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___ Get your e-ring appraised and insured (usually added on to your home insurance) - we are not going to do this beacuse my ring is fairly simple and wasn't too expensive...
_X__ Set initial budget
_X__ Set Wedding Date and Time
_X__ Announce your engagement (ex: newspaper) - we had three engagement/housewarming parties. Not doing any newspaper anouncements.
_X__ Determine type of wedding you want (day/night, indoor/outdoor, formal/casual)
_X__ Research availability of reception locations
_X__ Select and book your reception location, or get a tent if that is what you decided upon
___ Find a caterer if not already provided by the reception facility - still need to do this.
_X__ Research availability of ceremony locations, if not included with your reception site - At the same place as the reception
_X-_ Select and book your ceremony location - see above
___ Determine who will officiate at the ceremony, if not provided with the ceremony location - sort of freaking out about this one... We are not religious and do not want a religious ceremony. Having trouble deciding if we want a friend or
family member to officiate or if we hire someone...
_X__ Determine # of guests
___ Set aside blocks of rooms for OOT guests - need to do this still.
___ Get and band / DJ - Haven't even thought about this yet...
_X__ Decide of Bridal party - haven't asked them all yet...
___ Research Bridal Gown, Tuxedos, BM dresses - I have started looking at dresses. Haven't found the one yet...
_X__ Research photographer / videographer - Bookd photographer. Haven't decided if we are going to have a videographer.
___ Research florists - Haven't thought about this yet.
___ Create registry - Arewe really supposed to do this already? Wow! I feel like I'm behind... :)