Busy Bee

We crossed 2 more items off of our "to do" list this week, so I felt the need to update you about it.

Last weekend we met with 2 cake vendors - first with Dorothy Lane Market, then with a home run business called The Cake Movers. DLM was of course wonderful, who doesnt love that place? But we felt that we could find something just as nice for a little less dough. So we met with Courtney from The Cake Movers in Englewood. She started this business 2 years ago and runs it out of her home. She does all kinds of specialty cakes from weddings to birthdays to anniversaries, you name it. I saw lots of pictures of her work, and she brought 2 boxes of samples for us to try. We were both very impressed with everything she presented, so we went ahead and booked her! I dont have to make a decision on flavors until a month before the wedding, so I have plenty of time to settle on that, although I already have a good idea of what I want ;-)

Next up - the honeymoon!!! If you havent figured it out by now, I like to do alot of research before making big decisions. The honeymoon is a HUGE decision. We knew that we wanted hot, tropical, palm trees, and beach with non-stop umbrella drinks. We had also decided that since we have done a cruise the past 2 years, we would try something a little different and go with an all-inclusive resort. I LOVE cruises - but for our HM, I wanted something a little slower paced where we could just sit back, relax, and go at our own leisure. 

I had several MUSTS - all-inclusive, adults only, oceanfront room, spa access, great food, things to do close by, and not terribly far away (we didnt want to spend our first day as a married couple on a plane all day). Mike really had his heart set on a Caribbean island. I literally combed the Caribbean with a fine tooth pick. I would fall in love with one place, then find another that I liked. I am severly indecisive, so that has not helped matters AT ALL. But I do believe that all of my hard work research is about to pay off. We will be booking our HM this weekend!!!!!!!!!!

Where did we decide, you ask??? Riviera Maya, Mexico!!! Secrets Maroma Beach, to be specific. This place looks nothing short of amazing. The reviews on TripAdvisor are excellent. This resort is everything I was looking for. The beach here was rated one of the top beaches in the world by the Travel Channel, which makes Mikey happy since he is more of the beach bum out of the 2 of us. The resort has amazing food, we get a honeymoon package which includes spa treatments, a dinner on the beach, etc. We are close to Playa del Carmen so I can do some shopping, Cozumel is only a 45 min ferry ride, and Cancun is a 30 min taxi ride. I AM SO EXCITED!!!  

Click here to see the resort we chose for our honeymoon!

Still so much to do, but I think its all starting to come together very nicely :-)