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Well Ann, now you have both! I can't wait to see your pics!!!

Oh I wish.. Actually, I'd rather buy a knock off and spend the money on a good photographer who knows how to work a camera and make the dress LOOK like the real thing!

It's going to be a while before I go dress shopping, but I did post my "if I had the money" Lazaro dress. here I'll post it again Back Front

Haha Mishi! You posted my gag dress! Thanks for putting the pics together. There were quite a few dresses I must have skipped on the thread.

Sounds good!

Mishi, do you have it up yet? How can we take a look?

Quote: Originally Posted by DREA14369 Hey Amy, I went to Mary me Bridal in Orange when I first started looking....some of the staff are very nice. The only thing is they won't let you take pictures of you in the dress while trying on. That sucked. So I went somewhere else...hehehe... Hey if you need help looking at dresses while you're there Call me....I don't live far from orange. Andrea That would be great Andrea!! Someone referred me to the store. She said they have every dress you can think of, so I figure I'd stop there first. But I'm not planning on going shopping until August or so. If you can hold out till then I will def call you!

Marla B- We compared prices at Dreams with the Mayan. Dreams is more affordable (even if you pay the non-guest dinner rate) but you have to take into consideration a couple of things. Dreams only allows untill 11pm while the Mayan allows you untill 2 am. Also, the location fee for the Mayan includes the lanterns, bar/lounge area, dance floor. At dreams we would have to rent all this. If you want more info, pm me and I can send you a break down of what we compared. adeybaby- I would love to hear more about your planning. We are expecting about 150 guests as well for our July 2008 wedding. Are you planning on getting your flowers from Marco? Oh... please share more info, paleeeese

I'm so late on this but, I'm so happy for you!!!! Everything looks like it came out perfect!!! Yay Christa!

Welcome Matt!!! That is so sweet, I'm going to rub it in FI face tonight that he doesn't write those things about me!! p.s. LOOOOOOOVE your pics!

yay Melissa!!! Can't wait to see the pics!!

I wanna try!!!

BEAUTIFUL!! I am in aww!! I love it!!! Can't wait to hear more about your wedding! Congrats!

We are only planning on paying for the wedding ceremony/reception itself. We have such a large group and would never be able to afford more. I wish we could pay for a WD but that's out as well.

That would be fun!!

Quote: Originally Posted by DREA14369 small world...I love Nicaragua, want to take Erik there on our next trip. Have you been there? No, not yet. We went to PR and I met his father's side. He needs to visit my family in Mexico next, then we plan on going to Nicaragua.

Quote: Originally Posted by DREA14369 hi Amy, Really? Cool. Yes my aunt, and maybe my other aunt and uncle but not sure.... Where does Hans family live in Nicaragua? My family is in Managua and Maltagalpa Yup, his family lives in Managua too! Most of his mother's family lives there. His father's family is from Puerto Rico.

I think its very cute! By the way, Hans has tons of fam in Nicaragua! Are any of your fam there planning on going to your wedding?

That is so sweet! and the pic is perfect by the way, your mom made the right call taking a pic!

thanks ladies! I'm sure we'll end up doing oot bags at some point. I just love the snorkal idea! But thats to many sets that I would need to purchase.

okay off topic! but I was thinking, we can't afford all this great stuff for all our guests (150ppl). What if i have some sort of welcome activity or raffle where my guests can win certain items? Is this tacky?

thanks Anny, that was my worry. I don't want to have to get up and buy toner when I'm in the middle of a project!

Quote: Originally Posted by anacgarcia hahahahahahaahahahahaha the banner idea is great!! like.. computer nerd.. martha stewart.. etc etc hahahahaha Amy I love love love my laser printer.. but I have it at work and I don't have a boss around and I can do anything I want with it.. but I would never buy it for home 'cause each toner cartridge is like 100 dollars and it needs 4.. how expensive are the cartridges for the one you bought? Well, the toner is about $80 each cartridge. But the reason we got it is becuase we were told we could print about 1000 pages (and would last at least a year) before we needed new toner. As opposed to an inkjet which we would need to get cartridges monthly. But the printer was 10% off so I got if for about $290 (including tax). Its super fast and so far so good. I don't print much at home so I thought it would be a good purchase for all my DIY. I hope I made the right decision.

You know- I've tried contacting 3 other photogs in PV and none replied either! WTH!

Oh, I found her post! this is what Karla said about her flowers: There are 2 types of calla lilies available in Cabo. National or imported. The difference is in the size. The national are a bit skinnier and have thicker stems. That means that you can't have as many in a bunch as you could in an imported bouquet. The cost is a big difference also. The bouquet of the imported was quoted at $200. My bouquet was national callas for $115. After I got the explanation above, I thought my bouquet was going to be really thin, but it was actually really full and I thought just the right size for a bridal bouquet. So I would recommend saving money and going for the national calla lilies. Oh, my calla lilies were actually painted. The natural pink calla lilies were not strong enough of a color for me, so I got them painted to that deep color.