*JillD*

sorry ann, I haven't figured out what I'm doing for these yet. I'd really like to get plain ones and then just put a picture on them or something, like someone one here had a pic of a map of mexico, I forget who, it was so long ago, I'd like to do something like that, or just cancun, mexico. I don't know I guess it will depend if they have a design or anything on them. I'll post once I figure them out!

Oh, another thing Brenda, claudia did tell me that we could hire an outside photographer, I didn't clarify with her if they had to be a guest at the resort or not, you may want to check with her on this.

Hi Brenda, I don't really understand the dreams photo thing either. I was planning to hire an outside photographer, but its just not in our budget, so I'm planning to use the resort photographer, I did see some pictures and they were decent. Could claudia put you in touch with the photographer and maybe it would be easier to clarify things first hand with them.

marisa, great bags!! Only $1, I love them!! I'm going to have to check out dollar tree!

very nice! Glenda I love the same colors, I had decided on fuschia after talking with my sister, but now she can't come, and I've found a lot more options for things in turquoise, so I'm thinking of changing colors, but I can't decide!!

I'm glad I saw this thread, I have been thinking about the same thing. I'd like to have a welcome dinner, no rehearsal because we don't really have much of a wedding party. Everything is adding up so quick, I just don't think we're going to have the money to pay another $30 a head. I was trying to think if there was something else we could do, like maybe in our welcome letters telling guests where we would be that evening and having them meet us there at a certain time, so we could greet everyone that we hadn't seen yet and just spend some time together. I don't know, maybe we'll hit the lottery and money will no longer be an obstacle!

Welcome Andrea! I am a dreams cancun b2b too!! it can be a little overwhelming at times, with all the choices to make, but it will be well worth it. You will find so much helpful information here, please let me know if I can help!

the cindy crawford ones are a good workout

Ann, one thing the jeweler did mention to me when I said I wanted an eternity band, was that if you are a pretty active person, you will constantly be banging your diamonds, on the underside of your hand against things, which I guess wouldn't be good for the diamonds. I don't know if that would apply to you, but I just remembered that.

I was starving most of the day because I didn't bring enough stuff with me to work. But I just hopped on the treadmill for about 40 minutes and exercising has a way of making me not so hungry. But I've got to eat something, I think I only ate less than half my points today. Oh, a good snack that isn't too many points, if you like popcorn, kettle corn by orville redenbacher (sp.?) you can have the whole bag for 3 points!! Thats a lot of popcorn, of course its not the kind with the loads of butter or anything, but it works if you just need something to fill you up a little

I voted for #3, I love sparkle and this was exactly what I originally wanted, but then I found this ring the other night online and fell in love with it. Let me see if I can post it here. Alright well here's the link at least couldn't get the pic up. Its the one in the middle of the page. I love it! www.WeddingRings.com

Me too Glenda, same thing let me know the cost and I'll send a check right out. Maybe once everyone decides if they want them for their guests we can all do a big order together to get the best price possible. But $5 isn't too bad if you don't have to buy a ton of them. Thanks for doing this Glenda!

Steve picked out mine by himself. We never talked about what I wanted, but he I always wanted a round diamond solitaire, with a white gold band, and he got it exactly right! I did help with one part. He had bought a ring for me so that he could ask me when we were on vacation in the bahamas, but he didn't have the money at the time for exactly what he wanted, so when we got home we went and picked a bigger diamond, I helped with that part. I love my ring, I stare at it all day, I'm going to end up in a car accident from staring at it.

Kash, you work for in tv, maybe we could start a bdw show! That would be fun, every wedding!

Thats a great engagement story, congratulations!

I looked into destinationweddings.com and ended up going with someone else because I didn't want to pay for something before I knew what I was getting, even if it was only $50. A couple other people on there tried them as well and didn't like them. The first thing you probably want to do is find a resort and decide on a date. Tammy (host) on this site is a Travel Agent and specialized in destination weddings. She is very knowledgeable and will best be able to help you narrow your choices. There are a lot of girls on this forum as well that are using her and have told us how wonderful she is to work with. Good Luck!

I love doing tapes and classes too, just because I feel like I work so much harder. I forget what turbo jam was, but I remember thinking it looked like a good workout, it was awhile ago when I first looked into it. I think it was just a type of aerobic workout, but I may be wrong

Welcome Maureen! You are so lucky you have so much time to research and find the absolute perfect location! And you will find so much information here! Let us know how we can help you!

tammy did post her engagement story, somewhere on here, but its in a different thread. I think its called "tammys first proposal"

Dreams cancun has the beach as a reception option. I loved the idea, but FI made a good point, we're not having a huge group of people and it might look kind of silly on the beach with only 3 or 4 tables. So I think I'm going to go with one long table.

I heard turbo jam was really good, I like doing videos I think I need to get some new ones. I also have a treadmill, which I'm going to try, try, try to do every day, and when it's nice out I can take the dogs for a walk around the lake, that's about 5 miles, lots of hills too. Christine, I hear you about the gym membership. Mine is $50/month and if I bring our daughter I have to pay $3 everytime, which adds up to about another $50/month, its ridiculous. Besides the fact that I've had my membership for so long now and haven't even attempted to go in almost a year, what a waste, I'm going to cancel right now, I'm so mad at myself for waiting so long.

Quote: Originally Posted by leigh miller thanks! im doing it online. the first two days havent been too hard. i used a few of my extra points today cause i got a salad from la salsa - then i got home and looked online at the nutritional value - this salad had 643 calories and 46 grams of fat - 16 points. can you believe that!!! so with what i had left today that put me 5 points over. this really makes me realize all the crap ive been eating! Oh Yeah! I can believe it, I got a salad from panera yesterday, just a basic salad with chicken and balsamic vinagrette, 15 POINTS!! I couldn't believe it when I got home. So needless to say I had a plain salad and tomato soup for dinner. And I know almost all those points came from the dressing, because there was nothing else in the damn thing, but I must say, it was the absolute BEST balsamic vinagrette, I have EVER had. I think they sell it there too, I might have to pick up a bottle and use sparingly.

I finally got on my treadmill today!

oh, I was wondering about that too, thanks Rebecca!! Now you guys are making me think I may have to go to davids bridal during lunch tomorrow to explore!

someone at work told me that too! I think I might do that, because at least if I can look at a picture of MY dress everyday it will keep me from eating!! And I don't think I can wait that long to go and look, thanks for letting me know about that!