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Quote: Originally Posted by cjb0arder13 Ahem...I (was) a size 14, with a large..er...top half, and I wouldn't call myself "oversized". Just sayin'... hahahaha..Size 14 isn't oversized (average size for women in US is 14), but it will look "oversized" next to a no chest bamboo stick. It is all relative. Ok..I removed the "oversized"..heehee Sometimes I wish I can have a bigger...errr..top half! ....LOL

Lindobride, I like Shanghai (not too asian), because it is very festive and subtile. Mexico one is nice too, but it looks a bit generic, like those pre-print invites from Martha Stewart or Vera Wang.

Quote: Originally Posted by roxmysockz Im still looking for bridesmaid dresses - my BM's are polar opposites! One is skinny as a rake (size 6 or smaller) with no chest (she's 15) the other is the same age as me hugeee boobs and is a size 14. I want matching dresses so its gonna be interesting to find one that suits both! Maybe, different style of dress, but in same color will help in this situation. It is hard to find a style that would look great on a rake and on an hourglass at the same time.

Quote: Originally Posted by Nicyx In the end we couldnt choose between these to so we used them both. If you remember I did 4 designs. Obviously the ones i actually made for guests were neater than these but you get the general idea :-) Sorry I thought id posted, the final 2..... These are the 2 we DIDNT choose: cj..... I love the idea of the lime green aswel :-) I love those 2 colours together, Google images is brilliant. xox I like the first invite, the paper is so nice, the design is clean and simple, but the ribbon adds some sophistication to the whole piece!

CeeCee76 - Sun Palace - 11 Jan 2011 fsuambs - Riu Palace Riviera Maya - 15 Jan 2011 Lindobride14 - Iberostar Paraiso Lindo - 22 Jan 2011 Linhy - TBC - 22 Jan 2011 josietoms - Catalonia Riviera Maya - 24 Jan 2011 cjb0arder13 - Azul Beach - 31 Jan 2011 xcitedbride - Gran Bahia Principe Tulum - 08 Feb 2011 Mischaka - TBC - 19 Feb 2011 barbiegirl 27 - Dreams Tulum - 2 Feb 2011 jrb - Riu Palace Riviera Maya - Feb 2011 gingerlover36 - TBC - 26 March 2011 margin123 - Dreams Villamagna - April 2011 roxmysockz - Dreams Riviera Cancun - 08 April 2011 Nicola - Riu Palace Riviera Maya - 06 May 2011 michelle2011 - Barcelo Maya Palace - 28 May 2011 mexbride83 - Ceiba del Mar - 28 May 2011 bigboponthebeach - Azul Sensatori - 28 May 2011 diamondpooch - Barcelo Maya Palace - 28 May 2011 pinchem to roberts - Turks & Caicos - 28 May 2011 rosieposie - TBC - May 2011 erinbrooke124 - Royal Islander - 14 June 2011 peterpanpixiedust- Dreams Cancun - 18 June 2011 PrettyPigPig- Royal PDC - 04 July 2011 AishaB - TBC - 31 Dec 2011

My sisters (aka BMs) picked the same dress but one in pale dusk pink and the other in pale turquoise. so I guess pink and turquoise will be my theme colors

Quote: Originally Posted by Nicyx Michelle my fingers are x'd 10 times over for you that your prices come down soon :-) x Definatly may be worth looking at a week at one and then another? Do you have access to more than one when staying at any of them? xox Palace guests can goto the other 4 hotels, but the other 4 can't access the Palace. I was attracted by their Gazebo at the palace too, and willing to go there for my site visit..until their WC were so slow in replying my emails...like 3-4 weeks delay. I am sure they do a fab job (it is a wedding factory there, so WC are too busy to reply emails from anxious brides who are getting married in 12-16 months) as all the bride who went there were super happy and satisfied. However as I am so used to work with real time thing, I will turn crazy, vicious amd aggressive if I have to wait 3 weeks for an email reply.

Lindobride, Your STDs are amazing! I love the little shell on the knot! it fits the DW theme!

Quote: Originally Posted by mexbride83 I am and then I'm not, haha. I want it to hurry and get here because I know it's going to be one of the best weeks of my life, partying with friends and family in Mexico for a week and ending it with my dream wedding. Not to mention that by the time I'm there, I'll have FINISHED grad school, and more importantly, my thesis! But then I realize how much I still have left to do (both for the wedding and the thesis haha) and then I start wishing for more time. If only there were 36 hours in a day:) But I do have lots to look forward to in the next year, despite all of the stress that it'll be bring. One week from tomorrow, May 28th (yes, the one year pre-anniversary to our wedding), I leave for Malawi! I'll be spending 10 weeks there for a summer internship with WFP. I know that's going to be the experience of a lifetime Then, in the fall, we're going to do a long weekend trip to Mexico for a site visit. Not sure yet if it'll be me and the fiance going or me and my mom. Then, in January, my fiance moves to Hawaii But I get to spend spring break there in March! Then comes thesis defense, graduation, FINALLY the wedding, then a trip to Napa, and a move to Hawaii for me! I get exhausted just thinking about what the next year holds. But in a good way I would love to move to Hawaii, great weather, great reef, great surf! When you are in school, time flies by so fast.

Quote: Originally Posted by Lindobride14 Ok guys I have an etiquette question here. My mom, stepmom, and FMIL are throwing our bridal shower at a restaurant and splitting the cost 3 ways. Next Saturday, all four of us are going to go visit a few restaurants to pick out the venue. My mom asked me today if my FMIL is going to want to have an open bar at the shower and I said yes I'm sure she will because I've never been to a party (christening, communion, bridal shower) in their family that wasn't an open bar. I also said that we (FI and I) would really like it to be open bar as well since guests are buying us nice gifts, many will be paying thousands to come to Mexico for the wedding, and I don't want them to gave to buy their own drinks. First off, am I wrong here? I feel pushy since they're paying for it and I'm sort of setting the terms. I called my mom back and said I'm sorry for being pushy, I realize it's an added expense and we would be willlng to contribute or chip in (meaning FI and I) Secondly, what's typical for the bridal showers you all have been to? I think a lot of people just do bottles of wine and a spiked punch. We are thinking of asking the restaurant if we can do margaritas as a signature drink and offering wine as well. Open bar is the way to go! you can limit the offering in order to control your cost! i.e. Only domestic beer, and decent wines like a cheap but good Californian wine...and no champagne or Blue Johnny Walker or Chivas! Do it as a lunch/brunch too will help, as people will not drink like fish that early...ok...if your guests are brokers, traders...then it is a different story.

Quote: Originally Posted by roxmysockz Although the last 5 months have flown by, it still feels like forever and a day until next April! Anyone else wishing the time away x I know how u feel! I am still 14 months away! I will go to MX this June to do menu sampling, so far the reviews on the resort's food is good. There is the World Cup to watch..so that will distract me a bit. then..World Expo trip in China in October and Rome in Dec... yet..my wedding is still so far away....sigh

Michelle, Maybe just wait a bit to see if the price comes down, dunno about in UK, but in Canada, the package deals usually come down when it is 3-5 months away, that is when the wholesalers really want to sell. Given the crude oil is around the same price as last year, but GBP/MXN exchange rate is -18%, so it is very possible that the price will look like 20% more than last year for UK brides. Not to mention, Mexico got the flu thingy last year, so all the resorts went on super SALE mode. I spent around $1100 USD for a 14 days package last September.

Quote: Originally Posted by cjb0arder13 I agree, Ivan takes some amazing photos, and he has been nothing short of wonderful to try to work with. Unfortunately, it isn't to be for me...but I hope other brides are able to use him! His prices (and everything included) are really great, and he takes fantastic photos! Yep, super lame-o. Their reasoning is that they have negotiated these contracts with the Mexican photographers they use, and that to allow other Mexican photographers in the resort would be a breach of that contract. I've made arrangements for another photographer they work with, so I've got it all sorted out, and deposit paid well at least u get this all sorted out! then..back to happy wedding stuffs!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by barbiegirl_27 I have to agree with you...I've actually taken a few trips to the DR, and spent a lot of time travelling around the country not in AI resorts, actually with the locals, and I never once felt like I was in any danger. Like all countries there are the very poor and the very rich....and it's very beautiful and the people are extremely friendly....and I also found this to be true in Cuba! Barbie, I know..as Canucks we can goto both places DR and Cuba! They are almost the same, one with Americans, and Europeans...the other one..with only european. Now it is even cheaper to goto DR for us than in Cuba, so a lot of people are going..to "stimulate" the DR's economy.

Quote: Originally Posted by FutureMrsRobart Opinion question: I'm ordering these Koozies for our OOT bags to keep cans cold. The front is going to bear our wedding logo. The back was going to read, "To Have & To Hold, To Keep Your Beer Cold!". I thought it was cute. Do you think using 'Beer' instead of 'Drink' is offensive to our non-drinkers. I didn't but it was a comment that was just put to me so now I'm like ugghhh. What do you guys think? It is a very cool idea! and people can re-use the koozies! Back to the wedding ideas, and yes I don't work for DR tourist board and my job is to watch the world's geo-politics and economic developments. Of course for Canucks, it is much safer in Canada than in the US ( we don't have our version of AMERICA's MOST WANTED yet), for Americans..it is much safer in US than in these south countries, it is all relative, and if you don't see, then everything is fine. Ok back to my wedding (I know you all must be wondering who is this poor guy who ends up with a psycho pessimistic girl like myself..oh well..ironically, he is an eternally positive guy, super chill and not many worries) OK really back to wedding stuffs...are u girl having a zip up back dress or lace up dress? I am very debating between the two. Zip up is clean and can have nice buttons at the back, but Lace up is fail-proof...I can gain weight from 85 lbs to 95 lbs and still able to fit....but I am really not sure.

Quote: Originally Posted by Nicyx Arrrr, i remember now!!!! yes what a flippin' joke that is..... Funny situation that, i just dont understand why they have that pathetic rule? Have you asked WC to clarify this for you? As i remember in an earlier comment on the situation, you'd think they would want to keep the business inside Mexico!!! I had a look at Ivan's website today and see what you mean, he is fantastic.... :-) I hope they re-think this rule very soon...... xoxo it is not pathetic, they just wanna make $$$ off us! I have to pay $350 to be able to use my photographer. I think the Barcelo is 1 night of stay or $300...it varies from hotel to hotel...

Quote: Originally Posted by mexbride83 Wow, that is horrible! But I have to play devil's advocate here and say... I don't agree with not going to places because of a murder, simply because you'd be hard-pressed to find a place where someone hasn't been murdered. A guy I knew was murdered in my college town while I was in college, but that doesn't stop me from going there. As for Haiti, that really has no impact on DR. There are murders going on all along the border of the US and Mexico, yet we still travel to both countries! I agree with you totally, but my FI is 110% sure that he won't go there. His ex gf was born in Belgium, and somehow moved to DR with her mom, then one day she came home found her mom got robbed and stabbed. Apparently even DR is much better than Haiti (where even the Cubans find them, the haitians, poor and salvage), DR is still very poor. Of course, Canadians do got robbed and killed in Mexico every year (I have to say only those who take their retirement there...pretend to be rich and live in a very poor country). In relatively wealthy countries like US, UK and Canada, people got killed for sick/complicated reasons...it is very rare to get robbed and killed (usually robbed only). My sister is heading to Punta Cana this June, my feeling is ...DR is almost like Cuba, very poor, decent food with very nice beaches, but with Americans...heehee

Quote: Originally Posted by mexbride83 SunnyD - I chose Mexico because I have been to Jamaica and Punta Cana, but have only been to Cancun once, and I was young. So I wanted to go somewhere "new"! But I have been all over the Caribbean (Bahamas, Caymans, St. Lucia, St. Thomas, St. Maarten, and obviously Jamaica and DR) and I have to say that the beaches in Punta Cana are above and beyond the MOST beautiful beaches that I have been to!! If I (and all of my BMs) hadn't already been there twice, and if it had good diving (my fiance's one request), then I absolutely would've chosen it for my wedding!!! Not to sway you away from Mexico, as that's what I chose, but from what I've seen about Mexico beaches online, they just don't compare to the ones in Punta Cana:) However, on the Mexico side... the activities there were another huge draw for us! We have been wanting to go to Chitchen Itza (we've been to 3 of the 7 wonders of the world together, and are aiming to get to all of them:), and we love that our guests have plenty of activity options other than beach and water activities. The chance to go to ruins and the cenotes was a very unique one. Also flights to Mexico are super cheap from the US! I have to agree...The reef right off Cozumel is insane! Beach at Cozumel and Cayo Coco, Cuba are so far the nicest ones I've seen. Of course, I never been to Punta Cana, and because my FI's first gf's mother was murdered in Punta Cana, DR ...plus it is right next to Haiti, I guess I won't go there.

I really don't know what to put in OOT bags..I guess I will make them around this time next year! As I don't know how many people are coming..and what my bonus looks like...LOL...

Quote: Originally Posted by SunnyDBride Hi girls! I am a May 2011 bride. We are looking at May 28th. I'm still narrowing down choices but it will either be Jamaica, Punta Cana or Riviera Maya, Mexico. Aside--how do you get the member status under your name? I see some people with full member, senior member, etc. thanks. Welcome SunnyD! I think it has to do with number of posts that u posted on the forum, for more than 125 posts, u will become a junior member, and u can download and view the attachments. Of course, you can pay to get the membership, I think. As for the location, I picked Riviera Maya right from the beginning as Jamaica is more expensive with less beautiful beaches, Punta Cana which is next to Haiti.

they are both very nice...but I prefer the Louboutin one, the platform makes it more comfy to wear.

Quote: Originally Posted by Lindobride14 Mad props for getting all that done! You inspire me . . . everything looks very tied together. As a sidenote, anyone else think the model in the David's bridal dresses looks like a pre-plasticHeidi Montag?!! (think Season 1 of THe Hills) Whoops Did I just admit I watch that piece of garb show?! She does look like Heidi before she turned into a monster ( I guess the worst is to come, her F cup boobs...weird face are just the beginning)! LOL I don't watch that show, but I do read garb magazines when I read too much text books, financial times, Economist, Wallstreet Journal, Bloomberg, Barron's...(yes, I read all those boring stuffs at my work, and I have to) the garb magazines like US, Stars, People...make me feel great and relaxed! LOL

Thx so much! As a RPDC Gazebo bride, this is so helpful!

Sandbugs?! ew....Thx for the warning.

Mexbride...your dress is simple and elegant! Nicola, I am sorry to hear that! I will send you and your FI positive vibes for the next 30 days! I've been thru that (uncertainty and out of my control situation) in Oct-Nov 2008, when 1/2 of my office floor went empty in 2 months, and some people didn't even say a proper goodbye.