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Well I just got my hair trial done yesterday, and i LOVE it. One less thing to worry about. I am so lucky that my maid of honor is a hairdresser

This new picture is of the whole group of wonderful ladies who came to my bridal shower and stagette. It was a fantastic turn out

Quote: Originally Posted by Tlseege Erica, I LOVE your cake picture! Was that for your bachelorette party? Cause that is awesome!!! YES!! One of my very talented bridesmaids made that cake for me. I was so surprised and so happy. We had so much fun

Quote: Originally Posted by DaniellaP Has anyone had there dinner at the Portofino restaurant? Or has anyone ever eaten there?? I only have a choice between that one and an all fish one... Sooo, Portofino it is!!! lol I have eaten there before, it was delicious! We choose to have our wedding dinner there

I meant coming to the resort!!

Ladies, My shower/stagette was great! I had so much fun. It took my about 2 days to recuperate from the fun ha-ha. I just feel so lucky to have so many amazing friends and family on the resort! I have a few things left to do in the next 24 days: -Make up music CD with music to walk down the aisle to. -Pick up bridesmaid dresses that have been a NIGHTMARE! -Hope grooms shirt shows up on time (reordered twice) -Buy groomsmen gifts (bridesmaids are done) -Write my vows -Get gel nails, and a pedicure -Go for hair trials (next weekend). My maid of honor is a Hairdresser. -There is probably more, but these are the big things left to do. Here is a picture form my shower, gotta love toilet paper bride! (I’m 2nd from the left)

Well ladies I am getting so excited! This weekend is my bridal shower and bachelorette party. Sunday will be exactly one month until our wedding day TODAY is one month until we leave for Mexico. WOW I can't believe it is so close.

Awww Jules I feel for you! I am a student teacher finishing up my final practicum right now. I have no idea how you are fitting everything in. Just try and pick your battles. If there are things you can let go of, that really don’t matter, just let them go LOL. Ask yourself how much it will matter once you are on the beach sipping a cocktail. I hope things look up for you soon. You are getting SOOOOO close. I just can’t tell you how excited I am getting for the big day to arrive. I’m sure many of you are feeling that same. My bridal shower and stagette are come up fast as well. They are being held on the last weekend of March (12 days away)! I have taken over my own shower planning LOL. With the wedding being so easy and stress free, I felt the urge to plan and decorate something. Needless to say my step-mothers house is going to look fantastic when I’m through with it.

THANKS! Tlseege I think it's so great that you still come on and help all the current brides out after your wedding has passed. Forums like these would not work without people like you.

LOVE YOUR DRESS!! Yes I do remember there being karaoke in the Music Bar in the Coba lobby! Also I have eaten at the Potofino and it is AMAZING. We loved it so much we have decided to have our wedding dinner there. 49 days until the wedding I am getting so excited!

I just noticed that today is RAYKEL's wedding day! I hope everything is perfect for her today

Quote: Originally Posted by TeNeil I'm back and officially MARRIED! I can't even begin to say how happy we are with our wedding experience. I must say that everything was beyond perfect. Jazmin is absolutely wonderful and had everything arranged......I can honestly say that I barely did anything other than send some emails. My suggestion to all of you future brides is DO NOT OVER PLAN. I had no expectations and feel that this is what allowed me to FULLY enjoy our day. Honestly the atmoshpere is beautiful so don't worry about little things....it will all be gorgeous. We had Erick (claudia rodriguez photography) and he was great! He speaks perfect English and had some great ideas for photos......i'm excited to see the results. We also had some photos included in our wedding package from the resort photographer. Juan took some AMAZING photos (180 of them)......we loved them, but only purchased 35 for two reasons. First, I feel confident that Erick will also have captured many of the same moments. Second, the resort photographs are quite expensive. We were charged $15 per picture (they would give 10% off if you purchase more than 50). After our gorgeous wedding ceremony in the Tulum gazebo we did pictures and then met our group at Gran Tortuga for dinner. The food was excellent and I recommend saving room for the last swords.....mmmmmm to die for. At 8pm we went to the lobby bar and danced the night away! The band was great and even intorduced us to everyone and played a "first dance" for us. All of our guests are still raving about the great time we had. It closed down by midnight and then our party moved to the snack bar and we went to our room. Our room was decorated with rose petals, champagne, and chocolates. AMAZING, AMAZING, AMAZING! I can't believe that it is over, but I will forever remember all of the spectacular moments that we shared. I would definitely recommend this resort to anyone getting married. I will try and attach a photo that the resort photographer took: Welcome back! It sounds like you had a perfect day! I am glad to hear Erick was good; I am also using him for my wedding on April 28/10! It does look like the resort photographer did a very nice job as well. I am getting so excited. Thank you for posting info about your wedding it makes me feel less nervous.

Quote: Originally Posted by courtneybgorman No i was one of the lucky ones that had Claudia booked before they changed the policy and fought to keep her when they weren't going to let us. However, the resort photographers complete photo sessions everyday on the beach with couples and walk around with various animals that you can take pictures with. I saw their work and one of the couples that came to our wedding had a photo session done, and they were very happy with the quality of photos. I would love to see your pictures too. I am also one of the lucky brides that is allowed to us Erick (form Claudia's company) because I had my money down before the policy change.

wow thanks.....so excited

Quote: Originally Posted by KLee147 My guys wore linen pants and aqua shirts. I ordered the pants from Island Importers, they were good just had to get them hemmed. The shirts we got from Le Chateau, they have a really good colour selection. Thanks I think I will check out Le Chateau for shirts

Ok ladies, what are your groom and groomsmen wearing? For you Canadian brides where did you buy the grooms and groomsmen’s attire?

WOW Wendy your video made me cry with happy anticipation of my own exciting day! THANK YOU!

Quote: Originally Posted by HereFishie I'm not sure if there's another location.... I think its the same though because when Eugenia gave us the location info for the Akumal she said there was 2 locations... the hammocks or the pier. So.. if you didn't pick the pier, then that would be your location. She didn't send you the same stuff? We're getting married on the 26th there... we should meet up at some point since we'll be there the same time!!! My coordinator is Karla, and no she didn’t send me that info We should defiantly meet up! I will be there on the 25 so you will have to let me know when works for you.

Quote: Originally Posted by HereFishie It's called "the hammocks" on the Akumal beach side. It's called this because the rest of the time there's no weddings there, they have hammocks hanging from this structure Here's a pic of the location we got from Eugenia who is the WC for the Akumal My location is called the "Akumal beach location." Someone please tell me that the hammocks and the akumal beach location are one and the same!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Raykel Wow...you do have a wee bit on your plate, don't you:) What a great way to celebrate being done school! Off to Mexico to marry your love and relax:) 2010 will be a good year! Yes, it is going to be an amazing year! One all of us 2010 brides will never forget

Yup I'm an Alberta girl too! Thanks for noticing KRama

Wow you ladies are getting me so excited and anxious! I will be finished my education degree ONE WEEK before we leave for the wedding. I am defiantly feeling the time crunch now. Between school work, life, and wedding planning my life is chaos. But it is a good chaos. It is going to be so worth it in the end

Thanks ladies! I talked to Karla and she said we can bring out own vows!

So what are you ladies wearing for shoes? I’m probably going to wear nice flip flops or some kind of flat. The sand may be too hard to walk on in heels and I want to be comfortable all day. My only problem is that I am having a hard time finding nice flip flops. Any suggestions?

Sorry if this is a double post, but my last one is not showing up for me Are we allowed to read our own vows?