JOSIE

soooooooooo jealous of all you girls. my wedding was november 2009 in rivieria maya. it was amazing!!!!!!!!!!!! you'll have a blast and the weather was PERFECT for me!!! congrats!

Congrats Ladies

Candy Velvet Hooter.... haha!

sorry! I'll go through and delete some now!

those are so fun!!!!!!! i love the one with the football between your legs

wow cassie, you look incredible!!!!!!!! i LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!!!

Our guests that stayed elsewhere were total $*(%holes so we did not pay for them. But that is so sweet of you to think of doing that!

Hey Ladies, sorry for my long absence! I've been terrible at keeping up with BDW but love to check back in and see how all the weddings are turning out. Married life is awesome!!! It helps that my husband is wonderful

I think I did get 2009 pricing on the guests who didnt stay at our resort. I'm so sorry that I havent posted a review yet. I'm having a bad experience with my photog who is also a forum member and I didnt want to post something negative so I chose to post nothing. I'm thinking about writing a review and just not talking about the photography though. If you have questions let me know and I do have videos of our hotel suite, etc!

For my wedding in November, our guests staying at a different resort paid $80/person.

Katie - I saw your pics on FB........SO BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!! I'm glad you had such an awesome time. It makes me re-live my whole wedding I'm so happy for you!

I had a trial here, so I knew what I wanted. But warning, when I went to Mexico they were able to pretty closely match the style, but they literally LOADED my hair with hairspray...excessive amounts. They don't speak very good english and were just talking about how the weather is different there and thats why they have to spray so much. LOL.

Best of luck to your MOH - that is so sad Sometimes, no matter how bad we want things to work out, they are just out of our control. I respect her for her effort in trying to make her marriage work, but if he walks out, at the end of the day there is nothing she can do but be forced to try and start to move forward. With two little kids, she willl have all the reason in the world to live, love, and continue on for them, and her!

 

you're being a great friend. I'd give it some time and I'm sure she will bring your wedding up to you if she has concerns about what to do!

I walked down the aisle to Jonathan Cain's version of bridal march.... its so different and beautiful!
YouTube - Jonathan Cain (Journey) Bridal March

Walking out we did "bright side of the road" by van morrison
Bright Side Of The Road by Van Morrison

my favorite place to eat was the japanease place...because I LOVE sushi. I didnt get a chance to eat at Chili's so I can't share in Lisa's love for it!

The meeting with the coordiators was fun. It was a little stressful, but overall it wasnt too bad. I already had everything planned out in my mind in terms of what I wanted - but did end up getting extra flowers to run the aisles.

did anyone else get the video? i paid 1,000 and my video is pretty crappy. its just really blurry and the sound quality is horrible. I'm considering taking it to someone around here to fix up. even though its bad, i'm still glad I have it!!! it was so fun to watch it back again!!!


I did everything online. Theres a spa reservation form online for brides and members of the bridal party. They will send you an email back checking for openings and you have to respond "CONFIRM" of they won't hold your spots!

Yay!!! I love it!!! I grew up with Border Collie's so I'm familiar with this type of breed. So excited to know theres a fellow aussie owner!!!

Thank you everyone for all the sweet comments!

Doggy daycare sounds like a blast, I think Tux would love it! But I work from home now so I can play with him all day and I'm loving it!

Hi Ladies We just got a puppy last month - an australian shepherd! We named him Tux! Here are some pics below. The first few are when we got him, and the last one I took this weekend........they grow so fast!!!

 

seriously love him to death!!!!!!

Congrats ShellK!! You look so beautiful! I'm so happy for you! Sorry I have been gone for so long girls! Katie are you getting excited Did you find chair bows?? I completely forgot to respond to you!!! I'm so sorry!

congrats girls!!!!!!! Nora, nice siggy pic :) I love that it's from my wedding!!!!!!!!!!!!

hi girls. I got a PM from another member of the forum asking to buy my chair bows. I have about 50 and they are orange. Can you girls confirm that you are not interested or let me know if you are? I told her I would double check to make sure my RIU girls didnt want to buy them.

 

Thanks!

ShellK - Absolutely! Especially if you have the paperwork confirming you purchased the 2009 package, I promise it will not be a problem!

Nadine!!!!!! I seriously cried reading this I am so happy its your turn!!!!! I loved his proposal story, you guys are SO cute!!! Can't wait to see your wedding pictures!!!!!!!! congrats!!!!!!!!

Thanks! I love them My mom got them online here: Elegance by Carbonneau Bridal Shoes

MrsMarch- We also didnt have an afterparty...we paid exta for the DJ to stay until around 12....it was a long day with the wedding starting at 3 and having a 3 hour cocktail hour....so pretty much all of our guests went to bed after the reception!

sorry to hear about your friends dad how horrible!

I used my dress

Katie, I'll send you all the info now! Sorry for the delay

Looks like I missed this...these are the shoes I wore:

they were insanely comfortable!!!

Thanks Lisa!

 

I loved them both. I know it sounds cliche but I liked RIU better for the wedding and secrets better for the Honeymoon.

 

They're so different! Secrets is definitely more upscale, private, and smaller....but RIU has a better party atmosphere for a group! At secrets there are no wristbands, towel cards, or reservations for restaurants. Those were huge perks. The food was amazing and all the restaurants were open from 6-11. The drinks at the pool & beach were bigger as well. Secrets was smaller, more wooded, and the beach was a little bit brighter with whiter sand. it was VERY relaxing and romantic... but RIU was spectacular, especially the rooms & service. The people were a little more friendly at RIU and the waiters were definitely more fun!

me too!!!!!!!!!

shell- no problem!

 

sammysgirl- thanks! they are from my TTD... I got a few unedited sneak peeks today.... here they are!

 

it was overcast in the afternoon when we did the shoot...but i think it made the pics turn out kinda stormy and romantic looking. cant wait to see the rest! we even got in the fountains and pool

Ah!! I'm supposed to get automatic email notifications if someone posts in this thread...so i thought no one had been chatting. sorry for my delay but here are my answers!

 

Lisa- I didnt get all my shower thank-you's out either, and my shower was over a month before my wedding, so don't feel bad! I'd send a combo...just make it extra nice!

 

 

 

absolutely not! my meeting was 2 days before my wedding. I'm sure it was just a typo!!!!!!!! don't worry AT ALL!!!!!! So Happy for you and can't wait to see your pics and hear about your experience! you're such a sweetheart!

 

I know this wasnt to me, but i took my chairbows.... i got them for .99 and at riu they were $4. The white is included.

 

I got my BM dresses at JC Penny for $25 dollars a piece!!!!!!!! They were amazing!! It was seasonal though so I don't think they have those exact ones anymore....but I'd definitely check the department stores. Especially during prom/homecoming and the other high school dance events. All of my bm's were tiny...so i was able to get these from the juniors department!

 

The girls got their own shoes... i just told them "gold"...so you can probably tell from the pics that the shoes did not all match!

 

Also yes, i brought the chair bows down, and still have them if you want. I have about 55 orange ones. They were small and easy to pack!

 

Yes, I brought my own chair bows (not the white covers though, those are provided) I also brought the fans down which i thought was a beautiful touch... everyone LOVED them!

 

My photographer was flown in and I DID NOT pay any $100/day fee. I simply told the resort that my guests were photographers and would be taking my pictures, and they never charged me! I would go that route if you're planning to fly someone down. I won a BDW contest so I just had to pay for flight and hotel, I had 2 photographers and it ended up being around $1400 total which I think was very reasonable! But depending on what you want, you can spend up to 5 or 6K. I didn't want to go over 2, but that is just me personally!

 

In terms of the private reception. They will work with you. Even if you have a small guest count I'm sure they'd still do a private reception. The DJ was one of the best parts of my entire night and I couldnt imagine my wedding without him....... he was a BLAST!!!!!!!! So don't sacrifice

 

josie,thanks for the videos you have got me thinking again do i book it or not.you wicked wife you.did you use the spa for makeup?

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I'm sorry I forgot to answer this earlier! Yes I did the make up and I really liked it! But then again, I suck at putting on make-up so I probably would have been happy with just about anything. They let you pick your eye-shadow shade so don't worry about it being too drastic!! I think you will be very happy if you do it. It was a big relief to me and my make-up lasted the entire day and even withstood cake being smashed ALL OVER my face!!