Wedding Blog

I love the spreadsheets! I’ve just started making my own spreadsheets for the guest list and the venues we’ve contacted thus far. I’m sure it will expand as I get further along.

Did the bridal party not use the Google doc because they found it too difficult or did they just not remember? I use them quite a bit for work and was thinking it might be a good idea.

The funny thing is, I haven’t really felt the need for a “to do” list at all. I started with a list of expenses (not the amounts, just what we would need to spend money on). I would look at it, and think, “Ok, which expense amount can I pin down next?” For example, I obviously couldn’t figure out decorations or invitations until I had my venue, so I had to work on the venues first.

If I had multiple things I COULD do, I’d work on the one that was likely to be the most expensive first, because that was the expense I most wanted to get pinned down. Once I’d gotten the most expensive items out of the way, I could start filling in the details.

As I worked out each item, I’d add it to my budget spreadsheet, showing what I’d paid and what I had agreed to pay later. I have also kept a planning site, http://sites.google.com/site/2dbride , in which I recorded everything I’d already done, and everything I planned to do. That also helped me to keep track of what still needed to be done. The site is organized into categories, and I can pretty much look at each category and see what I still need to do.

Right now, I feel very much on top of things. Pretty much everything we could do by now has been done, so we just have to clean up a few more items:

-Have our dresses altered. (First appointment has already been made.)
-Finish the chuppah (Jewish wedding canopy), which is already mostly done.
-Finish the programs and get them printed. (The design of them is mostly done.)
-Make a CD of the ceremony music. (The music has all been picked out.)
-Send the invitations (mid-July).
-Talk to the person buying, serving, and cleaning up the reception food a month before the wedding to finalize the menu.
-Based on RSVPs, cancel any unneeded accommodations a month before the wedding.
-Make arrangements with where we will be staying regarding pets and wifi access a month before.
-Talk to the restaurant where we’ll have the post-wedding luncheon a week ahead of time to finalize the menu.
-Finalize who will give toasts at the reception, and who will help with our DIY “photobooth.”

That seems like a pretty manageable list to accomplish in the next three months!