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OMG! I bought my dress this weekend.....so crrrazy! I cant believe how much I love it! I was genuinely worried I would settle for something I felt "nice" in but let me tell you I feel gorgeous in it!! So dont settle for anything...when you find "the dress" you will feel like you can take on the world in that bad boy!! On another note, I need some feedback regarding the times of our wedding day events so please let me know what you think... We are getting married at 3pm and I want to have the private reception start no earlier than 6pm. To save money, instead of paying for a 2 hour cocktail party between ceremony and reception we are going to use the free 1 hour party from the GI special. So...what time should we start and end the cocktail party? I dont want to seem cheap to our guests and I dont want people wandering around wondering where they should go to burn some time. Or should I not worry about it? My fiance thinks we should have it from 5-6 so people can take pics with us after the ceremony and freshen up, and we can do our own pics without missing the party. I just worry about people not knowing what to do or where to go? What do ya think?

Thanks everyone for the feedback on how to get stuff down there. Once I know how much stuff I will have to bring I will be able to make a better plan with these ideas!

I have also had people ask why we are getting married on a Tuesday and I thought the same thing- everyone will be there for a week so why does it matter? I do have a few guests that are looking into coming for 5 days or so b/c they cannot be away for a week so if that is the case, it might be good to plan it closer to a weekend. That being said, we still aren't too worried about it and aren't changing it. I have a question that I am sure has been asked and answered 100 times on here but I have not came across it.... How the heck do you get all the decorations, favours, etc down there without paying the airline a million bucks in extra baggage charges? Can you mail stuff to the resort in advance?

I am not sure what time we will be there, our flights have not been confirmed yet. But we are also staying for 2 weeks, still deciding whether to move to a different resort or stay at the Azul for 2 weeks. But let's keep in touch and hopefully we can make it happen!

Hi tkuzma! We will be there from Feb 9-16 so we might bump into each other at the airport! Darn it! And I love Say Yes to the Dress so I will go vote for you now, I hope you win! That would be such a fun experience!!

Hey everyone! I just joined so I am new at this but I am loving all of the info/ideas I am reading about! April 2012 Kerry872 - April 11 2012 May 2012 Jennabug May 5th 2012 Mnd3A - May 19 2012 June 2012 July 2012 August 2012 September 2012 October 2012 jsal4 - October 12, 2012 November 2012 December 2012 January 2013 February 2013 tkuzma - February 7 christined- February 12, 2013 March 2013 April 2013 May 2013 kathryn83 - May 5