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Announce your engagement. |
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Arrange for parents to meet and chat. |
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Decide on a date. |
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Choose members of the bridal party. |
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Discuss budget with all those who will be contributing. |
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Discuss with your fiancé about what both of you want and don't want for the wedding. |
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Visit different ceremony sites and meet with the officiant. |
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Visit various reception sites and discuss plans with manager. Begin search for caterer, if catering onsite is unavailable. |
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Interview wedding consultants if you plan to use one. |
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Think about guest list to get preliminary head count. |
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Decide with your fiancé ways to deal with stress from the wedding planning process. |
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Wedding Wisdom...
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Cultural traditions that may influence your wedding (e.g. choice of dates, use of certain colours).
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Possible themes for the wedding.
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Maintenance of a healthy lifestyle.
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Living arrangements after the wedding.
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Ideas about your gown, bouquet, favours, and other bridal details which are particularly important for you.
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Who will choose the design of the bridesmaid dresses?
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Try to do something wedding-related 30 minutes a day.
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The small loving moments between you and your fiancé. After all, the smallest gestures of love can bring forth the most pleasure to a cloudy day.
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