Morning all! At work and thought I would check in. Last night I went up to my room and steamed 3 loads of my clothes and hung them up, watched a bit of the Little Couple and zonked out. Did not wrap any of my buddy's stuff AGAIN!! Going to the gym tonight so not sure what condition i will be in when I get home. At least I already have everything. Will check in later. Have an awesome day!
No thanks, we get a ton of them at work...Quote:
Originally Posted by cmontario
I kinda felt the same way about our wedding, but we were extremely fortunate enough that my parents gave us the option "pay for our wedding or a down payment on a house" .....we had already been saving for YEARS and had the money for the house, so we let them pay for our wedding and we splurged on ourselves and decided to go on a two week cruise through the Caribbean, was quite expensive but SO worth it!Quote:
Originally Posted by julesie-pie
I'm due July 12th.....a month to go!! :D
So, Jackson is on Day 3 with a fever. It's not like he has a fever all day or even multiple times a day, but it will spike high enough that I give him tylenol and he's all cranky/tired/zero energy when it does spike. But other than that, he's fine. No other symptoms. He's eating/peeing/pooping normal. Once the fever goes down or after he's had a nap, he's totally back to his normal, happy, energetic self. So, what you think other moms? Teething perhaps? My niece did have "fifth disease aka slap cheek" two weeks ago and we were kinda around her before we knew she had it......so not sure if it's that and we're just waiting for the rash to appear. I also don't know if I should take him to the doctor or not....I'm one of those types that feel like it's pointless to go if there's no point in going, ya know? (like if its nothing or there's nothing they can do about it, etc etc etc) We're going to my OBGYN today, so I might just ask him what he thinks....
GREAT JOB!!! I only do a weigh in every few weeks so I don't know if I've lost or gained. hahahaha.Quote:
Originally Posted by cmontario
it's so exciting that during this train MeShell will have her baby and PammieD will be getting married. It's like we are living our lives out together!!
I'm due July 12th.....a month to go!! :D
That will be my 17th anniversarY!
sorry no wedding photos we were super poor at the time so just a JP wedding but I have never regretted it DH and I are finally taking our honeymoon next year when the kids are off on their senior band trip.
Love checking out all the wedding pics... unfortunately i'm a divorcee living in sin now too! :)
Melissa13.. don't worry, still stuck on the homemade item as well. If I was smart I'd hire my sister to knit something.. but.. alas, I want to make sure my buddy is blessed with my talents.. or lack thereof.. atleast it might be worth a giggle!
I know there's some questions I've missed.. I just caught up on 5 or 6 pages.. but do you think I can remember now that I've actually started typing??? Getting older sucks.. read, recognize, completely out of mind 3 seconds later... Ok.. will have to back up and come back and edit...
Ah.. ok.. just the calendar question... no thank you.. the desk at home is the BF's domain.. it holds his IMac, 2 monitors, his other 2 Mac pro's, laptop, and other techie stuff... It's like it's own little world. For work, we are supposed to have one's that match.. (??) and are not very fun... :(
I will have to check out the "how to fold" video on fitted sheets.. I'm getting better, but there's always a side that's uneven, so my finished "stack" just isn't as pretty as the flat sheets. Maybe I should use that pillowcase trick, then you'll never see it!
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Originally Posted by MeShell
Same with our wedding. We had 150 people and spent about $13,000 on the wedding. I got my wedding dress for $199 brand new, looked for deals non-stop, made my own invitations, centrepieces, seating chart, thank you cards, etc. Everything you see in my wedding photos (for my FB friends who have access), was either made by me or bought for really cheap. It took me a year and a half to plan the wedding. I was even able to afford a wedding planner who also was a florist (all the corsages and bouquets for my girls and I were less than $100 because she found deals and bought in bulk at the local farmer's market), she was also my MC for the first half of my wedding. At the ceremony, instead of paying for musicians/etc, my law professor who is also an accomplished guitarist, played the wedding march and other songs as I walked down the aisle. He took over the 2nd half of MC'ing for my wedding alongside my MOH/best friend. Basically the monies we had budgeted for the wedding went to the sit down 10-course Chinese dinner and french sweets/dessert table, the guys' suits, wedding photographer who was also my makeup artist, the wedding planner/MC/florist, and the decor/venue. But I got all for a really really good deal after much research and finding vendors who were multi-talented.
We spent $5000 on our Hawaiian honey-moon (wowsers!) we went 2 weeks after the wedding, in the off-season to try to save money but it was all worth it since we saved so much from the wedding and ended up getting what we spent for the wedding back in wedding gifts.
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Table seating chart I made
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The dual seating cards & thank you cards I made. The front had the person's name(s) and their table # and when they opened up the card, it was also a thank you card with writing and our engagement photo
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The menu card I made, showing 10-full course meals plus 2 desserts. Each guest got to eat everything!
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The table number I made, alongside wine we got gifted to us from my sister-in-law (as her wedding gift, she purchased all the white/red wine and booze for our wedding so I saved money there)
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And our guestbook with high quality photos from our free engagement photo session. The guestbook and photosession were free because I entered a contest to win a free engagement photoshoot, complete with edited photos on a cd plus guestbook! A $800-value from Elementz of Fotographie
There are a ton more photos but yeh I'm sure nobody cares much.. lol
This is more for dlee, PammieD, and/or any others who may have upcoming nuptials and who want to be a DIY/deal hunter bride like me. I was all about the details... even had a butterfly release in honour of my father who had passed away two years prior to our wedding... My whole wedding party plus our parents took part. I found a guy online who raised and was authorized to sell monarch butterflies and I got a dozen from him in beautiful envelopes to release on the day of.
Sorry, for hijacking the thread with my big photos! (I was in a reminiscing wedding mood...)
no desk calendar here buy thanks anyways :)Quote:
Originally Posted by cmontario
I finally got my free shoes from the astro promotion today! I had to pick a new color 3 times Lol so my electric blue and lime green shoes will be hitting the treadmill later today :)
Woohoo! Loooove the starbucks groupon for today. These make me a happy girl ($5 for a $10 ecard). Pammie likey. I made Don get one too. I feel like my mom should get a groupon account...and maybe my dad...and Alexa...and...
Lol
Don said today, "Alexa, sometimes mommy needs a kick in the a$$, and that boot is usually resembles a coffee! " The man knows me! Maybe I'll marry himm...hmmm...
I'm sure I"ll be asking for all the tips and tricks from all you lovely ladies to get the cost of my wedding down. I have some ideas brewing in my head but we'll see how they go. =)
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Originally Posted by juliejolie
PammieD - can you post the link for the groupon?!? Might want to get it for my buddy!
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Originally Posted by PammieD
nevermind, found it!!!
Got mine Friday and LOVE them! Pink and black.. so light, feels like nothing on my feet! Was worried they looked kinda small, but whatever fabric they're made out of stretch quite well, so my tootsies feel good on the treadmill. (Them arriving gave me the incentive to get back on the treadmill, even though I've been stuffed up and sleepless for 3 weeks now!)Quote:
Originally Posted by CheriBomb
Sucks that I only got one pair.. would have loved to get another had I known they were so comfy!
I have one pair and awaiting my second pair, they are so light and comfy!
Buddy, I got 5 or 6 things for you today! I think once my online orders arrive I will be set!
Still a windy crappie day here, going bowling tonight with my local guide leaders, should be fun.
