Discussions by busybride

We booked Lydia Mountain Lodge months ago for our reception in May, but my fiance and I have had such a horrible experience over the past few months with the lady who runs the place (Tina) and just...

I'm so excited for her. I really hated planning my own wedding, but am excited about being able to share all the things I've learned along the way. I'm 30, but this is the first of my friends to get...

We are at the airport now (for a connection) and although there are better seats available, United does not do anything nice for newly weds. In fact, they didn't even say congratulations when I said...

My FH and I have a shared bank account. We move frequently so we have an online bank account. Anyway, we received our first wedding gift checks in the mail made out to 'Mr & Mrs. hislastname'. I tried...

So my mom has done her best to help with wedding planning, but mostly I've been on my own since I don't live near anyone I know (literally) and I am new to the area in which we are getting married....

Start checking the 10 day forecast! It is pouring out right now. Crossing my fingers for better weather in 10 days!

So I went to the mall with a bag load of things to get engraved before the wedding (mainly gifts for the bridal party) and much to my surprise, the 'things remembered' store was not there. Apparently...

Hey Ladies, My bridesmaids got their dresses from J.Crew and now I get emails from them about deals. I just got one that is for a wedding event. You can get 20% off from their wedding store (in store...

So I had bought a groupon for picaboo, which is one of those websites for creating photo books, cards, and canvas prints (and all that stuff). Now I'm realizing the groupon was completely unnecessary...

I am trying to design a favor label on vistaprint by adding some of their images to one of their plain white labels. I added the text and the images, but I think the white is too much of a contrast,...

So I have realized that I can easily lose HOURS searching etsy, even if I think I'm just going to look for one simple thing quickly, it is never quick. This can be frustrating, but I have also...

I am working on writing my thank yous for my shower and I am not sure what the proper etiquette is for sending thank yous when you receive a gift from multiple individuals who live at different...

So I'm working from home and I got a package today from someone who can't make it to my bridal shower next week. I wouldn't have opened it, but it was shipped in the toaster box so when the guy...

My fiance and I are planning to use a laptop and create our own wedding music playlist. We haven't completely ruled out a DJ, but it is very unlikely that we will get one. We listen to a lot of...

If you go on ruelala, click on "Holiday Dash", then "Dresses: Bridal". The discounts range substantially, but most dresses seem to be selling for between $100 and $350, but are usually...