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Hey everyone!! I'm baaaack!!!! Just a few teasers from the wedding...our AHR is this weekend!!!

Amber: The bridge is actually what I liked so much about it. Plus there are no walls to the gazebo, it is completely open to the air. I have NO clue what happened to the roof!?!? I really liked it before too. I took a picture of it and showed it to Wilma at my wedding meeting, and she claimed she had no idea it looked like that now!?!?! When she emailed me a diagram of how we would hang my lanterns, she definitely didn't send me a picture like that. I did give my guests an intinerary, but what I was lucky with was that I had my welcome cocktail party the day I had my meeting, so when I was thanking everyone for coming and handing out our wedding party gifts, I let everyone know that the ceremony location had changed. Since the Chichen was right near the Pandero, I just sort of pointed it out!

Thanks Sach! I have no problem answering any questions ) I did want to post a few specific pics for you guys... Here are two of the three wedding gazebos...I didn't get over to the tulum gazebo with my camera though :oP The tulum gazebo has that white fencing around the entire thing, and is ALL the way on the far side of the ASP resort. It is definitely private, but is not up against the water like the other two...and it has a green fence to the left of it. COBA: (I was not thrilled by the big white box!?) CHICHEN GAZEBO: (where I ended up switching to) AND....this is now how the Pandero Terrace looks: (it lost its roof completely!!) This is how it was decorated for my cocktail party...they only ended up using 1/2 (7) of my lanterns

Hey ladies!! I have a one shoulder, corset back maggie sottero dress for sale. The dress was worn for 2 1/2 hours on my wedding day and for a few hours indoors for my AHR. It has been altered to height 5'5" and would fit a size 4/6 or under. It also already has a double french bustle altered in as well! (see picture). Paid over $1500 new with alterations. If you have any questions, please feel free to let me know!!

Ok ladies!! My review is posted!! If you want to see our trip pictures, feel free to add me on facebook! I should be posting my wedding and TTD pictures up there in a week or so. Review: http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/products/aventura-spa-palace-all-inclusive (just scroll you'll see it!) Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jszy10 Feel free to let me know if you have any questions. I'm sure I forgot something!

Thanks ladies!!! You know what...I am SO happy I went with those colors. I think they were absolutely perfect ) So I think I might be done with my review, but it is SOOOO rediculously long LOL. I'm going to go over it again and maybe add some pictures and then I'll post it under the ASP Resort section of the page and give you guys the link. Until then... I downloaded my dvd of the ceremony to youtube so that you ladies could see what you would get!! The youtube video doesn't show the intro slide or the beginning sort of "advertisement" showcase of the resort, but it shows everything you would get from beginning to end. Feel free to fastfoward the boring parts LOL. Its about 15 minutes long. (that period IS suppposed to be there in the link lol) Enjoy! Oh yeah...and our sand ceremony totally flopped LOL. I bought too small of a funnel and the sand totally got stuck going in. You'll see me fight with me during the video and then laugh out loud )...and I died laughing during one part of the pictures...you'll know what I mean, and I'm so glad he kept it in hahaha. http://youtu.be/NBG7wLv2YAU

Congratulations ladies!!! Our wedding month has officially come and gone....and everyone's pictures are absolutely gorgeous!!! Here are some of our favs so far!!! We haven't seen our TTD pics yet, but we had an absolutely blast doing it! Anyone still have an AHR to go? Mine is a week from today!!!

Congrats!! I did P90X and actually really liked it.

I definitely wouldn't spend the money either! I am using burnt copies and always find the workout schedule online. You can also dig and find the nutrition directions online if you are planning on following that. Good luck!!! I just got back from 10 days of no working out and eating like crappppp...I'm so ready to work out again!!!

Thanks so much!!! Sorry for the delayed response, we actually just got back from our wedding/honeymoon getaway yesterday!! I did use a metallic shimmer cardstock for the outside cover. I actually just purchased precut cards from JoAnn's and then cut them a little on my own to fit the passport size perfectly. You can order almost the same paper online at http://www.paper-papers.com/metallic-paper.html -- it would be the curious metallic cover weight paper. For the inside pages I just used a nicer type of printer paper that you could get anywhere like staples or office depot. As far as costs are concerned, I spent the following for 25 invites: $10 -- Aylee Bits template (best money I could have ever spent!) $5 -- corner punch $15 -- card stock w/ envelopes (they came 6 to a pack) and of course whatever I used of the ink... Hope that helps!! It IS a lot of work, but it was totally worth it in the end.

Thanks so much ladies!!! Take everything you need ;o)

Heyyyyy Ladiessss!!!!! ) 10 relaxing days later...I'm back from Meehiicooo haha. I don't have a review for you yet, but I promise I'll be working on it soon! I just had to share some teasers with you from our photogs site though! I should have all of our full size pics in about a week, including our TTD session that I have yet to see but know are going to be amazing!!! I actually ended up changing from the Coba gazebo to the Chichen gazebo, so that is the one you'll see in the first few pics. I am in the process of uploading some of our overall trip pictures, so once I have those up, I'll send you a link to at least check out some of the resort! Until then...here are some of our favs! (sorry they're so small..they're just the low-res thumbnails from our private viewing site)

Hey girls!!! Chiming in from Mexico..married and loving life! :-) I'm up way too early for my own good and enjoying the view from my hammock Haha. My wedding was gorgeous and Wilma was amazing. I can't wait to share my pics and review when I get home. Happy planning ladies!

Thanks so much ladies!! Just a little stress in finishing packing today, but it all feels so surreal? I don't even feel like my wedding is 4 days away!!

Welcome back Steph!! I'm so glad you had an amazing time!! I hope my guests feel exactly the same ) Flight leaves in less than 24 hours!!!! All packed up, boarding passes printed and soooo ready to go!!!!

Thanks Shalanda!! Welcome back Alisa! I leave in less than 24 hours!!!! All packed up, boarding passes printed...sooooo ready for tomorrow morning!! ) I'll be back in July and promise to share pics and a review!

Have you considered doing an OOT bag per ROOM instead of per person?! That is what I did and it cuts your cost in half! I would maybe shoot for $8-10 per bag. I spent about $10-12 per room/bag.

Danielle AHH!!! Do you leave tomorrow? I leave super early Wednesday morning..I'm so ready to go!!! We are the last ones to go! I can't wait to come back and hear about everyone's recent nuptials! ) Good luck and have an amazing time!! I'm off to pick up my dress!

Ahhhh ok ladies...I leave in 3 days...Wilma says I need to choose: (1) my cocktail hor's dourve menu -- I was thinking the mexican?? (2) my cake, flavor and "cover" as she calls it? (3) our breakfast in bed choice suggestions ladies!?!?! I know we'll pick them out when we have our meeting on Thursday, but I'd love some input before we leave!

I am getting married 1 week from today!!! My original budget was set around $15,000 -- for both the DW AND AHR -- and we ended up around $17,000. I actually created a spreadsheet in Excel to make sure I kept track of everything, and am very happy to say that we will be breaking even from saving so much and will not be in ANY wedding debt when we return!!!! That was my #1 goal, so I'm happy! For a breakdown.. AHR -- $8,500 DW -- $6,000 (includes roundtrip airfare, 9 night stay, gifts, photography and wedding extras) Attire -- $2,600 (includes wedding dress, TTD, shoes, accessories and all of groom's attire)