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I posted my non pro pics that our cousin took. I'll have more tomorrow when my mom brings the ones my brother took down.

OMG I'm addicted to this site. I actually have the gadget on my Google Home. My mom bought a really nice laptop last year from there. I actually saw it and told her. I've gotten alot of things from there. $5 shipping on everything is awesome!

I would make sure people get passports. They don't go to waste and are good for 10 years. BTW I posted my cruise review!! We had a fabulous wedding!!

OMG She was so awesome!!! I just sent her an email and let her know about these boards. You will love her and the resort!!!!

Wow I can't believe I'm writing my review!!! RCCL Group Dept - B They where good to deal with, not everyone was extremely knowledgeable. I wish they where a little more helpful with making dinner reservations. However, anytime they had a price cut, they where more then helpful to get refunds. Avalon Limo - A We went through a local limo place to take all of us to the cruise port in Bayonne. Tom at Avalon was OMG the best!! We had a 20 passenger limo bus. It picked up 7 of us at my in laws, then headed to my parents to pick up the remaining 11. They where great both ways. Anytime we needed to stop they didn't give us a hard time! Cape Liberty Cruise Port - A Check in was a breeze. We where on the ship and eatting by noon. Getting off was great also. Last year it took us forever getting through customs. This year we flew through and it was perfect. Although they lost my MOH's bag of shoe's! She's in mourning now. Explorer of the Seas - A+ I love this ship. Although there wasn't as many selections as in the past on the dinner menu, the food was outstanding. The sailing was ungodly smooth for crossing the gulf stream. They made an exception for our nephew who is only 8 to dine with us in Portofino's. Normally they can't dine past 7, our reservations where for 9:30. The coolest thing was as we're sitting waiting to be seated, here come all these men out of the restaurant in dress blues. One man stops and is talking to us, asking us if we just where married and wishing us congratulations. I'm reading his name tag, and it's not making sense to me. My MOH goes "OMG you're the captain of the ship!" I think to myself, holy shit! The captain is talking to me!! People are stopping and staring at us. He's shaking our hand, taking pictures with us. Before he leaves, he gives me a kiss on the cheek and a hug wishing us the best of luck. Following him, was the assistant captain giving me a kiss and hug also!! We felt so special!! The captain doesn't great anyone! At least not on a non captains dinner night!! The dinner was to die for! After dinner they brought my hubby and I a piece of cake with strawberries and sung a song for us. It was so nice! The Wedding Salon - A Barbara and Danielle from TWS where fabulous. Danielle called me in the late morning to let me know she was keeping an eye on the weather. She made sure to get us started early since I was there early. 9 Beaches - A+ This is the cutest resort ever!! It's not your typical hotel resort. They are an eco friendly resort. You stay in these little cabana's. They are absolutely adorable!! Phyllis the site planner was AMAZING! We where off doing pictures around the property to beat the rain. As we headed back to do cake, it started raining. I'm running down a hill, and I see them running chairs, my cake and everything up under a huge tent. We wanted to do a beach day the following day. Phyllis made sure we didn't have to pay a day fee. She was there when we showed up the next day. She is also mailing me the copies of the local newspaper our bans where announced in. Bruce Lessuer Photography - A+ He was phenomenal! He made sure we had the shots we wanted, plus took us around the property to get some amazing shots on the cliffs. I can't wait to see my pictures! He's even making sure he rushes the disc back to us for our AHR for NO extra cost!!! Over all - A+++ I can't find a thing to complain about. It was more then I could ever imagine. I loved every minute of it. I can't believe I didn't even cry during my vows!! I actually ended up laughing towards the end!! I'm so happy we decided on a destination wedding. I know I couldn't have done it without you girls here on the boards!!! Everyone loved all the idea's that everyone here has helped with!

He didn't need to be drugged to sign! The Happy Newlyweds! The cake and champagne glasses. OMG the cake was amazing!! My best friend and MIL Hubby and his mommy after it down poured and we moved under the tent! The Captain of the ship. We felt like celebrities!! Dinner at the gourmet restaurant. They sung congratulations to us. Of course it was so good and I ate way to much!!

These are just a few pics the BM managed to take when he wasn't to busy lol!! BM and Ring Bearer Uncle, Hubby and my dad Uncle, MIL, Hubby, my Dad BM and Hubby Dad and Mom walking me down the isle Sand Ceremony Prayer Making it legal

More OOT Stuff Shower wraps from Avon for mothers and MOH Makeup bags, wristlets, lip gloss and nail kits for mothers and MOH Hankies with poems for mom's, MOH and close friend Plate for everyone to sign and add well wishes Toasting Glasses, Six Pence, and garter Wow I thought I had more! Guess not! I did make up coffee mugs for everyone with a sticker on it, that I don't have a pic of. And a few other various items.

So since I so ran out of time before the wedding, I'll post my thread now that I'm back!! The Dress Mother's dress (in Latte) David's Bridal - Halter crinkle chiffon dress with ruched bodice and cascade front. MOH Dress (in Truffle) David's Bridal - Satin empire ball gown with chiffon halter and ruched sash. Pre Wedding Mailing Luggage Tags Only Child OOT Bag Men's OOT Bag Mothers and MOH OOT Bag Woman's OOT Bag Purses for the mothers and MOH OOT Stuff

I'm not sure if there's a difference, however I bought the bridal spray and wow it works wonders!! Even running through the rain I didn't have to retouch!

OMG We're finally back and I'm a Mrs!!! I have gotta go eat something, we've been in a limo most of the day. I'm exhausted. I'll post some pics and details later!

He's ok. Apparently he has Cellulitius. They gave him some IV antibiotics at the ER and gave him a script for 10 days. He has to keep his leg up as much as he can (which on a cruise isn't hard!) They say he must have scratched his leg and dirt and bacteria got into it. So of course he tells my mom that 3 days ago he told her his leg hurt. She blows it off, cause he's always complaining about his legs and such. He doesn't tell her he has this giant red rash! So yes, I leave in 2.5 hours and still have to finish packing! When I talk to you all again I'll be a Mrs!!

He's ok. Apparently he has Cellulitius. They gave him some IV antibiotics at the ER and gave him a script for 10 days. He has to keep his leg up as much as he can (which on a cruise isn't hard!) They say he must have scratched his leg and dirt and bacteria got into it. So of course he tells my mom that 3 days ago he told her his leg hurt. She blows it off, cause he's always complaining about his legs and such. He doesn't tell her he has this giant red rash! So yes, I leave in 2.5 hours and still have to finish packing! When I talk to you all again I'll be a Mrs!!

OMG I THINK I'M GOING TO FREAK OUT!!! Ok that feels better. I haven't started packing, still have a million things to do. Oh and my father ends up in the ER today. Lovely!

OMG Amy you are awesome!! Now I wish I knew about this before! Oh well! I'm so gonna order one once I get back though!!

I think I may loose my mind before we leave tomorrow morning!! I'm not even packed! Yet I can sit here online with you girls hahah!

Quote: Originally Posted by Kristy! I just realized how long it's actually going to take to make my wedding programs. I'm printing them out this Saturday and have a week to cut them out and put them together. Sounds like a long time, but not when there are a million non-wedding things going on next week. I don't want to abandon the wedding fans though. I just love them! Fun fun! Kristy, I haven't even packed yet and we leave saturday morning! I have my clothes laid out, but that's about it! Quote: Originally Posted by Hartyt509 I leave in 2 days! and i've done nowt lol I need to clean the house major, tidy up and pack lol have I done anything? Have I shit lol FI has been off all day and guess what he's done? correct FUCK ALL lol he's cut the grass in the garden and thats it and the cheeky twat just said on Sat we can clean the house!! hello he's off tomorrow and I'm at work! Honestly I think i might kill him before the wedding lol Yeah my FI texts me today and tells me we need to do a good cleaning. I'm thinking, um WHEN! we leave in a day and a half!! Quote: Originally Posted by bumbles Oh, Harty! I've thought about killing FI too. Then I'd take his plane ticket and upgrade mine to a first class flight... Bumbles! Is that a corgi? OMG my cousin has one, and it almost came home with me when I was there, they are so adorable!! Quote: Originally Posted by trayce2222 We just got home a few hours ago and everything was perfect!!! We were at the Azul Sensatori in the Riviera Maya and not one single case of the swine flu there! Not many people know that in Mexico City, where all this started is so far away...it takes 24 hours in a car to get to Mexico City from Cancun! I will be posting our pics, my review as well as my planning thread very soon!!! Trayce! OMG I'm so happy everything went well! I can't wait to see your pics!!

Can I just say the Jesus Saves people decided to ring my doorbell at 10am Saturday? Let me just say, they are beyond lucky they only rang it once, cause if they did it again Jesus wouldn't have been able to save there sorry asses for waking me up!

OMG Miranda! I can't believe it's almost time!! I guess I should get my ass in gear and post my thread! And OMFG where did you get that bra thingy. I soooo NEED one!!

Quote: Originally Posted by nic123 This dress is currently at the top of my list, but I'm wondering if you can bustle tulle. I haven't seen any bustled and I've noticed that tulle trains tend to be shorter. Here's the link if the picture is too small Milana - by Maggie Sottero If they do an under bussle it shouldn't be a problem. It will more then likely be a single point just enough to pull the bottom up. Quote: Originally Posted by MayBride2010 i was wondering the same thing, I bought Sophia Tolli's Ashley. Wedding dresses and designer bridal gowns by Sophia Tolli - View the Collection Gorgeous dress, good question on that one, I can't see where a point or 3 could be made underneath!

The FI is a HUGE Chelsea fan. (Hense the BD pics in a Lampard jersey) As I was getting clothes together to leave on Saturday he was cussing! I however LOVE Christiano Rinaldo, so I'm rooting for Man U in the finals!

Quote: Originally Posted by BlissfulMsMiranda I'm starting to panic now ... I leave in 2 days and I haven't packed and there's still things to buy and stuff to organize...... AHHHH!!!!!!!! I know that EXACT feeling!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Prettyhazardous Just wanted to give you guys a heads up. OTC is great with returns. I needed to return an item that was $20 they just refunded me the $$ and told me to donate the items to charity. I plan to give them to my church's summer camp program. They were DIY canvas backpacks, that I was gonna use for the men's OOT bags. I thought they were for adults but turns out they were for kids. So hopefully the summer camp kids will have fun with them. That is way cool!! Everything I've ordered from there has been decent. And we're handing our bags out in the limo on the way to port. I had everything packed, then I realized I'd rather be drinking then putting bags together!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Jaime+Brandon Thanks Andrea! Do you happen to know how much travel agents usually charge? Make sure you are getting all perks you are supposed to by using a TA. Make sure you shop around, and get referrals! I actually went through Royal myself. Each guest booked there own reservation and handled there own payments. I just was the leader of the group and had to be the one that made any type of changes. It wasn't to bad with 20 sailing. Quote: Originally Posted by Jaime+Brandon Congratulations Sarice!! I'm so glad you got your dress in time... I was afraid you were going to say you didn't get your dress!! Thanks for all your answers Andrea and Ashley! I'll have to give my drinking friends those rum runners. Jaime Rum Runners are fab! We're actually taking them with us this weekend for our wedding. We learned the hard way of our first time on a cruise with a huge bar bill!! GL With planning, feel free to ask away if you have any questions!!

Samie they are so hot!!! He's gonna love them!!