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Just Engaged!!! And trying to pick the date...

So after 5 1/2 years the love of my life asked me to marry him on Christmas day. It was very sweet, with a scavenger hunt of love cards and notes leading to an ornament with a poem he had written and him on bended knee... myself and parents crying and all. :-)

We couldn't be happier and are very excited to get married! It seems like everyone else immediately knows a date... but I am a first year teacher and we're struggling to figure out when would be the best time.


Just how stressful and hard would it be to plan a wedding for the beginning of this May? March would be even better (because I have 2 weeks spring break as I am a teacher... but I think I would really pull my hair out to make that happen).

We don't want to do it over the summer because we want an outdoor wedding. And we can do it in October when there is Fall break for school, but then we would need to wait quite a long while to take our honeymoon to Tahiti.

Thoughts? Suggestions? Are we insane to consider this? Is it even possible to find a nice venue, etc for that time of year on such short notice?

Thanks for any of your advice!

Re: Just Engaged!!! And trying to pick the date...

  • edited December 2011
    I don't think May would be too bad...  as long as you can be organized, and decisive about things.

    Honestly there are a TON of venues in this area, so I really don't see that being an issue, but you can always inquire at any that you think you may be interested in before you decide a date and see what the availability is looking like.  It may sway your decision.

    I think March would be hard to swing at this point...  my date is March 31st and I'm already hoping to have invites out in the next week or two!  A lot of girls on the March board have already sent theirs and gotten RSVPs back.

    I think May is fine if you're able to jump on things right away.

    Congratulations and welcome to the boards!  You can get things planned a lot easier with the help of the lovely ladies here.  =)

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  • edited December 2011
    I agree with Synd! I would go for May! I think you could do it for sure :-)
  • guamibearguamibear member
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    edited December 2011
    May would be doable. March might be a bit more stressful. I found we decided on our date based on availability of a venue we liked. Plus, I checked the Vegas convention calendar to make sure we wouldn't be competing with major conventions in town that would kick the hotel prices up for guests.
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    edited December 2011
    May is doable, but it will probably be stressfull.  You might run into a lot of your first (and even second and third) choice vendors being booked already, so just be prepared with a few options in mind.
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  • edited December 2011
    If you're planning a local wedding with a small amount of oot-ers go for March! You'd be amazed at how much you can accomplish when you don't have time for dilly dallying- sometimes time works against you and you'll keep going back and forth over things you already know you want in the first place.
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  • AllyG303AllyG303 member
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    edited December 2011
    We picked a date based on when we first met since we had been together for 6 years when he proposed (he didn't want to have to remember another anniversary date).  Our day is July 29 and we also want an outdoor wedding (which would be awful in Phoenix that day!).  We decided on a longer engagement so that we could plan a destination wedding somewhere where it's cooler in the summer. 

    We aren't getting married until July 2012, but we've found some places that are already booked for that day! 

    So I would say if you have a place in mind already and the date is open, you can plan it pretty quickly.  There are so many photographers, djs, etc. to choose from so I'm sure you won't have a problem finding availability for them.

    Good luck!
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  • edited December 2011
    I think March would be pushing it unless you are having a very small, intimate wedding with just immediate family and maybe a few friends.

    May is doable if you are flexible with vendors, but consider carefully its relationship to the end of your school year. It is amazing how stressful the last few weeks are with final grading/grades/projects/paperwork/classroom cleaning/events/exhaustion/being ready for summer/etc. If your wedding is in that time frame, it might prove more stressful than enjoyable. I can't imagine getting married that close to the end of the year. If you are able to do the wedding after school is out, that would be work out well.

    October is a popular moth for weddings, but it might be the least-stressful for you. You might still need to be somewhat flexible with vendors, but overall it might be more workable. One option would be to get married one weekend of your break, take a mini-moon right away (to Sedona or Tucson or similar) and go to Tahiti later.
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