T-60 Countdown - Advice Appreciated

cicconesp

Hi Girls,
I've officially hit 59 days until the wedding and for some reason the two month mark has me all nerved up.  I went from feeling like I had all the time in the world to anxiety that I'm forgetting a million things!  I'm sure its just me nerves, I'm actually pretty organized.  I was just wondering if there are any last minute things anyone wished they had done earlier, or lessons you learned.  I feel like once I hit the one month mark time will fly and I won't have any time for any of the little extra details.
Thanks so much!

amylydia23

I dont have any advice for you but I kind of feel the same way except I have much more time, like I just hit the year mark.  I know it sounds really silly but I've been planning since last November and as soon as I hit that year mark I started to panic.  I am way ahead of the game but I think it's because I started planning so early that now its more realistic then it was last year.  Good luck with everything though! 

angiem33

I am at 32 days!  eeek..  My advise would be

1 - If you have any DIY projects finish them NOW
2 - Do not take on anymore DIY projects
3 - Enjoy the next 2 months!!!

RoyalOrient

Take care of yourself - don't want to be sick on your wedding day because you got yourself and your body stressed out - no break outs or colds!

If you have a DOC, let her worry about everything else including any vendor payments that need to be taken cared of before the wed date.

If you have a pet, make sure you have a sitter

Oh and final guest count for caterer!

i2012do

go get a massage!

SummerBoston10

You still have a decent amount of time left so you can't do things like seating chart, escort cards, etc. yet.  Did you (or are you) doing a lot of DIY?  If yes, I would get that done right away so that you aren't stressed by it later.

I am anti-DIY so I didn't have any of that stuff to worry about but you definitely won't want it hanging over your head.

I had a lot of drop off items - flip flop basket, cocktail napkins, toasting glasses, table numbers, escort cards, favors, guest book, card box, etc. and I wanted to be super organized with them.  I put all of the items in boxes and then typed of a sheet of paper which included everything in that box so that it was all clearly labeled.  I started on that as soon as I had enough items ready to be packed up. 

I also got everything together that I needed for a specific event so that I would not be scrambling around for it.  So for the day of the wedding I had my earrings, necklace, underwear, clutch, shoes, tips, payments, etc. etc. all in one bag for that day.  This allowed me to be really relaxed and not scrambling around to make sure I had everything last minute. 

I also made a list of all of my vendors and their contact information in case I needed to get a hold of them that weekend for any reason.  I also made a list of the vendors coming to us (hair, makeup, photographer) with the time they were supposed to come so that we had a schedule to follow and easy reference that day.  I made an entire weekend schedule which i handed out to our parents and siblings so we wouldn't get 1000 questions.  It told them where they needed to be and at what time for the entire weekend.  It was really helpful for everyone and didn't take me long to make. 

Sorry its so long!

tropicanha

Great advice from Summer. I'd also say if you're planning to DIY ceremony programs, do those as soon as you have all the information needed. I have to say the last few days before the wedding were anything BUT relaxing, which is unfortunate. Two nights before the wedding I was up til 4am printing and putting programs together!!! It was awful. Under the circumstances I was under, I simply didn't have the time to do them earlier. I was also doing my name/table cards up to the last minute as well. So any projects you plan to do, please do them now so you can relax the last days leading up to the wedding!

cicconesp

Summer - Great advise on the inventory sheets for the drop-off boxes and vendor points of contact.  I'll have to do that anyway for my DOC so its a great thing to get out of the way now.

Thanks ladies for all the great advice.  I'll check back in soon!

kathanddave

I have to echo doing the ceremony programs right away.  I waited until 2 weeks before and I was so stressed out about it.  Also, the seating!  Thank god one of my brothers is very logical, he and I sat at the beach and did the seating arrangements for two hours.