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I choose "Somewhere over the rainbow" by Iz for my father/daughter dance. It means something to us, so it was perfect

Check for lots of thread on PhotoSouvenir based in Punta Cana. They just did our wedding and the quality is fantastic! Good luck!

Here are ours...I also have a non-diamond band that matches my husband when I'm not in a blingy mood (aka at the gym, around the house)...that one is hidden under my e-ring

Here are a few of our sexiest pics - unfortunetly most of them are fun and playful and not raunchy! Oh well! We had so much fun!

Ours was $10 000 CAD (8000$ US) including travel. We came in right on budget and everything was perfect....our biggest expense was travel ($2500 CAD - we both got our first week paid for b/c we had so many people book with us) and photographer ($2100 CAD). Our ceremony cost and paperwork was about $2000 CAD. The rest was attire (dress $850, veil $60, shoes $80, his clothes $120)= $1100, rings $1400 and misc. expenses like invites, fans, guestbook, sandceremony, BM/groomsmen attire and gifts and welcome packs. I was very aware of budget when planning and paid attention to sales. Good luck! You can have a fabulous wedding at any budget!

Hey Ladies! I have to still post my planning thread and review. Welcome back!!! Anyone doing an AHR?

I say do it!!! I did it my actual dress and rinsed it off when we were done. My dresswas lace and it came out fine! The only issue is the sand that got in the liner of my dress and I had to make a little cut in the hem to shake it all out of the liner. My dress was really gross on the bottom after dancing it up on the wedding, but when I was done with the TTD it was as clean as new! I'm even wearing for my AHR in April without drycleaning it in between. Do it!! Do it!! Best pics ever!

Amy - Amazing work! You did a fantastic job despite some of the set backs along the way... Good luck in Cuba on the 28th and I can't wait to hear how it goes! Thinking of you date twin!

I have decided to add my FI's name to the end of my name once we're married - no hyphen. My maiden name will legally be a second middle name. I will also add my maiden name into my kids middle names as well. They will have one last name, but my name will be with them as well. Professionnally I am keeping my maiden name and not changing it. I work in disability insurance and people often won't use their last name at all, so my maiden name will be an alias of sorts. It keeps people from finding out where I live and my phone number and such... It is also important my children and I have the same last name since my mom used 3 different last names when I was a child and my teacher's were always confused...she had my father's name, then she changed it back to her maiden name, and then she re-married and changed it to my step-father's name. She was often called by "Mrs. my last name" anyways.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for your review! I have been waiting in anticipation fo over a month! After reading your review, I am sooo excited to get married at the Grand Palladium in two weeks and have Photo Souvenir take care of the photos...which reminds me - you have to post your pics to go with review!

I did an hour of spin and 1/2 of resistance w/ the ball, bosu and medicine ball

Hey ladies! I have a few more things to cross off the to-do list: - I have made the luggage tags for our guests (pics to come) - I have gathered everything I need to make my veil and have started on it....after my seamstress told me she wasn't able to find any lace to trim my veil (which she was supposed to make), I went out and found my own (which is beautiful) and have decided I can make it myself, how hard can it be.... Thankfully I have more than 3 weeks till we leave - I have purchased and returned my shoes for the wedding (they ended up being too high for my dress, so now I have to start over) I have started getting really excited about getting out of here and hitting the beach (as well as getting married). I think I'm with alot of your FI where the vacation is the first thing on my mind, but once I get to plan more with the WC at the wedding location, it will all sink in. Good luck to those of you who are leaving in the next week! Post lots of pics!

I know! My MOH just sent me a pic from her iphone with snow on her sisters car and palm trees in the background! Sorry I have no sympathy, its been snowing non-stop in Canada for weeks! Good luck though! Maybe you'll get a snow day tomorrow!

Hi Erica! How did your wedding go! I have been so anxious for you to get back with your review!!

Quote: Originally Posted by BachataBride No..it's because we are getting married at the RIU in the DR. They require that the BCs be legalized as well...an extra $100 each. Although one of the girls I know getting married at the Bachata didn't get hers legalized...but they told us we had to & we went right to the consulate (same as Ottawa...it's just not the main office). I wasn't going to argue that we didn't need it legalized...I'd rather have it & not need it than need it & not have it!! Yeah, that makes sense! I don't blame you for not chancing it! Quote: Originally Posted by KLC77 I need to work on finding a veil also. I kind of know what I want in my head, but I'm not sure if I'm going to find it and not pay an arm and a leg. I'm going to worry about this at my 2nd fitting which is the 18th. Today I got my MOH, BM and Bride tank tops made. I also blinged my bikini bottom with "Bride" on it. I printed out the recipe for our favors. I have to buy a paper cutter and I'm waiting because I have a coupon for 40% off at Michaels that I can't use until Sunday. My goal is to have all of the tags for our favors/ placecards done on Sunday. I also wrapped the handles of my fans today, but ran out of ribbon so I still have more than half to do. I really under estimated the amount of ribbon each fan would take. So, back out to buy more tomorrow! And, I have a real problem NOT wearing my wedding band when no one is around! I'm going to have to have it cleaned or something before we head to Mexico so no one knows! I am having my seamstress make my veil for me....I didn't want to spend $200 for a relatively simple one, so she said she would make one for me for $50 plus the cost of the lace. Good deal! Can't complain!

Quote: Originally Posted by BachataBride It wasn't hard at all...just pricey!! We had to make sure we had our birth certificates, then we printed off a single affidavit and brought both (with our passports) to the Dominican consulate in Toronto. I'm sure it would be more of a pain if you had to bring them to a lawyer to get notarized if you could not bring them in person yourself. I can't beleive it cost you $700 !!!! We are in Ottawa so we went to the DR Embassy and it only cost us $450 CAD for the exact same thing! What a rip off for you! It would almost be worth the trip to Ottawa!

Hey ladies! Haven't been on here in a while - work is so busy its cutting into by BDW time, can't say I'm impressed! Anyways, things are getting done slowly but surely. All of our guests have paid in full so we are looking at 49 people with the possibility that 4 more may book. So needless to say I'm short on guest favours and raffia fans...oh well, c'est la vie! My FI and I went to the Dominican Embassy yesterday to process our documents and hand over the cash. $360 US ($450 CAD with the exhange rate being what it is)! Now we just sit back and wait until I have to go pick them up next week. Then we meet with our TA who will help us sort out all the details of the wedding ceremony next Thursday. FI and I also picked and ordered our wedding bands yesterday. I haven't been able to make a decision about a diamond band for the life of me, and FI knew exactly what he wanted so we went ahead and ordered his. Then they told me I only had a week or so to decide on mine in order to make sure it was in on time. Instead of feeling rushed to pick a diamond band, I ended up ordering the matching band to my FI but in a ladies width. It is a gorgeous hammered white gold ring with a sandblasted finish in the middle....Hard to describe, but goes perfectly with my solitaire. I wanted a plain band and a diamond band, so the diamond band will have to wait until I can decide. All I care about is that I have a band I love for the ceremony. Yeah - such arelief! I was starting to stress. Now I'm working on the Dominican Survival Kits (in lieu of loot bags). I can't beleive next month I will be a Mrs!!

1: What is your current job, and if you had to switch careers, what would the other career be? Case manager for a large disability management company - I evaluate people's medical info when their off work due to illness or injury and try to return them to work in a safe and timely manner. My dream job is one that I will be working towards beginning in 2009 - I want to be a health promotion educator to combine my love of health, fitness, nutrion and healthy liftstyle with client interaction 2: What is your favorite hobby? Gardening 3: What is your favorite holiday, and why? Christmas all the way! We start decorating in November (Canadian Thanksgiving is in October after all, so there is no overlap)! 4: What is your greatest achievement? Putting myself through University working 2-3 jobs to pay for it and graduating with a BSc. and no student loans 5: What is your favorite animal... and why? Dolphins - so smart! 6: What is your dream trip? Spain, Portugal and Italy....maybe a little Bali and Thailand thrown in at the end 7: What is your fav food? Alaskan King Crab (or maybe its just the garlic butter I love!) 8: Who has made the biggest impact in your life? Mom - taught me to work hard and stand up for myself 9: If you were a crayola crayon, what color would you be, and why? Red - I can be a bit firery at times 10: If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be? Ottawa, I love my home town 11: How many siblings do you have? One younger brother, one younger half sister, 4 step sisters, 3 step brothers = 9 12: What is your biggest fear? Not being sucessful at work, not being sucessful at having a family and being too busy to take the time to see the world 13: What’s your favorite holiday dish you make for your family? Apple crisp 14: Do you have a nickname? Linds 15: What causes do you support? United Way, YMCA, Canadian Breast Cancer Society 16: What is your guilty pleasure? Watching tv for hours on end on a Saturday when I know I should be cleaning or running errands 17. If you could have one special power, what would it be & why?? Fly 18. How old are you? 25 19. If you won the lottery (hundreds of millions) what would you do? Pay off the house, travel, give some to my family and some to charity 20. What gadget do you not need, but still want? Plasma TV 21. What is your favorite T.V. show? Criminal Minds 22. When did you know that FI was "the One?" When we got back together after being apart for 6 months and a lot of drama - I knew that this was it, we were in it to win it 23. What is your favorite item of clothing? Lululemon sweats 24. How many or do you want children? Two or four 25. Have you ever met anyone famous? If so, who? Rodney Dangerfield, Kylie Manogue 26. If you could be someone else for a day who would it be and why? My FI - What really goes on in his head sometimes? 27. What is your worst bad habit? Bitting my nails when I'm stressed 28. What's your middle name? Does it have significance? Ann - My mother and grandmother both have the same middle name 29. What's the craziest thing you've ever done? Trapezing 30. What is the one thing that your significant does that drives you CRAZY? Leaves his clothing in the livign room 31. What’s your favorite movie? Can't pick just one, but I love Dirty Dancing 32. Why did you choose a destination wedding? Never a traditional wedding kind of girl and when I went to Cuba when I was 18 and saw a wedding I knew that the only way for me to get married was with sand between my toes 33. How long were FI and you together when you got engaged? 8.5 years 34. What person in your life really gets under your skin, and how do you know them? A know it all a work who spends more time investigating other people's lives than taking care of her own 35. When and how did you and your FI meet? July 1999- When he came to swim at the pool I was lifeguarding - his friend was dating the other lifeguards, and here we are 36. Even with all the ups and downs along the way, would you still go through with your DW knowing what you know now? Not there yet - but I'm sure I'll have no regrets 37. Do you have any pets? One Boxer named Bailey who makes me laugh on a daily basis 38. If you could hook up with a celebrity for one night, who would it be? I'm with Amy - I am all about Paul Walker! Ever since "Into the Blue" I have had fantasies! 39. What's your sexual fantasy and have you ever played it out? Not saying 40. What's the one thing other than FI that you would bring to a deserted tropical island? Sunscreen 41. Do you have any tattoos? Yes - pisces sign on back 42. Chocolate, vanilla or strawberry: Boring! Cherry Garcia! 43. What season do you enjoy most and why? Summer - bring on the heat baby! 44. What is your favourite book? I tend to fall in love with whatever book I'm reading at the time and right now its Eat, Love, Pray My question: What astrological sign are you and does it represent your personality? Pisces and absolutely, I am an emotional over-analsyer with a creative streak!

Quote: Originally Posted by niels408 Those look great! I've been looking to get something similar with high quality orchids. If you don't mind me asking how long from when you ordered it, did it take to actually receive the product once shipped? It normally takes her a a week or two to put the bouquet together, and then a week to ship (to Canada from Florida). In my case she had to special order in the orchids for me b/c I wanted different ones than the ones she normally has in stock so it took closer to a month for my bouquet to ship. She is really easy to work with and obviously really fast.

Thanks ladies! I'm really happy with them!

Hey another Ontario bride here! Our Stag and Doe is on Friday night and it has been organized by the groomsmen....I'm hoping their planning will turn it into a sucess, but it seems we've sold a ton of tickets so far!! Let you know how it goes! We are hoping to clear about $5000 after everything is said and done.

The Bavaro and Punta Cana are two seperate hotels on the same resort property. You can stay at one and travel by trolley over to the other hotel to use the amenities like the restaurants/bar/pools etc.

I'm sure it won't matter that you aren't having the ceremony on-site...if you contact the WC she can tell you yes or no, and if yes you can book your group in for dinner now. Good luck!

Yeah! I picked up the GM shirts today! I'll post pics of them in it soon! Slowly knocking things off the to-do list!

Quote: Originally Posted by Amarillis So... Wedding planning in my universe continues... I'll have a ton of pics to post sometime really soon, my sister/MOH took a ton for me of all the progress... Glad to see everyone is a little behind... I feel that way too... Onward Upward. A loving guest of mine recently remarked.... CUBA IS ONLY FOURTEEN WEEKS AWAY.... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Panic set in... Since that time I have been hammering out the details on my flowers, and welcome books... WOAH this is coming quickly. And, just to throw in a curve ball... it looks like we don't have bridesmaid dresses... my best friend (who became a first time mother in July) is unable to fit into her dress... AHHHHH!!! More to come... PS>Anyone seen Dez?? Does your best friend need a larger size of dress? They still have your BM dresses in stores in Ottawa and I'd be happy to get one and ship it to you if it helped? Just PM and I'll run out this week and grab it for you!