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Elle
Alcohol prices. Yikes!
Elle in Planning, on November 17, 2014 at 2:57 PM

So we're running numbers, trying to figure out how we can get the alcohol needed for only $600. Our venue allows a bar, but you have to bring in your own alcohol. They also only allow beer and...

Elle, Nov 17, 2014 23 53
Elle
Hair Trial
Elle in Wedding Attire, on November 15, 2014 at 8:07 PM

So my friend is going to be doing my hair for my wedding, and we had a little hair session to figure out what I wanted, that was in the realm of her knowledge of hair. This was the result. We both...

Mrs. F-u-..., Nov 16, 2014 7 23
Elle
Nwr: its finally starting to get cold in texas...
Elle in Wedding Attire, on November 12, 2014 at 2:02 PM

Which means I really want to pull out the xmas decorations early! I'm trying so hard to resist though. Anybody else crazy about decorating?

OMW, Nov 12, 2014 24 37
Elle
Any other march 2015 brides Starting get nervous...
Elle in Etiquette and Advice, on November 9, 2014 at 11:24 PM

So planning has (for the most part) gone smoothly. The whole engagment we've had other big events going on. The weddings of friends and families, a trip, a couple conventions, our other friends...

Future Mrs. L now Ma, Nov 10, 2014 9 1
Elle
I peeked at my registry... sort of!
Elle in Planning, on November 7, 2014 at 2:10 PM

I know you're not supposed to peek, but I did it by accident! I got a text from my mother, reminding me to revise my registries since I have a bridal shower coming up next month, and the invites went...

Elle, Nov 7, 2014 5 18
Elle
NWR: Children
Elle in Community Conversations, on October 23, 2014 at 7:53 PM

Both my family and FH's family have asked us several times when we will be having children. I tell them we are waiting at least two years after the wedding, and everyone grumbles about how that is to...

Tiffany Nash, Oct 29, 2014 16 15
Elle
I actually had a plesant convo with my mother
Elle in Etiquette and Advice, on October 20, 2014 at 11:19 PM

So last wednesday i told my mother i wasnt discussing the issue of our officiant anymore. Thursday we had a huge knock down drag out fight on the phone, that left my dad and fh cowering in fear. The...

Elle, Oct 21, 2014 6 1
Elle
The officiant issue... Again. *eye roll*
Elle in Wedding Attire, on October 15, 2014 at 1:24 PM

Mom is at it again. She wants us to have a religious officiant/ceremony, and has wanted this from the beginning. Fh and i are not religious, and my mother has only set foot in church for anything...

Enya, Oct 17, 2014 54 53
Elle
Best. Proposal. Ever.
Elle in Community Conversations, on October 13, 2014 at 5:53 PM

So my friend proposed to my other friend on Saturday! We went to the Texas Renaissance Festival Masquerade ball. King Midas is the one who 'hosted' the event, along with gods like Pan, and Dionysus...

Elle, Oct 15, 2014 10 19
Elle
KWR: Friends engagement!
Elle in Community Conversations, on October 10, 2014 at 8:38 AM

Soooooo tomorrow my friend is being proposed to, and I could not be more excited! I've been sitting on this news for over a month, and I've hardly been able to contain my excitement. There's a script,...

FinallyMrsW, Oct 10, 2014 4 17
Elle
Rehearsal dinner
Elle in Planning, on October 6, 2014 at 9:41 PM

So we were running numbers for the rehearsal dinner tonight. FH's mother is giving us $500 for the rehearsal dinner, and we thought surely that would be enough. Yeah... no. I have whittled down...

Elle, Oct 7, 2014 29 49
Elle
NWR: Nail biting
Elle in Planning, on October 3, 2014 at 10:10 AM

So most of you know the last few months have been a little rocky. Job changes, money issues, MOB drama, groomsmen and bridesmaid drama.... Well, in the middle of all that stress you think my nails...

Elle, Oct 3, 2014 9 21
Elle
Hard to stay out of it.
Elle in Etiquette and Advice, on September 29, 2014 at 11:34 AM

Every challenge we have faced during this wedding has been something I can physically involve myself in, to help the problem reach solution that much quicker. Now we are having an issue with another...

Elle, Sep 29, 2014 41 12
Elle
Mother is at it again! Rant :)
Elle in Planning, on September 20, 2014 at 11:03 AM

I swear, she has a problem with almost every detail of this wedding! So we are having my Brother and FSIL officiate the wedding. We thought it would be a fun way to include them, and both of them were...

Enya, Sep 20, 2014 6 21
Elle
NWR: Update on my FH mood about the new job.
Elle in Planning, on September 18, 2014 at 7:26 PM

So I need to learn to trust my FH's intuition. A couple of you saw that yesterday he was crying in his truck, and didn't know why. Well we got served this evening with a cease and desist. He was fired...

Elle, Sep 18, 2014 21 27
Elle
Nwr: so worried that the bridge of my nose is twitching
Elle in Etiquette and Advice, on September 17, 2014 at 10:27 AM

A lot of you know that life has been crazy stressful lately. First me being unemployed for a month, then car troubles, then fh losing his job as soon as i became employed again, then my mother.... The...

Elle, Sep 17, 2014 7 969
Elle
My forehead vein nearly popped today...
Elle in Etiquette and Advice, on September 14, 2014 at 6:23 PM

We are having one of my bridal showers and the bachlorette party on the same day, some time in December around the holidays. I know that this is a super inconvenient time for people, but my hands were...

Annael25, Sep 14, 2014 5 5
Elle
My mother sucks the joy right out of wedding planning. Rant
Elle in Planning, on September 13, 2014 at 7:06 PM

I'm having a Dr. Who wedding. My mother does not like that (I've mentioned this here before.) We are having fully functioning Daleks at my wedding, one of which will do a little "skit" during the...

Elle, Sep 13, 2014 9 52
Elle
Finally getting to the point where we can do more planning
Elle in Planning, on July 24, 2014 at 10:29 AM

We havent been able to do much other then diy stuff lately, because the wedding is still so far out. Well i just got three meetings planned, and feel great to have set dates for getting more stuff...

LadyStevie, Aug 19, 2014 3 2
Elle
Got so much done this weekend!
Elle in Planning, on August 17, 2014 at 5:44 PM

For starters i spent some time with my out of town bridesmaid. She lives in london, and is visiting her parents for w couple weeks. It was actually the first time i've seen her in over 10 years, so...

Elle, Aug 17, 2014 4 16
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