Holy crap, I’m getting married 10 months from today! Thanks to The Knot for the reminder… I probably wouldn’t have even thought twice about it. Let’s review what we’ve gotten done, shall we?
- Church booked with our date, ceremony time TBD (mid-afternoon)
- Party site booked with our date, start time set
- Bought my dress
- Booked our DJ (meeting in February)
- Met with the priest marrying us
- Took the FOCCUS assessment
- Starting going over the answers to the assessment
- Secured our spot for the Engaged Couples weekend at the church
- Asked our peeps to be in our party! Then realized 3 of the 8 groomsmen will likely be deployed
- Made significant progress on the guest list
- Bought components of the centerpieces, decided how to complete them
- Inquired into a lighting scheme
- Went to a tasting
- Went bridesmaid dress shopping with the girls and picked the dress (to be ordered next month!)
- Bought the flower girl dresses (post on this in the future… just need to upload my pictures!)
- Considered invitation options
- Interviewed two photographers, and will make a decision within the next week
- Decided (mostly) against save-the-dates
- Brainstormed ideas for favors (mostly went like this: do we brew beer or do we brew hard cider?)
- Decided on the honeymoon plan
And things we haven’t quite gotten to yet, but plan to soon:
- Bands (rings)
- Ceremony details (readings, songs, etc.)
- Figure out the flower plan
- Invitations
- Programs (need to talk to the church)
- Hotels
- Transportation
- Booze
- Tuxes
- Engagement photos?
- Start booking honeymoon stuff
- Figure out the cake
- Find a new hairstylist for me– mine disappeared!
- Accessories and fun stuff
- Gifts for our peeps
- Rehearsal dinner plans
- Registry
- Wed-site
The last two are probably the most immediate. FMIL M had asked if we’d be registered before Christmas, which we most certainly aren’t. I hate the mall during the holidays– crowds make me really nervous. We’ll get there soon enough, though, once we figure out the direction we want to take. The wed-site is probably something I’ll mention as being done, but not posting here for privacy issues.
All in all, I think we’re on top of things!
Sounds like you’ve made good progress! I can’t believe October is 10 months away…it’s going so fast! We have a lot of stuff done too but come January I will be hardcore working out details. My goal is to have NOTHING to do the wedding week besides fun stuff like pick up my dress and get a mani/pedi!
That’s my plan, too! I’m trying to not get too overboard with the details that’ll keep me up at night, so I think that’s helping a lot.
Us October brides gotta stick together!