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Back at it! 3. Flowers I am a botanist and ecologist by trade and training, so flowers were important to me. I knew I wanted Green Cymbidium Orchids. However, upon further inquiry, they were crazy expensive in Mexico (at least at my resort). $25 per flower! So I opted to go the "real touch" route, because that particular flower meant a lot to me. After much research and quotes and planning, I went with Bloom Bridal based out of the GTA. Reasonable prices, in Canada and most importantly, I liked their orchids! A few other places were nice, but since I was doing real touch for the orchids, I needed them to be botanically correct. My inspiration bouquet was this with a touch of Judy from Bloom Bridal was great, she re-worked my bouquet at least three times until I was happy. I was really pleased with the results, and its currently sitting on my computer desk for me to enjoy. More photos are here on her facebook page.

We made plans for a time to meet everyone for dinner at the buffet the first night and brought the bags with us, we got almost everyone, and the rest we saw at Breakfast. We only had 31 people though, if you had 70 - it might be trickier! I had wanted a welcome dinner, but my WC never got back to me. The day of she asked if I still wanted the reservation at the french restaurant. She hadn't confirmed beforehand, so I didn't have a chance to tell people. Since I didn't think there was any way I'd find everyone (plus we had already made other dinner plans) I cancelled it. There was no extra charge for 31 people.

I'm so sorry for your drama ladies. I'm glad it was still a good time (for the most part). If any drama happened on our trip, our friends and family were courteous enough to keep me oblivious. Haha.

I don't have my pro shots yet - but here are a few from guests! Omg so many pictures!

Husbands Grandma and his mom, my mom and her mom. I just love this picture, our moms and their moms!