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[PrincessSharon]

Great news about your car, Mel! Though it stinks that girl is lying about hitting you. Looks like the party was a lot of fun. Your Mom is very talented! Can't wait to hear about the SHOPPING!

[krisk11]

Great updates. The party looked like a huge success. Congrats and I can't wait to read about the dress shopping

[karyntay07]

OOoooooo - ok I know you are busy, but I CAN NOT wait to hear about your dress shopping experience!!!! I swear I'll be able to control myself....

[DrDolphin]

Glad to hear the car was fixed and that stress was removed. The party looked wonderful and the cake was WOW!!!

[DyanKJ130]

OH my goodness, Melissa!! Where have I been?!?! I really don't come in this forum often enough. What a fabulous engagement party! And, your mom is absolutely amazing!! She did a great job!! So to hear about the hit&run. What a pain to have to be dealing with that now! Looking forward to more

[MyRapunzal]

Originally Posted by KandJluvdisney

great news about the car
the party sounded super fun
have you decided on a honeymoon destination yet
that cake rocks
hurry back with more please

We have picked a place to honeymoon and used our gifts from our engagement party to put down a deposit that includes insurance so we are set for that... but Im going to update soon and Ill share then!

Originally Posted by lindawdw

Just got caught up and I loved the engagement party pics Melissa! The room looked so beautiful and your mom did such a great job on the cake and all the party goodies! Glad Rob was able to fix your car but sorry to hear about your accident woes. Can't wait to hear about your honeymoon plans!

Thanks! I have been super busy lately but once everything calms down and my life is normal again I will post and share some more pics! Im just trying not to worry about the car thing, i just hate liars!!

Originally Posted by PrincessSharon

Great news about your car, Mel! Though it stinks that girl is lying about hitting you. Looks like the party was a lot of fun. Your Mom is very talented! Can't wait to hear about the SHOPPING!

Liars are no fun. LOL! But I FOUND A DRESS! So I cant wait until I have time to share everything that has been going on! How can I be bummed about this girl lying when I am getting married in 8 months!!! Yay!

Originally Posted by krisk11

Great updates. The party looked like a huge success. Congrats and I can't wait to read about the dress shopping

Thanks! I can't wait to show you a few pics and mostly ramble about all my ideas! LOL! I also have honeymoon news, and mostly unrelated official Disney news... though it wont be news to some!

Originally Posted by karyntay07

OOoooooo - ok I know you are busy, but I CAN NOT wait to hear about your dress shopping experience!!!! I swear I'll be able to control myself....

LOL! I have sooooooooo much I want to write about dress shopping so I am going to try and get it done between work and tomorrow evening. *Hopefully* there will be a HUGE update tomorrow!

Originally Posted by DrDolphin

Glad to hear the car was fixed and that stress was removed. The party looked wonderful and the cake was WOW!!!

That is how I feel-- lets remove little bits of stress one minute at a time, ya know? lol! Once step at a time! lol! Thanks!

Originally Posted by DyanKJ130

OH my goodness, Melissa!! Where have I been?!?! I really don't come in this forum often enough. What a fabulous engagement party! And, your mom is absolutely amazing!! She did a great job!! So to hear about the hit&run. What a pain to have to be dealing with that now! Looking forward to more

Thanks so much! I have so much more to tell so I am glad you made it over when you did! (And notice I havent been posting in the title when I update so I dont have to be such a nudge and bother you guys all the time! lol!)

[MyRapunzal]

So, Ive been tired and cranky lately and then I watched this movie called "P.S. I Love You" which was totally sad and I sobbed and texted Rob 10x at work to tell him how much I love him and how lucky we are... and I started thinking about wedding stuff and I realized I FORGOT about the update! I FORGOT to tell you guys that I ordered my DRESS! and I FORGOT to tell you where we booked our honeymoon!!!

In any case, Davids Bridal was a lot of fun because you get your own consultant and our girl was very cute and fun. She wanted me to look through this book and I just said to her, "How about you pick out dresses that you think would look best on me? I want to be the hottest girl in the room on my wedding day!" LOL!
My grandmas came with us, my mom, niece, sister, and cousin. Rob's sister could not get off of work but shes going to stop by soon. In any case, I would love to say that I have pictures but I dont for fear if I left them on my camera Rob might see and jinx it. But now I feel silly for thinking that. I don't think anything could jinx it when you are meant to be with someone. When you just want to smile and laugh and be young with that person forever.

Here is a link to the David's Bridal page with MY dress on it:
David's Bridal - Bridal Gowns V9010 Beaded metallic embroidered satin gown.
A couple notes on it though-- I fill out the top better than that model (LOL) although the rest doesnt quite look as good on me... but it will by July and I am not planning on using the straps. I also bought the matching viel. To appease my mother mostly since I would just as well not have a viel but figure I can just take it off after the ceremony anyways.

When we got there and the girls tried on the dress I picked I decided that I do not like crinkle chiffon, but I liked the green color in chiffon better than satin. We went with this dress:
David's Bridal - Bridesmaid F12732 Sleeveless long chiffon dress with charmeuse rounded neckline and sash at waist.
Which looks great on my sis and cousin (although my sister is as self consious as I am so she didnt think so). We also bought the sash for the Flower Girl dress but my mom is going to make one for my niece. Here's just an example form the Davids website of the style we all seemed to like best on Belle:
David's Bridal - Flower Girl NM006 Tank satin bodice with T-length organza skirt.

Well, that is a LOT done! I also invited the girls to go see that Kate Hudson/Anne Hathaway movie "Bride Wars" but it looks like my cousin will be back at college (she graduates in May). The 3 of us might go anyways.

We also put the deposit (with insurance) down on our honeymoon which leaves us under $2000 to pay left not including flights. Not bad. Soooo the honeymoon will be tooo (drum roll pleass)................................
SANDALS ROYAL BAHAMIAN
Why did we chose this?
Well there is so much I am excited about let me see...
First of all ALL INCLUSIVE! Everything from snorkeling to drinking to meals to a clubs and bars and airport transfers! And for a fee we can SWIM WITH DOLPHINS and we have a spa right in our resort! Annnnd theres a free honeymoon package that comes with champagne, turn down service with rose petals, breakfast in bed, and a welcome pacakge! Our resort includes 8 restaurants, 7 pools, 6 Whirlpools, 2 swim up bars, a PRIVATE ISLAND (and a partridge in a pear treeeee... lol)!

Also a little fun fact it was the first resort EVER in the Bahamas. Our travel guide has lots of info about the orgins but I love the history of being at the site of this island that some duke and dutchess or something liek that bought and now look at the destination the Bahamas has become?! Anyways check out the site and tell me what you think! I know you will love it! I adore the pictures especially.
Bahamas Vacations, Honeymoons, Resorts - Sandals Royal Bahamian Resort

Wish I had more pics to post but I have a few day trips up my sleeve soon and I will give you mini updates and work it in here somehow! LOL!

Oh and I also got some attendants gifts and a few odds and ends. I will give you a random to do list stuff update sometime soon! LOL! And maybe a little introduction so you can get to know who I am talking about when I refer to the bridal party...anyways... Now go look at my dresses and honeymoon spot!!!

[Colexis Mom]

Great dresses!! I think you'll love Sandals! We did Montego Bay and absolutely loved it (and went to 3 other Sandals ones while we were down there too)!!

[karyntay07]

I'm so excited about your PTR! (As if you didn't know that already - but I just finished a 20 page awfully boring paper for class and honestly reading your report just put me in the best mood!)

First, your dress is beautiful! I'm positive you will be the hottest girl in the room Congrats on finding it so quickly!

Second, your bridesmaid dresses are also gorgeous! I hope I can find a dress my girls will all agree upon (although I highly doubt that is even a possibility ) And your niece will look just adorable in her dress

Third - how awesome that you chose Sandals! It looks fantastic! It's impossible to beat all inclusive....you've given me several ideas

Can't wait to read more!

[Kenny]

Your dress is beautiful! The bridesmaid dresses are beautiful! The flower girl sash and dress style is beautiful! Sandals sounds perfect... and is beautiful! This is going to be a beautiful wedding!

[mcc0313]

I love the dresses Mel...yours is amazing. I love it becuase it is simple, classy, has that real princess romantic look without going overboard. It is perfect...

Love the bridesmaid dresses, what a great shade of green. Great choice on the honeymoon, checked out your link and there is so much to do plus it is so beautful.

Looking forward to more updates...

[DyanKJ130]

The dress you picked out is beautiful!! Love the other dresses too!! Sounds like you've got a great honeymoon in the making!! Can't wait to hear about what you do next!

[chezp]

What a beautiful dress and what great honeymoon plans!

[scdisneyfan]

Okay so i know you wont believe this but this is the same dress I had picked out before *LOL* The cap sleeves and the opening under the empire bodice is what I told a friend of mine i wanted that worked at David's bridal last year and this was the dress she showed me a pic of.....completely bizarre cause when i saw your pic I was like ..hey that's the dress I have a pic of ....if its not the same its super similar! weird...
I KNOW you will be the hottest girl in the room...I am so excited for you!!!
the bridesmaids dresses too!
That sandals resort is gorgeous! We actually toured the beaches resort in nassau when we were there earlier this year and was not impressed but that sandals resort is just amazing! I KNOW you are looking forward to that! I know i would have a countdown already if I were staying there *LOL*
BTW, P.s I love you....i saw that by myself too and cried and cried and cried and I just told eric this week he's gotta watch that with me
So, arent you going on your field trip tomorrow to the World of Disney in NYC???? hope you have a good time and thanks for the great update!

[amandal]

OMG - I love the dress!!! I think you will look great with or without the straps. I'm not usually a fan of straps, but those are very pretty. . . . . I love that BM dress, too. Very simple but pretty. . . . . .

You are getting so much done, you should be very proud of yourself. Danny and I did an ALL Inclusive on our Honeymoon in Aruba and we loved it. We aren't drinkers but it was still worth it and I would do it again. . . . .

So, you're going to WOD? I was there Saturday night . . . . You are going to love their window displays. Let me know what you think.