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Hey all - I spotted Banana Boat trial size SPF 30 sport at Old Navy (of all places) for $1.50 each! That's the cheapest travel size and name brand sunscreen I have seen anywhere! It was in one of the newer, more updated stores that has all the odds and ends where you wait for the register (candy, gum, small toys, hair ties ,etc...) I think besides the tote bags I bought, I will probably be skipping the dollar store on my little OOT bag travel must-have kits. Staples has 100 trial size 2pks of ibuprofen for about $6, they also have immodium for a little more but still a good price. Walmart has packs of tums for .88, 3 pks of chapstick for around $1, etc... I seem to be finding better deals, or at least brands I actually trust at other stores and in some cases for less!

It's funny, my inspiration pic is actually a picture of real-touch flowers, but I would like mine to be real flowers. My quote for flowers from Mayte was pretty reasonable I thought, for what I have asked for. It is pretty modest I suppose but its a mix of orchids and callas... Not sure when she delivers the flowers, I think I read somewhere on this thread she can have them delivered to the resort earlier in the day for pictures...

I read the review last night and it was awesome! Completely re-affirming my choice, and she even had her guests stay at the resort we chose, Dreams Palm Beach! For those of you on the fence or just looking for inspiration or confidence in your choice, I cannot highly enough recommend checking out her blog. Read the review for her own wedding then glance through it and see entries about wedding she has worked at the Jellyfish. My choice was made based on reading her blog and this thread and I am so excited! (I only wish her photography services were in my budget =/)

Congrats! How was it? Can't wait for the review! Did the weather hold up for you??

That's funny, I have almost all yellow and a couple pink but I'd much rather have blue! I keep checking as often as I pass a different store...

I haven't been in touch with her in a while but I probably will drop her a line soon with my final count and to plan for meeting with her when we get down there. We hope to get over there either the Thurs or Fri before (wedding is a sunday) to taste the food, choose our signature cocktail and firm up the final details... I hear you though, time is flying by! Working on the "little" details now, hair trials, shoes and jewelry, alterations, out of town bags, etc... I can't wait to get down there! We will have a couple days to ourselves there to relax before the crowd comes and boy do I need the "quiet time"!

We pretty much decided to go al la carte drinks from after dinner on... I know I won't drink $45 worth of alcohol in the 3 hours after dinner, neither will most of my family members and a few guests don't drink at all! I'm really hoping it saves us a decent chunk of money. That's really the only place we can cut back anyway... btw Venus - 2 Months! Holy Crap! Quote: Originally Posted by venus909 I'm on the fence about open bar vs tab as well... but FI is stuck on open bar.. he feels our friends will defintiely out drink the cost of the open bar.. so we will either go with that or the beer/wine signature drink option... I'm still waiting to hear from Mayte on the price difference. From what I understand there dinner is $15 per kid and no additional charge for drinks for kids....

I might have to keep looking for the blue! My store only had yellow and pink but the blue is one of my colors

Wow! I wish I had seen that before I ordered dresses for my sisters! Very nice dresses!

The hibiscus print bags are right on the home page of the dollar tree store website right now. They are a bit smaller than the other solid tote bags but definitely (in my opinion) big enough for an OOT bag. The other bags are sold out online so there is no link on there. If you want to see what they look like there is a link to the old page on here if you look thru this thread. Happy Hunting!

I think you got a great deal! I actually like the look of the knock off better! Can't wait to see the finished dress =)

My local store only had yellow and pink... I might keep looking for the other colors, but I'm just happy to have found them!

Woohoo got my bags last night! Large, solid totes with colored trim and handles for the adults and some smaller, hibiscus print totes in bright colors for the kids! So happy!

You look great! The dress is beautiful and so are your pictures! Gotta say, I haven't even had my wedding yet but I've got a little photo envy going on! They are just stunning! Does Del Sol do Punta Cana? Lol...

You can pretty much request whatever setup for food and/or drink options (and anything else) you want and she will just quote you a price for it. I requested Corona, red and white wine, a signature cocktail and soft drinks for cocktail hour, then the same for dinner. Originally we were going to do the middle of the road open bar for 3 hours for reception, but we have decided to do al la carte open bar for reception instead of one of the bar options just because between cocktail hour and dinner and how well we know our 30 or so guests, I don't think most of them will drink $15 per hour worth of alcohol. Some will, a few might go over that, but some of our guests don't drink at all! Hopefully we can save a couple of bucks there.

Hang tight but don't be afraid to email her again to let her know you still haven't received it. Mine took over a month, first same problem, she couldn't open my attachment so that took a little longer, then she said she had sent it and sent me the bank transfer info but I never received the quote. But another email or so later she sent it...

Thanks so much! I love the way they look with the dress!

I ended up ordering from the store. When I looked a little more into the website, they order it and receive it from the designer, then ship again from their location at an additional cost. I'd rather save that extra time and be able to pick it up so I went with a local place. They should come in with 5 weeks to spare! That color is great! I just ordered 2 different Bill Levkoff styles but I don't that color in the store =/ I went with Capri instead. It's a nice, light blue. What kind of shoes are those? I'd love to track them down! Thanks =)

I had one fleeting moment of "oh man, it's round, not square", but the ring is absolutely beautiful and I wouldnt trade it for anything. A friend of mine (who did not like her ring at all btw) said it best "It doesn't matter if it's what I wanted or not. HE chose it for me. When I look at it, I will think of him and how he loved me so much he bought me this diamond ring." I thought that said it nicely.

Love this style! It's similar to one of my first choices as well so I may be a bit biased... ;-)

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I wonder if it's possible to just deposit any check or even cash into the jellyfish account at a Bank of America... I bet you can because you only need an acct # to make a deposit... Hmm...

Those are all gorgeous! How can you go wrong? ;-) I tried on a bunch of different size eternity bands, and I think if I hadn't gone with the one I got my second choice was just a super thin eternity. I also wanted a band that would look good on its own, and something simple but not plain or ordinary and I think I accomplished that... Please post your band when you decide! I'd love to see what you find! =)

The few reviews I have found said they actually are originals... There was like 1 semi-bad experience, nothing to do with the items or time, just the lack of customer service from the website, about 4 with good experience and the rest were about the physical store location. I was just hoping even 1 person from these boards may have actually used them or another one.