Hidden Honeymoon Fun

As I wrote about yesterday, we have officially  booked out honeymoon at Couples San Souci in Jamaica.  Well after I posted about booking the honeymoon yesterday I was browsing the resorts web-site more.  I feel like that's all I've done since we booked it - I'm SO excited.

And now, I have even more reason to be excited.  I don't know how I missed it one of the other many times that I was on their web-site, but I found their Program of Social Activities.  They have even more to do that we originally thought.

To give you an idea, here are some of things that my fiance and I are now looking forward to doing.  We are going to have to make a list of the ones that are MUST-DO's so we can make sure to fit everything in.  It's a good thing that we are going for 9 days!

Here are just some of the things that we get to do (for FREE!)

• Nature Walks
• Pool and Beach Volleyball Tournaments
• Scrabble Tournaments
• Bingo
• Battle of the Sexes Game Night
• Karaoke
• Scavenger Hunts
• Couple Portraits
• Casino Night
• Shell Painting
• Couples Massage Classes
• Wood Carving Class
• Dance Classes
• Cooking Classes
• Cocktail Parties
• Pottery Classes
• Mixology Classes
• Fishing Tournaments
• Hat Making Classes
• Pool Tournaments

As if I wasn't already excited enough about the honeymoon, now I have even more to look forward too!  

By the way, since I don't think I mentioned it in the last post our 9 day stay is costing us about $3,500 for a beachfront suite.  

I'd love to hear what everyone else is doing for their honeymoons (or what you already did).  Where are you going/where did you go?  What are you doing to/what did you do?

Honeymoon Hype

After weeks of deliberation, we finally booked our honeymoon.  We will be going to Couples San Souci, an all-inclusive resort in Ocho Rios,Jamaica.


We will be staying at the resort for 9 awesome nights!

Fun Fact about our resort:  Two James Bonds movies used the resort and part of the island in their filming - scenes from both Dr. No and Live and Let Die were filmed there.



Our resort includes:  

Four swimming pools including, a mineral pool containing a vast gamut of rejuvenating minerals

Natural mineral springs, known for curative and rejuvenating benefits

Four unique restaurants serving the finest international cuisine with Caribbean fusion flavors

In-suite dining

Six bars, including the swim up pool bar

Private beach for au naturel sunbathing

Watersports & scuba

Tennis courts with lights for night play, complimentary lesson

Unlimited golf 

Seaside, air-conditioned fitness center, with state of the art cardio equipment.

Classes include aerobics, yoga, acquiesces, Pilates and meditation

Glass-bottom boat tour

Dunn's River Falls tour

Shopping excursions to downtown Ocho Rios

Shuttle to Island Village, home of Jimmy Buffett's "Margaritaville"

And Action

So just over a month ago my fiance and I started considering a videographer for the wedding.  About a week later we made the final decision to go ahead with it, but I just realized that I never posted an update.  We will be going with the videographer, Keith Forman, that I talked about in the last post.  He will be recording 9 1/2 hours of the wedding for only $450!!!  No editing, so we will just get the raw footage, but we decided that's all we really need.  In fact, it might even be a fun project to take on editing it ourselves.  His online sample videos look great too.  I am very excited and glad that we have a videographer nailed down.

He also offered to throw in a second camera for only $150 more or $600 total.  Always just one more decision to make.    

Beautiful Bouquets

So I already mentioned my slight obsession with having lilies and my need to have them in my bouquet, but am happy to announce that I've officially placed my flower order.

My bouquets are going to look like the picture that I posted in my previous post.  In case you don't remember here it is.



My bouquet will look like this and the bridesmaids will also look like this bouquet, but will just be smaller than mine.  The boutonnieres for the guys (groom, groomsmen, and fathers) will have single lilies to match those in my bouquet.  Finally the mothers and grandmothers corsages will match the lilies and the filler of the bouquet.

The Veil

So after settling in to our temporary home (the fiance's parents' house) I was finally able to get back to work on the wedding planning.

The first thing I did was order my veil (yesterday).  I will need it when I go to do my hair trial, so I wanted to order that now in case it took a while to get in.  And it's a good thing that I did too!  If they're warehouse has it in stock it will be here within the next week and a half.  Otherwise, they have to order it and it won't be here until late May or early June.

The grand total:  $150.  When I called and asked they quoted me $180, but I had found it in Michigan for $150 and brought that to their attention.  They immediately offered to sell it to me for the $150, so that was a nice bonus.

Also, I will make sure to post some pictures on here when it comes in.  The only picture that anyone can seem to find of the veil is the one below from the Alfred Angelo site, which isn't the best quality.  It's hard to tell from the picture, but the detailing along the edge of the veil matches the detailing in the gown.

Home Sweet Home

Things have been crazy this past week , but we finally we made it back to New York!  We officially got in Saturday night (technically 3AM Sunday morning).  Sunday was spent unpacking the truck and putting things into storage (where it will stay until we find a house).  Monday was spent moving and upacking boxes at my fiance's parents house (where we are staying until we find a house).  Tuesday my mom and grandmother got in to the area to visit (they'll be staying until Sunday).  We had originally planned the visit before we knew we were moving and were going to meet up in the New York area for wedding planning.  They were both looking forward to it, so I decided that even though it would be hectic I didn't want to cancel.  Then, today (Wednesday) I went to my dentist appointment and my fiance packed up and left for his bachelor ski trip to Vermont.  I FINALLY had some downtime and decided to add this quick update.  Somehow in the midst of the craziness, we did manage to accomplish some wedding related tasks which I'll post about tomorrow.  I felt like tonight was the first time I actually was able to sit on the couch and relax since we found out we were moving (which was just over 2 weeks ago).  It never thought it could feel so wonderful to just sit on the couch and do absolutely nothing.

Survey Monkey (and Bridesmaids) to the Rescue

        So I posted about here, I have been having some difficulty deciding on a bridesmaid dress for my ladies.  Finally, I had it narrowed down to two dresses, but couldn't make a decision.  Fortunately, my maid of honor suggested using surveymonkey.com to get everyone's opinion, which is exactly what I did.  After looking at the results and taking everything into consideration, I was actually able to make a decision.  So, before I have a chance to change my mind again, I am making my decision official.  I just posted it on our bridesmaid website and can finally relax.

      Looking back on this whole ordeal I am still glad that I included my ladies in the decision making.  I think that we ended up with a dress that will all feel comfortable wearing and knowing that made my decision easier.  (I also just need multiple people to agree with me before being able to commit to anything, so having the continuous reassurance was extremely helpful).  What about you?  Did your bridesmaids help pick out their dresses?  Did you have as much difficultly as I did in deciding on the dresses?

P.S.  Apparently it can really take some time for those bridesmaids dresses to arrive.  I contacted David's Bridal and they told me that it can take anywhere from 6 to 18 weeks for dresses to come in and then you still need to leave time for alterations if they are needed.