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i wish i had ordered some rerocks too during the $29.90 "sale".

do you delete your email confirmations? i usually search the item number in my emails to find the order number. you can find the item number on the bag. sometimes i'll search for the color code.

and yeah, bridal shops are like that, probably because they can. i really should have gone with nordstrom or something for bm dresses. or (and i've really been regretting this) using grey dresses and just having them find their own. grey is much easier to match in tone than eggplant. oh well...

: wave: How is everyone doing? : )

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I just placed an order and the coupon worked on clearance shoes for 13.99 ( already 80 % reg) . I ordered 3 pair of those and some accessories and other clothing items ( total was $204 it took of 100 and with tax it came out to be 111.xx- FS on $100 plus). I think its a great deal. It it for today only.

Oh and shopdiscover has 10% cb , plus you can always return it to store if you dont like it ; )

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K and Alvs - those are available in size 6 and going OOS fast.

You can get the wrinkles out by massaging the cups while washing. I think I've done it once and it worked. And I think other girls have done it before.

HBA was talking about the plastic bag, I think. The plastic bag that has the clothing item in will have the item number and the color code. Item number is usually 6 numerical digits. Color code is usually 3 digits with a letter and 2 numbers.

Also try nerdicus' way if you keep your email confirmations.

You can always take a picture of the plastic bag with the bar code and show us. I'm sure one of us girls can help you figure it out :hug :

Of course! I struggled finding a strapless that stayed close to the skin around the top of the cup too, and this one does it for me so I hope it does the same for you. As for the wrinkly cups- 1 of mine ended up w/ some wrinkling but it doesn't show through my clothing.

:lmao : I just love the way you phrased this. It reminds me that the bachelorette party for the crazy wedding is this weekend and the MOH/sister of the bride is acting like she's not going to go :facepalm : Mine were ordered soooo big, you just hope after alterations they resemble something of the shape they were intended to be.

1. Hand wash and smooth it out with your hand, stretching it gently.
2. You don't need the shipping bag, just the plastic one the item was in. The item number will be on that, and then cs can search your account by that item number and give you the order number. If you're not sure which account, you may have to do it on both accounts, separately of course.

She doesn't deserve one. There were all these ideas we had, all the things we could have done... but the way we were treated to this point really makes you not want to do anything more than the minimum. Don't worry, I understood what you were saying : ) It's going to look like bridal/baby shower games that were tweaked. Future SIL's mom asked the groom to make sure f-SIL was invited... since she was left out of everything else :shake :

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I would not be surprised if the price went up soon. Everything else has.

Goodness, that really sucks! I can't believe there's all this drama going into a wedding - how can they make the wedding a nice experience for everyone if there's all this crap going on. Sounds like you pulled it off, but that's rough :hug

I tried on the bra you recommended. It still won't work for a strapless, because it doesn't touch my skin at the top. This is really strange. I don't have that problem with the BBV multi-way, but it doesn't offer much support. The one you recommended did come with a low back strap, which I really needed. I'll be keeping it for that purpose.

This sounds totally backwards to me. I don't blame the groom's mom for wanting her DD included, but the groom's sis should have been in the wedding. The bachelorette party isn't the place to include her.

The bras have gotten ridiculous.

Weddings are a much bigger production for most of you than they are where I come from. For us, it's mostly about the wedding. The household showers are also usually nice & very well attended. The bachelorette & bridal shower are often combined & are much less expensive. After seeing the drama involved in many of them & the money spent on these events, I'm starting to think that's a good thing.

If I ordered it in my account, there's a chance I still have it. If it was in DH's acct., it's gone. Thanks for the tip. I'll try that.

FWIW, I bet you'll be glad you have eggplant dresses rather than grey, when you see the pics. Eggplant will make your dress really pop. It wouldn't stand out as much in a sea of grey.
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This sounds totally backwards to me. I don't blame the groom's mom for wanting her DD included, but the groom's sis should have been in the wedding. The bachelorette party isn't the place to include her.
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Weddings are a much bigger production for most of you than they are where I come from. For us, it's mostly about the wedding. The household showers are also usually nice & very well attended. The bachelorette & bridal shower are often combined & are much less expensive. After seeing the drama involved in many of them & the money spent on these events, I'm starting to think that's a good thing.

Uh oh! I purchased the BBV Multi-way Bra as my go-to strapless bra.

I disagree with you on the groom's sister being in the wedding. I have experienced females on the groom's side and males on the bride's side not being included. It is nice when the bride and groom select the bridal party together, but sometimes the bride picks the BMs and the groom picks the GMs. I always thought I wanted a large bridal party, but I do not. Now I want two BMs, so he would have two GMs. I would love my brother to be a GM, and it could be possible if I had a large bridal party. However, I would not want any males close to my groom to sit out for my brother. Different strokes for different folks. I have seen a MOG threaten her son to ask his sister to be a BM. She even wanted the sis to be MOH. The groom stood his ground...told his mother that it was his bride's wedding.

I do not pay retail for bras ever. It is not worth it. They are undergarments. I usually use the $10 off Bra Qs on the Cotton Lingerie bras, which I wear as everyday bras. They hold up well in the washing machine.

Strippers ain't cheap! Hahaha...she is one of my good friends. I would not do it again. I do love to throw a party. The bridal shower did not cost a lot. It would have been much cheaper had I not purchased a CakeLove cake. It was oh so good though, and this is coming from someone who does not eat cake.

yeah it was weird. the cert thing only happened to me when the certs first started. then after they fixed it, it didn't stop working for me again. not sure why it's happening to some and not others...
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That really sucks about the certs on some accounts. I know that happened to me earlier in the month and thank goodness I was able to place the order today. VS really needs to get their act together.

On the other hand, try to enjoy the bachelorette party...
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Thanks, PP! The 1st one was used already but I was able to use the 2nd one. Thanks much!
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The BBV bra may work great for you. Some of the other girls really like it. My boobs are heavy. After having a baby, they're no longer perky. They need more help.

I suppose it's how I was raised. To me, the relationship between families goes way beyond the wedding. I would have had 15 attendants, if it meant preventing my DH's mom from resenting me for life. As long as they pay for their own dress, it doesn't cost more. In this case, the bride was inviting people that she was only friends with by association & didn't ask the groom's sister. That's a recipe for resentment. It would be different, if the groom had 6 sisters, the bride & groom only wanted a couple attendants, & the bride had 2 sisters to include in the wedding. To me, friends come & go, family usually doesn't. The older I get the more I realize this. Of course, I would never tell anyone who I think they should have in their wedding. It's none of my business. I do think everyone should consider the wedding is one day in the rest of your life, before making potentially life changing decisions. Parents are very protective of their kids & they don't forget them being treated badly easily. As a parent, I don't care what you do to me. I'll get over it. Just don't be mean to my kid. As a general rule, I don't think I'm that different from most parents & that feeling never goes away, regardless of how old they are.

I wish I could wear the wireless cotton bras. They look so much more comfortable than other VS bras. Unfortunately, they don't make them in my size.

I was regretting the choice because I love the contrast between eggplant and grey, and i was kicking myself for not realizing that i could have just used purple flowers. i love grey dresses and purple flowers! but purple on purple is too much, so instead we're using purple and fuschia flowers instead. so the grey just got left out. it's ok - i'm sure it will look fine, i just wish i had completely thought it through or someone had suggested the whole flowers bit earlier on.

i agree that the bachelorette is not the place to include her. i would think that is what the bridal shower is for. bachelorette parties are for friends (and more for the single friends than anything else).

weddings are so ridiculously expensive, especially out here. i do think they're a waste of money, but at the same time, i know i would be sad if i did not have one. i didn't want to skimp on anything that was important to me, so it is what it is... hopefully my regret on the $$ spent will be less than what it would have been if i had eloped or just gone to the courthouse.

That is exactly what happened. I told her for years that I did not want to be in her wedding (any wedding actually).. . .

My BM dress turned out very well. My tailor is the best. My tailor keep mentioning that I could have ordered the next size down...I know! (The dress shop could not believe I did not want them to alter my dress. F___ you!)

I did not know that this was going to turn into a rant...back to our regular scheduled programming...

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I tried on the bra you recommended. It still won't work for a strapless, because it doesn't touch my skin at the top. This is really strange. I don't have that problem with the BBV multi-way, but it doesn't offer much support. The one you recommended did come with a low back strap, which I really needed. I'll be keeping it for that purpose.

(I didn't copy the right post for this, but....) I would definitely drive my own car, if I were you. I'm thinking the past drama combined with alcohol is a disaster waiting to happen. Everyone will be more relaxed & won't be censoring their words as much as normal. You may only need enough activities to fill the time, before everyone starts getting tipsy. I wouldn't be surprised, if there was a major fight. After the first night, everyone will probably be ready to leave the next morning. This is one bachelorette party where alcohol probably isn't a good idea. I hope everyone is still speaking, by the time the wedding gets here.
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This sounds totally backwards to me. I don't blame the groom's mom for wanting her DD included, but the groom's sis should have been in the wedding. The bachelorette party isn't the place to include her.
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Now, I know what you mean about the dresses. I still think eggplant will be beautiful. You could add grey accents & grey bows/ribbon to the flowers. They would even dip your flowers in grey, if you wanted. Grey & eggplant really is a pretty combo.

You won't regret your wedding for sure. I've never regretted mine. We have great memories, & watch our video every year we're home on our anniversary. If I had to cut spending on one, it would be on the wedding vs. the honeymoon though. The excitement of a wedding is mostly in the build up & mostly for the bride. Marriage is about 2 people becoming one not really about getting dressed up & feeling like a princess for the day. Although, that is a nice perk. By the time we left the reception, I was tired & glad it was over. The honeymoon was when we were really able to enjoy starting our new life together. We would have liked to have more time together, before reentering the real world. Maybe, that was just us though.

It's not really how much people pay on their weddings that surprise me. It's how much the friends have to pay that I'm shocked by. I thought the weddings I was in were expensive, until I started reading here. Where I'm from, we do buy our own dress, shoes, & accessories. We don't pay a lot for parties though. I suppose if it's that way for all weddings it works out in the end. It's just a cultural thing. There's no right or wrong.