What else needs doing?

Plans_all_plans

Hi, we've got 6 weeks to our wedding.

Here is a list of what we've got. Please could someone let me know if we've missed anything?!

Church booked
Flowers for Church to be done by church flower arrangers
Reception booked
Photographer booked
Bridal car half organised (comes with hotel package and need to choose between 2 types of car)
Dress is ordered
Bridesmaid dress and accessories
Hair and make up booked
Groom/best man outfit to be hired
Bits for centrepieces, bought
ETA: we have also got the rings (totally forgot bout that!)


Need to get:

Cake (from M&S)
Table plan/placenames
Find a florist for bride bouquet/bridesmaids
Need to double check our Priest has organised an organist for us
Need to do Order of Service - choose readings, hymns and print them out

If we've forgotten anything please let us know.

Many thanks.

Lexxi

Have you got any presents sorted for mothers, bridesmaid, best men etc? Your room is booked at the hotel? underwear so you're all secure? Are all your payments up to date? Banns and notices sorted?

Can I just ask what the church flower arranger is doing? Our churches flower arranger is a florist so there will be flowers in the church already I'm just wondering if you got her to put flowers in you wanted or you had to pay extra for it?

neneromanova

Sounds a silly question, but the invitations have gone out yes?

Plans_all_plans

Thanks for responses. Yes, invites have been sent out a month ago.

Are presents for our mothers necessary? Is anyone else not planning on having them? We are def not having presents for bridesmaid/best man.

Room at hotel booked. Underwear for under dress I am in process of sorting out. Wedding night underwear was first thing I sorted haha! Yeah we've paid all our deposits and no-one's chased us for anything else so we just have to pay the balances prior to wedding.

What the Church flower arranger says is that you have to give a donation to the Church equal to the price of the flowers you want, although we have budgeted for an extra £100 on top of price of flowers for donation. I asked if they'd do my bouquets too (we attend the Church every week) but they have said no (fair enough) so now am looking for alternative florist to do bouquets.

Anything else you can think of?

Lexxi

Presents are traditional to thank the people that have helped out, so I guess it depends on how traditional you want everything and who has helped you out but if you aren't for bridesmaid best man then it probably wouldn't matter.

Plans_all_plans

Well everything else is really traditional at the wedding, but we don't want to spend more than we have to! 2 of the bridesmaids are kids who have everything and my sister is the other b/m and it wouldn't bother her one way or the other if she got a gift.

I'm struggling with my mum and MIL flowers though: I have said to my fiance (prior to today) that I think we should get them flowers as they are putting the majority of money into the wedding. He has said don't bother with flowers cos they'll only think we've wasted their money on unnecessary things. From a woman's POV though, I feel we should get our mother's flowers, especially as they are putting most of the money into the day!

Who do you agree with?

TamVilla80

I agree with you, what do blokes know about these things?! :rotfl:

Flowers for the Mums is a nice thought and when you are spending how ever many thousands on the day, a nice bunch of flowers is nothing really.

Lexxi

I'd get something for them, they'll be so pleased that you have thought of something they aren't going to worry about where the money has come from, unless you're planning on spending hundreds on each bouquet. What about an ornament or trinket type box then it will be a keepsake too?

LEJC

The mother presents dont need to be expensive and I agree that flowers are over before the end of the honeymoon .... but why not buy each mother something they can keep as a momento of the day .... maybe a photo frame ... I think its nice to acknowledge their support emotionally as well as financially if you know what Im trying to say....

Are the mothers wearing a spray some flowers on their suits / outfits?....
For our wedding my Husband and me bought our mothers their flowers that way and each gave them to them seperately on the morning of the wedding..
After the wedding they both had their sprays preserved.....doing it that way we wern't making a big show of giving presents but were showing them our thanks for everything they had done.

Lexxi

I like the photo frame idea then you can get either pics of you and them or just you or just them to go in when you have them developed

Lavendyr

Plans_all_plans wrote: »

What the Church flower arranger says is that you have to give a donation to the Church equal to the price of the flowers you want, although we have budgeted for an extra £100 on top of price of flowers for donation. I asked if they'd do my bouquets too (we attend the Church every week) but they have said no (fair enough) so now am looking for alternative florist to do bouquets.

Just a point, a bit off topic I'm afraid but this is dreadful in my view (and I am a committed church-goer!). Our church florist is charging us for the flowers and the flowers only, and has agreed to work with us within our budget to sort our bouquets, buttonholes etc and to deliver them on the wedding day. To "ask" for a donation to the church equal to the price of your flowers is not a donation, it's a cost, and that's just wrong in my view. I would approach the church about this, especially if it is mandatory to use their flower arranger for the church flowers - it's really not on.

Hope your wedding is wonderful, you sound like you've got all the main things sorted!