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Nine to 12 months:

__ Announce your engagement.

__ Select your wedding date.

__ Meet with clergy to discuss premarital requirements such as classes, counseling, etc.

__ Create a budget.

__ Determine style of wedding.

__ Choose a bridal consultant, if desired.

__ Select your bridal party.

__ Determine size of guest list.

__ Select and reserve locations for wedding and reception.

__ Begin shopping for wedding rings.

__ Interview and select professionals: caterer, baker, florist, musicians, photographer, videographer, etc. Remember top professionals are often booked at least one year in advance.

Six to nine months:

__ Decide on your color scheme.

__ Select your gown, headpiece and accessories.

__ Choose attire for attendants.

__ Begin planning details of ceremony and reception.

__ Complete arrangements with service professionals. Sign contracts and pay deposits.

__ Begin your health and beauty regimen.

__ Make appointments with beauty professionals to decide on the perfect bridal look for you.

Four to six months:

__ Order invitations, announcements, thank-you notes and stationery.

__ Finalize guest list.

__ See that all wedding attire is ordered and fittings scheduled.

__ Mothers should select their dresses.

__ Select and order wedding rings.

__ Shop for trousseau.

__ Select bridal registry.

__ Arrange accommodations for out-of-town guests.

__ Make honeymoon arrangements.

__ Begin addressing invitations and announcements.

__ Have a hair and makeup “rehearsal” with headpiece in place.

__ Mail or email save-the-dates.

Two to four months:

__ Sit for formal portrait.

__ Plan bridesmaids’ luncheon.

__ Groom’s family plans rehearsal dinner.

__ Order wedding cake and groom’s cake.

__ Review details and scheduling with each service professional.

Two months:

__ Review details with service professionals.

__ Review ceremony with clergy.

__ Schedule rehearsal.

__ Make health and beauty appointments.

__ Select gifts for parents, groom, attendants and others (soloist, consultant, etc.).

__ Purchase accessories such as toasting goblets, ring bearer’s pillow, garter, cake knife, etc.

__ Complete trousseau shopping.

__ Record gifts as they arrive and send thank-you notes.

Four to six weeks:

__ Finalize details with the clergy and all service professionals.

__ Set a date to get marriage license and complete other official details; i.e., name change on all credit cards, driver’s license, change of address forms, etc.

__ Arrange final fittings for you and your attendants.

__ Ensure that all accessories are in order.

__ Check on men’s formalwear.

__ Mail invitations.

__ Complete transportation arrangements.

__ Have groom pick up wedding rings.

One week:

__ Review final details with service professionals (florist, baker, photographer, musicians and any others).

__ Give caterer final guest count.

__ Confirm honeymoon reservations and finish packing.

__ Confirm rehearsal dinner plans.

__ Ask someone to help you with last-minute details.

Day before wedding:

__ Visit with out-of-town guests.

__ Gather everything you will need for wedding.

__ Share a quiet moment with your fiancé.

__ Attend rehearsal and rehearsal dinner.

__ Get a good night’s sleep!

The wedding day:

__ Allow yourself a moment alone to relax and let any worrying subside.

__ Be pampered – have hair and make-up done.

__ Enjoy this beautiful day!

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