Six months from today, on September 21, I will be getting married!
I can’t believe we are already half way through the planning process.
Here’s what we have done so far:
- Picked the venue
- Tony found our photographer
- Engagement photos
- Picked a caterer
- Bought my wedding dress
- Finished our guest list
- Sent Save-the-Dates
- Booked the room block
- Cake tasting + decided the look of our cake
- Decided on favors
- Picked our centerpieces
- Tony picked the band
- Tony booked our honeymoon
- Hired a day of coordinator
Here’s what we’re currently working on:
- Finding a Rabbi (talking with one next Wednesday)
- Suits (we are going to Men’s Warehouse on Sunday)
- Bridesmaid dress (we know the color and I have date set to go to David’s Bridal)
- Tony’s working on our song list
- Finalizing the rentals
- Wedding bands (going shopping next weekend)
- Hair (I need to make sure my stylist is available)
- Meeting with our florist on April 20
- Register for gifts on April 7
- Wedding food tasting (will probably happen in April)
Here’s what we still need to do:
- Bridesmaid gifts
- Groomsmen gifts
- Parents gifts
- Flower girl dress
- Order invitations
- Buy guestbook
- Buy alcohol
- Decide on wedding shoes + accessories
- Find someone to do alterations on bridal gown
- Tony and his parents plan the rehearsal dinner
- Out of town gift bags
- Book wedding-night hotel room
- Ceremony programs
- Decide on escort cards
- Find nail salon
- Buy a wedding veil
So far I have really been enjoying the planning process. I feel like we have the majority of the big stuff out of the way. I want to make sure I don’t feel rushed the last couple of weeks before our wedding day so I want to get everything done early on.
I hate having unmade decisions and there really isn’t a wrong way to decide. Wedding planning has become super easy and fun when I started to trust my gut feeling and not look back. It feels great to make a big decision and move on to the next task without seconding guessing myself.
Any planning advice for a bride that’s 6 months out? 
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Have date nights! It’s so easy to be all-wedding-all-the-time, but it’s worth it to take a night off and remember why you’re getting married.
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Great advice! That’s something we need to start working on. Thanks!
We planned our wedding in 6 months (we got engaged in October, married in April), so you’re making excellent progress! Just be nice to your finance! Apparently, toward the end of wedding planning, I started getting a little, er, stressed, and I was complaining to my now-husband about how he wasn’t helping enough or didn’t seem excited enough … I don’t remember exactly. But he won’t let me forget that when he did start suggesting ideas, I kept shooting them down. So. Yeah. It’s his wedding too
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I’ll definitely need to be reminded of this as it gets closer to the wedding. Tony’s been extremely helpful so far.