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Quote: Originally Posted by Mischaka ooooo!!! what a beautiful dress!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks Mish :-) I love it. I tried on a bunch of dresses in one of the bridal salons here and they were just TOO much dress for me especially to wear in the heat of May in Mexico so I like this one. Its light weight for the beach and simple but still bridal gownish.

Quote: Originally Posted by barbiegirl_27 Oh I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you!!! i hope you have better luck than i did. Don't get me wrong the dress was expertly made, just a little too different from the pics than I had imagined! Luckily the FI has been understanding right from the time I ordered it and said if it turned out not to be "it" than I could just keeping searching here. I'm supposed to be heading to Truro to the bridal shop out there this weekend....fingers crossed this is the last time I have to go out trying on dresses! lol Keep me posted when you get your dress! Well thats a little better than lol At least it was personal choice not poor craftmanship - I was like ok I guess I'll be doing the write-off option LOL I will definitely keep you posted. I didn't even think about Truro for dress shopping. I'll keep that in mind if the dress scenario turns into a fiasco :-s lol

Yikes - those are huge :-s Sorry I got duplicate pics too OMG lol Ok well you get more than an idea of the dress - Thanks for the instructions although I think I may have gone wrong somewhere lol

Ok here goes lol Attempt 1 at posting 'the dress'

Quote: Originally Posted by amberm410 Sorry for al the typo's. I should have read it before posting it. Another thing just for your info. Even though I felt like they were expecting tips all over the resort, I truly feel like these people work their butt off and deserve any extra tip you can give them. I do not think they make very much for what they do and a few bucks here and there really helps them. Happy planning! Thanks for such a great (and thorough) review. Congrats! Can't wait to see the pics :-)

Quote: Originally Posted by reaganlane Yea! What favors did u order? Enjoy P90X. Me and my fiance did it a while back for a month and a half and then had to quit because we didn't have the time but we wanna start it up again! I'm still a year out so I just decided to order a couple of things every month or so. That way I gradually get stuff (and have to pay for it in little bursts LOL). Yesterday the aqua beach glass photo coasters and personalized lip balm came. Yeah the P90 is no joke lol I started it a few weeks back but decided to go back to Day 1 so that we can do it together. I joined started posted on the P90x support thread to - I figure if I other people know when I don't do it - I'm less likely to try and skip ... thats the plan anyway lmao

Quote: Originally Posted by roxmysockz My thoughts excatly! I like a dress that isnt out for a few months yet so ordered a knock off already so I can see if its any good if not I have plenty of time to find another and/or wait for the one I want to come out! Well this is it. Like I said once I noticed that most of the designer dresses were 'Made in China' I quickly decided to get the knock off made in the same country for a few hundred dollars instead of paying a few thousand dollars for a dress that carried a certain label but was made in the same place. Especially when we'd decided to do a TTD. The lady is super professional - I love her. She said it takes 20-25 days to make, then 3-5 days to courier so I'm looking at late May-early June. Keep your fingers crossed for me :-s

Quote: Originally Posted by bahiabride2010 Here's our monogram...designed by our super talented friend Dan! He has his own design company...check him out! We love it and I've been plastering it on everything! PaperHeartSoul LOVE this!

Oh My Word!! I'd like to know what generation she comes from that she doesn't realize that it is beyond tacky to wear white to someone's wedding (unless of course its been stipulated - I was invited to an 'All-White Wedding' once). I mean come on. Honestly, that your FI mum and he should deal with her the same way it would be your place to deal with your own mother if she clearly did not know how to act. You I think should kill her with kindness; you FI needs to stand up to his mother and tell her once and for all what her role is and to stay in it! {{{HUGS}}} hun. No one should have to deal with that nonsense.

Quote: Originally Posted by michelle2011 That is lovely news! Have you got any pictures? Would love to see ) It's all happening! I have no clue how to post pics yet LOL Let me see if I can find some instructions on the forum :-) Its pretty though - I love it! I was just reading over some of your posts. I'm sorry you're having to go through such nonsense. Just remember its their loss {{{{{HUGS}}}}} hun

Quote: Originally Posted by barbiegirl_27 Just out of curiosity, where did you find your dress I'm also in Halifax, but fairly new here! I actually went the "knock-off" route but no success....just wasn't close enough to the original dress I wanted...so the hunt continues! Oh SNAP!! Girl that is my biggest anxiety right now... it coming and looking nothing like the authentic dress but my mum says for $500 dollars (including s&h with veil) I should just be thrilled if it works out and a write-off if I'm mortified :-s I ordered it off of foryoudresses.com. They're based right in China. There were testimonials from other brides, she sent me pics of work she had done etc and even advised me to go to a pro-seamstress to get my measurements. The dress I'm having her do is the Pronovias Francoli gown from the 2011 Collection. Once i realized that most of the designer gowns are Made in China anyway - I figured why pay thousands of dollars for a designer dress manufactured in China when I can pay a few hundreds for the same dress minus the label ... made in the same place. Keep your fingers crossed for me. Yours was awful huh? Gosh - hopefully I have better luck :-s

Quote: Originally Posted by sunrize_79 Just returned from our wedding at DRC on April 11, 2010. Don't even know why I was stressed to begin with. Ana and Yazmin did a perfect job. Everything was better than we could have ever dreamed of. We had already stayed at the resort in November and did our Engagement shots with Adventure Photos (onsite photographers) and they were amazing so we stayed with them for the wedding. Anel and Juancarlo did a fantastic job. We are having our reception in our home town this Saturday and so I will post our wedding pics after that! Happy planning ladies!!! Congrats!!! Glad that everything went well. Can't wait to see your pics :-)

Not yet today .... BUT I'm on it ;-)

Quote: Originally Posted by lilly129 Megan I'm so sorry you had guests back out Your wedding is going to be amazing and it's totally thier loss! Everyone who does go is going to come back talking about how great it is and they will have missed out an a fantastic time. We had friends who are getting married in June confront us and basically tell us they think it's selfish of us to have a destination wedding - the exact quote was "don't you feel guilty asking your friends to spend so much money to fly from Boston to Mexico and stay for 3 or 4 nights?" And the next sentence out of his mouth was "oh Ron are you coming to my bachelor party in London?" WHAT?! Seriously - some people are crazy. So after that conversation we decided it was absolutely thier loss. Stay focused on your friends and family that are excited - it'll keep you excited! And us! We're all excited for you and can't wait to see pictures and hear how wonderful it was...you're soooo close! Are you serious?? Thats nuts not mention RUDE! On our Facebook group that we have for our guests - we clearly state that we would love to see everyone there but completely understand if they can't. Its your wedding day therefore no it is not selfish. Nobody is 'asking' anyone to spend crazy money. That decision is up to them. Some people ... No manners, I tell you.

Quote: Originally Posted by lilly129 Wow congrats on finding your dress!!! Thanks babe - like I said hopefully the replica assimilates the authentic gown :-s I'm clueless how to post pics otherwise I would share :-)

Quote: Originally Posted by Megan24 I thought that too. You will be fine I just have the worst friends ever. lol Also I had payed for one of the rooms for my bridesmaids and they backed out. This may be the time it pays to have frugal friends lmao Either they aren't dropping the money to come, or they wouldn't dream of wasting it once they put it down. That bridesmaid thing would have me fuming though. How on earth if you were paying for her stay and she was actually in the wedding could she justify pulling a stunt like that?? Ugggh. {{{{HUGS}}} to you and 'hopes' for me I guess. I can't say I want to experience that :-s

Quote: Originally Posted by Boo wow, you sure are on the ball, you wedding is 6 months after mine and I dont have my wedding dresses picked out, leave in less than 7 months, this is one of those getting concerned moments Well I was on the 2011 thread and one of the girls told me that the Pronovias gowns can take up to a year to get which made me start panicking especially since all the gowns that I liked were in the 2011 collection. Anyway at the end of the day, I found this company that manufactures replicas right out of China so I'm kind of anxious to see if the dress looks like the original, making sure its not a rip off etc. So I figure if I'm going to gamble I better do it early just in case the dress is shoddy or the business is shady kwim. Plus I genuinely love the dress. :-)

YAY - I found and ordered my wedding gown and veil today :-) Also some of the initial wedding favors that I ordered came this morning and FI and I started the P90x work out together :-) Today was a good day :-)

Quote: Originally Posted by somethingblue We won a FREE trip to DRC with flights through out TA. FI and I are going down for a site visit May 9 for 5 nights. We are so excited to be able to see the resort and all of its beauty before we get married Dec 6 2010. That is WICKED!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Megan24 I dont want to sound like a downer but we had 3 couples pay for half of their trip and decided not to go. Sorry had to vent that. lol GIRL stop it LOL Really? I'm hoping that none of our guests have that kinf od money to throw away :-s

Today was good - some of the initial wedding favors we ordered came this a.m., I found and ordered my wedding gown and FI and I started Day 1 of the P90x together. I'm pysched :-)

Quote: Originally Posted by amberm410 Hey girls! I just returned from my wedding there on the 10th! I will post a full review later in the week but have no fear once you get there everything comes into place! Ana and her assistant Yasmin are on top of it. The best part of my wedding is the awesome pictures. I would highly highly suggest Juan Navarro. His crew did an such a great job capturing every part. I have 3 cd's of pictures. Some are color, some black and white, some black and white with just flowers or somehting in the picture being color and sepia photos. So creative. We had so much fun. Here is a link to a few of the pictures on his site. JEFF & AMBER DREAMS RIVIERA CANCUN 10 APRIL’10 Juan Navarros Blog Also if you just go to his site you can check out his work. www.juanphots.com Full review of the resort and wedding etc.. to come within the next few days! Happy planning! Awww congrats - everything looked gorgeous!

Quote: Originally Posted by ebernard4985 yes those were the ones I was referring too... sorry for the confusion! Thanks :-) I don't put anything passed myself these days LOL

Ok my FI decided to start the program today so that we can do it together so I guess I'm calling it Day 1 LOL Core Synergistics I actually enjoy so today wasn't bad :-) I found and ordered my wedding gown today so that was a good inspiration to start the week of right with Day 1 of 90 :-)

Quote: Originally Posted by lilly129 Thanks ladies! I'm hoping that getting them out 4 months in advance will push people to hurry up and book! I think I may be liking out TA's approach more and more hearing all these things about people booking. She gives us the group rate and within 60 days our guests must put down a non-refundable $250 deposit to hold their spots. Then the balance is due 45 days before the trip. I figure that will drown out the wishy-washy people who SAY they're coming. No one is going to put down a NON-refundable deposit on a trip they don't honestly think they are taking... here's to hoping anyway. Yes - I hope that it gets them booked too.