The Wedding Check List You can't be Without

Having a wedding check list by your side is more than just about staying organized. It's about saving money, saving time, and most importantly, protecting your sanity. To plan this event without a wedding check list is like trying to construct a space station without blueprints or even a plan to get into space -- it's sheer lunacy!

If you have yet to get ahold of a wedding check list, do yourself a favor and use the one below. It could very well save you from countless hours of headaches and hassles.

6 Months Before the Wedding...

- Talk with your partner about a realistic budget and discuss who's family is paying for what.

- Decide on a date, a time, and a place for the ceremony as well as for the reception.

- Book locations for the wedding.

- Discuss ceremony with the wedding "officiator".

- Come up with a rough draft of the guest list.

- Iron out the rough draft and come up with a semi-finalized guest list.

- Gift Registration.

- Discuss catering and food options for the wedding reception. If decided on, book a caterer.

- Begin selecting wedding attendants. Extend invitations to chosen attendants.

- Strike up a contract with the wedding photography service as well as for the entertainment.

- Order the invitations.

- Pick out wedding rings.

- Choose wedding dress, bridal dresses, as well as bridal accessories.

- Give yourself a round of applause, as you've just completed the "6 months before" wedding check list!

3 Months Before The Big Day...

- Talk with your partner about the flowers for the wedding. If in agreement, order the flowers.

- Pick a honeymoon location. Book said location as well as travel arrangements.

- Select the attire for the groom, the usher, as well as for the best man.

- Check into wedding license requirements.

If you want fewer hassles, better organization, and just an all around better wedding planning experience, keep this simple wedding check list by your side. Not only will planning the event be far easier, it might actually be enjoyable!

For the complete, beginning-to-end wedding checklist and to learn about a bunch of great ways to save on the budget, try visiting our wedding check list website. It has everything you'll need to know about planning a wedding on a tight budget.