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AW 17 Days!!

I'm so close to the 15 day forecast. LoL My cousin is getting married this weekend and they are forcasting rain the next 5 days. I feel bad for her.
We've gotten all the timeline details worked out, figuring out rides for people and all that jazz. The only major things on my list left is paying off people, OOT bags, place cards and programs. Feels good to have gotten stuff done early. Oh my dress is suppose to be finished on Friday, I am hoping my last fitting goes off without (ETA: out) a hitch. Can't wait to see the finished product!

Although getting answers from Military guests has been a PITA. Our original Ushers and Reader couldn't make it, so we had to asked other guys. Only a handful of David's AF guys can make it and I feel bad for him but it doesn't phase him though, which is good.

I'm excited to see this last 1.5 years of planning pay off.

Re: AW 17 Days!!

  • Beachy730Beachy730 member
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    edited December 2011
    Haha I just read it as the last 15 years of planning, and thought holy crap Shan has been planning since she was a kid! 

    Seriously though, I'm so excited for you, and hope everything works out perfectly these last couples weeks.  I can't wait to see pics after the wedding!
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  • kyrgyzstankyrgyzstan member
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    edited December 2011
    Yay Shan! I can't wait to see photos!
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  • edited December 2011
    Yay Shan!! I know I started getting soooo excited around that point!! I hope everything goes off without a hitch and without any rain!! You deserve a beautiful wonderful day!! I'm with the girls, I can't wait to see pictures!!
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  • edited December 2011
    Thanks ladies. It seems surreal even though I have all this wedding stuff taking over my closet. Perhaps when my Dress is hiding out in in there this wknd it will really sink it. I can't decide what I am more excited for, to see David or MARRY David. LoL Its been a few months since I saw him and I'm a little bummed I can't swing picking him up from the airport. Its been my job for years. :( On the flip side his parents are super excited to do it.
    I'm sure I am going to be overwhelmed with emotions when I see him at the rehearsal or if I have time, before.

    Oh and he still refuses to spend friday night with me, also a major bummer. (He is already pretty traditional but never this strict LoL) Oh well, I hope the high of wedding lasts after he flys back on Memorial Day.

    I'll give you ladies a sneek peek of the finished dress on friday, so stay tuned :)
  • Beachy730Beachy730 member
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    edited December 2011
    Yay I can't wait to see the dress!  

    We went traditional on the night before the wedding too.  I was fine with it, but if I hadn't seen it in months I probably would have said screw tradition too.  Will you get to see him once he comes home before the wedding?  Or is walking down the aisle the first time you'll see him?
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  • edited December 2011
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    [QUOTE]Yay I can't wait to see the dress!   We went traditional on the night before the wedding too.  I was fine with it, but if I hadn't seen it in months I probably would have said screw tradition too.  Will you get to see him once he comes home before the wedding?  Or is walking down the aisle the first time you'll see him?
    Posted by dnbeach12[/QUOTE]

    I'll see him the day before the wedding. He gets in around lunch time. But I don't know if I'll have time between last minute details/nails etc. before the rehearsal. After the rehearsal dinner he will head back to his parents. We are doing a first look, since our Church kicks us out right after the ceremony (have to get ready for evening mass LoL) So I will see him after I get all ready. We are taking the majority of our pictures before the ceremony. But I am saving the veil for walking down the aisle. :) (On a side note, I can't believe I spent $250 on a veil I will wear for 2 hours.. praying for daughters so someone will wear it again haha)


    The whole time during wedding planning I just assumed he would stay with me like always. TMI but we didn't wait, although we were each other's first. All of the sudden, it dawned on me to ask and he was really against spending the night with me. He wants the next night to be extra special blah blah haha, which is cool we don't have to but I at least want to SNUGGLE dangit! Not to mention we have a grand total of 3 nights together before he goes back, which leaves 2 now. Sad Day for Shan. LoL
  • Beachy730Beachy730 member
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    edited December 2011
    Yeah I would be bummed about that too.  Hopefully your wedding night isn't like ours then where I was so freaking exhausted that I think I was asleep before even hitting the bed.  Some of H's Navy friends traveled for the wedding that he hadn't seen in years, so I insisted that he stay in the casino/bar and spend tme with them.  When he tried waking me up when he got up to the room, I told him I was so tired that I wanted to cry, so he let me sleep.  So here's hoping for better luck for you!  

    And yeah, veil prices are outrageous.  Hopefully you can get another use out of it someday.  That's part of the reason I went with the headband instead, because at least for the money  I was able to wear it all day and night.
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  • edited December 2011
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    [QUOTE] And yeah, veil prices are outrageous.  Hopefully you can get another use out of it someday.  That's part of the reason I went with the headband instead, because at least for the money  I was able to wear it all day and night.
    Posted by dnbeach12[/QUOTE]

    The sales lady was good and put it on while I was wearing the dress and didn't tell me the price until after I fell in love with it! My Mom wanted me to wear it all night, no thanks I don't want to fuss with it all night. My dress came with a flower pin that I made into a clip which I will wear in my hair all night. :)
  • edited December 2011
    I fell in love with a veil when I got my 2nd dress (Not like I wore 2 dresses, but I took my original one back and got a new one that fit me better), They wanted like $400, but my MIL made me one that was almost exactly like it!! for like $20. Go MIL!!

    H and I wen't against tradition and actually spent the night before together, and with one of his friends.. I wish I could say nothing happend Innocent (in my defense it had been 4 months, plus 7 months before the week I spent in Japan)Bad Sami..
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_military-brides_aw-17-days?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special Topic Wedding BoardsForum:13Discussion:996b16f9-6a1f-4db0-8b19-4026a5a6c779Post:8955cbfd-f2c2-489a-8bf3-d079b8456240">Re: AW 17 Days!!</a>:
    [QUOTE]Thanks ladies. It seems surreal even though I have all this wedding stuff taking over my closet. <strong>Perhaps when my Dress is hiding out in in there this wknd it will really sink it. I can't decide what I am more excited for, to see David or MARRY David. </strong>LoL Its been a few months since I saw him and I'm a little bummed I can't swing picking him up from the airport. Its been my job for years. :( On the flip side his parents are super excited to do it. I'm sure I am going to be overwhelmed with emotions when I see him at the rehearsal or if I have time, before. Oh and he still refuses to spend friday night with me, also a major bummer. (He is already pretty traditional but never this strict LoL) Oh well, I hope the high of wedding lasts after he flys back on Memorial Day. I'll give you ladies a sneek peek of the finished dress on friday, so stay tuned :)
    Posted by shan87[/QUOTE]

    Shan, when I read the bolded part, even though I don't know anything about you, I am now excited for you! lol  Realy it all is a cute/ loving  paragraph period! :) Just think after the wedding and all and  even years later after marriage when he comes back from deployment   it's another honeymoon each time :)  So bummed to see them go, but the excitement of them coming back and being back home, undiscribable! You almost feel like you are 17 again and so madly in love no matter what age you truely are :) I can only imagine adding a wedding in all of the excitement! :) :)
  • kara811kara811 member
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    edited December 2011
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    [QUOTE]Thanks ladies. It seems surreal even though I have all this wedding stuff taking over my closet. Perhaps when my Dress is hiding out in in there this wknd it will really sink it. I can't decide what I am more excited for, to see David or MARRY David. LoL Its been a few months since I saw him and I'm a little bummed I can't swing picking him up from the airport. Its been my job for years. :( On the flip side his parents are super excited to do it. I'm sure I am going to be overwhelmed with emotions when I see him at the rehearsal or if I have time, before. <strong>Oh and he still refuses to spend friday night with me, also a major bummer.</strong> (He is already pretty traditional but never this strict LoL) Oh well, I hope the high of wedding lasts after he flys back on Memorial Day. I'll give you ladies a sneek peek of the finished dress on friday, so stay tuned :)
    Posted by shan87[/QUOTE]<div>
    </div><div>
    </div><div>H was the exact same. I even asked him to stay at the hotel with me last minute, but he wouldn't have it. Even though it was already so late, he still went back to the hotel his parents were staying at. lol</div><div>
    </div><div>I remember being 15 days out. It's so exciting and a bit nerve-racking once the day starts getting closer. 

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  • edited December 2011
    Yay so exciting! Even though my wedding is forever away I told Fi I wanted to spend the night before with him - I figure we've spent enough time apart. He's not exactly on board (he wants his bachelor party that night since his Army friends are stationed all over and won't be able to get together before then) but at least I'll have seen him recently... I can't imagine not staying with him if I hadn't seen him in months!! I hope you get some alone time before the reception!
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  • edited December 2011
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    [QUOTE]Yay so exciting! Even though my wedding is forever away I told Fi I wanted to spend the night before with him - I figure we've spent enough time apart. He's not exactly on board (he wants his bachelor party that night since his Army friends are stationed all over and won't be able to get together before then) but at least I'll have seen him recently...<strong> I can't imagine not staying with him if I hadn't seen him in months!! I hope you get some alone time before the reception!</strong>
    Posted by SarahP787[/QUOTE]

    We will. We also agreed to spend as much time during the day as possible. Except for the mother/son dance, uncle/niece dance, dollar dance and bathroom breaks :)


    ETA: there is no way I would trust David having a guys night before the wedding. He would be up ALL night playing computer/video games. He has done it before and turns into a zombie the next day.
  • edited December 2011
    That's good! I meant to say "before the rehearsal" but it will be very nice to be with him all day on your actual wedding day :)

    I'm not thrilled with the idea of my Fi and all of his groomsmen stumbling through the day sleep deprived and probably hungover, but it very well may be the only time they'll be able to all do the party. Knowing how ridiculous Fi and his friends can be, and how long it's been since they were all together, I should really just be hoping they don't end up in jail or something!

    PS: Now it's practically 16 days!
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