My very long, last post as Mrs Barton-TO BE

MrsBartonToBe
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WELL! I just can not believe that it's actually my turn to say goodbye... My counter will say 1 day in a few short hours... It seems like yesturday that I started posting on here & meeting GREAT girls. It really is comforting to know theres a whole gang of girls who are going through the exact same emotions- excitement, nervousness, joy, sorrow, the list goes on... I can honestly say that this time was nothing but pure EXCITEMENT [and I don't mean this is a good way] I've never ran around so much in my life, worked so hard, fought battles in my own head, there was just something new happenening every MINUTE in these past few months. It is extremely overwhelming but looking back to it, it was mostly amazing memories...

I will truly miss seeing my best friend, MOH, sister-I-never-had, consigliere- Jessica AKA Belongs2DanBuckley every day almost.. You have done SO much for me I can't even begin to thank you. This girl has been at my side from DAY 1, and I'm not talking about just our engagement... she's been there for me throughout my entire life practically. We went to school together since we were 5, and became very close in high school. This girl was at my side the morning of my Sweet 16- decorating, organizing, and being there for me emotionally. She was there for me when I started dating my FH in 1999 when I was 17- I was scared sh!tless of boys and she was the first to tease me & make me realize that it's just a d!ck.... She's been there for me throughout college, through the good times & bad times with our FHs, she's held buckets for me to puke in at IHOP, she made me get on skis for the first time, she really has brightened my life & eased my nerves during stressful times. And now, she has driven distances for me to see reception halls, to check out favors, to PICK UP 1400 boxes of favors, to WRAP the 1400 favors, to make 3457 programs by hand, to listen to me p!ss & moan about everything under the sun, the list goes on FOREVER... she really has been right by my side through absolutely every step of this, almost as much as FH has been! She has a heart of gold, and did everything and anything she could for me to make my life that much simpler. And then theres the amazing gifts she's given us- a bottle of Cristal, a wine refrigerator, a Lladro, a patio set, a BBQ- these are only SOME of the million gifts she's given us. Jess, you have worked SO HARD for this and I can not begin to thank you enough from the bottom of my heart. I am so blessed to have you here by my side. I look forward to eternal years with you and Buckley, raising [or beating] our children together and growing so old we have to clean each others bed pans. THANK YOU for being you. I can NOT wait to get back from my HM so we can REALLY get cracking on your upcoming wedding. I look forward to spending more of these restless days and nights with you.. You're going to be a beautiful bride & more importantly- an amazing wife.

I also thank my other best friends who are in my wedding party- Dayna, Dana & Veronica who also have been there for me through thick & thin for many many years. And to my OTHER best friends who are taking part in my wedding- Cynthia aka Chachi296, Karen & Michelle. I am so happy that you are all sharing in my joy & excitement and being there for one of the most important days of my life. Cynthia- I also can NOT wait for your wedding day- another one bites the dust You are going to make a drop dead gorgeous bride & I hope you know I'm here to help you with ANYTHING as well! Many thanks to Melissa AKA MrsBrags7706 who is off celebrating her 1 year anniversary- I feel so blessed that we could share all these exciting moments together & that I had you there to ask wedding related questions to all day long
to many many more beautiful memories together.

And LIW girls- thank you for inspiring me to make the absolute most of my buck for my wedding day. I got great ideas from this site, learned so many things about weddings that I never knew, and cured ALOT of boredom at work I met so many great girls on here I can not begin to list them all.. I am sad to leave you all for the rest of July.

To my date twin Dale AKA Dalito322 & any other 7.13.07er out there- Good luck & God bless!
Same to the 7.14ers & 7.15ers:
Athee07, trish71407, Narf0714, MTLom, L&R, happybride07, Kellysgirl, Cristina0707, bliss0218, hayleyandsteve, bettybcafe, vmystique33, naps714, blushingBride714, Nicole&Jim, Suzie07, JessMxPx88, Flutterbye922- I can't believe our weekend has finally come!

I also would especially like to thank all the past brides on here for the beautiful reviews. You really made this process that much easier on us!

Finally I'd like to thank my FH Dan for being so involved in this process. It shows that you truly do want this day to happen, and you're not just trying to please me I can't believe that after 8 1/2 years of growing into adults together, we're becoming husband & wife. I look forward to a very very long, happy life together and eternally being wed. In the end, it's ME & YOU.