Back from Mexico...and freezing my butt off!

Mr Jones and I spent today trying to stay warm and wondering where our 85* Mexico weather went. Needless to say, we weren't too happy to be thrown kicking and screaming (inside only...we would never cause a scene at the aiport...we're far too mature for that...hehe) back into the 30* Michigan weather last night. The only good thing about coming home is getting my rings back. I had them resized and soldered together while we were gone. I officially feel married again!!


Since Mr is the photographer, I left most of the honeymoon picture-taking to him. Here are a few that I took (I know, pretty pathetic...I promise I will have more to share soon!).

Mr and his octopus, squid, and cactus stirfry from The Lobster House...I know it sounds like an odd combo, but it was yummy!


Hanging out/surfing the web in a poolside bungalow (my favorite lounging spot!)...Mr decided to play paparazzi with my camera.



Mr floating by the bungalow in the lazy river...definitely our favorite pastime.

This time tomorrow...

I will be in Mexico! The past few weeks have been so surreal...it certainly doesn't feel like it's time to go on my honeymoon...let alone be MARRIED! Wow.

Mr Jones and I will will be spending a blissful week at Exellence Playa Mujeres. I've always wanted to go to Mexico and, now, I'll get my chance!


Because it's our honeymoon, we decided to upgrade to a 2-story room with a rooftop terrace and private hydrojet pool (SO excited about this!).

Steps going up to the terrace:


Hydrojet pool and lounge area:


While there, we plan on going to Chichen Itza. As a Spanish minor in college, I learned a lot about the Mayans and, in turn, Chichen Itza. It's a must-see for me...and for Mr Jones and his camera. :)


We also have another excursion planned, but I'm keeping that one a secret for now. :)

I hope everyone had a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving!

Finally...a Honeymoon to look forward to!

Our original honeymoon location (Punta Cana, DR) was nixed due to some not-so-favorable reviews of the resort (a lady waking up at 3am to find an employee trying to break into her room safe). Needless to say, that reservation was cancelled...quickly. And I was back at square one of honeymoon planning. *sigh*

I've always wanted to go to Mexico for my honeymoon. There's something about the beauty of Mexico that really appeals to me...or maybe it's the 12+years of Spanish I took in school! Unfortunately for me, Mr Jones and future MlL weren't too keen on the idea of Mexico (i.e. swine flu/crime/violence/etc). After the Punta Cana disaster though, I thought I *might* have a chance at Mexico. I mean, it might be safer, right? Maybe?? I had to at least try.

After some convincing that Mexico truly is safe and some unexpected obstacles (i.e. the resort we picked through RCI not accepting guest certificates), we ended up booking Excellence Playa Mujeres through Expedia. So much for using timeshare points. *shrug* This resort is worth it though! It looks absolutely amazing. I am beyond excited to go. Can it be November 28th? Like right now? We upgraded to a two story room with a terrace and private hydrojet pool. Ooooh...Heaven.

I'll leave you with some pictures of the gorgeous resort...

The room:

View of one of the main pools:

The Honeymoon - all the stressing leads to relaxation, right?

Tonight was dedicated to searching for a honeymoon location...and what a search it was! Who knew there were SO many resorts out there? And I was only looking at the RCI website! Future MIL (Cheryl) graciously offered to use her timeshare points to give us our honeymoon as a wedding gift so I set out to help her narrow the search by finding the resorts that appealed to me the most. I apparently had no clue what I was getting myself into! It took me all night and I have a list of 20 for her to check availability on. Hopefully, all 20 aren't available. I haven't a clue how I would narrow it down from there.

The areas I've chosen are: Aruba, St. Vincent & The Grenadines, St. Lucia, Antigua & Barbuda, St. Maarten, Tortola (British Virgin Islands), Puerto Rico, and Dominican Repbublic (Punta Cana and Puerto Plata).

If you have ANY advice/experience/opinions, please let me know. I definitely need all the help I can get!