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Did you stay for the fashion show? My girlfriend is the choreographer of all the fashion shows for the bridal shows. We only went to that one show since most of our vendors we already had selected; but I wanted to see her and support her so we decided to go. I know the one at Cobb Galleria in January is the largest show. Was that the other one you went to? If you make it to Atlanta to visit between now and your wedding, let me know...maybe we can meet up for coffee or a drink!

Do you have any items left? If so which ones? Thanks!

It's funny because on one hand I feel like I've done everything I can do at this point and then on the other hand I feel like I SHOULD be doing a lot more! LOL But for the most part, I think things are going well. I can't wait to see your pictures. I know you're going to look amazing on your wedding day! Make sure you write us from EPM and let us know how things are when you have time!

I'm SO excited for you!!! Are you ready? Do you feel like you have everything done or are you panicking at this point? :-)

I live in Atlanta now but I was born and raised in Boston. My brother got married at Excellence Punta Cana a couple of years ago and his wedding was awesome! I'm getting married at Excellence Playa Mujeres in May 2013. Congratulations on your upcoming wedding!

Hey MrsMclemore, when is your wedding and where are you getting married? I'm a Georgia bride too! We're getting married in Mexico on May 4, 2013.

I wish I had seen your post before!!! I attended this event! Were you there? Lynn

BRAND NEW ADORAE WITH TAGS Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA Price: $ 900.00 or best offer Dress condition: New and unaltered Dress name: ADORAE Absolutely stunning! Condition: Brand new, never worn, never altered, New with tags Size: 10 Color: Ivory Designer description: Fit and flare gown with sweetheart neckline and corset closure. Demir Stretch Satin provides sleek luster to this slender silhouette. Ruching envelopes the bodice and asymmetrically plummets below the waist, while the train pours into a gorgeous balloon hem. The dress still has its sale tags on it. It's a Maggie Sottero Adorae Style #1307 dress. It's ivory in color and strapless. The dress has never been altered or hemmed. I bought 2 dresses and need to sell one of them! I'm sure you brides planning your wedding know how it is to try on a zillion dresses and want them all! LOL You're definitely getting a steal for a brand new dress. Includes FREE shipping! Paypal is accepted. This gown is SO amazing it was just worn by Attorney General Eric Holder's Press Secretary on May 12, 2012!!! Check out her pics below: http://www.essence.com/2012/08/22/bridal-bliss-yes-we-can/

I haven't purchased yet because I emailed Airtran to find out when they would have their fares out for next May. The response was that they aren't publishing their fares for next May until sometime in September. I wanted to wait until their fares were out to do some comparison. Airtran and Delta both fly nonstop to Cancun from Atlanta so I'll probably choose between those 2.

I'm planning to do my nails at the spa because I'm arriving in mexico a full week before the wedding. I know there's no way my nails will still look presentable by then! LOL When I don't hear back from N within a couple of days, I start resending the same email to her every day but changing the subject to whatever the current date is that day. That way she can see just how long I've been emailing her. She usually responds pretty quickly then!

I agree with you Choco! They were my #1 pick as well...but for some reason they're not allowed at Excellence anymore...:-(

Yes, another bride sold it. She said she fell in love with another dress soon after she purchased the Adorae. I found several brides up there in that same position trying to sell that dress. There were actually 2 or 3 that had auctions up with it in my size.

Thanks Choco! I'm so excited I can't wait to get it!

Oooooohhhhh! You're going to look amazing in that dress! I love it! I know what you mean about the wait...even though I tried it on at the bridal salon, you couldn't take any pictures there so I'm anxious to get it and try it on and take pics in it! LOL

Thank you...I love it! Which Maggie dress did you get? Have you already received it?

Maggie Sottero Adorae

I went out dress shopping and fell in love with a dress that was $1500 - WAY more than what I wanted to spend on a dress I'd have on for a few hours. I found the SAME exact dress on ebay, same designer, right size, brand new, never worn, still with tags, for less than half the cost of the dress in the bridal salon. I bid on the dress Saturday and found out I won the auction tonight! I was the only one that bid on it. I'm UBER excited! Has anyone else purchased their dress through any non-conventional methods?

That's what I'm doing now is having my graphic design person design all the pieces and then once I get a firm number I can send them to the printer; since I don't need most of these items until we're ready to assemble the OOT bags. We're planning to purchase the actual bags there (we have 50 people that have booked with the travel agent and another 10 we're expecting to) so I think it will be cheaper to haggle with the folks at the flea markets down there as opposed to buying off Discountmugs.com or killing myself searching around for affordable bags! LOL I'd like to get bags people might actually use again and the ones that I've seen here that I liked were more than I wanted to pay for 60 of them. I'm hoping to get some bags that say "Cancun" or "Mexico" on them. We're also wanting to get some small bottles of tequila that folks can have in their rooms (we might do one per couple, not each bag), throw in a little recipe book with tequila drink recipes, and then any other items that are representative of Mexico...not really sure yet will just depend on what we see. We're going down about a week before the wedding and staying at a hotel in the Hotel Zone (non all-inclusive) for 4 nights and then we're going to check into the Excellence 3 days before the wedding. There are like 3 different flea markets not far from the Hotel Zone that I've heard brides have gotten great things from for their bags. My fiance, mom, one of my bridesmaids and one of my hostesses are all coming with me when I go early...that way we can shop for things to put in the bags and then assemble the bags down there.

I sent our Save the Dates at the beginning of May, pretty quickly after we got engaged. I was trying to give people as close to a year as possible for planning and saving. My brother got married at Excellence Resort in Punta Cana a couple of years ago and saving for that trip with the 6 months notice we got was a challenge! LOL My passport invitations and boarding pass RSVP card are being designed now and should be finished by next week. My goal is to send the invitations out by the end of August with an RSVP date being the end of January. That should give me enough time to get the remaining items in the Wedding suite designed (door hangers, menus, wedding timeline, welcome letter, welcome card, favor tags, etc.) Although many of the items for the OOT bags will be bought when we get to Mexico, there are still several things I'm planning to purchase here from Amazon, Dollar Tree, etc. and need a more firm head count.

Good morning Ladies, Sounds like you've all been busy while I've been offline! It's been awhile since I've posted! I got so much done in April when we first got engaged that then I had nothing left to do for a while! LOL But I'm so excited because we started out planning to use an outside photographer in Mexico, then decided on the resort photographer because it was cheaper although we didn't like his work as well, and now I'm happy to say as of yesterday we've been able to negotiate with a photographer here in Atlanta for her and an assistant to come with us and shoot not just the wedding day but also the Welcome Reception, Catamaran Excursion, and our Recovery Brunch the day after! She did my girlfriend's wedding in September and her work is amazing! She was doing our engagement pics so we really wanted the same person that did our engagement session to shoot the wedding. We're in the process of doing our invitations now. I don't know if it's necessarily needed since we sent our STD's in May and about 50 people have already booked their rooms, but for the family members that can't come I think it will be something nice for them outside of anything online they've received. We're doing passport invitations with a boarding pass RSVP card. My girlfriend (an amazing graphics design person) is in the process of working on them as well as the rest of the the wedding suite (welcome letter, welcome card, weekend timeline, door hanger, programs, etc.) I'll post pics when she's finished. We haven't booked airfare yet because we're waiting on Airtran to post their fares in September. My plan is to purchase our seats on Airtran and then check in 24 hours before and upgrade us to Business Class for like $99. Much cheaper than booking a Biz Class seat to begin with. Hopefully that works! LOL I just started buying stuff for our OOT bags so that's been exciting seeing all the packages come in...even if they are only Advil and Shout! LOL Well, back to work I go...happy planning ladies! By the way, anyone getting married at EPM weekend of May 4, 2013?

What date in May? I'm May 4, 2013! Congratulations, you picked an awesome resort and a terrific forum!