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This morning Mr. Toucan and I started talking about our vacation schedules and how much time we planned to take off before the wedding (Mr. Toucan’s job requires a lot of notice for vacations). I am planning on taking the 3 days before the wedding off, while Mr. Toucan was planning on taking just the day before off. Notice the word “was” in that sentence.
When I said I was taking 3 days off before the wedding, he looked at me like I had 4 heads.
“You are taking Wednesday off too?”
Umm… yeah. I told him that we’d be going crazy the last few days before the wedding, tying up loose ends… you know, all that good stuff. I’d take the whole week off if I could. “Um.. Okay,” he responds. “I guess I’ll take Thursday off too.”
How much time are you taking off/did you take off before your wedding? How about your fiance/spouse?
We both worked the day before the wedding.
I only worked half days that week. We took off a full week for the honeymoon though 
I will take Wednesday on off. Mr. Pengy will take Thursday on off, which means he will come into town on Wednesday Night!
Honestly, I think thats enough time for him. Any more time off than that is just wasting vacation days I definitely need more “prep days” than he does!
I’m taking Wed, Thur, and Friday off and so aremy maids of honor. My mom is a teacher so she’ll already be off. Fiance’s time off has yet to be determined, I’ll probably push for Thursday and Friday.
We are taking 4 days before off and the week after. I am from Dallas and he is from Indianapolis but we now live in Phoenix so we are treating ours like a destination wedding, since everyone will be flying in. We decided since we are paying for the wedding ourselves that we will wait till feb (wed in oct) for the honeymoon. Is anyone else waiting for a honeymoon? Are we going to wish we had it right after?
I took off three days before our wedding and I was glad, but I think a week would of done good. DH took only two day off. I think there’s more to do for us women than the men. So I think three days is good. You’ll still find last minute things to do right up to the wedding.
I’m taking the whole week before off (and three plus weeks afterward!). I don’t want to have to worry about WORK that week 
I’ll have enough to think about!
My wedding was on a Friday, and I took the whole week before off. My 2 bridesmaids came in from out of town on that Tuesday so we did our bridesmaid/girls’ night stuff Tuesday night, then got to work on last-minute wedding things Wednesday - I don’t know how I would have managed without taking that time off!
Ditto for me, Toucan!
I took off starting Wednesday, and it was faaaabulous. Mr. E took off Friday only and I think it worked out great. I dont know what he would have done on Thursday if he had taken that off too. We were done with everything by then…
I think it depends on your situation. If your having family arrive from out of town and/or pre-wedding festivities that will affect the decision.
I took the whole week off and think it made me so much more relaxed. I tied up a ton of loose ends on Monday and Tuesday while he worked those two days. It was nice to not have him there in my way really. I had my hair cut, facial, waxing done early in the week. I even had the oil changed in my car since we were driving to our honeymoon location and it needed to be done.
Wednesday night the family started arriving and Thursday I went and had a massage and body scrub with my MOH and that night we all went out with our bridal party for a fun night of dinner and drinks.
Friday, my girls and I had our nails done and had lunch and then got ready for the rehearsal.
If you don’t have that many activities going on ahead of time, you don’t need that much time off, but I think that week off was wonderful!
The last few weeks are really hard to juggle all the wedding details and work so the sooner you can get the “work” stuff on the back burner the better.
I’m taking Thurs and Fri off, DF is only taking Fri off - I’d love to take the whole week off, but I’d rather use my vacation time for the HM!
Since we live in Seattle and we’re getting married in NY, we’ll both be taking the week before off, and we’re not sure about after/honeymoon stuff yet. Probably a week or two… I’ve never taken a leave of absence before, and I am looking forward to it!
Labor Day was the Monday before our wedding, so I took the week off…I also planned everything so that I could actually get married the Saturday before…that way the week of the wedding, I just had to deal with family and any pop up issues.
I had exams just weeks away and my hubby had only a week left at his old job (he changed jobs the week we got married, lol). We couldn’t afford to take much time off, so I took off the Friday afternoon the day before, and he took off the day on Friday.
We live in NY but got married in TX so we both took the entire week off before the wedding and flew down 6 days before the ceremony.
The last time we’d been in TX was 3 months before the wedding, and so we had plenty of things to finish up when we got down there…including getting our license!
For us, it was perfect, but I can see why that would be too much for some people.
I’m taking off a whole month after the wedding, and three months after 
(I’m a grad student, and by “taking off” I mean working on my dissertation.)
Seriously, though, I’m headed to Cleveland a week before the wedding; Mr. D will join me Tuesday night. He’s taking 3 weeks off total (2 weeks for the honeymoon!), and has been squirreling away vacation days for more than a year.
TIME OFF? HAHAHAHA. Funny.
The head off my lab scheduled a thesis committee meeting for me THE DAY BEFORE MY WEDDING to ensure that I wouldn’t take time off (he is not pleased that I am going on a honeymoon). Did I mention that I don’t even live
where I’m getting married and I will BE LATE TO MY OWN REHEARSAL DINNER as a result? I kid you not. My thesis committee meeting is scheduled to go until 5pm, and the rehearsal dinner is scheduled to start at 7:30, and it is a 4 hour drive from where I am to where the rehearsal dinner is. And I guarantee I will not be able to walk straight to the car at 5pm and be on my merry way.
My mother is FURIOUS with me and refuses to accept that this isn’t my fault… but I cannot cancel a committee meeting, period. And I don’t want to get on the bad side of my PI, since he controls how many years until I get my Ph.D. So, we’re just going to go ahead and start the rehearsal dinner… without me! I just hope I show up in time for dessert, yum.
I took 3 days off as well starting on a Wed. My hubby is a teacher so the lucky duck was off already since we got married in August!
mr bee didn’t take any days off. but it was fine since i handled most of the details.
I’m taking the week before off.. maiinllyyy becaaause I’ll be doing our flowers and making our cake My boss thinks I’m crazy because she had to talk me into taking time AFTER the wedding off too. Mr. BG is taking a couple of days, but not as much.
We’re getting married on a Friday. I will probably take off starting the Wednesday before. My fiance is taking off on Tuesday. He’s flying to New Mexico so that he can ride back with the best man - sort of a bachelor road trip. They’re renting a sports car, all that jazz.
After the wedding, we’re not taking time off. We both just started new jobs, so getting time off before the wedding was difficult. Our honeymoon will be . . . eventually. Some day!
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Mrs. Toucan, Boston Age and Occupation: 25, Full-time Research Assistant, Part-time Graduate Student Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Actuary Engagement Date: February 18, 2007 Wedding Date: June 7, 2008 Blogging Since: November 07, 2007 Venue: St. Catherine of Genoa, Jin Asian Cuisine Restaurant About Me: I’m a Gemini to the extreme. On one side, I’m a girly girl. I read countless bridal and fashion magazines, and have an obsession with keeping up with the latest Hollywood gossip. On the other side, I’m a sports fanatic. Despite being a full-time bride-to be, full-time research assistant, and part-time student, I’m also a full-time Red Sox fan from spring training to October, and a full-time Patriots fan from mini-camp to February. I devote almost as much time researching my for fantasy football team as researching for our wedding!
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