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Ok so I am FINALLY writing my review.
I will start by saying thanks to Ron, Kim, and the whole LIWeddings family. Although I only joined in January and was married by March I got a lot of ideas and a lot of input from past and future brides to be to help me plan my wedding in 8 weeks. Even more than that I have made some amazing friends (Maria, Kristen, Jessica, Nikki and Angela you girls are amazing) (also Adelina I loved being hall twins and being able to help answer each other’s questions)
So yes I had a surprise wedding ? DH and I had discussed this years ago bc he doesn’t like to be center of attention and he also didn’t want to spend money on a wedding….so being a genius (lol) I came up with the idea ofd a surprise wedding. We made our guests believe it was an engagement party and about an hour in I did a wardrobe change into my wedding dress and came out and had my brother give me away. As I came out everyone applauded some cried some were in total shock and some felt something fishy was going on. Needless to say no matter what at the end of the day I married my best friend and will live happily ever after.
So here goes:
Proposal…C (lol) my own fault bc I honestly made it super difficult for him that day. It was Christmas Eve and he was going to do Christmas shopping. I asked him to pick one more thing up for my niece and when he got home it was not what I asked so I was aggravated. He asked me to go out to lunch and I said No bc now I had to goo brave the crazy crowds to go fix his mess up and I would then have to come home and wrap and we had to be at families by 6. Well we left the families at 9 bc we had to go home to feed our new puppy as we leave he says lets go hunt for xmas lights. My response was “ummm no we have to get home to the puppy “ then we get home to feed and play with the puppy and change into jammies then proceed to get into a disagreement whether or not we should do gifts then or wait until Christmas day, plus he wasn’t happy I was making him take a pic with me and the puppy in front of the tree. Well we take the pic, crate the puppy and get settled to start opening gifts when he sits on the floor by the table and snotty me says “what are you doing” so he proceeds to take the ring out and say “um I don’t know how to do this” romantic right??? He then proceeded to say he has been trying all day and he had a whole plan and I am super difficult so he asked, I said yes (and apologized) and then called my mom (who was waiting patiently by her phone bc she knew) then my sis who told her daughters and the oldest one (my god daughter) says “aunt mimi your birthday wish came true” bc on my birthday the august before I blew out my candles with her help and whispered my wish in her ear. After she said that I cried like a baby and the rest is history
Husband…A++++++++(infinity)
I couldn’t have found a better man if I tried. wHo would have thought a random night at a bar a boy would walk through the door and I would say to my friend…”im totally going to make out with that boy tonight” here we are almost 7 years later and I am calling him my husband!
Rings – Jared – A+
He went to Jared!!!! Lol We dealt with Mike and he was amazing. I recommend him highly!
Dress – David’s Bridal –A+ -
my consultant was Gail and was an absolute godsend!!! I told her the dress I loved, she pulled the dress and pulled 3 other ones too. She made me try on the other 3 first and put me in my dress last. When I put my dress on I came out and mom and my sister started crying. I looked in the mirror and cried too. It was definitely the one and it fit my absolutely perfectly! I looked over at Gail and she was crying too! I bought my ydress, veil, headpiece, bra and slip that day, talk about one stop shopping!
MOH Dress - Davids Bridal – A-
I told my MOH go pick out a cute black dress and that she did. The dress was perfect, I loved it and so did she. She had an issue when it came time to pay bc they wouldn’t honor the $20 off being I bought my dress there. They said bc the dress was discounted, but she paid full price not discounted ao she spoke to a few people and they fixed it
MOB dress o Dress Barn A+
My mom looked gorgeous!
DH suit – Van Heusen – A+
I got DH’s entire outfit and he looked super handsome. Best thing was that everything was on sale and I used a coupon!!!
Alterations – David’s Bridal – C
the man who did my alterations was in a super rush and really didn’t care at all. When I went for my final fitting I seen he had sewn the dress in a weird spot to hem it. It looked terrible and the lady who was there told me that’s the way it came…OH NO IT DIDN’T!!! So oshe got a seam ripper and took out the part he sewed but my hem wasn’t right and I noticed it way more once I seen the video. Oh well it is what it is right? I loved my bustle!!! (that’s why they didn’t get an F)
