I turn 25 in August and start my last year of College in Fall 2013. My boyfriend and I have currenly been dating about a year and are extremely in love. We are perfect for each other and have known we wanted to get married from the get-go. He hasn't officially proposed yet but we've recently started looking at engagment rings and gotten serious about plans for our future.
We've decided that we want to tie "The Knot" soon after I graduate. My graduation ceremony will take place on Wednesday, May 14th of 2014. Trying to figure out what would be the best date for our wedding. I think the weekend of the 17th would be too soon because of the bachelorette party and rehearsal dinner etc., which would be too chaotic. I'm strongly considering the following Saturday, May 24th. However, this would also be memorial day weekend, which makes me wonder if venues and people would be less available? My sister acutally got married on memorial day weekend on the 24th and they love it cause now they get a long weekend to celebrate their anniversary each year. However she did mention less people were able to attend their wedding because they already had plans for the holiday. Should I go for it anyway? This would also be the two year mark for me and my boyfriend's relationship, which I think would be cute.
Now I know you're probably thinking, "what's wrong with this girl, choosing a date before she's actually engaged?". But, my boyfriend and I have talked this through many times and it doesn't bother him at all to start planning early. He knows I get easily distracted from school work and the more I can get done sooner, the better. Although we realize most venues, caterers, etc. probably won't let us book anything until we're ready to throw down some cash, we don't see the harm in investigating and figuring out what we want. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks!