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I don't know if you can adjust what he says but the ceremony was totally all business and took about 5 min (we're in Chicago too). We didn't even exchange rings - saving it for the 'real' wedding.

Just wanted to post a quick update - 30 days till our wedding! Nothing much left to plan. Fatima has been great, our ceremony script has been written & sent to the officiate, hair & make-up appointments are confirmed, menu is set, decorations & flowers picked out, we finished our thank you cards & menus and my sweetie picked up his suit from the tailor yesterday. We are pretty much set. Yay! Still on our to-do list: finish the playlist (SarahBen2011 - I feel your pain! It's such a daunting task.), a few little DIY projects, and final dress fittings for me. We are so excited and can't wait to get on the plane and just enjoy our time in PV with our favorite people! How is planning going for everyone else??

You look great in that dress! I think you made the right choice.

Congrats Sarah! Thanks for posting your pics- you looked amazing!!!! I ordered the same flowers - I hope mine look as great as yours did! Can't wait to read your review!

I love those! Wish I could re-send my invites using them. Thanks for posting!

Hi Chante Have you looked at Wedding JoJo or WeddingWire? Both allow you choose a custom URL and they both look like they are easy to use. No coding required. WeddingWire looks like it has a ton of great tools and I know that a lot of BDW Brides use and love it. Buying a domain name and hosting and building your site from scratch is not easy and it takes a lot of time. You also have to pay for the domain name and hosting. My FI & I built our site this way but I've built websites before. I'd recommend saving yourself time & frustration and go with a service unless you're experienced and feel confident that you have the time and skills to build your own site. Hope this helps!

Your photos are amazing! Your wedding looked perfect and you looked like you had so much fun! Loved the little flags on the straws, so cute! Congratulations!

I know EXACTLY how you feel BCbride11, I am feeling the same way with the gown I bought. Don't panic! You still have time to visit boutiques that specialize in off the rack designer dresses and sample sales if you want to shop for something else - that's what I'm going to do. If you find something you absolutely love more than the dress you have now there's still time to buy it and get alterations done. If you don't find something great it might remind you that you made the right choice the first time around! I'm sure you look beautiful in the dress you bought. Post pics if you can! The brides on this forum will give you an honest opinion.

These are amazing! I'm really impressed that you used Word and still managed to make these look great.

November 5 - Dreams WC and may make a few things myself. Trying to keep both the DIY project count and the wedding cost down. Quote: Originally Posted by SarahBen2011 11/18/11 using the Dreams WC (Louise) and my own DIY touches here and there! Doing the bonfire on the 17th and reception at las palmas. They've said 10:30 for me... so they better not kick is out early! SarahBen2011 - I'm doing the same thing! Bonfire the night before and reception Las Plamas. It should be way fun!

1. How old are you? 30 2. At what age did you/will you get married? 31 3. Do you have children? Nope 4. Did you think you would marry the person you are with now? When we first met, no. We were both dating other people. 3 years later, when we started dating, yes. 5. Were you ever engaged or married to someone other than the person you are with now? No 6. Do you want a garden wedding, beach wedding, or the traditional church wedding? Beach 7. Where did you/will you get married? Dreams Puerto Vallarta MX 8. First dance - classic waltz, slow and sexy, or fast and spicy? Waltz, it's the only dance I've been able to teach him! He's still working on the turns - they can be tricky! 9. How many guests did you/will you have? 25-30ish 10. Do you want/did you have an extravagant wedding or a simple wedding? Simple but way fun! 11. Vows - traditional or something you make up on your own? Make up our own, we want to keep them short and sweet. 12. How many layers of cake did you/will you have? 2, I think. 13. Is/was your wedding/reception at a hotel? The ceremony will be on the beach and the reception on a poolside terrace @ the hotel 14. When did you/will you get married - sunrise, mid-day, sunset? Sunset, I'm putting DEET in the OOT bags! 15. Did you/will you have your reception outdoors or indoors? Outdoors 16. Plan every detail down to the napkins or let someone else decide? Some planning, but overall taking the laid back approach to things 17. How did/will the bride enter? With my Mum at my side and my future husband at the alter 18. Song to walk down the aisle to: Haven't given it any thought 19. Song to make your exit: The cheers of my friends and family is all the music I'll need 20. Will you/did you have a solemn ceremony or a light one? A light one, getting married is supposed to be a fun happy time right? 21. At what age did you think you would get married? Before I was 30 22. Who to invite - practically everyone or a select few? Select few 23. Wedding menu - fine dining or simply delicious? Simply delicious! 24. Champagne or red wine? Champagne cause I love it! 25. Honeymoon right after the wedding, awhile after the wedding, or no honeymoon? Min-moon for a few days following the wedding, full on honeymoon a while after the wedding 26. Was your/will your honeymoon be at a place special to you both or somewhere brand new to you both? Brand new! We're gonna stay on one of the cays in Belize! 27. Who will pay for the bills? We both will, and my Mum is helping with ceremony & reception costs, 'cause she's the best! 28. Living together: Not before marriage or absolutely before marriage? Absolutely before marriage - best 5 years of my life so far! 29. Anything else about marriage you'd like to say? I so excited to get married to the man I love! I feel privileged to be able to celebrate with the people we truly care about in a beautiful place.

Dreams2011, thanks for adding all the details about what went wrong to your DPV review. I'm sorry to hear that there were so many mistakes made that could have easily been avoided with better communication between the hotel staff and the WC. You must have been so frustrated! I guess this illustrates to all of us future brides that no matter how much planning and organization you do, at some point it's out of your hands and you just have to roll with the punches. I'm glad that management gave you a big discount and I hope that they are able to learn from the mistakes they made so they can avoid the same problems with future weddings. Despite the missteps with the WC, I'm sure when your guests look back on your wedding day the only thing they'll remember was that you were beautiful and that they had a great time celebrating with you and your husband!

Hi Ladies ~ I don't know if any of you are looking for your dresses but House of Brides is having a super huge sale this weekend. Their city store is @ Franklin & Superior.

LOL! I can totally relate! My wedding date is 11/05/11 and I'm hoping to loose 15-20 pounds + really tone up before then. Over the last few months I haven't really been exercising and I am desperate to get back into my workout routine. I'm about to hang my bikini up on the wall with photos of my really skinny friends next to it for motivation! Best of luck to all of you!

I also wanted to share - we payed our deposit and booked our rooms & flights this week! I am so excited to get married!

I'm with AutumnJo and gowiththeflow ~ Dreams2011 please post some details about what went wrong! I'm sorry to hear that there were problems and I hope they didn't spoil your day too much. It sounds like you took the missteps on the hotel's part in stride and handled the situation in the best way possible. I've really enjoyed working with Louise so far. She seems really organized and is always quick to respond to my emails - not to mention she actually answers questions when I ask them. I hope that the mistakes she made were just because she's new and still in the adjustment period.

Thanks guys! @KarenM ~ Just looked at your planning thread, your wedding looked amazing and you were a beautiful bride! Chicago will be happy to welcome you back! @hwilley218 ~ OMG, I know. I am totally addicted already!

Hi there! My name is Krista & my fiancé is Alex. We are a Chicago couple getting married at Dreams Puerto Vallarta in November 2011! Wanted to join up and say Hi! Thank you to everyone who posts, especially the Dreams PV brides, you've already been an amazing resource!

Engagement ring - my fiance's sister made it for me. I love it! She's going to make our bands too!

Congrats to you too EricaMarie! We're trying to book at Dreams - they are so slow getting a contract back to us but I guess that's understandable since their wedding coordinator just left. Where in PV are you getting married?

Puerto Vallarta Bride Nov. 2011. Me and the future husband live in Logan Square.