This is the checklist to use 3-6 months before the wedding:

  Finalize the wedding budget and decide who pays for what

  Make honeymoon plans and reservations 

  Choose and order your wedding rings and have them engraved

  Make an appointment for your bridal portrait

  Help both mothers select their dresses for the wedding

  Finalize dates for showers and parties with bridesmaids and friends

  Start premarital counseling, if required

  Begin compiling your guest list for wedding invitations and announcements

  Order wedding invitations, announcements and personal stationery

  Select and book a calligrapher, if needed

  Order wedding cake and groom's cake

  Discuss and finalize ceremony music with the musicians

  Begin writing some parts of your marriage vows, if desired

  See your doctor for a complete physical exam and discuss birth control, if needed. Also, if you will be traveling to another country for your honeymoon, you may need some immunizations. Discuss with your doctor

  Assist the groom's family in planning the rehearsal dinner

  Start make-up lessons and hairstyles. Set up appointment for make-up, hair, and nails for your Bridal Portrait and Wedding Day

  Select hotel arrangements for your out-=of-town guests

  Select and reserve any rental equipment if needed (candelabras, tables/chairs, tents, linens)

  Begin shopping for honeymoon attire 

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