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Quote: Originally Posted by Leigh17 Thanks for the tip. I'll try to get him to go to Macy's & see if he can find something he likes. He's being very picky, & now is not the time to be picky--he just need to find something! I totally understand your frustration! I think the sale ends tomorrow, aleast thats what it says online.

Quote: Originally Posted by Leigh17 I'm excited, but I had my first small panic attack yesterday when I realized how much we still have to do (& how little time we have to do it). We just got back from another dance lesson tonight--I don't think there's enough time for us to improve. We also still have to get our iPod music list together since I really don't want to pay for a DJ which is way more expensive than just having the equipment there with a technician. My FI still doesn't have a shirt to go with his suit for the wedding, but at least he bought shoes this weekend. If I could just get these last deatils done, I'd feel a lot better. But I'm not worried about the resort details at all. I feel like I finally have all the answers from the resort, so now I just have to work on these last details that I have to take care of before we leave! Thanks for checking in. I'll keep you guys updated. I dont know what type of style you plan on your FI wearing for the wedding, but we're doing the typical white shirt and tan suit. We just went to Macy's in the Galleria this past weekend to look for a suit for FH and Cubavera has shirts on sale for 40% off. They had a pretty good slection of different styles.

dove soap: dry skin (It always dries out my skin for some reason)

Hi ladies! Just started p90x last week and I have to say that I have no idea how Im going to do legs and back today. Today is day 5 and the first day I dont have pain. I dont want to go back to walking up and down the stairs one step at a time bc Im in too much pain to bend my knees. lol How do you ladies do it? Starting weight: 120lbs Goal weight: 110lbs I recently lost 40lbs on my own and need p90x to tighten and tone only.

I am so glad you posted this! I have tried to research this issue and everytime I come up with no real answer. The Harris Co clerks office website doesnt mention anything about marriages abroad. Im new to TX and it confuses me that everything is by county and not state. Ill be going to the clerks office sometime this week to switch my title over to TX, Im definitely going to get to the bottom of this. Ill update you once I find out, if you havent gotten an answer by then.

Im planning on doing the shoot in September and giving the album to FH the day of the wedding. Instead of buying the typical watch brides give thier grooms, Im giving him the album. I dont like the bestman so Ill probably have my MOH deliver the album to him right before the wedding. Ill add a little cute note to it, something to the effect of "Heres something to warm your cold feet. " It wont be worded that way but the message will be the same. I dont think he'll look at it right in front of his boys. I cant imagine him giving his friends the opportunity to see me in "that way". Theyll have that image embedded in their minds forever lol

Quote: Originally Posted by anacj13 How are you guys doing a symbolic? Are you hiring someone from your resort? We're still not sure if we're gonna do a symbolic, but the resort provides a minister regardless of whether we want a civil or symbolic wedding. We had to pay a minister fee when we signed the wedding contract and this applies to which ever ceremony we choose.

Quote: Originally Posted by jesmcan I know can you believe it! Still so much to do - I really need to get on OOT bags Im not looking forward to doing the oot bags. Im gonna wait till Aug to start them. By then I should have all my RSVP's back and Ill have a better handle on what the budget should be. Who said DW's were easy? lol

Paul Rudd: Role Models

Quote: Originally Posted by jesmcan hahaah ya I know I felt the same about resort salon. Plus I think it will be nice to just be in my own room relaxing and enjoying the moment. Thats exactly what I was telling my FI. He wasnt too happy about what Fernando charges, but I told him it would be great for pics. So exciting! Only 5 months to go :-D

No need for sorries! I know he wouldnt recommend his teacher if he werent all that. Fernando has a great reputation and I dont think he would jeapordize that I heard too many mixed reviews about the resort salon and Im not taking any chances with them. Im happy with using the Fernando team, even if its not Fernando

Fernando told me he was booked for a wedding in Playa del Carmen on the 12th. he felt really bad because Ive been trying to contact him since March, he recommended his teacher come do my make-up instead. I just think its funny that we're both on here

Jesmcan, just curious, are you using Fernando for hair and make up?

Thanks for the review! It really puts things into perspective. You really dont think about the little things going wrong and usually thats were the problems lay. Im happy you had an overall great experience! Do you have any pictures to show us? Where did you have your reception? Did you do cocktail hour? Did you use the resort photog? Sorry so many questions at once. Thanks!

I was thinking of doing a down-do with lots of curls, but then I thought about the wind. Im also thinking of maybe doing something half up/half down or maybe a low side ponytail with curls. I saw this style on theknot and it looked really cute. I feel like deciding on a hair do for myself and for my bridesmaids is one of the hardest tasks I have!

Quote: Originally Posted by mmmissyyy Hi Ladies! Just got back from my ASP wedding yesterday and my new husband and I had a blast! As did our guests! Thought I'd pay it forward and give my review to help other brides like you all have helped me in the planning process - so here it goes: - $1500 PROMO: When we went to use this promotion they said that we didn't qualify because 4 of our room nights were comp'ed due to our group contract. So they broke up our room reservation by 4 and 3 nights instead - therefore we only qualified for $750. We had to fight them on this, and they had to make some calls to the Miami office but eventually we got our $1500. The funny thing is after all this we barely used any of our points because we were so busy! - CHECK IN: The only complaint people had was how long the airport transportation took to get to the resort because you have to stop at a bunch of other resorts until you get to ASP. It took anywhere from 1.5-2.5 hours for some people. But then they arrive at ASP and are presented with a cold towel and fruity drink and all is forgiven. - WRISTBAND: I took mine off for the wedding, but if you lose it they charge you $75 PER DAY to replace it. I lost mine. Don't lose yours. - ROOM LIST: Make sure you ask for this when you check in. This group list with everyone's room numbers was worth its weight in gold to us when trying to find guests and figure out when people were checking in. - WEDDING DAY: I literally had no idea what was going on until I was walking down the aisle. We had our ceremony at the Coba Gazebo at 5pm, Cocktail Hour @ Pandero Terrace at 5:30pm, and reception @ Maracas Terrace at 6:30pm. We were extremely happy with all of these locations. We went with the Mexican hor dourves for the Cocktail Hour and Cajun Buffet for reception. We also hired the Mexican Trio to perform for the Cocktail Hour and they were great. There was SO much food leftover I felt so guilty for letting it all go to waste. Everyone had stuffed themselves during Cocktail Hour they weren't even hungry for the reception, so if I could go back I'd just have guests go straight to the reception after the ceremony. - CEREMONY: Make sure you know what the minister is going to say! Me and my husband are not religious at all, and were very surprised when our minister began delivering to us a religious ceremony. - CAKE: We went with the complimentary cake with the Shells and Heart Shape design, strawberry inside. I'm not a big cake eater, so I only tasted the cake as it was shoved in my face by my new husband haha. But it was really beautiful and much bigger than I thought it would be from the pictures! - SOUND & MUSIC: Originally we bought a Bose speaker dock to use for our reception, but once we were there we decided we might as well hire PSAV to hook up our iPod because we didn't think the sound would be enough for our 36 person reception with the wind and talking. The sound was great and it was nice to have microphones for the wedding party and our parents to give their toasts. - ENTERTAINMENT: Around 8:30pm we headed to the Disco because it was really hot outside and all our guests were sweating, and because Tuesdays and Saturday nights are Karaoke night! This was so much fun! Our group took over the entire karaoke and disco and it was a perfect segway into dancing afterwards! - WEATHER: Warning for other brides getting married in June/July/August - the weather was clear and beautiful, but extremely hot and humid this time of year! I had a very light dress and by the time we ended the ceremony and were taking pictures I was dripping sweat. My bridesmaids had to keep following me around with cold towels to cool me off haha. I was SO happy that I brought a second shorter dress to change into. Just a thought. - HAIR & MAKEUP: I got my hair and makeup done at the ASP salon. I had Hugolina and she did a great job (despite her inability to speak much English). Definitely bring a picture of what you want, but they have books there also for you to look at. And some of the girls at the desk can translate what you are going for. Example I wanted up, simple and sleek. I was very happy with my decision to wear my hair up. Originally I wanted it down and curly, but it was so windy and humid I knew it wasn't going to work. My bridesmaids' hair just went flat and frizzy the second they stepped outside. - PHOTOGRAPHY: We decided to use the resort photographer and we had Carlos. He got some pretty good shots, but the sunset lighting was so beautiful I wish he had used less flash and more natural light in his shots. Also I wished he had given us a little more direction sometimes, but overall we got some pretty good shots. I would recommend bringing a friend along who's vision you trust who can help art direct the photographer while you are posing. After looking at the photos there were a few things I wished we could have changed if I had been able to see what we were doing wrong. (if that makes any sense). Here's a link to our pics: Palace Resorts Wedding Photographer pictures by mc_wedding - Photobucket - DINING: We decided to have a group dinner every night with all 36 of us at a different restaurant every night. They were very accommodating towards us when we would show up unannounced with that many people. Often splitting us up into tables of six, but it worked out really well. - GUESTS: We arrived on Wednesday for our Saturday wedding. We pretty much didn't sleep from the time we arrived until Monday when everyone left. It's easy to get stretched too thin, because we were constantly running around trying to make sure all 36 of our guests got some personal attention and knew we were so grateful to have them there. Make the main pool bar the central meeting point for people upon arrival. It's much easier than waiting around the lobby all day trying to greet everyone. And make sure to schedule some alone time with your fiance! Whether it be a massage or breakfast in bed. We barely saw each other all due to all the commotion and excitement! Anyways I hope this helped! Email me at [email protected] if you have any more questions! Good luck ladies - you're going to have a blast! Thank you for the review!!! It was very helpful! Im so gald everything went well for you. The pictures are beautiful! You both look so happy. You definitely helped eased my concerns quite a bit. I can now breathe again. I do have one question: why were 4 of your room nights not part of your group contract? Im just curious to know how they originally booked you. I dont want the same issue when I get down there. Thanks!! And congrats on your new marriage

Quote: Originally Posted by anacj13 Hi Girls!! Attempting to revive this thread for us Riviera Maya girls!!! We have shifted our wedding date to 11/12/2010 so that we can have our ceremony at the Xcaret St. Francis of Assisi Chapel! We have updated our website and hoping more people will book soon. How do you guys get people to book? I'm worried airfare will keep going up:/ What time are you guys having your ceremonies/reception. I heard from Xcaret that the sunset is at 5 in November.... I set up a group on Facebook and added all my friends that are invited to the wedding. Most of my guestlist is on facebook so its been easy for me to stay in contact with everyone. Anytime my TA updates booking info, its easy for me to send out a group email to everyone informing them of the change. Not only that, but I am constantly reminding people of how fast time is moving and in reality there is only 3mos left to book under our group contract. Once you put the amount of time left into perspective, people realize that Nov isnt so far after all. We're getting married at 4:00pm and reception at 6. I hope we have enough time for pictures after the ceremony.

Quote: Originally Posted by barbiegirl_27 Justin Bartha= Failure to Lauch ps- I don't think Owen Wilson was in National Treasure.... Oops...I meant Night at the Museum. My bad :/

Oops...I meant Night at the Museum. My bad :/

My bad..I meant Night at the Museum oops

Elf: Will Ferrell

German: Beerfest

Date Movie: Stupid funny

Owen Wilson: National Treasure

Quote: Originally Posted by ktrant Thank you! I can't wait to tell you all about it! I just noticed youre from Houston! I think we're having a meet up next month. You should definitely come!