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starkid, yes, you’ll be fine. schedule the appt now to avoid anything. but end of sept is far enough away.

crimsonsky, sorry to say that you might have to make these yourself…

angela, have you tried pearl’s place? http://www.pearlsplace.com. they seem to be able to get a hold of a large variety of dresses for much much less. they deal only with phone calls though, but they’re very responsive. good luck!

starkid - get. rid. of. them. NOW. Even in the worst case scenario, the swelling/tenderness will be gone in about 2 weeks, and you do not want to be in avoidable pain on your big day. Good luck!

starkid- Oh honey, I just went through the same thing! From experience, get them pulled and get them pulled now else they’ll get worse. I had one of the worst post-surgery reactions my dentist has seen is his 50 years of dentistry and I was good to go in a week and a half. Word of advice from experience-get them pulled awake. I know that sounds crazy and stoneage, but they won’t take as much liberties with your mouth and you heal MUCH quicker! They numb you up so much you won’t even know what’s going on.

JennyK- This isn’t a water arrangement, but here’s what I did when I made centerpieces for a friend’s shower. It was easy and they were a huge hit.

-Craft store rose vases (those round ones with the rippled edges- they’re like $1 each).
-Ribbon in a light green that goes from light to dark (what’s that called again?) and a white with a pretty pink embroidered flowers.
-Roses & peonies in the brides color (pink) and white. If you gently pry roses open a little they’ll be bigger, hence fewer needed.
-Some fake green grass from the faux flowers aisle and a like 2 bags of clear plastic things (they looked like diamonds).

I wrapped the ribbon around the top of the vases and tied a small bow– some vases had one color, some had the other. I put either some of the plastic things, or a few pieces of grass in the vases. (Since you don’t want rocks, you probably don’t want plastic diamond things.) The grass I put in a circle, so it went around the vase. You could also use a long leaf. I stripped the flowers of their leaves and measured hoe short to cut so they sit just on the ripply part of the top of the vase. I arranged them to look full and pretty and–bam! centerpieces.

If there’s a flower that you want to put in the water and you’re not sure, just buy one and see if it sinks! If you do that, craft stores usually have rectangle vases that are short for $1 or $2. That way you could put two flowers end to end (with the stems cut, naturally) so the flower could be seen from both sides. Orchids would be great for that! Good luck!

Follow up Question: Does anyone have any idea what I can do, if i don’t have dental insurance? : / People have told me as well — if it hurts a lot right now, I can’t get my teeth pulled until the pain subside. Is that true?

Starkid- Get them pulled within the next week! Make sure the surgeon has a good success history. I had mine pulled last year by an excellent dr and was back on my feet, swelling gone, and off painkillers in a week. Without the minor infection I had, it would have been sooner than that! Plus, I lost about 4 lbs.

The last thing you want is to be in excruciating pain on your wedding day!

PS- w/o dental insurance, I’d ask for a sliding scale payment schedule. And yes, the infection/pain must go down before they’ll pull ‘em. My dr gave me an antibiotic and a painkiller for a week before the surgery– yours will too.

I want to sell these white dyeable David’s Bridal shoes that I haven’t worn yet. I ended up going with another pair of shoes (my wedding is in October so I haven’t worn them yet). Does anyone want to buy them for $50 flat, including shipping? I think it’s about $55 or something plus tax. I don’t want it to go to waste!

Here’s the link: http://www.davidsbridal.com/accessory_detail.jsp?stid=2211&prodgroup=169

Starkid - not to add to your stress but a word of advice - make sure whoever you end up with has a good track record, and be sure to get antibiotics. My cousin had her wisdom teeth out and her dr did not prescribe antibiotics.. she ended up with a big infection and had to be hospitalized. Extreme case and I don’t want to scare you, but just insist on getting antibiotics b/c you should be able to prevent this situation! Also I’d advise being very meticulous about cleaning and watching what you eat the first couple of weeks afterwards… you don’t want to end up with an infection or dry socket.

Now me personally - I had no problems, and was good to go after a couple of days. Hope it works out!!

starkid - i’d get them done as soon as possible. if they’ve cut through your gums already, you may be able to just have a regular dentist pull them out if you can stomach it. that’s what i did…i went to a surgeon for the two bottom ones because i needed the surgery and when the top one finally decided to get in on the act [3 years later!] with no insurance, i just went to my dentist…i think it only cost a couple hundred? i don’t remember.

in terms of healing, i was sore for a few days but the swelling was gone within a week and a half. though they advised against it, i was eating solid foods the day after the surgery [very carefully] because i was hungry and tired of mashed potatoes [weird story].

if you have a dentist, i’d HIGHLY suggest you discuss your options with him. some places also have payment plans you can look into as well [mine tacked on a "good patient" discount to help bring down the cost of the procedure]. ask around but do something quick so you’ll have time to heal and be able to eat the day-of.

Dots - In my neck of the woods, a corkage fee of about $15 per bottle is the norm, if you are lucky enough to even find a venue that will allow you to bring your own alcohol in. You should expect to pay them a corkage fee of some sort because they are still doing the work of serving it but making no money off the alcohol itself, so the corkage fee is to compensate for that. $6.50 per person seems a little steep though, I would ask them about a per bottle fee?

Angela, have you also tried Ebay? (I’m a big believer in Ebay as an alternative source for wedding gowns….) A lot of brides re-sell their gowns there after the wedding and there are actual bridal salons who sell extra stock as well, so you never know. And even if there’s nothing there today, you can add a post to Ebay’s “want it now” service, or have the Ebay system email you new listings as they’re posted by clicking “save this search” after you’ve done your search.

If you’ve got a lot of time before the wedding, you could also have a seamstress copy the dress? That’s another thing that’s offered quite commonly on Ebay (cheap tailors overseas) as well as by anyone you might know in your town.

I have a loooooooong discussion of all the Ebay dress-buying issues on my blog (linked through my name above), or feel free to email me through the blog if you have any questions. Good luck!

Jenny, I wanted submerged flowers for my wedding and they were extremely simple to do. My sisters put it together for me. They just put the stems of orchids in the containers, trimmed to fit, and filled them with water. They added floating candles also. I’m trying to put the link to some pictures from my photographer.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7248083@N03/sets/72157601615659620/

dots - my corkage fee at a socal venue is $10/bottle for wine or cognac, on top of tax and a 20% service charge. ridiculous.

starkid, definitely. you still have time.

Is Weddingbee for Asian brides and grooms? There seems to be a disporportionate amount of Asian Weddingbees…I’m Black and read religiously so clearly it is of no matter; just curious if anyone else has noticed this?

Thanks everyone for the suggestions and advice! I am indeed subscsribed to e-mail updates from Preownedweddingdresses.com, BridePwer.com (with high compliments to the owners for the most well-done sites for this purpose) and Ebay.

meleven, thank you for the offer to check out Vows if they get the dress! that is so sweet of you ^_^ i went to school in Boston and didn’t realize at the time how rich it is with bridal fashion.

aoedorothee, I’ll give Pearl’s Place a call Didn’t think of that earlier, since i’ve been doing all my searching late at night =P

Since everyone has asked, it’s an Angel Sanchez gown but apparently very rare and I have no Style # for it. I haven’t found a photo of it anywhere, in any of his runway shows or collections or retailer sites or consignment sites. Maybe I’m dumb, but “angel sanchez” doesn’t turn up any results on the Knot message boards, including Trash to Treasure. All I have is my memory and a tiny sketch that the store made for me!

I think the reason it’s so rare is because it’s very plain looking (I’m all about clean lines and simplicity). It’s strapless A-line with no lace, beading or ruffles, and it’s a linen-like fabric (triple silk gazar) so it’s matte matte matte. The special thing about it is that it has diagonal seams instead of vertical, so that the seams wrap around the curves of my body. This makes me very skeptical that a seamstress could copy it.

Question for the hive: I am looking for 8.5 x11 paper with some sort of “wedding type” design on the top or around the border to use for a letter to send to all involved with the wedding with the times and location of everything. Any one know of a website where I can find something like this? Thanks!!!

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Oh, and starkid, as mentioned above, you WILL have pockets where the teeth where, so there will be food impaction, but it is much better than dealing with the pain (I had mine out in Nov and still have some pocketing, it takes a while for the bone to replenish!). The nitrous is cheaper than IV sedation, but if you can afford it, or your ins will cover it, go for the IV, you won’t remember a thing, and it makes it much easier!