AllieH

you gals are sooo gorgeous in your dresses!!!

plee - I'm right there with you! We finally hit a point where we are waiting until airfares come out and packages are available to be priced. EDR is my #1 choice, followed by NOW Jade and Dreams Riviera Cancun. But that could all change very quickly.

Allie - gorgeous dress!!!!!

Excellent!!! I agree it it very similar to the example - awesome.

I love the bling thread!!! Here's mine: And here's one I did with the roses he gave me when he proposed (5 dozen!) and with the band:

glad things are settling down! sheesh, the drama is just unreal. and we are rooting for you!

Gracias Chelsea! and yes...sadly I'm looking forward to highs "only" in the 90's around here.

wow - fantastic jewelry! I'm in DFW and will be a DW bride (woohoo!). if this gets planned, please keep me posted!

I would be interested in participating!

We have had the same debate. I was leaning towards the JP here in the states, and then the symbolic ceremony there. We'd celebrate the Mexico wedding as our anniversary of course. My fiancé decided the matter - he thinks the JP and then symbolic ceremony in Mexico is anti-climatic, and just shook his head at me when we talked about it. He wants to do the legal ceremony - get it all done at the same place. Since he's not very picky about 95% of the wedding planning, and this is one thing he prefers, that's what we're going to do. I won't pretend to be thrilled about the blood test idea - I hate needles... but our relationship is about compromise. I want a destination wedding, he wants to do the legalities where ever we have the ceremony. So there you have it!

ok ladies - apparently this is a common thing?! Peach - your story sounds similar to what I'm going through. We've chosen Nov 2012 as our date also, and are still working on the resort and other decisions. I (mistakenly) thought giving them 15 months notice to plan and save would be a helpful & thoughtful thing. Silly, silly me! My family (and a couple of close friends) are riding the drama llamas about our decision to have a DW. "It's just too difficult to go to Mexico" (2 hour flight?!?!). "Why can't you make this convenient for us?" (umm, sooo not about you!). Those two are from my mother. "I hope you're prepared to be the only two there." "A destination wedding is all about you - don't try to pretend that it's a nice vacation for everyone else." I just don't get it! Then there's the drama of the dress shopping - I live in a major market (DFW), and they live in podunk, USA. My mom & my sister don't understand why I don't want to go dress shopping at home. Hello! More choices here! So a friend of mine is flying in from halfway across the country to go shopping with me. That's just the tip of the drama and negativity. I'm so over it. At this point, I'm not even talking to my own mother about it; I won't bring it up with her again, but would be happy to talk with her about it if she brings it up. It just makes me more resolved to go to Mexico and have a dreamy wedding, and amazing vacation with our friends - many of whom are CRAZY excited to go. Some folks I wouldn't have thought would be so excited are, super pleasant surprise. Those are the friends I talk to about the wedding. So hang in there ladies - we're all in this together. Ban the drama llamas!

hey ladies!!! I'm in the (very) early stages of planning my FL DW, and am now doing the research on the scads of choices for a venue. We are targeting Oct/Nov 2012, and a wedding for 50-70. Has anyone done a wedding at The Shane Center in Miami?? http://www.shanecenter.com/ looking to get an idea on how they were to work with, general ballpark pricing, etc. any feedback greatly appreciated!!! thanks!!!