June 2009 Weddings
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Survey please....for Choo
I thought it might be nice if we put down some of our stats for Choo or others to help keep us all straight (even though by this time I think most of you could fill them out for each other)
Name:
Age:
Location:
Occupation:
Wedding Location:
Honeymoon Destination:
Where is your favorite place to shop?
What is your favorite junk food?
What magazines do you read regularly?
Where are you going on the next trip you have planned?
How long have you been on the knot/nest?
What other boards do you post on?
BOTB or BNOTB?
Re: Survey please....for Choo
Little weird to be filling out a survey for a newbie to the board...but since you ladies seem to have taken a liking to her...
Age: 33
Location: Coastal Virginia
Occupation: Environmental Remediation
Wedding Location: NH
Honeymoon Destination: Smoky Mountains
Where is your favorite place to shop? Mmm, toss up between Ann Taylor, Eddie Bauer or Bass...depending on what I'm looking for
What is your favorite junk food? ice cream
What magazines do you read regularly? Real Simple
Where are you going on the next trip you have planned? Back to my parents place for Christmas.
How long have you been on the knot/nest? I have no idea...maybe May 2008 when we got engaged?
What other boards do you post on? Money Matters, Military Newlyweds
BOTB or BNOTB? BSOTB (sorta). We're thinking about it, but will wait till next spring to try.
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Age: (almost) 31
Location: Charleston, SC
Occupation: SAHM, being awesome
Wedding Location: Charleston, SC
Honeymoon Destination: not sure yet...Hilton Head was our mini-moon
Where is your favorite place to shop? BCBG for me, BabyGap and Crewcuts for the tots
What is your favorite junk food? chocolate--anything chocolate.?
What magazines do you read regularly? InStyle, People Style Watch, Lucky, Allure, Marie Claire, Glamour, Elle, Sports Illustrated
Where are you going on the next trip you have planned? not sure yet...hopefully back home to FL soon though!
How long have you been on the knot/nest? since April or May of this year
What other boards do you post on? Fashion & Beauty!! Travel, Nest Book Club
BOTB or BNOTB? only the two I already have
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Name: Robin
Age: 31
Location: Indiana
Occupation: Tax Accountant. ditto being awesome lol
Wedding Location: Indiana
Honeymoon Destination: Maui
Where is your favorite place to shop? Target.
What is your favorite junk food? Cheetos
What magazines do you read regularly? Martha, Cosmo, Glamour
Where are you going on the next trip you have planned? Umm I'm in Philly for work right now. Does that count? Otherwise going to visit my family in WI next month.
How long have you been on the knot/nest? Since June 08
What other boards do you post on? D&R
BOTB or BNOTB? BOTB. Currently TTC, although quietly. I don't feel the need to share my CM stats or any other icky personal info on here LOL.
Age: 27 (for another month)
Location: Louisville, KY
Occupation: Business development -- I dont know what that means either
Wedding Location: Louisville, KY
Honeymoon Destination: Dominican Republic
Where is your favorite place to shop? J Crew, Banana Republic, Target
What is your favorite junk food? popcorn or chips and salsa
What magazines do you read regularly? Cooks Illustrated, Real Simple, Food Network, Women's Health, Rachel Ray
Where are you going on the next trip you have planned? Next up - Iowa for Christmas with my parents - the next vacation trip will be Gatlinburg with 11 other couples in February
How long have you been on the knot/nest? since about April 2008
What other boards do you post on? What's Cooking mostly
BOTB or BNOTB? heading towards BOTB but trying to wait a few more months to start trying so I'm not fat for my sister's wedding in May and job hunting while huge as we likely will have to move next summer.
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Age: 28
Location: PA
Occupation: Executive Recruitment
Wedding Location: PA
Honeymoon Destination: Belmar Beach, NJ (mini-moon)
Where is your favorite place to shop? TARGET, Gap, AE, TJMaxx
What is your favorite junk food? pizza, fries, chips, cookies
What magazines do you read regularly? Cosmo
Where are you going on the next trip you have planned? Seneca Lake wineries
How long have you been on the knot/nest? Started lurking w/o an account Fall of '07 and created an account April '08
What other boards do you post on? post on Central PA knot and F&B; lurk on P&E, SB, & Money Matters
BOTB or BNOTB? BNOTB with a very small splash of BOTB (mainly because of our friends' cutepie 6month old)
Lucy Elizabeth 10.27.12
Haven't we had like, 10 new people since our board was established? Why didn't they get a survey?
After we are finished with the survey, can we have volunteers to fan her and feed her grapes?
(Nothing against you Choo! I, too, adore your shoes.)
Name: Jen
Age: 24
Location: York, PA
Occupation: Underwriting Assistant
Wedding Location: York, PA
Honeymoon Destination: Cincinnatti OH, Northern KY & Detroit, MI
Where is your favorite place to shop? Old Navy, Target
What is your favorite junk food? Cookies, Ice Cream
What magazines do you read regularly? Cosmo, Mopar magazines
Where are you going on the next trip you have planned? Not sure yet, but want to soon go to Disney and New England.
How long have you been on the knot/nest? A little over a year on the Knot, maybe 2 months or so on the Nest.
What other boards do you post on? Central PA, lurk around a few others once in a while
BOTB or BNOTB? Not anytime soon.. maybe start trying in 4 years or so want to enjoy life on our on for a little while.
Name: Kaley
Age: 21
Location: WV
Occupation: teller/student
Wedding Location: WV
Honeymoon Destination: Jamaica
Where is your favorite place to shop? J. Crew, BR, Ann Taylor
What is your favorite junk food? Reece Cups
What magazines do you read regularly? House Beautiful
Where are you going on the next trip you have planned? a cruise and Savannah
How long have you been on the knot/nest? umm. . . 2 years?
What other boards do you post on? D&R
BOTB or BNOTB? BNOTB
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Name: Lauren
Age: 23
Location: Lexington KY (from louisville though)
Occupation: law student
Wedding Location: Louisville KY
Honeymoon Destination: Mexico (Playacar)
Where is your favorite place to shop? J.Crew, Macy's, Banana, Anthropologie
What is your favorite junk food? any junk food. i've really been liking those white fudge covered oreos.
What magazines do you read regularly? Gourmet (sad it is ending), GQ
Where are you going on the next trip you have planned? Chicago and then Naples, FL
How long have you been on the knot/nest? November 2007
What other boards do you post on? sometimes KY board but it has died so not really
BOTB or BNOTB?
Name: Gayle
Age: 25
Location: Mechanicsburg, PA
Occupation: Benefit Data Coordinator
Wedding Location: Harrisburg, PA
Honeymoon Destination: Jamaica
Where is your favorite place to shop? Express, Limited, Bananna Republic
What is your favorite junk food? pepperoni pizza
What magazines do you read regularly? people and cosmo
Where are you going on the next trip you have planned? Bermuda in June for our 1 year anniversary
How long have you been on the knot/nest? since summer 08 but I don't post a ton
What other boards do you post on? central PA knot board occassionally
BOTB or BNOTB? just a splash of BOTB (especially when I see cute little kids) but I really don't want to be pregnant for our Bermuda trip so maybe after that
I was thinking exactly the same thing but went with it anyway... I'm such a follower sometimes.
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I had the same thought, but figured everyone likes a survey anyways!?
I have to add Target to my answer as well! I would be nothing without Target!
Also Mames-didn't know you were going to the Seneca Lakes area, I LOVE it there!! My ex-bf's mom owns the Cobblestone Restaurant, want me to see if I can hook it up???
Speaking of, was Kat/Cat wearing the ones from Choo's sig on SYTYCD's result show last night?
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Name: Becca
Age: 27
Location: Minneapolis
Occupation: Sr. Product Development Coordinator = I play with buttons.
I am an assistant on the Product Design and Development team for women's apparel at a popluar retail chain. Thank you all for my paychecks.
Wedding Location: Bismarck, ND (my hometown)
Honeymoon Destination: Vegas
Where is your favorite place to shop? Target, H&M
What is your favorite junk food? Me like Cookies!
What magazines do you read regularly? Star, Marie Claire, Food Network Magazine, Glamour, Better Homes and Gardens
Where are you going on the next trip you have planned? We leave Sat. to go to Bismarck. My BIL leaves for Iraq in 2 weeks so we are going to see him before he leaves.
How long have you been on the knot/nest? 2 years
What other boards do you post on? local
BOTB or BNOTB? Is BB and option? How about BITB (Baby in the belly)?
Lucy Elizabeth 10.27.12
Yup. I am at the center of the big bullseye. If you purchase any women's clothing, there is about a 50% chance I worked on it at some point.
Lucy Elizabeth 10.27.12
I said "Choo OR OTHERS"....come on people, give me a break, I was posting at like 5:30 AM. I'm sure other new people besides Choo will also appreciate the run down to help keep people straight. Sorry for the bad idea, but I, too, like filling out surveys for some weird reason.
Name: Sara Joy
Age: 25 on Sunday
Location: Chicago
Occupation: Investment Manager
Wedding Location: Chicago, IL
Honeymoon Destination: Guatemala & Belize
Where is your favorite place to shop? I can't pick between Target, Crate & Barrel and Macy's
What is your favorite junk food? Chips & Guacamole
What magazines do you read regularly? Economist, Business Week, In Style, Real Simple, Marie Claire, Food & Wine, Cooking Light
Where are you going on the next trip you have planned? Ohio for Thanksgiving and then Indonesia at the end of December
How long have you been on the knot/nest? Signed up in early 2007 when I was a MOH. Started posting more after getting engaged in August 2008.
What other boards do you post on? Mostly Money Matters, but I check Chicago & Travel too.
BOTB or BNOTB? BOTB but not wanting them any time soon!
Name: Katie
Age: 25
Location: Denver, CO
Occupation: Event Coordinator
Wedding Location: CO
Honeymoon Destination: St. Thomas, USVI
Where is your favorite place to shop? REI, Target
What is your favorite junk food? I have a terrible sweet tooth, so really anything sweet and unhealthy haha
What magazines do you read regularly? None really.. not much into the mags
Where are you going on the next trip you have planned? DH and I owe eachother a Vegas trip. It's not scheduled yet but that'll be the next one
How long have you been on the knot/nest? Umm, I can't remember. We got engaged 1/08 so sometime after that.
What other boards do you post on? My local
BOTB or BNOTB? Kinda, but not ready yet. The next babies joining our family will be puppies (hopefully in the spring).
Name: Chrissy (5 points for anyone who remembers my REAL name)
Age: 26.5 (This Sat is my 1/2 bday)
Location: San Diego, CA
Occupation: Accountant/Personal Trainer
Wedding Location: San Diego, CA
Honeymoon Destination: Costa Rica
Where is your favorite place to shop? PetSmart (Chaz gets waaaay more stuff than we do!)
What is your favorite junk food? Pizza. Hands down.
What magazines do you read regularly? None really. Well, unless you count the National Geographic Adventure magazines that always wind up in the bathroom.
Where are you going on the next trip you have planned? Christmas road trip - CA to WA all the way up the coast. Napa in February. CA to FL road trip in March or April...with a pit stop to visit Hopscotch!
How long have you been on the knot/nest? summer 2008ish?
What other boards do you post on? None really. I lurk on Health & Fitness, Military Newlyweds, Money Matters, and What's Cooking. I rarely post though.
BOTB or BNOTB? BNeverOTB
Name: Victoria
Age: 31
Location: Central IL
Occupation: Research Scientist
Wedding Location: Central IL
Honeymoon Destination: Riviera Maya, Mexico
Where is your favorite place to shop? Target and Anthropologie
What is your favorite junk food? This changes every day. Today, I guess I would say cheese pretzels.
What magazines do you read regularly? I subscribe to the Economist, but rarely read it. I used to subscribe to Us Weekly (one of my besties is an editor there), but I read it too much and felt too guilty about spending so much time with it (and waiting by the mailbox for it to come).
Where are you going on the next trip you have planned? A short trip will be to Chicago for Thanksgiving; longer trip will be to Atlanta then Detroit for Christmas. Really trying to plan a trip in March/April to Paris and the Hague.
How long have you been on the knot/nest? I signed up in Jan 2008 when I got engaged, but didn't post much until I got into the hardcore planning around March 2009.
What other boards do you post on? The bump first tri, but I don't even really post there often.
BOTB or BNOTB? BITB
Name: Jen
Age: 27
Location: Hershey, PA
Occupation: Home Daycare Provider
Wedding Location: Lykens, PA
Honeymoon Destination: Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Where is your favorite place to shop? Target, BBB
What is your favorite junk food? Barbeque Chips (brand specific: Middlesworth, I think they're a local PA thing)
What magazines do you read regularly? Better Homes and Gardens, Shop Smart, Real Simple
Where are you going on the next trip you have planned? DH's family cabin in upstate PA for Thanksgiving weekend & NC for Christmas to visit my sister, BIL and their babies
How long have you been on the knot/nest? Christmas Day 2007; E-Day
What other boards do you post on? a couple daycare provider forums, boring really
BOTB or BNOTB? BOTB for sure, but trying to be responsible and wait until our big money pits are taken care of (basement remodel, down payment for new car (for DH), home business fully launched.)
Lucy Elizabeth 10.27.12