5 Months?

5 Months?

March 31st, 2010 @ 6:00 pm by Mrs. Veggie
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We hit the 5 month countdown last week and it prompted me to get my butt in gear. So far my planning has mostly been inspiration boards, venue-ing, and more inspiration boards, but this week I’ve been a veggie with a mission (like a secular version of one of those Veggie-Tales characters).

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Actually, in all honesty, it wasn’t the 5 month mark that prompted me into action, it was my first visit to an anonymous wedding site that offers a “wedding checklist”. After 8 months of wedding planning I had heard much about this site, but never logged on.

As a total wedding novice, the idea of someone giving me a wedding to-do list sounded great, so I entered my email address and wedding date and was promptly greeted with about 100 red alarm clocks smacking me in the face. Really? Whoa!

Being “fashionably late” doesn’t really faze me that much… “on-time” is not a phrase that most people would generally associate with Miss Veggie. But usually I at least have an idea that I’m running behind schedule. This time, no clue. Really. Plus, as previously mentioned, this wedding is supposed to be a way to show off the grown-up more organized me.

I have to say “The Wedding Checklist” was not a boost to my wedding self-esteem. Not only were there about one-hundred-thousand things that we haven’t done yet, there were also a wealth of not-yet-even-thought-about things to do on that list. i’m feeling a little overwhelmed.

Where to start? Any other August brides out there? How far along are you in your planning?

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27 Responses to “5 Months?”

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summerhill (message) 163 posts, Blushing bee

oh my goodness, I did the same thing RIGHT after we set our date for August and I almost cried after I saw all the things I was supposedly hopelessly behind on! Then I came to my senses and made my own, much more realistic to-do list.

3/31/10 @ 6:11 pm (reply)

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Miss Scissors (message) 7,343 posts, Bee Keeper

I think that wedding checklist has self-destructed for me. I have about 1000000 alarm clocks. I think said checklist is only trying to push products… :p

3/31/10 @ 6:16 pm (reply)

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teaadntoast (message) 2,595 posts, Sugar bee

The best thing I ever did for my wedding was chuck the one-size-fits-all planning guides and to-do lists. All they did was make me feel stressed, pressed for time and hugely disorganized. At some point I just made a list of what I cared about most and addressed them in that order (with allowances for things like shipping times.) Food and photography were done way in advance, but I’m 23 days out from my wedding and just now getting around to favors.

3/31/10 @ 6:19 pm (reply)

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missvintage (message) 571 posts, Busy bee

I hate that checklist! It has been banned.

3/31/10 @ 6:19 pm (reply)

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lizzybeans11 (message) 12 posts, Newbee

Pre-made checklists are bad, mmkay?

Ignore them and stick to your own priorities. You don’t need to think about anything else!

3/31/10 @ 6:21 pm (reply)

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Miss Stripes (message) 1,063 posts, Bumble bee

LOL. This happened to me at around the 8 month mark- that ubiquitous list had over 50 incredibly important things to do in month 8!!! Seriously- I never plan to do most of the things on that list so I wrote my own (a novel) but at least I was happy that everything on the list was something important that mattered to me. Good luck veggie!

3/31/10 @ 6:23 pm (reply)

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mermaideve (message) 526 posts, Busy bee

That list is in-SANE! I like the one at offbeatbride.com. Much more realistic.

3/31/10 @ 6:23 pm (reply)

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Miss French Fries (message) 2,217 posts, Buzzing bee

I have a bajillion (yes, that’s a technical term!) alarm clocks on my own checklist on that very same site.

3/31/10 @ 6:40 pm (reply)

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farmersdaughter (message) 1,656 posts, Bumble bee

I agree that the list is not the Bible of wedding planning, but I HAVE found it helpful in reminding about things that I totally failed to put on my own checklist.

3/31/10 @ 6:45 pm (reply)

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Miss Hot Wings (message) 2,213 posts, Buzzing bee

I had a near breakdown this Monday thinking about the amount of work I have left to do and how I need to start asking for help. You are definitely not alone!

3/31/10 @ 7:28 pm (reply)

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Miss Taco (message) 950 posts, Busy bee

I’m an August bride! I’m getting married mid-month, so I’m staring at 4.5 months to go, myself. I started planning way (way) early, like the day after we got engaged. My ideas and hopes and desires have changed a lot since then (several reality checks and more realistic timeline projections later). I guess we (I, haha) got a lot of the big stuff out of the way within the first few months of engagement (last summer). Then we just stopped doing a lot of the other piddly things until 2010 rolled around. I still have PLENTY of these dumb piddly red-tape kinda things to handle (they’re all on my own checklist, I’m trying to swear off all those other pre-printed ones).

Goal is for all of it to be DONE by the end of July so I can get going on the fun parts. That, and I don’t want to be dealing with logistics while also dealing with our families in town, ack!

3/31/10 @ 7:32 pm (reply)

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sapphirebride (message) 1,747 posts, Bumble bee

I think the dangerous thing about checklists is that they suggest so many things that you maybe don’t even want to do. Use the lists for inspiration, but make sure that the only things that make it to *your* list are the things you want and need to do.

3/31/10 @ 8:48 pm (reply)

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nonimouse12 (message) 259 posts, Helper bee

I liked that checklist, because I checked off all of the things that we aren’t doing (which was a lot!) which made me feel totally productive, even though I had barely done a thing.

3/31/10 @ 9:00 pm (reply)

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thingsiloveblog (message) 50 posts, Worker bee

I did the exact same thing at the 6-month mark, and I nearly had a heart attack. It took a hysterical sobbing phone call with my sister to make me realize that I was being completely ridiculous. My fiance and I went through the checklist together and crossed off everything on it that did not apply to us (about 85% of the list), and then I wrote the remaining items in my notebook. Haven’t gone back to that wedding website since.

3/31/10 @ 9:18 pm (reply)

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Jessica

I also did this recently and the 100+ alarm clocks are still staring at me! I’ve got about 6 months and sometimes life gets in the way and then I think - oh my I’m getting married - I better get on that!

Good luck to you

3/31/10 @ 9:22 pm (reply)

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eimersc (message) 235 posts, Helper bee

I’m about shocked at how little time is left before my August wedding. Maybe I can postpone a bit? Kidding. I like looking at the online to do list every so often, just as a reminder of some of the “supposed to do” things. Not like I need to use it, neccessarily…but, I’m not overly organized, so it can be helpful. Plus, I can change the due dates, and add my own tasks. Pretty helpful.

3/31/10 @ 9:27 pm (reply)

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