MissJali

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oops also I'm from new york city

I'm Jalitza March 8 2014 Barcelo Bavaro Palace Deluxe Punta Cana, DR

I dont know too much about the seafood mamajuanaI think it's cured the same way as regular. deepool if you can wait until tomorrow, I will email you. my family is crazy. For my engagement party, my mom bought bottles of patron (we had it at a nightclub. during the day) lined up the bar with shot glasses and made the dj play the song and everyone took a shot. we plan on doing that again at the reception! lol I can't wait. btw you're all invited! lol

It's Dominican Viagra...oh no wait that's Brugal lol. Mamajuana is a drink that we cure from sticks and put honey, rum and red wine in it and it sits for a while. It's known as an aphrodisiac but also has health benefits. Barcelo makes it so it tastes like cocoa. I love it. My FI can't handle it but that's all I drink at the resorts.

Lol I'm sure it's true, it's just never happened to me! LOL my dad has DEFINITELY brought back mamajuana with seafood in it lol, oh gosh! Maybe i'll just make them all take the shot at the reception anyway!!! SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS!!

Paying it forward.... Here's the templates for both my STD and INVITES boarding_pass_std.doc ticket jacket.docx Final Draft Passport.ppt

Vistaprint is great too if you get the groupons! That's how I did the menus, place cards and will do the programs. Im sick of printing lol. The invitations took me forever b/c I'm a perfectionist but I was ready to get rid of them!

Haha Hclibby!!! It's me! I'm the cheapskate! FI could care less, he just says yes to everything lol but I just can't bring myself to spend so much on things I know I could do myself. Besides I'm a bit of a narcissistic, i secretly was dying to tell people "yea...i made them!" But I am splurging on other things, mainly my attire and stuff and the photographer and the dj. I am doing my own centerpieces b/c the resort charges a ridiculous fee for something simple.

Yes totally! I just ordered 20 Flat cards from Vistaprint to send to them lol

I don't believe that! That sucks! I travel all the time to DR as I'm from there and never have any problems bringing back stuff.

Passport invites 65 went out with a special one to the POTUS lol. I did boarding passes as the STD

LOL what kinda wine?? LOL

It does help that my mom was a catering director for a hotel and used to plan weddings and now she's a preschool teacher and she is very good at throwing creative ideas at me to spice things up. So I decided that my favors would be mini bottles of mamajuana since it's in DR. I bought the bottles empty, my dad will either make or we'll just ask the bartenders at the resort to fill up the bottles, their mamajuana is the best!!! But I need ideas for the labels now! UGH!

I foolded with my hands! LOL I got a corner punch for the edges

When I get home tonight I will email you the template. Honestly I bought all the paper and envelopes from paperandmore.com and I printed on my home printer (a very cheap printer at that!) You can take to kinkos to cut or cut yourself with a paper cutter. I couldn't fathom paying $500 for invites. and Could you believe?!? My invites have gone out and I have to make more?!? Because my mom wants keepsakes and my FI's grandfather wants to invite the entire island of St. Vincent!!

I honestly don't think I'm doing an AHR my whole reason for a dw was to save money and cut the guest list lol

Cindy diy!! I made about 75 passports for about $100 in supplies! i'll send you the template! don't waste your money on that stuff!

you are so right! Jiana is like her aunt, she loves bags and shoes! I swear my sister just gave birth to her for me! Lol

So girls. I'm thinking of this as the flower girl "basket" http://www.etsy.com/listing/115587766/rustic-flower-girl-basket-personalized?ref=shop_home_active What do you think? I find the traditional baskets to be soooo tacky and it's a plus that this is easy to pack!! I'll have to get my 2 yr old niece/FG's opinion of course, but I think this is the one.

Deep, I did my page with weddingwire.com but I found that not many people have visited my page since I created it. I know my MIL is on there 24/7 having fun with the music we uploaded but friends I have have not even bothered. I don't get it!!!

Girls who are using the Bar Higuey, are you buying paper lanterns to decorate? Do you think it's necessary or will the basic draping included in the Tangerine package be enough? I'm wondering if I should even waste my money. What are you girls doing/have done? Lovely Gemini, I'm ahead of the game b/c I go back to school in August and will be focused on school (well at least i should) until after the holidays. Leaving me only 3 months to deal with everything plus hopefully we'll find a place to live by Jan lol. I'll be a very busy bee!

So toysrus is having a sale. I ordered two beach towels for my RB and FG as well as sippy cups!

Tyrebride I googled....here's the site I believe. http://www.bridalbuilding.com/default.asp

I went in there knowing that i wanted an Allure gown. If it's your first time dress shopping, be aware that it's not a champagne glass experience. There are a lot of brides there looking for their dresses also. I would recommend going during the week days. I enjoyed my experience as I was put off by Pronovias AND David's Bridal's salesgirls being upset that I didn't immediately purchase the first dress. I fell in love with a White By Vera gown after I had gone in there with my mom for her dress. When I didn't immediately buy the dress, I got serious attitude. Needless to say Im getting a knockoff Vera. I cant see myself spending $1500 lol