My beloved hive, I have ten days left. Ten days. When we got engaged 19 months ago (good lord), I never expected the wedding to get this close. Since we’ve had such a long time to plan, I was lulled into a false sense of security, believing I had waaaaay more than enough time to do everything. Now that the day is so close, I’m finding myself needing to do a ton of things.
Due to um, unforeseen circumstances, there are still at least 7 people we aren’t sure are coming. A few of them haven’t responded to any attempts at communication, leaving me very frustrated. So, because of them, I have a few things left to do- placecards, seating chart, final totals, final cost breakdown… That’s totally a lot of stuff left.
Not related to those people, I have yet to hear from the ceremony musician about the music we chose for the ceremony. Was I a fool to give her free reign? Will I be stuck the night before doing programs? Hell no! If we don’t hear from her by Thursday, I’m going to print the programs without any of the music. Let that be it. My vindictive Scorpio side is telling me to leave her name off the program. 
Would I? Never.
Our DJ has been incommunicado. This frightens Mr. Kiwi and I, since we’re really needing him to show up to do that whole music thing. Speaking of music, we have to finish our must-play list, and try to get it to the DJ. If we can find him. 
Our timeline for the “big day” needs to be finalized, and then I’ll be done. DONE. I think I’ve finally gotten to the point of not caring. I’m so proud.
For those of you already married, what did you have left to do with ten days left?
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13 Responses to “Ten Days”
Aww, you’re SO CLOSE!!! And you’ll be surprised how these things do sort themselves out a bit once you stop caring as much. YOU CAN DO IT!!!
First off, congrats! These last few days will be hectic, but very exciting for you. Try to get everything finished a day or two before the wedding, so you have some time to relax and decompress - you’ll need it. I think at about 10 days out from my wedding I still had to do the favors and seating arrangements for our rehearsal dinner, get my dress steamed, finish some of my reception details like menu cards and place cards, and touch base will all my vendors by phone. So, it sounds like you’re in the same boat. Don’t be nervous about hounding vendors if they don’t call you back, you’ll just worry yourself to death if you don’t hear from them. If you have to, make a trip over to their place of business one day after work or something. You’ll feel much better after having verified everything with everyone! Good luck and enjoy seeing all the fruits of your labor come together 
woohoo miss kiwi you made it!!! you have some last minute details, but you can do it. let us know if you need any help with things like timelines.
btw - your birthday must be coming up too!! yay for fellow scorpios!
Hmm, at 10 days I still needed to pick up my dress from the cleaners, have my hair/makeup trial, get my table runners and placecards to our reception venue, print out my seating chart, make signs for the parking lot, and finalize the timeline with my DOC.
My two cents: stop all your projects by the Thursday before the wedding. If it’s not done by then, it’ll be more stressful than it’s worth to finish.
With ten days to go, we….
Made favors, create tags for favors, made my cake, got everything ready for our honeymoon, gave directions to everyone who didn’t mapquest the address we gave, called people who didn’t respond, phone calls to every reservation on our honeymoon list, rehearsal five days before, create lists for the friends and family working at our wedding (timeline, vendor contacts, what was expected from each vendor etc), write checks, clear the pictures from our camera for the honeymoon, buy mini DVD’s for our handicam, buy all the parishable food items we were going to supply, and try to keep the house clean.
I’m sure I forgot some stuff because it was all a bit of a blur.
Good luck Miss Kiwi!!!! I’m so excited for you and Mr. Kiwi. If there is anything I can do to help (from in Chicago, at least), let me know!
I’m a Scorpio too!
I’m sure everything will come together in the end. 10 days…I’m excited for you! Good luck with everything.
Good luck!
deep breaths, deep breaths.
We had to print the newsletter, fold them, assemble the OOT bags and deliver them, figure out the seating, print the place cards, etc.
it will all work out, Kiwi!! The only advice I can give you is to stay in the moment. Especially since you have been planning for so long. Hold on to every moment you can, because in a heartbeat it will be over!
Yeah, we had a bunch of “little stuff” to do at the last minute! I was stressed about having stuff to do, but then I realized that that’s the reason I took off that half week before!! The most stressful day was 5 days before–my mom and I were so exhausted from so many days of non-stop focus on the wedding.
Just try to laugh a lot, take breaks, and take pictures of ALL the moments! You will laugh later!
I am sooooo excited for you!
Mrs. Kiwi, Los Angeles
Age and Occupation in 06: 27, Bookkeeper
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, P.E. Teach/Coach @ private schools in LA
Engagement Date: March 31, 2006
Wedding Date: November 3, 2007
Venue: Radisson Hotel
About Me: I'm a bookkeeper who failed high school algebra. I'm currently living in Los Angeles, literally a street over from where I grew up with Mr. Kiwi, my honey of three years. We have a jumbo mini-dachshund (seriously, he's huuuuge), and we're planning an autumn themed wedding on a shoestring, paid for by ourselves. The wedding date is my late grandma's birthday, I needed her there somehow, and that seemed like the best way for us. I can't believe I'm a Bee! I couldn't be more proud!
my husband and i didn’t have our wedding bands chosen until 5 days before the wedding. we rush ordered them through our jeweller and finally had them in our possession the day before the wedding. best of luck!