Where Is Miss Eggplant?

Where Is Miss Eggplant?

September 12th, 2007 @ 4:37 pm by Mrs. Eggplant

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Going crazy, that’s where!

Thanks to Miss Daffodil’s mad planning skills, I’ve spent the last few weeks getting organized. Let me just tell you that a month or so out from the wedding, my checklist is still LONG! Not to mention, details that I never originally thought about are constantly coming out of the woodwork and being added to the list.

On the screenshot of my planning calendar:
green = shared tasks between me and Mr. Eggplant
blue = Mr. Eggplant’s stuff
pink = My stuff
orange = Our parents’ stuff
purple = Things to assign BMs and GMs
gray = Stuff for vendors to do

I think I need to delegate more tasks out, but so many of my “to dos” involve making decisions: choosing flowers, choosing linens, choosing songs… There isn’t much that our BMs and GMs can help with yet.

How did you guys delegate your tasks so that wedding planning isn’t so overwhelming?

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10 Responses to “Where Is Miss Eggplant?”

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aoedorothee (message) 248 posts, Helper bee

heyyy, no fair! there’s so many more pinks than blues! you better spread out the love a little more with mr. eggy!

9/12/07 @ 4:42 pm (reply)

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Sarah

A lot of the things I see people worrying about on this board and others, I left to the vendors. So from your list…choosing flowers? Didn’t do that. Choosing linens? Nope. Choosing songs? Somewhat: we gave the DJ a span of years (”choronologically or stylistically pre-Elvis” is actually what we said) and left him to his own devices. I figure every one of the vendors is vastly more experienced with wedding stuff than I am, so they can handle decisions like that. Besides, I’m paying people enough, they can do the work!

9/12/07 @ 4:46 pm (reply)

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princesskittyHI (message) 412 posts, Helper bee

ha ha, aoedorothee — but if you assign more “blues” and you have to tell him how to do them, then you might as well have kept them “pink’! =) hee-hee!

i did most everything myself, but i started waaaaay early, so that’s really what helped me most.

9/12/07 @ 4:57 pm (reply)

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Moi

Realize that most people attending weddings do not notice 99% of the stuff you obsess over. Just pick what matters to you and assign the rest to others to manage. I agree w/ Sarah that the expert vendors are really capable, so let them handle it. And it will not make or break the day if certain things aren’t perfect or are skipped altogether. Don’t cheat yourself out of the experiences of the wedding because you are so preoccupied with the tasks of the wedding.

9/12/07 @ 5:07 pm (reply)

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aoedorothee (message) 248 posts, Helper bee

and for god’s sake, don’t micromanage your dj! if you let him run the party, it’ll be a really good one! i think someone just posted about that here or or the boards.

9/12/07 @ 6:35 pm (reply)

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boogieg

we’re using a website called Toodledo (http://www.toodledo.com) I signed up for the free membership and just shared the username and password w/my fh and mom, the only 2 folks who are helping me. It’s been a godsend. You can categorize, prioritize, delegate and share, and it’s great ’cause you can access it from any computer. Can’t recommend it highly enough!

Now if only I could get FH to check it more often. Guess I oughta put that on my to-do list.

toodles!

9/12/07 @ 6:41 pm (reply)

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Mrs. H

Your schedule looks insane! I did everything myself. From the time I got engaged, I made sure I spread all the important stuff out over several months. We would work on flowers for a few weeks and then after those were done, we worked on something else. The bridal party didn’t do anything excpet cater to us on the day of (besides trying on their clothes). There are things you don’t need to worry about like maybe stuff for the vendors to do. I trusted them and let them handle their end of the stuff. The most I ever did for them was give them a copy of my schedule.

9/12/07 @ 9:57 pm (reply)

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Miss Daffodil (message) 561 posts, Busy bee

yay! i hope it is proving helpful! i am totally like you…i think everything on my plan is on my plate in terms of tasks to do hehe. i should probably try to delegate a little bit too…it’s hard to, though, when the wedding planning process is so fun!

9/13/07 @ 2:12 am (reply)

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smt

Wow. wow. wow. so many things to do! it’s amazing how you got these boxes to fit. this is a wake up call for me. my wedding is in june. and i haven’t done much yet. o_O yikes. would you mind sharing a bigger version of this?

as for delegating tasks, i second toodledo. FI and I had a postits system that works well in the house. but for a wedding, it wouldn’t be as good if the little yellow slips got lost =)

9/14/07 @ 11:46 am (reply)

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