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Hi folks! You all are so helpful with ideas and figuring things like this out, need people to bounce this idea off of.

My post history indicates and probably is annoying with, "I've worked at a lot of weddings." And it's true, I have, but I'm still a little stuck on the question of when to do toasts.

My preference and idea I like is to spread them out through dinner. We are having 3 courses, app, salad, and main. My original idea was:

First dance,
guests sit for dinner,
Father of Groom Welcome,
app course,
toast 1,
salad course,
toast 2 & 3,
main course,
then we have Pie and parent dances.

Why I hesitate, we are having 2 friends (hired, contracts, paying) to do phot

A few weeks ago I took my completed invitation to the post office. This had invite with vellum paper, rsvp card with stamped envelope, and cooking twine with a hang tag with our website on it all inside our pretty standard size envelope.

I took this before buying more postage to be weighed and make sure it wasn't a weird size. The postal worked weighed it and told me just 1 forever stamp was needed, score! I buy stamps a bit later, my post office didn't have cute stamps (a necessity, duh) so I waited and picked them up near my work, stamped all the out of state and far away friends and dropped them in a box at the post office. We received a gift from couple in Ohio off of our honeymoon regi

Contacted bus company for wedding shuttle: yes we're available! Here's a better deal than the one you saw online! Me: Great, here's your contract back and info for you to take the deposit!

1 week later me, email: hi, just wanted to make sure you received that contract as I did an online fax, contract is good? Deposit? There was a 10 day holding?

NOTHING
call 3 days later to confirm
Bus company: Oh yeah, we got it. It's great. We haven't run your card yet. Yeah, Sally? We running cards today? Ok, it should come out today.

Me: Thanks great, phew.

That was in MARCH. The money was never taken, so I guess I'm hoping our contract is still good and we'll just pay in full???

Everyone o

I'm laughing, but man oh man! I sent many save the dates through paperless post which was great! Made the form so people could leave addresses for physical invites- great!
This morning I send a reminder, thanking those who filled out form and asking for those who have not to please do so. There are about 20 people who haven't, but no way to choose on paperless post how to update just those people. Now, I should have gone through and just emailed those people but I didn't. AND NOW every message and email I got today was from the lovely people who already sent their address! DO YOU THINK I GOT ONE ADDRESS FROM ANYONE WHO HASN'T FILLED OUT THAT FORM YET?!
Sorry about my yelling, but I

I went shopping at the NYC store, was told to wait a bit, but got to look at the dresses on the racks, check out the one's I'd been stalking online and see some that I was less impressed with in person.
The sales attendant was very friendly and helpful, kept things light. There was another customer who I was kind of trading the big mirror off with but it didn't bother me, maybe some would prefer more private experience? I liked it because she was picking very different styles than I was, so it was fun to see!
I left with a card of the dresses that were my favorites and the prices listed, was told my measurements would be kept on file and if I called and ordered from the store I wouldn't

EDIT Just after reading replies on this, I know people have different reasons for inviting or not inviting, or having to make cuts, or space limitations! We've had to do it to! There are a lot of posts on this sub asking about the etiquette or, 'should I invite co-workers with so I've never met?' and the like. I wanted to give my reaction and feelings on being that potential not invited so. I think most of us can agree that the guest list is easily one of the most stressful aspects (or is connected because it affects price and even sometimes family relationships!) Wishing you all happy planning!

My fiance (and partner of 8 years) received an invitation in the mail from a childhood fri

This is a rant. I'm honestly happy that this is really the biggest rant I have but JEEZE!. Backstory, my FH went by his middle name for most of his life. Not uncommon. His parents named him George Michael (not his real names) knowing they would always call him Michael. (WHY DIDN'T THEY JUST NAME HIM MICHAEL GEROGE? We will never know.) I meet FH in college when he has decided to go by George. It is his name, he is free to do as he pleases! Well, now I know him as George, I call him George, I love George, anyone we've met including all mutual friends know him as George. Now we're getting married. (Yay!) His family and anyone he knew before age 20 calls him Michael. I, along with all our frie

It has taken me a while to just find someone's portfolio online that I like! And now that I have I just don't know if I can justify the price. I usually do a very natural look when I do wear makeup, but usually I'm just out the door with my brows filled in and some mascara. I'm not looking for the fancy up do, more of the beachy wave blowout. It's a barn wedding, but with a big guestlist, so while I originally thought I could learn how to do my makeup really well, I don't want to break down that day when I can't cover a blemish or hold the mascara wand right! I also would love to give the gift of looking fab to my mom and future mother in law. Is $250 what you expect for bridal hair and make

EDIT: thanks so much ladies! I had all my friends asking B if I'd chosen yet and after some soul searching and a "walking down the aisle visualization" I realized I couldn't even picture walking in the Reagan. It just transformed into the Penelope dress! I think that settles it! I also left out the part that before shopping I asked fiancé to look at all the dresses on Bhldn and "for fun" pick out a dress he'd like to know I tried on. He picked Penelope. I think it will be a lovely surprise when he sees me walking in it. I'm in love with 2 dresses, have tried them both on at appointment. 1st one is [Penelope](http://www.bhldn.com/shop-the-bride-wedding-dresses/penelope-gown/productOptionIDS/