According to this Easy Wedding Planning Plus Guide that my Maid of Honour bought me there's certain things you need to have done in order before the wedding - as it turns out we're right on track for the 'get this stuff done before 9 months before the wedding'. We've even got some things done ahead of the books schedule.
This stuff is all done:
- We've selected a wedding date: August 6, 2011
- We decided we wanted to get married in my home town
- We've talked about who will pay for what (Jordan and I will pay for everything equally)
- We made a budget, and talked about it a lot
- We've made our guests list and started collecting addresses (almost done)
- We have reserved our ceremony/reception sites
- We've selected and reserved our Justice of the Peace
- We know our colours (lilac and charcoal)
- We've selected and booked our photographer
- we did an engagement photo session and got all of our pictures over Christmas - we chose our favorite ten which will get the final high resolution copies of in the next couple of weeks and we'll get all 91 of them after the new year.
- Jordan ordered and received his passport that we'll need for our Honey Moon (I already had mine)
- We've chosen our attendents
- We've selected and book our caterer
- We've started planning our Honey Moon (VEGAS!)
- Find someone to do our cake/cupcakes :D (my cousins girlfriend)
We still need to:
- Get our attire organized
- Organize DJ and other wedding music
I'm hoping we'll sort out attire and music in January, after which, we'll need to focus on:
- Reserve accommodation for wedding night
- Sort out flowers/decorations for the venue
- Organize and mail wedding invites (we're thinking around May with an RSVP date of June 15th)
- Figure out if we need to rehearse anything
- Sort out accommodation for out of town guests
- Register for gifts
After all that's sorted we can thinking about the things we need to do 6-8 weeks before like getting our marriage license. I won't list the other stuff out yet because we have a whole load of other things to think about first.
That's a lot of stuff to get done. It sounds like you have a pretty good handle on everything so far. I eloped so I never dealt with all of the wedding planning.
ReplyDeleteMan, so much stuff, sounds like you guys have it under control though! I hope you have at least one or two pictures that you can selectively share. ;)
ReplyDeleteSounds like your organization skills are paying off. Just one thing to say - Vegas in August is very hot.
ReplyDeletehope you meant your wedding is in 2011...otherwise you are LATE!
ReplyDeleteHey, I liked this approach. You are so organized. I think, I will also follow similar steps for my wedding in 2011. :)
ReplyDeleteWow I'm really impressed--you've gotten a ton of stuff done. You might want to start looking for your attire now, with all the sales. I waited until um, last week to buy all of my jewelry/shoes/accessories because of the after Christmas sales.
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