Wow great blog!! I LOVE that dress, I'm going shorter also. It's custom so I don't have any pics yet. I gotta say, I was definitely under the impression that you meant 2010, and I was thinking you're pretty insane but brave hahaha! Silly me!
My family is all over Canada also, so that's why we chose to do a DW as well. They'd have to pay to come to our hometown anyways, why not pay a little bit more and have some fun in the sun and sand!!
Keep up your great work, I'll be watching to see what other great ideas you come up with!