9 Months Until You're Married

Countdown..Geddit?

In our last post, we looked at the things to consider 12 months from your big day. Well, here's the next installment. 

Remember, this isn't a prescription for the perfect wedding; everyone will have different timings and priorities, but use it as a guide. Neither is it exhaustive, you may find your own list is much shorter or much longer, and you'll probably find a degree of overlap between the 9 and 6 month marks, but that's fine. 

• Now's the time to start booking things. It's hugely important that if you don't already have a venue that you start looking now. Once that's done, you can start looking at adding in the other elements.
  
  
• Start thinking of:
  
  booking the DJ or live band, photographer, caterer, toastmaster (if required), cake maker, wedding transport and any additional vendors or services. Remember, there's competition for dates between couples getting married so the sooner you book the better. 
  
• You'll probably already have an idea about the dresses and suits, but around now is the time to make the purchase as this gives plenty of time for alterations.
  
  
• It's also an idea to write up the guest list and start thinking about who is coming. No need to send the invitations out yet, but having an idea of numbers will give you a better understanding of budgeting, and venue space.
  
  
• You're probably going to be thinking about registering your intent to marry. We've already covered that and you can find information on how to do it here.
  
  
• Begin planning the wedding decor and theme. The sooner you do this the less chance you'll have a miss-matched or confused room dressing. Having time to pick-and-choose your theme will give you more scope to experiment and more chance to shop around for the best deal.
  
  
• You might like to start thinking of the fun stuff, too: the honeymoon and hen and stag nights.

Are you 9 months from your big day? How are you planning to organise everything? Get in touch via our contact form or through our twitter page; we'd love to hear from you.