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Countdown to your wedding: The to-do list
December 16, 2008
Here's our breakdown of approximately when you're supposed to do what between now and your big day. Remember, each wedding plan is different -- so use this as a guideline to make your own customised checklist to stay on top of all your wedding to-dos.
Six months prior (or as soon as you know you're getting married!)
Take the time to map out your dream wedding vision.
Tackle the building blocks of wedding planning decisions -- make your budget, pick your wedding date and draw up your guest list. Consider your pre-wedding parties at this time as well (if you're having any).
Decide if you're going to hire a wedding planner, and if so, hire one quickly so they can jump in to help right away.
Decide if you want to have a destination wedding -- since that will impact all of the other decisions to come.
Send out 'save the date' notices to any out-of-town guests who might need extra notice to make it to your events.
Make your plan for eating healthy, exercising and getting proper sleep to help you look your best for the wedding.
Start shopping for your trousseau and wedding outfits. Note that designer couture can take three to six months to execute. You can wait a few months if you're planning to buy readymade and won't feel the need to check out every store in town (or make shopping trips in multiple towns). But either way, you'll need two or three fittings per outfit to get alternations just right -- plus time to pick out the perfect jewellery, footwear and lingerie to match each ensemble.
Reserve hotel rooms or guest house accommodation for your out-of-town guests.
Photographs: Rediff Archives
 Excerpted from Wedding Belles: How to make your dream wedding come true by ConnectedWeddings.com published by Random House India, 2008, Rs 595.
Interested in purchasing a copy of this book? Click here.
Also see: Credit crunch? Have a happy marriage anyway
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