Things we (or in some cases, I) need to do before August 8th (in an only somewhat logical order):
- Figure out vows and pastor's speech/talk/whatever it's called
- Plan order of ceremony
- Pick songs for ceremony and reception
- Send ceremony songs to Josh so he can practice
- Make sure Josh knows we want him to play at our wedding
- Get unity candles
- Figure out stage setup
- Make flower arrangements from the metric buttload of silk flowers from Michaels (including bridal party bouquets, centerpieces, aisle thingies, corsages/boutonnieres*...)
- Finish gifts to my bridesmaids
- "Something borrowed, something blue?" (Am I doing that?)
- Send cake design and flavors to Kristen
- Find a cake topper we both like
- Practice for our first dance
- Get white keds for the reception so I can dance
- Put together wedding favors (need to add ribbon or something with color)
- Plan table decorations (table cloth overlay, place settings, etc.)
- Choose meal and appetizers and stuff; send to Blennie
- Finalize invitation design with Mom; send around June 13-20)
- Maybe have Mom design a program, too?
- Plan order of reception (cake cutting, first dances, etc.)
- Find a "going-away" dress (so I don't have to take my wedding dress on our honeymoon)
- Plan what clothes to bring on honeymoon
- Plan some sight-seeing/show-seeing in Vegas for honeymoon
- Lose ten pounds so I can sunbathe in Vegas on honeymoon
- Get a flower girl basket (and maybe a flower girl tiara? Oh, and shoes!)
- Cut and curl fabric for flower petals (it's the only way to have them in the right color!)
- Practice the three-second kiss with Joe (hey, this list was starting to feel too much like WORK)
- Make sure our registries are totally finalized (like, SOON!)
- (Later) Get ready to pack up and move things to Joe's (assuming Joe's is still standing after the fire)
- And most importantly, during all of this planning, remember that none of it is anywhere near as important as planning our LIFE together. Whee!
- Get a basket for the flower girl!
- Find out if our wedding coordinator is still going to be available...
- Try not to freak out.
*I'm so proud of me! I spelled boutonnieres right the first try!
I'm sure I'm forgetting a bunch of stuff. Tell me, people! What am I forgetting? Anyway, I'll try to update this periodically to show our progress in completing these tasks. Accomplishment of one thing always makes me feel more motivated to keep at all the others!