9 month wedding planner for brides

By Betty Among

• Announce your engagement to family and friends
• Choose a wedding Date and a date for traditional obligations.
• Get cost estimates and work on the budget
• Choose a location and reserve your ceremony and reception site
• Compile a list of requirements for the ceremony. These may include blood test results and letter of consent from girl’s parents.
• Select venue and dates for wedding meetings.
• Select a steering committee.
• Begin a rough guest list
• Decide on who you would like to have as your attendants, especially your maid of honour and best man.
• Purchase a wedding planning book or magazine

Six to four months to the wedding

• Begin shopping for brides maid’s dresses
• Order your wedding goen and buy accessories like gloves, shoes and veil as well as undergarment that you will wear with it  (bring these to all fittings).
• Commence pre-marital counseling
• Choose and book service providers like Jewellerly, printer, caterer, cake baker, decorator, transporter and photographer/ video crew.
• Book your honey moon and verify that you have necessary travel documents including passports, Visas and possibly necessary inoculation.
• Book a room for your wedding night, if you will be leaving for your honeymoon the next morning

Four to two months to the wedding
• Make arrangements to move
• Arrange accommodation of out-of-town guests.
• Finalise your guest list an send out invites, this should be between three to four weeks to the wedding day.
• Purchase luggage and other travel necessities and attire for your honeymoon.
• Schedule an appointment with your beautician and hairdresser for facials and trials.

One Month to Go
• Purchase a guest book
• Plan an outing or dinner with your mum, dad, siblings or close friends.
• Plan to your wedding night room.

One week to go
• Contact your caterer with a final guest count.
• Print out a timeline of events for your wedding party and vendors. Incude contact information and mobile phone numbers
• Finalize details with all service providers
• Finalize your reception music and song list/needs.
• Schedule a final dress fitting
• Pack for your new home
• Pick up your wedding gown
• Pack for your honeymoon.

One day to the wedding day.
• Check your honey moon bag and add your toilet bag
• Treat your self to a day of pampering and sheer indulgence. While you’re at it, do your nails and if necessary part of the hairdo.
• Get your matron to pack an emergency kit which consists of
 Make-up
 Extra under wear
 Sanitary towels or pads
 Toilet paper
 Safety pins
 Comb and brush
 Lotion
 Disposable shaver
 Visine (or any eye Whitener)
 Hanky or tissues
 Needle and thread
 Scissors and razor baldes
 Painkillers, magnesium , anti running tummy, pills and band aid
 Snacks like Pringles
 Breath minths
 Bottled water
 Plus Whatever else you feel would come in handy for you