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They sure seem to be switching these magazine rebates quickly!
My DH said he has a heat gun. I've give this a try.
We're all thinking the same thing about the cones. This is one time that we're hoping they won't follow through.
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You know the cones will be the only thing they come through on
I've been talking with a friend that's getting married and she's been telling me her difficulties with people getting back to her! She's a wedding photographer, so I would think that doesn't matter what/who you are, you'd get decent treatment, but I guess not. I don't know if it would be easier with a hired Wedding Coordinator, you know?
I sent you something to the gmail email you gave me. My costs are in a spreadsheet and it would get messed up if I copied and pasted into a PM :p
And that's nice of your DBF! I'm sure mine would too, but I think he's more like OMG!! CUT COSTS!!!
Edit: About my friend that used Kelly Zhang, omg, how is it possible that she's had immediate bookings, or I think a month, is immediate, after her wedding?! ! (Friend still posting pictures after her wedding in August). It drives me nuts to know that people like you probably can't get her because people like my friend is the way she is.
i replied! can i just commend you on being so organized even before getting engaged! i wish i had done this - i wouldn't be so shell-shocked right now.
you can't blame your dbf - but rather slowly ease him into it. that is just the price to pay for a CA wedding, unfortunately. i've seen some videos/photos of weddings at pacific palms, and it's actually pretty nice. nicer than i would expect, anyway.
i don't understand what you're saying about ur friend and kelly...? i think i know which friend this is via fb - and her trial photos at kelly's site.
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Of course, now they want me to stay with the bridesmaids (5 girls, 2 beds.... nope, not doing that either).
Anyway, I think it's a combination of a lack of money & being clueless. When my sister planned my nephew's shower, she asked the bride if her family wanted to join them & have one big shower instead of two. The bride's family declined. That was great, because my sis was just trying to extend an olive branch in the first place. Two days before the shower the bride's mom called & said they had decided to join her shower & would bring their food there. All their family & friends show up at the shower my sister hosted & brought a bag of fruits from the grocery store. That's was the only thing they brought & it wasn't even prepared to serve.
The roses they ordered are from the local grocery store. They're definitely not expensive flowers. To make matter worse the lady in the floral dept. said she would get the roses in at 2pm on the day of the wedding at the earliest. It's possible she won't get them. She told them she needed two weeks to get them in. They ordered them last Friday for a wedding this Friday. It really sounds like they don't think things through. Plus, they don't seem to be aware of proper protocol for weddings. It's possible that they've never had a nice wedding, & just don't know what they're doing.
*snip*
I feel sorry for her. She's a sweet girl who grew up in a difficult situation. She put my sisters Christmas tree on her FB page, & labeled it her first Christmas tree. She doesn't live with my sis, but that's the closest thing she's ever had to a Christmas tree. (They're not Jews or anything.) How sad is that? That broke my heart.
I finally found a cute off the rack dress that all the bridesmaids liked and the bride approved of. I was able to price adjust them down to $70. They were only sold at the Macy's on the East Coast, so I bought 2 sizes for each girl to make sure that they'd get the best fit and flew them to CA
Two of the bridesmaids have been talking about how they want to leave the tags on their dress so that they can return them later. Obviously, the bride doesn't have a problem with people not loving the bridemaid dress, although they all gushed about how cute it was and approved it before I bought the dresses, or with people returning the dress. The problem is that the tags are not hideable, there are 2 and they stick out of the side of the dress, there is no way to hide them. The bride decided that she didn't want these BM worrying about returning it and maybe it was a money thing, and offered to pay half for both of them so they'd only have to pay $35 for a dress that they had previously said was super cute and awesome. But they both refused! They said they'd find a way to hide the tags. I personally don't think it can be a money thing, because these 2 BM were the ones who were trying to make all the bridesmaids buy new matching shoes (the bride only wanted her bridesmaids to wear any black shoes they already owned and liked) They are also the BMs who keep trying to make all the bridesmaids book a hotel for the bride's bachelorette party when all she wants to do is go play laser tag not go out drinking. (I made sure that the Bride is getting what she wants in these departments though) I guess this means they really hate those dresses, I wish they'd said that instead of talking about how great it looked. Oh and these are the BM that have been talking behind the brides back about how she must not be doing anything for her wedding. I totes got mad at them and told them that it wasn't acceptable for them to leave the tags on and ruin the bride's wedding photos. They said ok, we will try to take the tags off but leave the plastic thingies on so we can put the tags back on later. Ok but I'm the one that paid for them, and I'm the one with the reciept with 13 dresses on it, does that mean I'm the one that takes the hit if they can't get the tags back on after the wedding? Whatever, if those plastic thingies stick out the day of the wedding, I'll just cut them off when they aren't looking, if they don't want to pay me for the dresses after that, we can just stop being friends. They weren't this annoying for my wedding, I don't get why they are being so difficult for this one.
I finally found a cute off the rack dress that all the bridesmaids liked and the bride approved of. I was able to price adjust them down to $70. They were only sold at the Macy's on the East Coast, so I bought 2 sizes for each girl to make sure that they'd get the best fit and flew them to CA
Two of the bridesmaids have been talking about how they want to leave the tags on their dress so that they can return them later. Obviously, the bride doesn't have a problem with people not loving the bridemaid dress, although they all gushed about how cute it was and approved it before I bought the dresses, or with people returning the dress. The problem is that the tags are not hideable, there are 2 and they stick out of the side of the dress, there is no way to hide them. The bride decided that she didn't want these BM worrying about returning it and maybe it was a money thing, and offered to pay half for both of them so they'd only have to pay $35 for a dress that they had previously said was super cute and awesome. But they both refused! They said they'd find a way to hide the tags. I personally don't think it can be a money thing, because these 2 BM were the ones who were trying to make all the bridesmaids buy new matching shoes (the bride only wanted her bridesmaids to wear any black shoes they already owned and liked) They are also the BMs who keep trying to make all the bridesmaids book a hotel for the bride's bachelorette party when all she wants to do is go play laser tag not go out drinking. (I made sure that the Bride is getting what she wants in these departments though) I guess this means they really hate those dresses, I wish they'd said that instead of talking about how great it looked. Oh and these are the BM that have been talking behind the brides back about how she must not be doing anything for her wedding. I totes got mad at them and told them that it wasn't acceptable for them to leave the tags on and ruin the bride's wedding photos. They said ok, we will try to take the tags off but leave the plastic thingies on so we can put the tags back on later. Ok but I'm the one that paid for them, and I'm the one with the reciept with 13 dresses on it, does that mean I'm the one that takes the hit if they can't get the tags back on after the wedding? Whatever, if those plastic thingies stick out the day of the wedding, I'll just cut them off when they aren't looking, if they don't want to pay me for the dresses after that, we can just stop being friends. They weren't this annoying for my wedding, I don't get why they are being so difficult for this one.
I finally found a cute off the rack dress that all the bridesmaids liked and the bride approved of. I was able to price adjust them down to $70. They were only sold at the Macy's on the East Coast, so I bought 2 sizes for each girl to make sure that they'd get the best fit and flew them to CA
Two of the bridesmaids have been talking about how they want to leave the tags on their dress so that they can return them later. Obviously, the bride doesn't have a problem with people not loving the bridemaid dress, although they all gushed about how cute it was and approved it before I bought the dresses, or with people returning the dress. The problem is that the tags are not hideable, there are 2 and they stick out of the side of the dress, there is no way to hide them. The bride decided that she didn't want these BM worrying about returning it and maybe it was a money thing, and offered to pay half for both of them so they'd only have to pay $35 for a dress that they had previously said was super cute and awesome. But they both refused! They said they'd find a way to hide the tags. I personally don't think it can be a money thing, because these 2 BM were the ones who were trying to make all the bridesmaids buy new matching shoes (the bride only wanted her bridesmaids to wear any black shoes they already owned and liked) They are also the BMs who keep trying to make all the bridesmaids book a hotel for the bride's bachelorette party when all she wants to do is go play laser tag not go out drinking. (I made sure that the Bride is getting what she wants in these departments though) I guess this means they really hate those dresses, I wish they'd said that instead of talking about how great it looked. Oh and these are the BM that have been talking behind the brides back about how she must not be doing anything for her wedding. I totes got mad at them and told them that it wasn't acceptable for them to leave the tags on and ruin the bride's wedding photos. They said ok, we will try to take the tags off but leave the plastic thingies on so we can put the tags back on later. Ok but I'm the one that paid for them, and I'm the one with the reciept with 13 dresses on it, does that mean I'm the one that takes the hit if they can't get the tags back on after the wedding? Whatever, if those plastic thingies stick out the day of the wedding, I'll just cut them off when they aren't looking, if they don't want to pay me for the dresses after that, we can just stop being friends. They weren't this annoying for my wedding, I don't get why they are being so difficult for this one.
but seriously, they are being soooo ridiculous.
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I finally found a cute off the rack dress that all the bridesmaids liked and the bride approved of. I was able to price adjust them down to $70. They were only sold at the Macy's on the East Coast, so I bought 2 sizes for each girl to make sure that they'd get the best fit and flew them to CA
Two of the bridesmaids have been talking about how they want to leave the tags on their dress so that they can return them later. Obviously, the bride doesn't have a problem with people not loving the bridemaid dress, although they all gushed about how cute it was and approved it before I bought the dresses, or with people returning the dress. The problem is that the tags are not hideable, there are 2 and they stick out of the side of the dress, there is no way to hide them. The bride decided that she didn't want these BM worrying about returning it and maybe it was a money thing, and offered to pay half for both of them so they'd only have to pay $35 for a dress that they had previously said was super cute and awesome. But they both refused! They said they'd find a way to hide the tags. I personally don't think it can be a money thing, because these 2 BM were the ones who were trying to make all the bridesmaids buy new matching shoes (the bride only wanted her bridesmaids to wear any black shoes they already owned and liked) They are also the BMs who keep trying to make all the bridesmaids book a hotel for the bride's bachelorette party when all she wants to do is go play laser tag not go out drinking. (I made sure that the Bride is getting what she wants in these departments though) I guess this means they really hate those dresses, I wish they'd said that instead of talking about how great it looked. Oh and these are the BM that have been talking behind the brides back about how she must not be doing anything for her wedding. I totes got mad at them and told them that it wasn't acceptable for them to leave the tags on and ruin the bride's wedding photos. They said ok, we will try to take the tags off but leave the plastic thingies on so we can put the tags back on later. Ok but I'm the one that paid for them, and I'm the one with the reciept with 13 dresses on it, does that mean I'm the one that takes the hit if they can't get the tags back on after the wedding? Whatever, if those plastic thingies stick out the day of the wedding, I'll just cut them off when they aren't looking, if they don't want to pay me for the dresses after that, we can just stop being friends. They weren't this annoying for my wedding, I don't get why they are being so difficult for this one.