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What a cute idea! Kelly~

You look so beautiful, your flowers are pretty, everything looks great. Cool about the shark!!! Everton & Liam live to fish, they hope to fish alot when we are away for our wedding. The backdrop is so beautiful, congratulations!! Kelly~

Great review your wedding sounds like heaven. The whole event sounds like a dream. I think your costs were unbelievably low for a wedding of 100 and three spectacular events. I am sure your friends and family will use your wedding as the bar that all weddings are set by. Gonna be kinda hard for anyone to top that. Kudo's to you!! Kelly~

It sounds as though you really liked dreams. I stayed in Cancun, and I know what you mean I felt as though I was in the states (not the feel I wanted for my kids on their first caribbean vacation) But once in the resort and one look at the beautiful white sand and turquoise water, I was sold. It is mind boggling the two different worlds from one side of the resort to the other. If you are getting married in Cancun area, check out the Isle of Mujeries (island of women), for a wedding location, absolutely breathtaking!!!! Kelly`

I haven't thought about it yet, I guess I should! We haven't even got are bands yet, or Everton's suit, I really better start getting my butt in gear, I have no time, and no help!!!! Kelly~

I'm getting married in the middle of August and we sent our std's in January and we sent our invites this week. Mind you all of our people have already booked their trip, the invites are just a formality really. Kelly~

Drea, good for you for deciding to settle this once and for all. After all of our tough love, I think you need a keep strong, this is suppose to be a happy time for you, so tell Erik it's time to get on with the frikkin happiness!!! LOL Kelly~

I love the palm trees. Th flowers are pretty but just a little too much pink for my liking. The palm tree's are so fitting for the location of your wedding. Kelly~

Okay it's time to stop the maddness. Erik needs to put his foot down, stop blaming you for his mom's upset, and be honest about what your plans are. If he thinks by keeping the plans from his mom in order to delay the drama is a good idea, he is crazy. If she finds out any other way, or finds out how long the plans were made she is going to feel hurt and betrayed. I am a huge believer in honesty, it is the only way to live your life and be able to sleep peacefully at night. As long as your honest and firm with her she can be, unreasonabley, unhappy, but if you are less than honest she has a valid reason for being upset and will use that to her advantage in her relationship with you. Tel Erik if he is man enough to marry you, he needs to be man enough to stand up to his mommy!!! Sorry, I hope I'm not upsetting you, but I was married to a man who allowed his mom to much say in how we lived our lives, and it was a big part of the demise of our marriage. Kelly~

I think that sounds fine. I don't believe you wil get heavy drinkers on a Sunday. I would keep the beer, most guys like beer, wine of course, and the punch sounds like a good idea. What if you do a sweeter voldka based punch and a more tropical rum based punch, this way all bases are covered. Kelly~

Congratulations girls Kelly~

Quote: Originally Posted by JaimeLynne Btw, where/what is Southshore Center? Remember Laura's other thread about voting for her venue? I believe Southshore was the first picture, the place with all the windows and the pretty view. I believe Laura said it was not far from her house. I am so happy for you Laura, a Sunday afternoon wedding will be beautiful. Kelly~ p.s. Laura need any new house advice, ask away, we just went through the nightmare/joy of having our home built.

I should head back to the gym for another arm workout, but my arms are still jello, so I will wait for tommorrow and tonight just stick to what I do best, running. Kelly~

Wow you are seriously organized! I better get moving on things. Kelly~

We ordered stainless steel insulated travel mugs. We personalized them with our date and the claddagh symbol Friendship, Love & Loyalty on the front. WE were going to put our names but decided on something that after the wedding every one would still use. Yours are so fun, I love the things that make everyone laugh. Kelly~

Me too, thats why I bought those also, it just goes with the theme. I boght a coupleof others for myself, key lime pie, and I love fresh cotton, and the choc chip cookie ones. But I tried to stick wih our beachside theme, the tin is perfect. Kelly~

oooh, I am totally stealing your man whore bag idea! We are also buying cigars in the DR and adding those to the bags. Kelly~

Quote: Originally Posted by lryates76 We bought this suit this weekend from Macy's for James. They have all of their Cubavera brand linens on sale. We bought all of the groomsman shirts, including James' - a total of 10 shirts - they were $50 shirts on sales for $19.99. Perfect, James looks like the model! So I can totally picture how that will look on him. Kelly~

Your too funny Kelly~

Yes those are the candles I bought, 45 of them, I bought the sea side ones, even though some of the others smelled so good. There had to be 20 different scents. Kelly~

We got our personlized stainless steel travel mugs for our oot bags on this site. It was easy and affordable. Kelly~

Thanks for the list. Kelly~

I love roses, have the bm carry the daisies, that could be pretty. I think I would do a rose for the groom bout, if you are going with roses. Both are beautiful though, you can't really make a mistake. Kelly~

I think we must take into consideration the extra costs of day passes when planning a dw. It has to be a cost factored in to your budget. Who are we to judge who can afford the pass and who can't, and what about if you pay for some and not others and then the others find out and are confused, it could lead to awkward situations. It is just rude to charge a cover charge for your wedding. We were going to get married in Jamaica, my dream place, and we changed our location because we were fully aware that it would cost us a lot in passes. Everton, who is from Jamaica, relized that many in his family would stay with family members, and we would also be expected to invite his local family members. This would therefore end up costing way too much in day passes, we changed our destination because I could never ask people to pay a fee to come to my wedding. We also have a few guests in the DR who are staying at time shares, I am absolutely obligated to pay for them to come on to my resort, I am their host for this event (our wedding) and therfore it is my dime, not theirs that will pay for the passes. If you must then cut back on something in your wedding budget so you can accomadate your friends and family. Your guests won't remember some of the details, that could be adjusted, but they will remember that your wedding was the wedding that they had to pay to get into. All the oot bags in the world won't erase that memory for them! Kelly~ Kelly~

I just bought mine at Michaels, mine cost $1.30. I wonder if they are the same as the ones you saw. Mine have a beach scene all over the tin, and are fragranced. There were many others such as key lime pie, vanilla, ect. all with different pics on the tin. Everything cost more in Canada, but I think they are nice for what I spent. Kelly~