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Bride's Calendar

12 Months Before
Buy a wedding planner or date book / Consult with fiancé and all parents about budget and style - from colors to cake / Select your attendants / Decide on wedding and reception sites and reserve both / Book consultant, caterer, photographer, videographer, florist, and musicians.

9 Months Before
With fiancé, visit clergymember or justice of the peace / Choose and order dress and accessories / Register for gifts / Begin guest list; have fiancé start his / Consult travel agent about honeymoon.

6 Months Before
Plan details with wedding professionals / Book calligrapher, portrait photographer, and limousines for wedding party / Order invitations and announcements / Complete honeymoon plans with fiancé / Set date to order attendants' dresses / Discuss rehearsal dinner with fiancé.

3 Months Before
Finish guest list / Shop for lingerie and honeymoon clothes / Order wedding rings / Check state requirements for blood tests / make appointment with hairdresser / Talk to fiancé about reserving a block of rooms for out-of-town guests.

6-8 Weeks Before
Mail your invitations / Buy groom's wedding gift / Choose gifts for your attendants / Have final dress and headpiece fitting / Have portrait taken / Pick up rings / Plan your bridesmaids' party / Write thank you notes as you receive gifts / Send announcement to newspaper.

2 Weeks Before
Get marriage license with fiancé / Confirm honeymoon reservations / Submit ap.db list to photographer, videographer, and musicians / Address announcements to mail on wedding day / Arrange to move belongings to new home.

1 Week Before
Pack; get going-away outfit ready / Purchase traveler's checks; inquire about ATMs near your honeymoon site / Give final guest count to caterer / Give and/or attend bridesmaids' party / Check final details with wedding professionals / Keep up with gift acknowledgments / Remind attendants of rehearsal dinner details.


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