My Best Friend's Wedding in Punta Cana (Part III) and last part.

Hi Loves,

Happy Tuesday! Today I want to share the last post on this wedding series.

Check out Part I and Part II if you missed them.

I did mention in my first post that I had tons of photos and I may have to split this up. Well, that's exactly what happened. This will be a great way for me to "record" the memories of that special vacation and have something to look back to years from now.

And here we go...

Pre-wedding photos (on our way to the ceremony):

Funny story (funny now): So, we forgot our invitation (with very detailed instructions) in our room (yes, all 3 of us did). And so, we walked around the resort for nearly 40 minutes trying to find the location of the actual wedding. Thankfully one of the workers of the resort knew where the wedding was but for some reason she made us walk the entire resort (in our heels!). It was crazy. What was even crazier is that once we finally made it, we thought we were in the wrong wedding. All I could do was laugh hysterically until we finally saw the groom for a distance and let out a sigh of relieve. 

The set up:

Maid of honor, groom, and best man:

The bride and her mom (who walked her down the aisle <3):

She said yes! - actually, she said "all right" when the priest asked whether she would "marry this man". Gotta love her:

Some post-wedding photos:

Anesia and I:

This was set up at the entrance of the reception:

Cake!! (so delicious):

Gorgeous arrangement:

Bride & Groom first dance:

Food time (my favorite time):

Delicious Avocado-shrimp salad:

Tortilla soup:

Dessert (this was one good pie. And yes, I still ate some birthday cake shortly thereafter):

Cake cutting time:

Some of the girls:

Picture with the love birds:

So, after the wedding some of us decided to go hit the dance floor at the resort's club. The bride and groom were supposed to join us but I am sure they had better things to do :)-

And that's all folks! Thank you for reading. Hope you enjoyed this 3 part series of my best friend's wedding. Until next time!

Love,

Mabelle

My Best Friend's Wedding in Punta Cana (Part II)

Hello ladies and gents,

Here I am with part II of my short but phenomenal 4 day vacation a couple of weeks ago. Check out Part I if you missed it.

Today I am sharing the pics of the days prior to the wedding-- including a fun night clubbing (our first night at the resort) and bridal shower the day after (when we moved to the nicer resort). And here you have it.

First day shenanigans-

Getting our first drink at the bar:

Picture by the beach at night (before getting ready for dinner + partying):

Getting "warmed up":

Cheers!

Asked the bartender to take this picture before all 'hell' broke loose (kidding):

The next day I woke up as early as possible to enjoy the day. Had some breakfast and then went for a nice walk by the beach. These pics dont do it justice. Day was absolutely gorgeous:

Finally we packed our bags and moved over to the other hotel where the wedding was taking place (if you are wondering why we switched hotels, we were able to get a better deal by breaking it up between two places):

We then proceeded to attend the bridal shower (soooo much fun):

Lejla (the bride) made these lip scrubs for all the girls. Loved it.

Table filled with delicious cookies made by the maid of honor (Lejla's sisiter) and some blue M&Ms. My sweet tooth was doing back flips it was so happy. 

The bride and I.

Lets just say she got lingerie to last her until her 20th wedding anniversary.

Here is a sneak peak- the most "decent" item she got. Ha! :) (everything was so beautiful and delicate):

More pictures with the girls:

Now all I need is the fiance (universe, are you listening? :)...)

After the bridal shower we went over to check out our new room. I fell in love! The decor was super cute and everything felt so fancy and nice (huge difference from the first resort, however, this place was also a lot more expensive). This was at NOW Larimar:

After we relaxed and rested for a bit, it was time to head over to the rehearsal dinner.

The wedding activities took place in about 2 days so everything was kind of back to back. We didn't mind thought. All activities fell perfectly in to place.

Random selfies on our way to the dinner:

The gorgeous bride:

If you ever go to the Dominican Republic make sure you try Mama Juana. You're welcome.

Couple of pictures after the delicious dinner (sorry no food photos. Was too busy getting to know the other guest but i believe I had a ymmy salmon dish):

After the dinner we all lounged near one of the bars and had some drinks with some nice music in the background. Shortly after midnight we all agreed to go back to our rooms and relax for the next day-- the wedding day!!!

To be continued...

Tell me, have you ever tried Mama Juana? can you take a wild guess of what it is? :)

Love,

Mabelle