www.womanthismonth.com 35 March 2018 2 Months before: • Send invitations to your guests and ask them to RSVP by a month before the ceremony. This way you can have an idea of the number of people attending in advance to then finalise the catering. • Organise dancing lessons for the first dance, particularly if your partner has two left feet! • Have your hair and make-up trials. • Confirm: colours, florist and type of decoration, photographer, videographer and musician/DJ. • Decide on your dress, so the tailor or store can start working on it. • Organise any legal work such as pre- nuptial agreements. • Order groom’s and groomsmen’s suits. 1 Month before: • By this stage you will have the approximate number of guests attending your wedding. Decide on the menu. Don’t forget to consider all types of food restrictions such as vegans and also people with dairy and peanut allergies. Give at least one option for each of them. • Apply for your marriage licence. • Have a dress fitting including accessories. Take one of your bridesmaids and most probably your mum, so they will know exactly how to help you on the big day. • Make sure the bridesmaids have their dresses, footwear and accessories. • Confirm honeymoon accommodation and flight bookings. • Start making your seating plan (this way you have time for disagreements). 2 Weeks before: • Confirm with everyone that you booked if everything is all set. Give the contact of each company to one of your bridesmaids. Make sure that the venue, caterer, celebrant/minister, photographer, videographer, entertainment person, florist, cake maker, hairdresser and make-up artist have an emergency number to call. • Make a list of everything that needs to be set up and/or taken to the ceremony and reception. • Have bachelor and bachelorette nights. • Go for your final dress fitting. • Have your final haircut and colour before the wedding. • Practise walking around in your wedding shoes. 1 Week before: • Pick up your wedding dress and hang it in a safe place. • Have your engagement ring cleaned. • Pack an emergency kit for the day (BandAid, pain killers, antiseptic etc) • Check on final arrangements such as who is taking the gifts home after the wedding? Who is dry-cleaning your dress the next day? Who is returning the suits? • Finalise your wedding vows. • Have your wedding rehearsal. The day before: • Relax and spend some quality time on your own, it will probably be last day of your life that you’ll be able to do so. • Present each other with special gifts and remind each other why you decided to spend the rest of your lives together. • Give your wedding bands to the best man and/or the bridesmaid to hold during the ceremony. The Big Day: Enjoy yourself!
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