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| CrusinLala... Thanks for the sky auction info!!! I will definitley be checking them out. As soon as we narrow this list down that is LOL
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CRUSINLALA
3/2/06 11:44 A
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| Karma.......boy you do have quite the list......do you ever shop/bid on vacations at skyauctions? I've done a few trips thru them and have one upcomming in December......you can get killer deals there! Like......in December we are going to the Bahamas......staying at the sheraton (rund $225 per night)for 5 nights with transportation from miami runs (140pp) all for $650 total.......and I have got some other great deals on there in the past.......check it out they have all inclusive Jamica......Bahamas........Hawaii......just about anywhere you want to go......the do have trips to st lucia but we didn't buy our there cause we booked with 14 other people....but check that out maybe a great deal will help you decide.......I always bid at the auction instead of the buy it now's.......
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NICOLE92306
3/2/06 8:35 A
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| 3 Days in Napa & 3 Days in Sonoma wine country.
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We have over a year to decide but we can't make up our minds. We will be leaving the day after the wedding. It's a toss up between:
Jamaica, Aruba, St. Lucia, Nassau/Paradise Island, Oahu,Hawaii, or Cozumel,Mexico.
I know that is a looooong list, the sad part about it is that the list has been shortened significantly LOL
We really need to get it together and narrow it down.
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Road trip to Las Vegas, baby! 
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| We are actually doing a honeymoon registry to help us pay for it. It's kind of neat since we have our own place already.
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CRUSINLALA
2/28/06 11:07 A
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| Briana.....actually we do both scuba dive and are actually going down with a group of divers.....the week we are going down there is the week of the coral spawning so that should be interesting........I'm thinking we should rent a car for a few days to see all the sights........I would really like to visit the volcano.....gardens....and I heard there are some really cool natual hot springs down there.....we are staying down there real close to the pitons....view from the resort.....Thanks for your help I'm thinking the best way to check these things out is probally by car......but will probally spend the majority of time at the resort........
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We went scuba diving for the first time while we were there and it was amazing. If you haven't ever been, I would recommend it. I don't know if your resort offers classes, ours did, so that is how we went. I also really enjoyed an excursion we went on to the Pitons. They are these twin mountain peaks they have and there is a drive in volcano between them. It was very cool. I had never seen a volcano before, and you can get really close. Then we went to a botanical garden there that was awesome because there are just so many beautiful tropical flowers and stuff. They do have some pretty good markets in the "poorer" part of town, if you like to find great deals. For the most part, we just stayed at our resort though and enjoyed relaxing and playing at the pool and in the ocean. Stuff like that. I hope you have a wonderful time!!
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CRUSINLALA
2/24/06 6:36 P
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| Briana.....we are getting married this August in St Lucia! Staying at the Anse Chaastanet......any "must do's" you can recommend while we are on the island?
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| I got married last August and we stayed at a Sandals Resort in St. Lucia. It was absolutely beautiful and perfect for us. Lots of activities offered, but plenty of time to just relax by the pool.
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TEACHERINPINK
2/24/06 4:22 P
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| A friend of the family is giving us their timeshare for our honeymoon as a wedding gift. We couldn't be more excited because we're both in college and couldn't really afford to go anywhere. So, now we're off to a resort north of Miami. I am in the same boat with having to get ready for a swimsuit in 3 months!
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| Thanks! Yeah, I am working on the tan. I am getting one gradually, but it's coming along. I am from the middle of the US - raised in Tulsa, OK and now I live in Dallas, TX. I am trying to do it right, without burning. I am up to 12 minutes at a time now, and I started at 7. Haha, I am SOOOOO white. THe added color to my skin makes a million times difference in how I look. :)
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CRUSINLALA
2/21/06 11:07 P
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| Keri......I can't wait either.....but I'm 6 months off still....I'm sure you'll be fine in your new bikini......a tan always help me feel more confident.....I don't know where you are from......but where I'm at it is cold in the winter and I use to always hit the tanning booth B4 traveling in the winter......but this last trip I bought a coppertone sunless tanning product "gradual tan" it did not turn me orange or leave funny lines......and after few days of applying it I had a nice tan.....anyway......that's what I do to feel more confident in a swim suit.....
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THANKS Lala! Yeah, if I were any more excited about it, I'd be running in circles. :) Thanks for the tip - I will try to remember that when we get there. You sound like you have been to some amazing places! Must have been fabulous!
I CAN'T WAIT!!! I have a new bikini, and pray to God that I can feel confident enough in it to strut my stuff for my new hubby on the beach!
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CRUSINLALA
2/21/06 10:43 P
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Kerri..........you will love it.......Belize and Honduras are incredibly beautiful places.....be careful in Cayman.......their dollar is more than ours and sometimes you think something is US dollars (especally in resturants)and it is Cayman dollars.....as example....I took my 3 daughters in Hard Rock Cafe there......we had the worst cheesburgers I've ever had and the bill was over $80.00.......you might want to ask if the menu is in US or Cayman before you order anything and I do not reccomend the Hard Rock there......other than that they have the most beautiful beaches there and NO street vendors harassing you.......never been to Costa Maya.....but have spent quite a bit of time up and down the Mayan Rivera.......it is beautiful.......Have an awesome trip!!!!!!!!!
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SO EXCITED: We are going on a Carnival cruise to Belize, Honduras, the Cayman Islands, and Costa Maya (Mexico). Yaaaaaaaaay!!! I am trying to actually have a bikini-friendly stomach, and I only have 3 weeks and 3 days to get there!!
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CRUSINLALA
2/20/06 7:12 P
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| Yea............I just pulled out a barbill........Generally auto-gratutity on a cocktail run $ .68 .........I pay more than that at home for a tip for a good cocktail........so personally......I don't have a problem with that.
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KRYSTYL_ROSE
2/20/06 6:46 P
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I went back to the carnival site and found the information... this is what it says:
Automatically added on: $10 per guest per day to cover Head Waiter, Waiter, Cook, & Cabin Steward.
In addition to that is a 15% gratuity added to drinks purchased. Also an option to tip the Matre'D. So yes I was off, but not completely. You were paying extra tips without realizing it because they added it to your drink tab.
For anyone interested in the page the info is on it is: http://www.carnival.com/CMS/FAQs/Gratuities_Tips.aspx
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CRUSINLALA
2/20/06 6:42 P
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| Bora Bora......that is really exciting!
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KRYSTYL_ROSE
2/20/06 6:25 P
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| My apologies, I must have misunderstood it then. I will have to go back to carnival's website and see whether I can find the info again.
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DANCER1007
2/20/06 6:23 P
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| We aren't totally decided but we are planning on Bora bora!
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CRUSINLALA
2/20/06 4:36 P
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| I go on two cruises per year and have NEVER paid 70 bucks a day for tips.......Most cruise lines nowdays set it up so they take $10 per day per person and bill it to your onboard account.......so that way you don't have to worry about ANY TIPPING.......tipping runs 140 per week on a cruise ship for two.......
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KRYSTYL_ROSE
2/20/06 4:06 P
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Oh I knew that cruises didnt require a passport; passports were only the reason we werent going out of the country for ours. Also, my wedding isnt until 2008.
As for tipping... if you look on carnival's website they tell you what they put for tipping if you search enough for it... it is more like $70 per day what with wait staff, room concierges, activity organizers, etc, etc
Dont get me wrong I am not saying cruises are a bad option... even with the (in my opinion) very high tipping expectancies alot of cruises still price lower than most destinations.
We are piecing our honeymoon together ourselves and it will cost only a little less than a cruise. The only difference is that we will get to choose how long we stay at each "stop" and we will have to find our own entertainment, but that is how we prefer it :)
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We are getting married in June. We are going for 7 nights to Sandals Regency St. Lucia!
Can't wait!!
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| We're going to try and set up a honeymoon registry so we can go on a cruise for our honeymoon. If not, we don't get to go.
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WENDIASHTON
2/20/06 12:46 P
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Just to inform::
Cruises don't require passports unless you go on a super exotic one. Not until Dec 31 06. Also, tipping isn't too bad. Most cruises comes to about $10 a day in totals & some just require a basic of $10 a day & split it up themselves. That's only $70 in tips.
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KRYSTYL_ROSE
2/19/06 6:25 P
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We dont want to deal with passports and the like so we are staying in the US. There is so much of it we havent seen, we just decided we'd choose one of the places we wanted to see most and havent had a chance to see yet. So we are going to the New England area and doing it like a tour. We're going to start in MA and work from there.
As for cruises... be sure to take along dramamine (better safe than sorry, nobody wants to spend their honeymoon seasick) and be sure to leave all your valuables at home. For money use travelers checks, there has been piracy reported among cruises lately and you dont want to lose something irreplacable.
Also, keep in mind that cruises have high tipping expectancies so plan accordingly. Alot of times they will add it to your bill at the end and you dont get a choice. So the price sounds GREAT when you buy it but then you get home and found that the trip cost you DOUBLE what you had figured. Just a heads up.
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CRUSINLALA
2/19/06 12:33 P
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| Judewit.......your african honeymoon sounds amazing!
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CRUSINLALA
2/19/06 12:32 P
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MarshQ...we are getting married in St Lucia....staying at all inclusive ....... check out..... www.ansechastanet.com ........if your looking for romance it is rated top 10 romatic resort in the world.....best in the carribean.......we are also planning our wedding right there on the beach
As for the cruises......I love crusing.....there is so much to do.....and I love waking up in a differant county everday.....
As for Alaska cruise.....I have never been but have a few friends who travel alot and say the alaska cruise have been their favs!
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My fiancee went on the Alaskan cruise about 10 years ago. He went with his family. They went on the cruise that was on the inside passage in August. He said that there was great weather the time they were on it and that they were able to see the Northern Lights.
He really liked it, especially the kayaking.
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Hey there, This is a very interesting topic! I have been spending lots of time lately trying to plan our honeymoon! We are getting married on Sept 09, 2006. And we are thinking about lots of different things! My fiance would really like an alaskan cruise! but I am not sure I am very crazy about that! Has anyone been on an alaskan cruise?!
We are still in discussion but I know we are getting down to the point where we really need to make a choice.
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Anybody taking a cruise? We weren't going to do the honeymoon thing. We spent our money for it on the closing cost of our condo. However, we decided that it would be a good thing, even if we take it a little later.
So we are thinking about a cruise now... probably the Carribean. We are wondering if any have been there or if anybody has a rough estimate on about how much to plan for the cruise... not counting the plane tickets to get there.
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BARBIEBABE713
2/13/06 12:27 P
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| We are going to St. Lucia. I think we are staying at an all- inclusive resort called the Windjammer.
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| Yeah, I realized after I posted that it sounded a little strange... and Tanzania/Zanzibar are subsaharan, so really it's like watching a movie about FL when you're going to Boston.
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| We'll probably be delaying it. I'm starting a new job this month and we're also planning to buy a new home this summer, so between time off and money, it will probably be tight. Maybe we'll go somewhere nice and warm next winter though!
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| I hope you weren't looking to watch Hotel Rwanda to get excited about Africa! That movie scared me out of ever going there!
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WENDIASHTON
2/9/06 11:45 A
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| Hi all! I'm getting married June 24, and we are putting off our honeymoon until the end of Nov. We are going on a Caribbean cruise for 7 days. Very relaxing and fun. It will be cold here, but warm there! Plus a little time to save spending $$ and get in better shape! The beach also motivates me!
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My brother went to St.Lucia for his honeymoon, his babys middle name is Lucia born 9 months after they came home!!!!!!!
My cousin also went to Zanzibar for his honeymoon, they live in Africa anyway they said it was great. Good for watersports, him and his wife are both divers!!
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| We're going to Zanzibar, off the coast of Tanzania in eastern Africa for a couple of weeks. I'm very excited, it'll totally be the trip of a lifetime. We've been getting in the mood by watching movies based in Africa-- most recently "The Constant Gardener" and "Hotel Rwanda".
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| Anthony and I want to go to St. Lucia. Something all inclusive!
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| We're going on a Southern Caribbean cruise on Carnival Destiny for 7 days.
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| We were going to do Hawaii, but we're going to Mexico instead. Much cheaper to do an all inclusive resort :) We'll be going to either Puerto Vallarta or Riviera Maya.
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| Charleston should be fairly warm that time of the year but I think the evenings might cool off. You can generally get the average weather for a given city at weather.com. You might want to check it out.
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2BMRSFOWLER
2/7/06 10:36 P
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| Is the east coast warm in May? Is it hot in May? I'm talking about somewhere near Charleston (not exactly sure where-- fiance is still keeping it a surprise).
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CORKY_ACORN
2/7/06 5:05 P
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| that vacation sounds awesome. i looked into africa -- i think i looked into pretty much everywhere. it would be a dream vacation for sure. but money is why we have to wait to go just about anywhere major like that. we don't have much of a choice!
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Hi, I don't know how you can wait to go on your honeymoons. I know the wedding day is the big day, but I am so looking forward to my honeymoon (which has cost more than my wedding) we are going to Africa, Rwanda to go hiking in the rain forest to find the gorillas. I like the outdoor live!!! Thats for 4 days. Then we fly down to a beach resort near Kenya to relax, go on sarfaris!!(spelling wrong?) and just chill out.
I am so looking forward to this. Not only do we get to do a once in a lifetime adventure, that we can tell our grandchildren one day. But we also get to chill out on a beach.
Has anyone else thought of Africa?
I have been a few times to South Africa, it really is a fab place to visit. There is so much you can do there.
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CORKY_ACORN
2/7/06 4:53 P
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we really wanted to do tahiti but can't swing it right away since we're buying a new home. so we've decided to take a mini-moon to new mexico: santa fe and taos.
at first i thought it was a weird (um, stupid)idea but there are some very cool things there. i just hope we make it to tahiti for an anniversary very soon!
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| We are waiting 2 months to go too. It works out better for both of our jobs to wait a bit. We will be able to enjoy the trip much more!!!
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HITCHEDIN06
2/7/06 4:17 P
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| We're postponing. At first I was sad about it but when FI started talking about Fiji I perked right up. I'll wait a few months to save $$ to go there! More time to work on the tush too...
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AIMINGHIGHER_19
2/6/06 2:08 P
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| Thanks for the tips, JenniB!
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JENNIBALYEAT
2/6/06 12:43 P
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Hi girls! I got married last June and I know what all of you are going through. Now my best friend is getting married this Sep and I'm trying to get ideas for her honeymoon.
A few ideas for you...
Don't be bothered by the hurricanes. I live in Florida and I took a 10 day chartered sailboat cruise to the caribbean in the middle of June. It was wonderful.
Napa Valley. If you like wine, they have so many vineyards and it is so romantic. You can schedule private wine tastings and relax at all the fabulous resorts!
Hope this gives you more ideas.
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OCTAVIARNA
2/6/06 12:29 P
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HILLARYMVRE
2/6/06 10:59 A
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| My parents are sending us to Mexico. I think we are going to decide on Cozumel. Not sure when though. We will probably wait for winter so we can save a little spending money after the big dent the wedding will make.
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| I have never been on a cruise before but have heard great things about them! Just remember you are getting married during hurricane season, so you may want to plan your cruise around that.
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AIMINGHIGHER_19
2/6/06 12:59 A
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| I'm getting married in mid-July and so far we are planning on taking a cruise to puerto rico but not sure. what do you guys think of cruises? have you ever been on one? and what is special about them? what makes them so fun? because if its not somthing im gonna like too much, then we'll probably think of something else, but all i know is, if we dont go on a honeymoon when we get married, then we will never go on a honeymoon. bcz i had a friend who planned to go, but she postponed it and got pregnant and now they are too busy to go. so i know that if we decide to leave it for later, it will never happen, so hopefully we'll find a nice place!
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| Our wedding is in August, so we're still trying to figure out where we can go that's on the beach and outside of the hurricae belt. Keeping that bathing suit in mind is helping me stick to my diet.
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| I would die if Michael and I could go on a big Alaskan Cruise for our honeymoon. That would be AWESOME! I love the outdoors and nature and wilderness. MissTonya dreams everyday about Alaska!
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| San Francisco...what a wonderful area. My FI and I try and go every year...we love it out there!
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| we leave for a cruise in the southern carribean the day after we get married. I cant wait. it is going to be so much fun!
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We aren't quit sure about the honeymoon yet. For two reasons, our honeymoon was our closing cost for our condo and I start work 3 days after we get married. I am a teacher so it's not like I can ask for time off.
My brother works for a hotel though, so he was nice enough to get us a hotel up in San Francisco (that's were we got engaged) for two nights. So we will have a short honeymoon at least. We are thinking about something over Christmas break too.
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| We are getting married on May 13 and leaving for aruba on May 15th for 11 nights. I cannot wait!
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| We're going to Jamaica in October. I can't wait. So I still have plenty of time to get into a bikini by then. :) We thought about just doing a small weekend trip & postponing Jamaica until January, but that's still 2 trips that we'd have to pay for in a short amount of time after also paying for the wedding, so we decided to just go ahead & go. I can't wait. We're doing an all-inclusive, so there won't be anything to do besides lay on the beach, eat & drink.
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Oooh Scotland sounds nice.
We're thinking about Hawaii. I want to relax and drink and eat good food.
Speaking of tasks, I bought my guy The Knot Groom book since he had trouble understanding certain things like why we have to register for things we already have or don't really need and how the wedding fills up about 90% of the Bride's mind:)
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2BMRSFOWLER
2/4/06 12:29 P
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| lol- guys are funny like that sometimes- but I'm sure you'll have a blast either way! One of my favorite things about planning the wedding is giving my fiance certain tasks that he doesn't mind to do, and then watching him put his heart and soul into planning that one thing. It's adorable!
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CERACOBBLER
2/4/06 12:03 P
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i kinda wouldnt mind something warm and sunny.. but scotland would be cool. he wants to go on a scotch tasting tour.
i told him to surprise me :)
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2BMRSFOWLER
2/4/06 11:59 A
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| That's neat-- so do you like the idea of Scotland?
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CERACOBBLER
2/4/06 11:59 A
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| my fiance grew up in hawaii so something tropical is kinda not what he's shooting for.. he's thinking scotland
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2BMRSFOWLER
2/4/06 11:46 A
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Jamaica sounds so fun!! When I was little I used to tell people that's where I was going to live when I grew up (although I had no idea what it really was).
You're gonna have so much fun!
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MOONLIGHT12
2/4/06 11:44 A
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That's so sweet that he's going to suprise you! We're getting married and honeymooning in Jamaica this June. And thinking about the beach really keeps me motivated to lose weight! I want to look hot in my swimsuit!
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2BMRSFOWLER
2/4/06 10:44 A
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Are all of you going on a honeymoon? Post-poning it?
Where are you going?? I know beach locations are popular, and that means swimsuit time!
As for me... we're 3 months and 1 week away, and we were getting really scared because our original honeymoon was more $$ than we could afford. (I don't know where we were going-- he wanted it to be a surprise). But he just found out that his cousin is a travel agent, so she set us up with an awesome deal! (Once again, I have no idea where) I'm so excited-- I'm pretty sure it's tropical.
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