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Things my Mother has Worried About

Posted Monday, June 30, 2008 11:17 AM

Now, to address a subject that I am sure many of the other brides have dealt with, and if not, I fear it may rear its ugly head in the future. As the title of the blog suggests, as you plan your wedding, your mother will, no doubt, call you and ask you

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Organized, Finally

Posted Wednesday, June 25, 2008 6:27 PM

This weekend, my fiance and I finally had a chance to unpack the presents I received at the shower the week before. Thank goodness. I was so tired of walking into the living room and thinking that I was in a garage. One corner of the room had a pile of

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Frustrated with the Reception Site

Posted Wednesday, June 18, 2008 2:22 PM

Here is the sequence of events that has made me greatly dislike my reception site (ladies don't say hate): June 3: I email the reception site to set up the "big meeting" which is supposed to take place about a month before the wedding (August 9). I ask

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What I Hate About My Wedding

Posted Friday, June 13, 2008 10:34 AM

OK - let me lie down on the couch, doctor. There is one thing about my wedding that I can't stand, and it is really starting to bother me. Really. What am I talking about, you ask? The fact that my mother won't stop worrying about whether or not we need

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Ring Shopping - Round 1

Posted Saturday, May 24, 2008 12:05 PM

I do not envy my fiance or any other person that has to look for engagement or wedding jewelry. It truly is an ordeal. When we decided that it was time to start looking for rings, my fiance decided that we should shop around, which makes sense, especially

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Honeymoon Flight

Posted Thursday, May 22, 2008 3:37 PM

The saga of the honeymoon flights began the day the flights opened up for reserve on Continental. We moved our frequent flier miles around and decided that we would use them to try to upgrade our seats to BusinessFirst . Since we're flying to Greece,

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Breaking up is Hard to Do

Posted Thursday, April 10, 2008 8:05 PM

While the title may be misleading, the wedding has not been cancelled. Rather, I finally had to dump one of the cake bakers. I got an email on Friday from the woman who works with my sister asking if I still wanted her to do the cake, since she hadn't

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Why You Need A Professional Wedding Cake Baker

Posted Friday, March 28, 2008 3:44 PM

There is a reason why people who are not professional cake bakers have significantly (so I thought) lower prices than professionals. When last my fiance and I were in Houston, we arranged to have two cake tastings, one with Who Made the Cake, and the

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