amberduke

Okay, this thread has motivated me. We are in the home stretch. My dress. His suit. Bridesmaid dresses. Groomsmen suits. Flower girl romper. ALL DONE Officiant. Photographer. DJ. Cake. Makeup. Mariachi. ALL BOOKED. Invitations. DONE (Waiting on last minute stragglers. 80 booked.) Wedding programs. Veil. Rings. ALL DONE. BM gifts. FI gift. Mom's gifts. Dads gift. DONE (do we do things for grandparents?) Ceremony favors (sunglasses in burlap bags). Reception favors (donation to cancer charity: both mom's have cancer). DONE TO DO: OOT bags...I have gone back and forth a million times about this and am exhausted. I don't know where to even begin. Bleh. Wedding shoes...seriously?! Signs for the wedding...again, back and forth. Playlist for dances. I can see the light!!!!!!!

@kbrandriet How exciting! 2pm How fun! We must try and meet for a hug (and possibly a drink). I am not sure where, I think we are limited with the group size! I will let you know as soon as I do! What time is your ceremony/reception? Adrian sure will have a busy day!

Only 45 days to go! We have about 70 booked and finalized so far (mostly at the Palace, which is apparently sold out now). I have silently been stalking this blog for 9 months and have taken the advice and not freaked out, BUT now that we are getting close...haha We are doing the catamaran trip in place of the rehearsal dinner and I have completely stayed out of that planning and let my future mother-in-law have at it. I think no matter what, it should be a blast (although our families are mostly Irish/English and I have often wondered how sun poisoning might factor into this). The bridesmaids dresses are done. The groomsmen stuff is done. My dress is being altered. Hair and makeup booked through Adrian. The groom booked the DJ (he searched these blogs to choose him/my only requirement was the light up dance floor). Cake has been ordered by my Aunt (again, I stayed out of it and trust her/my mother). My brother is doing the ceremony (it won't be legal/we got married at City Hall here in Chicago on my Great-Grandmother's anniversary). My mother and Aunt have already designed and purchased things for vintage-y centerpieces. We have two photographers and a videographer (the groom's father is a professional photographer and they are all "guests" of the wedding/my parents paid for their travel/hotel stay for the week). Which brings us to my first-world-bride dilemma/What I need advice on: We initially selected the Tangerine Sunset, but now seeing that we won't need a JOP, videographer, photographer, DJ, cake, or upgrades it seems downright silly to spend over $10,000 on that package! Should we go a-la-carte for the cocktail hour, flowers, and reception (don't forget the mariachi you have all raved about )? Or add onto the Blueberry Dream? Or just suck it up and keep the Tangerine Sunset? HALP!

I will have a similarly sized group and chose the Tangerine Sunset package. We wont be using all of the features and will be adding on other things. After talking with the WC and my travel agent, we decided it was the best one for us!

AH! I am terrible, I never saw this! I actually booked February 16, 2013 and it was all handled through the travel agent. I did get an email confirming the date and time when we hit the 30 mark! We are now just over 100 days out and have about 50 guests booked!

I am from Houston, college in Tucson (BearDown) and now live in Chicago with my fiancé! We are planning our wedding for February 17th, 2013 at the Barcelo, Riviera Maya since I have vacationed there with my family and have so many wonderful memories of that resort. I am still super nervous about all of the logistics, but the more I peruse these threads, the better I feel about the thrilling ride we are about to begin! YAY!

I am ALSO a February 2013 bride!!! February 17th to be exact! I am absolutely over the moon! Yay for us!