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Posted by DA77

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Posted by jandt2006

i'm sorry i havent' been following this thread closely but is everyone here getting their girls armani or lladro statues for their bridal showers?

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I'm thinking about it. But what's the protocol with that? Do you give them that at the shower and is it then totally separate from the BM gift?

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we're doing the statutes- my mom is throwing the shower so she's taking care of the statues for the girls. Iladro is too wayyy too expensive (i have 9 girls in my bridal party so it would cost about 2K to get Iladro for all of them), so we're probably doing Armani or another brand called Nova. Then the gifts I give at the rehearsal dinner are gonna be from me and FH.

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Posted by pupidda122505

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Posted by DA77

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Posted by jandt2006

i'm sorry i havent' been following this thread closely but is everyone here getting their girls armani or lladro statues for their bridal showers?

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I'm thinking about it. But what's the protocol with that? Do you give them that at the shower and is it then totally separate from the BM gift?

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we're doing the statutes- my mom is throwing the shower so she's taking care of the statues for the girls. Iladro is too wayyy too expensive (i have 9 girls in my bridal party so it would cost about 2K to get Iladro for all of them), so we're probably doing Armani or another brand called Nova. Then the gifts I give at the rehearsal dinner are gonna be from me and FH.

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same here .... my mom and sister (MOH) is in charge of the shower - and my girls are getting Armani's. I lovee them, and its kinda tradition in my family for the BM to get them .... now they make them in color - and they are GORGEOUS - has anyone seen them????

and me and FH will get the BP gifts for the rehearsal dinner

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Posted by Love4Eva

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Posted by pupidda122505

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Posted by DA77

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Posted by jandt2006

i'm sorry i havent' been following this thread closely but is everyone here getting their girls armani or lladro statues for their bridal showers?

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I'm thinking about it. But what's the protocol with that? Do you give them that at the shower and is it then totally separate from the BM gift?

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we're doing the statutes- my mom is throwing the shower so she's taking care of the statues for the girls. Iladro is too wayyy too expensive (i have 9 girls in my bridal party so it would cost about 2K to get Iladro for all of them), so we're probably doing Armani or another brand called Nova. Then the gifts I give at the rehearsal dinner are gonna be from me and FH.

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same here .... my mom and sister (MOH) is in charge of the shower - and my girls are getting Armani's. I lovee them, and its kinda tradition in my family for the BM to get them .... now they make them in color - and they are GORGEOUS - has anyone seen them????

and me and FH will get the BP gifts for the rehearsal dinner

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Yes, I have seen them. They are gorgeous & I'd really love for the girls to get them, whether it's from me or my mom! My mom keeps telling me it's her responsibility to get the statues b/c it's a bridal shower but I kinda feel bad. Anybody else feel that way?

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Posted by DA77
Yes, I have seen them. They are gorgeous & I'd really love for the girls to get them, whether it's from me or my mom! My mom keeps telling me it's her responsibility to get the statues b/c it's a bridal shower but I kinda feel bad. Anybody else feel that way?

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don't get me wrong i definitely feel bad because my parents are already helping us out a lot - in fact i didn't have an engagement party on purpose because I felt bad that my parents were giving us so much for the wedding and paying the whole shower too. but theres just some things that my mother wants to do and i can't have a say lol like she insisted on buying the favors and no matter how much FH and me told her there was no need for her to do it she did it anyway and the same thing goes with the statues...italian mothers are very stubborn lol

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Posted by pupidda122505

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Posted by DA77
Yes, I have seen them. They are gorgeous & I'd really love for the girls to get them, whether it's from me or my mom! My mom keeps telling me it's her responsibility to get the statues b/c it's a bridal shower but I kinda feel bad. Anybody else feel that way?

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don't get me wrong i definitely feel bad because my parents are already helping us out a lot - in fact i didn't have an engagement party on purpose because I felt bad that my parents were giving us so much for the wedding and paying the whole shower too. but theres just some things that my mother wants to do and i can't have a say lol like she insisted on buying the favors and no matter how much FH and me told her there was no need for her to do it she did it anyway and the same thing goes with the statues...italian mothers are very stubborn lol

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I know, they are stubborn, aren't they?! That's funny - I didn't have an e-party either, partly for that reason! Anyway, I should just let her do what she wants - she' s the one who brought up the idea of the statues anyway!!!!

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Posted by DA77

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Posted by pupidda122505

don't get me wrong i definitely feel bad because my parents are already helping us out a lot - in fact i didn't have an engagement party on purpose because I felt bad that my parents were giving us so much for the wedding and paying the whole shower too. but theres just some things that my mother wants to do and i can't have a say lol like she insisted on buying the favors and no matter how much FH and me told her there was no need for her to do it she did it anyway and the same thing goes with the statues...italian mothers are very stubborn lol

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I know, they are stubborn, aren't they?! That's funny - I didn't have an e-party either, partly for that reason! Anyway, I should just let her do what she wants - she' s the one who brought up the idea of the statues anyway!!!!

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that's funny - bc for the e-party it was the TOTAL opposite for me ... me and FH decided NOT to have one .. and my parents and his parents convinced us into having one .. THEN we thought what if we just go with the IMMEDIATE family to a restaurant and celebrate? and my parents were like NO! your sister and brother had a party - its not right if we dont have one for you!! so.. we had an e-party - and now Im glad that we did - and it was really worth it!!

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Posted by bella11

Santina,,,I was the same way..I REFUSED to have an E-party because my parents were paying for everything for the wedding, my shower, dress, endless gifts throughout the engagement, favors, invites...It got to the point where I would cry to them because I fealt so bad. BUT as you know they are thrilled and honored to do it for us. I just made sure to let them know how much I appreciated everything they did for us and I still thank them. My inlaws also were extremely generous...

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Ro, u don't understand how much convincing it took for her to understand that i didn't want an engagement party - her and my father finally agreed but up to this day she tells me maybe i should have thrown u too a party anyway! lol i just thought that i'm not the only daughter u know? my parents have my sister who'll be getting married in a few years - i wasn't about to make them break the bank with my wedding. but like u said they keep telling me how happy and thrilled they are to be doing this and i'm their first daughter getting married so it's very special...so i guess we should give up and let them do what they gotta do because they're gonna do it anyway lol

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I keep peeking on this thread because my FH is Italian, but I'm not, and this thread has gotten sooooooooo Italian! Can someone post what an armani statue looks like? I'm curious...

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these some armani statues - but there's more.

I never 'gotten' into them.

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Hi Girls!!!!

That's funny regarding the engagement party thing...my mom INSISTED and I told her NOWAY...What does she do?? She throws us a surprise E-party with the family and inlaws at my house. Than my MIL wanted to have one with her family. I gave up after that..we ended up having TWO e-parties (both house parties though)

My mother also wanted to do the Armani statues for the girls, but I told her not to. They are beautiful, but I just felt like it's not something that they would have really appreciated...I guess it depends on your girls..

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Hey girls.. Just checking in to say hello

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FH is Italian!

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i thought the armani statues were more expensive then the lladro ones? i found cute little girls ones at 65m bucks and for the BM's like 95 bucks. that's more money then the armani ones?

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Posted by pupidda122505

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Posted by DrBeLLaRoSe

my ceremony is at st joseph's church on 30th ave and 44th street. I went there for grammar school :)
where is st. francis of assisi?

here is a pic of the dresses we got (in beige not pink)

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that dress is gorgeous - it's on my list of dresses for my girls to try on. alvina valenta makes amazing bridesmaid dresses...u made a great choice!

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Santina, thank u so much! that makes me feel a lot better. Like every other one of my choices, i have been doubting the bm dresses too...

by the way can i just say
I LOVE THIS THREAD!