[b]WOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO Congrats Mazz!!![/b] thats awesome news!!!!

thanks for kind words girls and u know what uve really made me feel better!! especially with that motto "their mistake they fix it" i love it and im using it and sticking to it and trying not to get upset no more- im sick of crying over this when ive got a million other things to do!! onward and upward right - bring on tomorrow and my bridal shower and my hens - gimme some laughs ppl!!!

hope everyone is having a great day & if i dont come on here again before the weekend have a fantastic weekend!!!

Congratulations Mazz!!!

Congrats Mazz!! That's the best news

Congrats Mazz!!!!!!!

Lissy - where did you get your bubbles from?
I still need to get some...but some of them just look tacky! Spotlight has them and there cheaper than everywhere else.

woho, i just got the go ahead from my priest to say that our order of service is excellant & we can start printing them!!!

xbuffyx - I got my bubbles from Safeway, they came in packs of 24 of clear white bottles and cost about $ 7 a box or something like that!! Just added ribbon to each of them to make them look nicer!! Hope that helps!!


Here is a picture, sorry if it is not very clear!

wow $7? even better!!! Which aisle in safeway?
I think spotlight sells them 12.95ish for 24.

Any chance of a pic with them all prettied up? oopsss just noticed you did...

I'm really re-thinking doing this OOS booklets its driving me nuts. Can everyone post pics of theres please???
Maybe I should just cull it and only have 1 page back/front ... would make my job easier.... but I want all the information on there and it looks so pretty!!!

What great news, Mazz. Congrats!

The tickets for our cruise arrived today. Can't wait! That reminds me - I need to chase up plane tickets and insurance...

cool puggie, what cruise it is? we went on p & o last year to vanuatu & new cal.

sorry i dont have a pic buffy, but i have the format of it.

xbuffyx- I found them down the aisle where the party plates etc are i think!! Also they are in Bi-lo as well in same place, hope that helps!!

Ok Ok - before Kylz has a fit, here's a pic of our OOS. Again very very simple - am aiming for elegant - here's hoping it's not boring

Hi girls!

CONGRATS Mazz Thats awesome news!

Juless - that just sucks about your dress... and so close to the wedding too. I hope everything works out ok with the other dress they've ordered in for you.

Harmonie - for once its me chasing you, lol! I finished uni today!!!! NO MORE ASSIGNMENTS! I only have my 4 week prac teaching now!!!

Next friday (20th) I have my dress fitting. Cant wait to have my dress back on. I too am praying she'll still fit

Our (honeymoon) cruise tickets have also come in! Just have to pay for our airfares now!

Cant believe i only have 5 weeks to go.... SCARY!

Whats on the agenda for everyone this weekend? Mazz, have a great hens night! You know we want to see pics - so take heaps! I'm working both sat and sun! (cant complain to much... need the money badly)!!!! C'ya!

Puggie - can i just say wow, ur OOS booklets look really really nice....very elegant and simple but so stylish (does that make sense?) they're great!! u must be pretty happy with them!!

im on way out to the door to pic up a bunch of alcohol for the day tomorrow - very much looking forward to it all and ill come back and share pics of the bridal shower and hens nite for everyone too!!

Mazz - have a great hens nite tomorrow and come back with piccies too!

PUGGIE THEY ARE STUNNING! I have never seen OOS books folded tall ways like that and i have to say i LOVE it! Do you mind if i pinch that idea???

Congrats mazz! Everyone have a great weekend

Not at all, Kylz. I had already planned how I wanted them (folded tall) and then our priest gave us one done that way as an example. It just confirmed it for me - I REALLy like it done that way

Hey Mazz and Juless have a great Hens night tomorrow, its my Hens party as well tomorrow night looking forward to it, will post some pictures and let you girls know what we got up to ASAP!!

Puggie - Your OOS books look beautiful, im actually putting mine together at the moment will post a picture of them once completed!!

Have a good weekend everyone!

Hens day tomorrow!!!

Weather is gorgeous, so hope it continues tomorrow night. Promise to take lots of piccies!

I hope all of you having hens days this weekend have an absolute ball!! *Hugs* Have a drink for me too

Hmmm - no message from Candy, yet. Expect this thread to EXPLODE late Sunday night (I suspect 3 hens will be sleeping it off on the Sunday morning )

Best wishes to you all, ladies!

LOL not me I have to wake up by 9am the next morning, as FH has to work and the kids will wake me up I'm sure Lucky me!!!

I am excited now, can't wait!

I am going to have I-Do withdrawals when I start working.

Hehe - 'cos I teach at Uni (in a computer related field) I can log in occaisionally during a lab and catch up on what's going on

You're lucky!!! I could probably find a way on, but I had best not. I'm a square

Ok so I cancelled my honeymoon registry: see link

http://community.i-do.com.au/index.php?showtopic=81582

Most of our guests seem to be giving us money for the wedding, asking us if thats ok because the travel agency is hard for them to get to, or they would just prefer it, so I cancelled it.

*Yawn* Waiting for FH to get home from work. I have never been on I-Do this late at night.

Lissy, Juless and Mazz, HAVE AN AWESOME HENS DAY / NIGHT

Happy Hens girlies! Love the tall OOS Puggie, haven't really seen them being done

Lissy, Juless and Mazz hope you Hens is an awesome party.

I'm keeping an eye on you girls you know. Is nice to look and rememebr when I had 4-5 weeks to go. lol

Rehersal tomorrow for the ceremony.

Just thought I'd give you all a list of things to remember

Have you considered what you are doing with your boquets at the reception? I bought holders for $10 each that clip onto the tables from the florist.
Have you done a mock up of your tables yet to see if everything looks right? I forgot to do this and ended up having to oder chocs at the last minute (A stress I didnt need!)
Ring you seamstress and make sure she wil be there the week before your wedding (Like I'm happy to sit here wondering if mine will even had the girls dresses finished as she has gone away til the day b4 my wedding!)
Have you decided if you want engraving on your wedding rings and if so what you want on them?

That might be enough to stress you all out for now lol

hugs
Lindy

Marissa and Lindy - thanks!
Can't believe it's today. I'm not leaving until this afternoon, we are all getting on a minibus to Sydney. One of my friends is coming over this morning at 11 and staying for the day, then another friend of mine is coming over this afternoon to straighten my hair (even though it's already straight )

It's a hot day already, I just went to hang out washing and its boiling hot!

Is FINALLY cooler here - is overcast in Melbourne, today. Ladies - hope you all have excellent days/evenings!

Thanks Puggie, Marissa and Lindy- cant believe it is my Hens party today/night, it is actually just sucken in and Im soooooo excited!!!!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!

Have a fantastic night tonight Mazz, Juless & Lissy. Can't wait to hear about it tomorrow.

Speaking of Hens. What would you do if you were put in this position?
I had a friend txt me last night asking if she could bring a friend to my Hens Night. I know her friend but not really socialably and only just to say Hi too if I see her.
I was a bit taken aback at first and then the more I thought about it the more I thought of it as rude and hated being put in this position. I'm leaning towards saying No, I just dont know how to say it and the reason.

Wow - is like a graveyard here!! Shows me what it's going to be like when my time comes - you'll all be off on honeymoon! Reckon I might go say HI to the December gals (kidding)!

haha Puggie, i'll still be here til the 23rd Nov (thats when i leave for my honeymoon).

Buffy thats awefully rude of your friend to assume they could bring someone to your hens. I have a friend who would possibly do something like that, and people even warned me that by putting "and partner" on her wedding invite she might bring her friend along whom i only know enough to say 'hi' to... but so far so good. I dont quite know how you should say no to her coming because then you might loose your friend too (although she wouldnt be much of a friend if she ditched you because her uninvited friend couldnt come). Perhaps you could say something about the catering already being booked and there may not be enough for your friend's friend, or just tell her that you really dont know her well enough to invite her to something like your hens night, and that she wont know anyone else there. OR, just give in and have an extra person (so long as it isnt costing you anything to have her). Thats certainly a toughie!

Anyway, its bed time for me - i bet the "hens" out tonight are just getting starting though, LOL! Have a great one girls!!!

'Night!

AMY!!! I will make sure I get to an internet cafe to read your wedding story / see pics!!!

Hello Everyone else - it is so late... *yawn*

Only a few more days to go! Do da do da...

LTNS Cheeky - we need to catch up, missy! You still OK for next Saturday, 2pmish to see Kylz and Harmonie?

Good morning....looks like I'm the first one out of bed!

I had a BALL last night, Wild Boys was excellent!!

Will return with pics later - job starts tomorrow!

good evening lovely ladies!!!

holy cow all i have to say is that i/we had an absolute ball last nite!!! had the best time at the Retr@ and for a nite i wasnt really too keen on having it was fantastic!!!!! the bridal shower went really well during the day and the hens nite went off.....i got lots of msgs from ppl today saying how much fun they had so im thinking it was a hit....

ok im gonna try posting a few piccies and im gonna apologise in advance coz i haveno idea how big they are and i tried reducing them!

so here goes:

thisis me before heading out of the hotel room last nite - even after saying nooooooooooo i do not wanna wear nothing - it obviously fell on deaf ears!


this is family pic, me, mum sis and cousins and aunty....mum is on the right hand side with sis next to her and then me:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n238/Ju..._K/DSC00803.jpg

holy cow they had kareoke there and i loved it!
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n238/Ju..._K/DSC00819.jpg

me & my sis:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n238/Ju..._K/CIMG0377.jpg

and last one the girls ging nuts to some 80's classic
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n238/Ju..._K/CIMG0396.jpg

all in all it was great nite!!

Mazz and Lissy hope u girls had a blast!!!!

whoops sorry that last pic didnt turn out too well....stinking photobucket!

they are great shots Jules,
mazz i can't wait to see your photos!

My girlfriend just had a baby today at 3 am, i got the call at 11am, i was so excited, she is the partner of one of h2b's friend & this is her 3rd child, she has 2 boys from prevous marriage 20 yrs & 18 yrs & now she just had this beautiful baby girl, Shari. i have a pic to show, i took it today. not even 12 hours old!!!!

hey Juless and Mazz, glad to hear you had a great hens day / night!

Juless, the retr0 is awesome hey? I wanna go up to sydney one night and go there again (my sil had her hens there last year and i LOVED it).

Mazz, good luck with your first day at the school tomorrow! I start my 4 week prac tomorrow. I'm excited but nervous, and worried that i'm not fully prepared.

Wow. Still quiet here! Lots of hung over hens by the sounds of it!!

Congrats Mazz on the new job! Great timing for a high paying contract! Well done.

Glad to hear you Ladies all had good Hens Nights. 2 more weeks till mine but hopefully that will mean that most other wedding jobs will be done by then and I can sit back and relax.

Picked up my jewels from Manly yesterday and I love them! To all those who were supportive through my major dress wobble a couple of weeks ago - rest assured that I adore my jewellery and the dress purely provides a backdrop. No piccies sorry as I am the only peson in the world without a digital camera but Camille is updating her website and is putting a picture of my lovely hairpiece on there so I'll let you know when it's up (if someone can tell me how to post a link?).

Enjoy your last few weeks.....

Morning CM - I see you hiding, there

I hope you all had a fabulous time at your Hen's nights! I hope the rest of us had a good either productive or relaxing weekend!!

We met with the priest yesterday and he has given us the go ahead with our OOS.....now just need to work out who we want as readers!!!!
Today i am meeting with the florist, then tomorrow i'm off to dress fitting then going to w/town and st kilda to check out some photo locations with my bridesmaid, then wednesday i am off to the cake people to confirm the colour ribbon and roses for the cake then i am off to Fountain Gate on saturday to meet with the gorgeous Melbourne November twinnies then sunday we are meeting with the video guy! I got an email last night from band asking for running time sheet and mc details for the reception (gee it is close when they are chasing that info up isn't it) and i think that is about it for this week! LOL

Lucky i don't work during the day i guess!!!!

Has anybody got a part in their ceremony for the parents to "give you both away" - pledge their support to the marraige and give you their blessing? I'm a bit stuck on wording and looking for inspiration? Just want something brief the celebrant will read and the oldies will then say "We do" of whatever's appropriate.

Suddenly time has crept up on us. My parents arrive tomorrow - yay!!

I'm waiting on Mum to arrive at my place. Today we're off to try on dress and bra together (ahead of first official fitting next Monday) and then we're off to the reception venue to discuss timings and THE MENU!

Did anyone else do this with their Mother instead of their partner? I ASKED HTB if he wanted to come along to the reception place (and he has the day off, so could if he wanted to) but he said Mum and I could do it

Anyway - so that's it for today - in the next week I have lined up: first fitting, first fitting for MOH too, flower trial and menu tasting.

Good Morning Everyone

So glad to hear the hens night have gone well!!! We are planning mine this Friday for november 3rd (delayed it a bit cause I am not organised!)

I know I promised so pictures (hiding from Kylie ) but forgot to get the camera! So shall do soon or bring them to the meet up!

Okay This Saturday 2pm??? at Howl at the Moon (Fountain Gate) for lunch then we can stroll over for a Krispy Kreme (and a jog back to our cars and around the carpark to work it off ) http://www.howlatthemoon.com.au/fountaingate/food.htm if you ladies want to have a looksy?

We had our last meeting with our preist! And Puggie Paul hasn't been to a lot of our meetings (he works a lot!) So I usually go with mum and BM's as they really seem to enjoy it! Paul is only coming to the last meetings (and the first time he meets a lot of our wonderful vendors!)

Can you believe how quick its all going!!!!

YEAH!

hey girls!

we did the place cards on saturday, they were so easy to do, mum did it on her computer on the nice paper, we borrowed a guilotine paper slicer from someone & bought a scorer that you use to put a fold in the place card. only took about 1 hour for 3 of us to finish 200 place cards, i couldn't believe how easy it was!

just looking at the weather checker, it is so incorrect though!

http://www.weatherchannel.com.au/Magic94sc...;Function=28Day

Puggie - I don't think it's that unusual - I think it's positive that he trusts you enough not to have to be involved. I'd prefer that, than the micro management approach some couples have of needing both to be involved in every conversation and decision :-)

We don't have a menu tasting for our venue, but we have heard only good reports about what they do. They are happy to accommodate my gluten intolerance, which makes things easy for me. Yay!

I actually met a woman on Saturday who was bridesmaid at a wedding that was held at our reception venue a week ago - same format of lunchtime cocktail style lunch. She said the food was amazing, and they had a cocktail on arrival too. She said the event manager on duty was amazing - and she is the same one who is helping us out. So I feel really positive about how the day will go.

MJ2 - we don't have wording per se, but our parents will hold our Chuppah (wedding canopy) as a symbol of their support for the marriage. I would think that something along the lines of the following would be nice "Mr and Mrs x and y, do you promise to support a and b in their marriage?"

Thanks Seedyem - that's perfect. Don't know why I was finding it so hard to say something so simple.

Carla - we appear to be expecting no weather at all for 4th Noevmber, or does this only predict rain? I was hoping for a smily sun?

hey mj2, no this only predicts if it will rain, mind you, it's not accurate, last week it said it would rain on 4 nov!

I noticed the rainy days had moved. I guess as the date gets closer it becomes more accurate? I'm actually hoping for rain on our day and at the moment it's rain the day before so we'll see!

This weekend I changed my jewellery. Before I had a matching tiara, necklace and earring set but never felt 100% happy with it. So now I'm going for just chandelier earrings, which I picked up on Saturday (LOVE THEM) and no necklace or tiara. I feel so much more comfortable about the way I look, it's definitely more me.

Looking at my calendar I realise I'm 1 week away from the "slip-stream". My wedding schedule starts with things I need to organise a few weeks before and that's next week. Thinking about it makes me freak!

I use Elders Weather website to check the weather for our wedding and today thank heavens it went from >45% chance of rain to <11% chance I like these odds better! I'm looking at this everyday til Saturdays. (Im hoping it wont change!!)

One VERY nervous Lindy

it's so quiet today in November Brides.