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Thanks for posting! See ladies, it is all about Chinatown!! LOL. -Glenda

Again thank you to all for your great advice. If I would have had a home wedding I would have invited them all anyway so I will still invite them. If they can't or don't want to come then that is their loss. I will be soaking up the sun in cabo!! I lot of you mentioned that you did some type of RSVP with your save the dates? May I ask what you included with the SDT? I think I may want to do this. And how long did you give everyone to respond? My wedding is not until a year and a half but I would like to get STD's out within the next couple of months just so I can give people time to save. And the RSVP's may help me determine how many rooms to block. -Glenda

Sherri it is gorgeous! I am so happy for you. I can't wait to see you in it, you are going to look beautiful! -Glenda

I did the same thing! LOL. I love us. -Glenda

Yay Sherri I am so excited for you! That is the best feeling when you get a dress. Too bad it was such a hassle but at least you got it! -Glenda

Thanks Ann you are the best! -Glenda

Oooh Jenetta that is such a cute idea!!! Your guests are going to love that. Kate I love that idea! You should def do that. Maybe you could make up a couple of different t-shirts. Like w/ a coupleof different sayings with the whole last name theme. I love the ones you came up w/all ready! I will trytothink of some more for you. -Glenda

Thanks guys you are the absolute best. It's weird I will talk to my friends about this and they will give me the same advice but it doesn't make me feel better. Then I'll hear it from you guys and poof I feel all better. I feel like we all understand each other b/c we are in the same boat. I am going to go ahead and invite everyone and if they don't want to come then so be it. On another note Jules I am so sorry about your FI's best friend. That really sucks! Is there anyway that you guys can pay for his trip so that they can use their money for her trip? I know it sucks and is totally unfair but I would be willing to make the sacrifice to make my FI happy. I really think that there is no other way around it if you want him there b/c she will probably give him hell if he went w/o her! I hope this all works out. Can't they just use their tax return money? It's not like your wedding is tomorrow or anything, they still have time to save for heaven's sake!! -Glenda

Ok I have a problem and I need advice. My FI's mother (who is not to keen on a DW wedding) told me that pretty much no one in her family can afford to go to Cabo so I shouldn't even bother inviting them. I feel that even if they can't go I should send them the invite so at least they know that they were invited and that we wanted them there. She thinks its a waste of money and that they will just feel sad b/c they can't go. Also, I recently had my mother and sister get my family's addresses. Most of them had attitude about the whole DW (one aunt actually called me a hypocrite b/c she said I was inviting people knowing they wouldn't go). Now I feel silly inviting all of our families since almost all of them are not planning to attend and I don't want them to think that we are fishing for gifts. On the same token I now think it's tacky to not invite them since my mom and my sister called everyone to get their addresses? What should I do? -Glenda

What do you mean YOUR not creative enough?!! Your so creative. Look at your gorgeous STDs. You can totally use a computer program to do a layout and just use pics and print. You could do People En Espanol or Hola! or something like that. And I know Spanish people love soap operas and the gossip that goes along with it. You could use soap opera names as titles or put a section called El Gordo Y La Flaca and put fun facts about your guests. I'm sure they would love it. And I am the least creative person on this board, if I can do it, anyone can. -Glenda

Can somebody please give me an idea of how much an officiant costs? I am not getting married legally or by the church in Mexico, I just want a symbolic ceremony and I was curious as to how officiants charge. I know it all depends but I figured I would ask to get an idea. Thanks. -Glenda

Ouch! Anny all the ones I find are really expensive. I saw these Luminaria Floating Candles and they were $120 for 6! I can't believe they are so expensive. But it seems like if you do cheap regular ones, they will float to the center or worse burn! Hmm maybe you should do the candles around the pool. In the meantime I will keep looking for you. -Glenda

I have no clue how many guests I will have. Both our families have pretty much disowned us for having a DW so I doubt that anyone besides our parents will be coming to this. But we do have lots of friends who said they would come, so we'll see. -Glenda

Anny I was thinking of doing this too but I didn't think the resort would let me do it. I'll check online for a good price. I'll post in a few minutes... -Glenda

Ooh cute idea Kate! I was just going to do a wedding theme for the DVD's. I may also get My Best Friend's Wedding and the Wedding Planner. -Glenda

Ann I can't post a pic yet b/c I haven't gotten mine yet. I will either get the palm leaf bags or depending on how many guests I have I may do the luggage that Christine posted on another post. (I fell in love with them) If I don't do either of these ideas then I will do a plain gift bag (like the kind you get in Hallmark for someone's b-day) and place a monogram on it along with some tissue paper and call it a swag bag (so that my guests can feel like celebrities). I am going to include the following things in my bag: 1. Friends/Sex & The City DVD 2. lip balm (thanks to your great idea) 3. Water bottles with custom made labels 4. plastic toy water guns 5. medicine 6. mini suntan lotion 7. flip flops (either in this bag or in a basket at my reception) 8. disposable camera 9. custom t-shirts (only for the girls) 10. a double CD (one side with songs my FI likes and one with songs I like) 11. the picture makeup bags (but only for my BMs) 12. Koozies (only for the guys) 13. terry cloth cover ups from Target (only for my BM) 14. I may get cheap sunglasses from chinatown for the guys 15. I am going to make my own celebrity magazine (modeled after US Weekly)with news about all my guests including pics. I thought it could be fun to update everyone on what's been going on with everyone's life. -Glenda

So along with all the different things that have already been mentioned to place in the swag bag (that's what I call the OOT bag b/c I believe it's more fun to treat my guests as celebrities) I am going to also get DVD's. I am going to get the Friends DVD the one with all the weddings in it and I am also going to get Sex & The City essentials the one with the great romances. Amazon.com has them for like $6. I don't think it's too bad and I would only give them to the girls. I think the girls will like these. I think I may do these in lieu of pashminas since I am getting married in July and it will probably be hot. -Glenda

OMG! I am so sick today that I am in a drowsy daze. I didn't realize they were $8 for a set of 12. I would def do these then. And I like the programs on the fan idea. I think that is cute. Ooh I wasn't thinking of doing these but maybe now I will. -Glenda

I'm getting married in Dreams Cabo so I don't know if the packages are the same or not. But I didn't even bother asking for a package b/c I am using Juan Carlos Tapia. And if I wasn't getting married in cabo I would probably hire Leigh or Jonathan (both photogs on this board). I love both their work and that's what I would go with. But maybe one of the cancun brides can give you better info on this. -Glenda

Thanks Anny for the advice. Ahhh don't you wish you had one of those fancy WC's that would fly in with you and take care of everything and make it into a beautiful beach wonderland? A girl can dream can't she? -Glenda

That's a smart move Amy! You'll have to show us how they turn out. -Glenda

Ooh that's such a cute idea Ann! Amy on my immediate to do list is to send a deposit to Juan, then do my website, and then order my STD's. Getting people's addresses has been a PITA! I also decided to get the boarding pass ones. Are you getting magnetic ones or the regular ones? I tried finding magnetic ones but I couldn't find them. -Glenda

I am going to try to go during my lunch break sometime this week so everybody drop me a PM and let me know if you just want the one sample or if you want me to pick up your entire load. Thanks guys. -Glenda

Good point Amy. And please hurry up and set your date for 4th of July so we can be the first 4th of july brides! No pressure. -Glenda

I'm glad you guys think it's funny. Hopefully my guests will too. -Glenda