![]() How am I supposed to order a dress nine months in advance, I wondered aloud, when I’m only going to be engaged for four? Go figure, those presumptuous planning materials never answered-which is why I wrote How to Plan Your Wedding in Six Months or Less, which features the following timeline + SO much more! Although I had purchased tons (and tons) of bridal workbooks and magazines, all of them seemed to assume that their readers would be engaged for 12-16 months. In the “planning know-how” department, however, I was seriously lacking. ![]() When I was planning my own wedding I had items one and two under control. If you decide that an abbreviated wedding planning timeline is right for you, you'll need the following in your bag of tricks: a clear vision for your Big Day, the ability to make quick decisions under pressure, and serious wedding planning know-how. That's only 18 weeks of planning, people!Īccording to traditional wedding planning timelines (and, like, every magazine article and/or wedding planning book ever written), we were about a year behind schedule coming off the starting block. A little intimidating, to say the least! But not quite intimidating enough to change our minds about saying "I do" sooner rather than later. We weren't just attempting to plan our wedding in six months or less-we were actually full-on committed to planning our wedding in just four and a half months. I can't say that I didn't understand where they were coming from. “You’ll walk the aisle naked!” was the general sentiment expressed by various gown consultants. "Congrats, but you’re crazy!” my friends, co-workers, and complete strangers said. The reason for all that rush? Taylor and I got engaged in March and set a wedding date shortly thereafter. Not to mention, um, script an entire ceremony, propose to my bridesmaids, give the “okay” to bridal shower dates, and open wedding registries with my husband-to-be.
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