| 12
Months |
| Buy a wedding planner or date
book. |
| Consult with fiance and all
parents about wedding budget and style (from
colors to cake). |
| Select your attendants. |
| Decide on wedding and wedding
reception sites and reserve both. |
| Book consultant, caterer,
photographer, videographer, florist, and
musicians. |
| 9
Months |
| Visit clergymember or justice of
the peace with your fiance. |
| Choose and order wedding dress
and wedding accessories. |
| Register for wedding gifts. |
| Begin wedding guest list; and
have your fiance start making his wedding guest
list. |
| Consult travel agent about
honeymoon (unless it is going to be a surprise). |
| 6
Months |
| Plan details with wedding
professionals. |
| Book calligrapher, portrait
photographer, and limosines for wedding party. |
| Order wedding invitations and
announcements. |
| Complete honeymoon plans with
fiance. |
| Set date to order wedding
attendants' dresses. |
| Discuss wedding rehearsal dinner
with fiance. |
| 3
Months |
| Finalize wedding guest list. |
| Shop for bridal lingerie. |
| Shop for honeymoon clothes. |
| Order wedding rings. |
| Check state requirements for
blood tests. |
| Make appointment with
hairdresser. |
| Talk to fiance about reserving a
block of rooms for out-of-town wedding guests. |
| 6-8
Weeks |
| Mail your wedding invitations. |
| Buy groom's wedding gift. |
| Choose wedding gifts for your
attendants. |
| Have final wedding dress and headpiece
fitting. |
| Have portrait taken. |
| Pick up wedding rings. |
| Plan your bridesmaids party. |
| Write thank-you notes as you
receive gifts. |
| Send announcements to newspapers. |
| 2 Weeks |
| Get marriage license with fiance. |
| Confirm honeymoon reservations. |
| Submit request lists to
photographer, videographers, and musicians. |
| Address announcements to mail on
wedding day. |
| Arrange to move belongings to new
home. |
| 1 Week |
| Pack for the honeymoon; get going-away
outfit ready. |
| Purchase traveler's checks;
inquire about ATMs near your honeymoon site. |
| Give final guest count to caterer. |
| Give the bridesmaids party. |
| Check final details with wedding
professionals. |
| Keep up with gift acknowledgments. |
| Remind attendants of wedding
rehearsal dinner details. |
