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Bride’s Calendar

One Year Before: Three Months Before:
o Buy a wedding planner and memory album. o Buy groom’s wedding gift.
o Discuss wedding budget with your parents, o Mail your invitations.
fiancé, perhaps his parents, decide on the o Have final dress and headpiece fitting.
wedding style - from flowers to food and cake. o Have portrait taken.
o Decide on wedding and reception sites. o Choose gifts for your attendants.
o Plan color scheme for wedding and reception. o Pick up wedding rings, check engraving.
o With fiancé, see clergymember or judge. o Plan lodging for traveling guest and
o Plan reception, make reservations. bridesmaids.
o Book a band or disc jockey company. o Discuss rehearsal dinner with groom.
o Hire a photographer and videographer. o Write thank-you notes for gifts.
o Select and register for china, silver, etc. o Send announcements to newspapers.
o Begin your guest list; have fiancé do his.
o Choose attendants.
Two Weeks Before:
o Plan new home, begin shopping for it. o Go with fiancé for marriage license.
o Consult a travel agent for honeymoon ideas. o Make appointment with hairdresser.
o Complete honeymoon plans with groom. o Buy luggage, check honeymoon reservations.

Six Months Before:
One Week Before:
o Complete your guest list. o Begin your honeymoon packing.
o Order invitations and announcements, start o Purchase traveler’s checks.
addressing them upon receipt. o Finish addressing your announcements to
o Arrange transportation for wedding party. mail on your wedding day.
o Shop for trousseau. o Give a final guest count to the caterer.
o Order wedding rings. o Check on final details with florist, etc.
o Set date to order attendants’ dresses. o Arrange to move belongings to new home.
o Confirm delivery date for your dress. o Keep up with gift acknowledgments.
o Select a portrait photographer o Remind maid of honor, bridesmaids, of
o Plan ceremony, reception details with rehearsal dinner details; present gifts to
organist, caterer, florist, etc. attendants at rehearsal dinner.