1. Phone your family and close friends and let them know about your engagement and wedding.
2. Arrange for your parents and the grooms parents to meet if they are not already acquainted
3. Set a budget for the wedding, working with those involved
"Budget Tracker"
4. Decide on a wedding date and time
5. Choose the officiant
6. Decide how formal you would like the wedding
7. Choose and reserve your reception site
8. Decide on the number of guests you will invite to the wedding and begin compiling a tentative list
"GUEST LIST"

1. Select a color scheme for your wedding
2. Select your attendants and invite them to be part of your wedding
3. Begin shopping for your wedding gown and accessories

4. Set delivery date (for your gown) for at least two weeks before the wedding day
5. Choose a honeymoon destination and consult a travel agent
"Planning Your Honeymoon"
6. Register with the "Bridal Gift Registry" at your favorite stores
7. Choose professionals to provide the special details that are a part of your wedding day
8. Choose musicians or a disc jockey
9. Choose and order your flowers
"Flower Style"
"Symbolic Blooms"
9. Choose a photographer and videographer
10. Choose a caterer for the reception
11. Order your wedding cake

1. Choose and order attendants dresses
2. Order attendants accessories
3. Remind mothers to begin shopping for their dresses
4. Finalize details with:

Florist

Caterer

Travel agent

1. Order the grooms attire
2.Order the ushers attire
3. Order the wedding rings
4. Make wedding day appointments for hair and makeup
5. Arrange transportation for out of town guests
6. Reserve a block of rooms for out of town guests
7. Reserve room for wedding night
8. Update your visa or passports
9. Get marriage license

1. Schedule an appointment for your formal wedding portrait
2. Confirm appointments with hairstylist and aesthetician
3. Confirm that your attendants have purchased all their wedding accessories
4. If the attendants shoes are being dyed to match their dresses, have them all done at the same time

1. Finalize the guest list
2. Draw up the seating arrangement for the reception
3. Make a list of all the items you'll be wearing on your wedding day
4.Pack a wedding day emergency kit:

An extra pair of nylons

Lipstick

Nailpolish

Dental floss

Tissues

Safety pins

Bobby pins

Needle and thread
5. Pack your clothes for the honeymoon
Print a FREE copy of "Honeymoon Packing Checklist", here
6. Get travellers cheques and medical insurance for the honeymoon
7. Write your wedding announcement so it can be sent to the local paper after the wedding
8. Have the ceremony programs printed up

1. Have a final fitting for your wedding gown
2. Make arrangements for delivery or pick up of:

wedding gown

Wedding cake

Rental equipment
3. Double check all plans with the following people:

Officiant

Musicians

Florist

Phtographer

Videographer

Caterer

Baker

Rental equipment agent

Limo service

Reception site

Ceremony site
4. Remind attendants of rehearsal dinner and wedding day datails
5. Order thank you flowers for hosts, parents
6. Prepare gift envelopes for officiant and the musicians and give them to the best man
7.Confirm honeymoon reservations and flights
8. Arrange to have someone watch your home while you are away on your honeymoon

1. Complete all the decorating
2. Scuff the soles and heels of your bridal shoes so you don't slip
3. Attend the rehearsal
4. Attend the rehearsal dinner
5. Give your attendants a thank you gift
6. Get a good night sleep