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Aww what a cute story!!! Have an amazing wedding, he's gonna LOVE that BD book

GORGEOUS!! I love your photos, you are SUCH a beautiful woman! Congrats

Quote: Originally Posted by ~Nicole~ It was soooo much fun! This was my first time away other than my wedding, and let me say this..... I have so much more respect for the Sensatori after staying at a not so fancy hotel. Oh and while the beach was beautiful like nothing I'd ever seen before, I would have gone totally bridezilla if I had my wedding there lol. There were hundrends of people on the beach. I saw 2 weddings there and seriously I almost cried for those brides. Besides the fact of the hundreds of people standing only 10ft from their ceremony (some of them topless), there were tons of boats in the background and a million blue beach chairs surrounding the entire ceremony site. Horrific. Their decorations consisted of putting some white fabric on the palm trees - thats it. Even me, being the simplest bride around, would have been traumatized. It was clear that the hotel did not specialize in weddings. Glad to hear your back and had fun!! Oh man... I would have gone totally bridezilla too if I showed up and that was my wedding. I think we were all pretty ok while you were gone, a few minor freakouts but nothing serious

Awww Christie! You are not being a crybaby, your FI needs to contribute equally, it's not fair for only you to be bustin' your booty to pay for this wedding!!! Good for you for getting a second job and really stepping it up, that's very responsible of you, it would be much easier to throw it on a credit card and hope for the best but you're taking initiative! I don't have a job, I have one seriously intense job, LOL but I don't have anyone that will even pay a single red cent for my wedding. Both my mom (dad has passed) and FI's parents can't afford to help us in any way at all to pay for the wedding and my mom won't be able to even come if I don't pay her way. In the last 2 weeks, we've had to let both our parents even borrow money from us which is freaking me out because I can't support us and my mom and future in-laws. I'm very good with money and run all the finances for me and FI so I'll work it out but we're almost there honey, 3 months and some change and it will be ALL worth it I promise!!! XOXOXO

Quote: Originally Posted by Emmers Great post. You should be a spokesperson for the DVDs ' Haha!! Thank you! Quote: Originally Posted by Oryx Thanks for the great explanation -- I may look into getting this. You're welcome! It's helpful to have this thread to follow while you do it as well, helps you stick to it a bit better.

Quote: Originally Posted by MrsVaughn2B This weekend i got a lot done!. -My mom and i picked up our dresses! -Picked out and bought jewelry for my bridesmaids -Found a garter on line.. I couldn't believe this was so hard to find. - Ordered flip flops from the dessy group for my bridesmaids. I decided to pick a neural color since i didn't get their dress there and the corals may not match. - Bought matting for people to sign as our guest book. -Did a count of goodies for OOT bags. I am going to have to get a few more things. I just found out a new people booked last minute. OMG!! I am getting married in 12 days!! Wow! You did get a lot done!! Ok, picking out a garter has been the HARDEST thing ever... so hard that I finally had FI pick it, then bought it, now I don't want it anymore so I'm buying a new one in hopes someone else likes it and will buy it off me. Can't wait to see a planning thread from you, I have stuff for my OOT bag and alway think I may be forgetting something!

Quote: Originally Posted by jplovesme Yeah, I really hope most of your guests can stay there! I'll cross my fingers for you. We ended compromising too; It will be the Grand Caribe for the ceremony/reception. But we're still contemplating if we should transfer over to the Le Blanc or to the Royal Cancun for the honeymoon portion of our trip. We're actually going to make a trip to Cancun in a couple months for the FI's company, so Le Blanc will be one of our site visits JUST in case we may want to change our minds last minute. We just love the photos of the property at Le BLanc. Boutique, white, clean... that infinity pool is to die for. Keep us posted!!! You have great taste! I actually am moving to Le Blanc after my wedding for my honeymoon and I stayed at The Royal Cancun in March 2008 for a week long vacation. My top two choices for a wedding were The Royal and Le Blanc, too pricey though. The Royal is FABULOUS, you'd love it, it was like paradise. Can't say enough good things about that resort, I'd go back in a heartbeat!

Yeah, yeah Lindz rub it in our face why don't you! Le Blanc was my first choice too as you know... I compromised so people could afford it. If my friends made more money I'd be there with you babe! You're a lucky girl, I can't wait to see all your gorgeous chic wedding photos <3

Love it!! I'll see if I am feeling bold enough to use a BD photo...

Quote: Originally Posted by LadyTrunck Hi Ladies! I have read about 10 pages of this thread, and really need something to tone up. I could definitely lose a couple lbs, but mostly need toning. This may have already been answered, so I'm sorry about that. I have a question for the experts. Will I be able to do this with my level of fitness? I'm going to be completely honest *blushing* I haven't worked out in about a month in a half, but before that I was working out very steadily with weights, cardio, yoga and pilates. I still get a super little workout with my dog walking, but that's been about it. I hear about how much people are so so so sore and am curious how this workout achieves this at home? I guess I've just been a gym person, so I'm a little confused...Any advice is appreciated!! I'm so happy to see all of the great results everyone has had! Note: just tried on some bikinis to see where exactly I was at. Not pretty. I just want to start off by saying, I'm not claiming to be an expert here by any means but I have completed P90X and just started it all over again last week. I used to be a gym person but then getting to the gym and paying for parking started to wear on me and I kept hearing great things about P90X. FI and I did it last April and I've been been in better shape. I even bought Insanity, another Beachbody DVD program of intense high impact cardio to see how that would work for me and I got better results from P90X, Insanity had less toning effects on me except it really got my abs looking nice. If you haven't worked out in a few months it may be a little rough at first but doable. The difficulty with P90X is that the workouts are on the long side 1 hour, 75 minutes and 90 minutes and each day focuses on a certain area. So an hour of Shoulder's and Arms or Legs and Back really works the same muscles in that hour, over and over. Soreness is common and frequent in this program but it works. I am at the point of needing toning, lose some body fat and this works. The diet is pretty important in this which is rough at first but not impossible and not only for advanced athletes. When I first started P90X last year I couldn't do a single pullup and not many pushups despite frequenting the gym. It was amazing to finally be able to do pullups on my own without a chair. Good luck, hope you join us!

Quote: Originally Posted by Lady_Di I sent out my invites! Woo woo...i will post a thread on it when I have time this week. Whew, now that is another checked item! How exciting!!! Mine are being printed now BTW - Love your siggy pic, cute and hilarious at the same time

Katie - It actually sounds like you got a lot done so good for you! I would be super angry with your BM... I don't know what I'd say but I'm definitely more confrontational than not.

Quote: Originally Posted by amybermuda For those of you flying someone in, do you mind saying approx how much this is costing you? There are 3 nights in the hotel you have to pay for plus $500 to Karisma for the outside vendor fee, right? It's 3 nights in the hotel OR $500 fee.

Quote: Originally Posted by thefuturemrslutz Oh my gosh! Those pictures are amazing! I NEED NEED NEED those silver chairs. Does AS provide that color or do you think she rented those? It seems like they didn't have that option when I looked. I don't think Le Blanc has silver...I think only gold. Need those! ha You see now how I'm obsessed with chairs and will pay more for the ones I want?

Quote: Originally Posted by amybermuda Oh and check out these pictures at AS: Milena and Gerry, Wedding and TTD Session at the Azul Sensatori, Mayan Riviera, Mexico 12 04 09 Elizabeth Medina Photography WOW!! I wish I could afford Elizabeth Medina, I think she is the most amazing photog! Oh this is Milejo!! She's a BDW member on the forum, you can find her on her with more of her pictures and her amazing planning thread

Quote: Originally Posted by amybermuda I know how you feel- Mark got the travel mugs and shot glasses and he said the boxes they came in were ENORMOUS. I have no clue how I am going to fit them all in one large suitcase.... In case anyone else is doing travel mugs in their bags: I used discount mugs .com and bought orange and silver mugs and then had stickers made on Vista Print. I used the outdoor advertising sticker option for $12 and copied our logo all over it. I am going to cut them out and stick on each shot glass and travel mug. That way, when people go home, they can take off the "Mark & Amy 4 eva'!!" (kidding, they dont say that) sticker and use them normally. I'm definitely going to have to spread this out among other people to bring with. I have sooooo much stuff it's insane, I had a field day last night taking pictures for my planning thread which I've been planning for like 6 months now That is a great idea! I personally think it would be hilarious to put "Mark + Amy 4eva"!! LOL

This is what I'm working on too! My drink as well needs to be green. I actually decided to have a get with my MOH & a few bridesmaids and we are going to try different recipes tomorrow night together and perfect the ingredients and we are going to name it too. I figured this would be a fun way to discovered what works best

LOVE, your pix!!! You looked like you had such a blast at your wedding, how fun!

Great job! I love your dress too, my dress is not beach appropriate but I don't care Have an amazing wedding!

Voted for you!!! Those pictures are all so gorgeous, good luck!

Beautiful!!! It looks amazing you on

Quote: Originally Posted by thefuturemrslutz Hey! I ran across your post about envelopes. I am an August bride, but was just snooping around! ha I ordered mine from Card Stock, Vellum Paper, Envelopes, Metallic Cardstock, Invitation Cards Specialty Wedding Stationery - Paperandmore.com. They have SO many colors and sizes. They are very reasonable as well. Hope this helps! Hi friend!!! I got my cardstock from them and am VERY happy, I'll definitely order from them again

Quote: Originally Posted by meghan That is true...I didn't think that she might be away at a wedding. Thanks for making me feel better You're welcome! You are doing great, way on top of things so enjoy your weekend, I'm gonna try to do this same. I just got my bags for my OOT bags and a few other items, 3 huge boxes... I'm totally in trouble packing wise, LOL!

Quote: Originally Posted by ~Crista-Lee~ Completely the opposite.... you always seem so in control and calm with your plans. Ahh thank you! I so am not... I think I try and hold it in but I am borderline most of the time. It's rare that I can relax Quote: Originally Posted by thefuturemrslutz Hey girls...I saw this review on trip advisor today...I know you can't always trust TA, but this is a fabulous review of AS! SO, I had to share... My wedding at the Sensatori - best wedding I've ever been to! - Review of Azul Sensatori by Karisma, Puerto Morelos, Mexico - TripAdvisor This is awesome... thank you so much! I love, love, love hearing these sort of reviews!

Quote: Originally Posted by ddk5576 Yey!!! Congrats! Hopefully it will be smooth sailing from here on out!! Good Luck! Thank you!!! I sure hope so