We are getting married next September, over Labor Day weekend. Because it's a holiday weekend, before booking we cleared it with our families and important guests. My question is - how busy were you the week before your wedding?
I am trying to figure out how much time off I need to save for wedding-related things and at my place of work, we pick all our vacations in the fall for the following year, meaning I will need to select my days off soonish. I was planning on taking off the Friday before the wedding to meet with OOT family and guests, but was not planning on taking more time off that week. Does this sound crazy?
Wedding is local to my FI, myself, his family and about 1/2 to 2/3 of the guests - OOT for my family and most of my friends. Rehearsal is at 6:00pm Friday night with dinner to follow. I was planning on doing mani-pedi on my own earlier that week as my sister and 2 bridesmaids are OOT. I don't anticipate this wedding being very DIY - church programs and venue placecards and maybe menus. More than likely, I will pay to have those printed and then drop them off at the venue the weekend before. Is there anything else I am not worrying about, but should?
FWIW, 2 coworkers I was talking to about this said I was insane, but one of them had a DIY-heavy wedding where they decorated the venue on their own and did a lot of work - lots of personal touches. The other hosted a sister's wedding that was similar DIY because it was a very small budget. Ours is at a hotel ballroom where we couldn't do much decorating if we wanted to, but we are happy as it is. My own personal opinion is that I don't really want to be crazy with tasks in the months leading up to my wedding so I am trying to stay away from labor-intensive projects in the first place, kwim? Thoughts?