
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b214/PNewberry/wd0095.jpg


and of course a pic of me and Lucas because I love showing him off
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b214/PNewberry/engagement/engage17.jpg

[TropicalBride]

Hey, Paige! (okay, I'm crossing my fingers I got your name right! :) )

Only a week left, right?

I like your dress, I hadn't seen it.
Very beautiful!

[lilone]

Hey, Paige! (okay, I'm crossing my fingers I got your name right! :) )

Only a week left, right?

I like your dress, I hadn't seen it.
Very beautiful!
Yeah, that's my name, and you even spelled it right.

9 days to be exact, a week from Saturday.

Thank you, it's a $750 dress that I got for $115.

[Marsha]

IM SO IN LOVE WITH YOUR DRESS!! i just stared at it for ever. I love that its not like all the others. or off the sholder or strapless. its just enough detail and suits you well. i relly like. sorry dont mean to sound stalkish

[lilone]

IM SO IN LOVE WITH YOUR DRESS!! i just stared at it for ever. I love that its not like all the others. or off the sholder or strapless. its just enough detail and suits you well. i relly like. sorry dont mean to sound stalkish
It's ok, I'm glad you like it. I fell in love with it right away and I fell in love even more with the price and it was the only one left and it was my size, I knew I had to have that dress.

[blushing_bride_2be]

Your wedding is right around the corner. I'm sure your excited. Good luck with the wedding and I hope its everything you want. I love the dress. It's beautiful. I can't wait to hear how your wedding went!

[alley06]

Your dress is gorgeous! I love the crystals on it.

[lilone]

Your dress is gorgeous! I love the crystals on it.
Thanks, I'm really glad everyone likes it. I don't exactly have the most modern fashion sense and I just wear what I like but I was so afraid that while I think it's gorgeous other people were going to think my dress is ugly.

[alley06]

Thanks, I'm really glad everyone likes it. I don't exactly have the most modern fashion sense and I just wear what I like but I was so afraid that while I think it's gorgeous other people were going to think my dress is ugly.

I'm the same way. I have a little bit of a kooky style when it comes to clothing. I don't know if my sister exactly likes my dress, I could sort of tell by the look on her face when I showed it to her but I know I love it. Plus, she really hasn't like much of my style of clothes anyway!

[lilone]

I'm the same way. I have a little bit of a kooky style when it comes to clothing. I don't know if my sister exactly likes my dress, I could sort of tell by the look on her face when I showed it to her but I know I love it. Plus, she really hasn't like much of my style of clothes anyway!
That's exactly how I am, I know my sister doesn't like my dress, she told me so the first day I bought it, I almost cried and then I realized that it doesn't matter what she thinks, I'm the one who has to wear it.

[lilone]

Here is a picture of our cake topper.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b214/PNewberry/pm648280.jpg