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Set the date & time for the wedding.

Make the most suited decision on the type of wedding you are going to have. Discuss with both you & your fiancés parents. It can be only a wedding ceremony, & wedding & homecoming or a joint venture.

Set the total budget for the ceremony. If it's a joint venture it will be much easier to decide, since your total focus is on one days ceremony.

Take a couple of days for information gathering of wedding photographers & videographers,  bridal dressers, wedding reception halls, hotels, & etc.

Select at least three photographers & three videographers that suit you the most by deciding on their previous workouts. Compare between the quotations & decide which suit the best according to your budget.

* It's important to get ideas of photographers & videographers when selecting wedding & homecoming reception hall, because lighting & colours of the reception hall may affect photos & videos.

Now decide where you are going to hold the wedding ceremony & homecoming party, with having a rough idea of how many guests will be invited. Visit each desired location & prior to make a decision & place the booking as early as possible. If you have to visit ten hotels, visit all ten.

If it is a Poruwa ceremony, decide & make the bookings on an Ashtaka person, Jayamangala Gatha, & Welcome dancers. May be one person may organize them all including the providing of Porwa. Make all the other bookings such as Florists, Bridal Dressers, Makeup Artists.

Don't miss any bridal shows, wedding related exhibitions within this period prior to wedding.

Wedding magazines & world wide web will be a definite help in deciding all the above.

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Be sure to maintain a file of hardcopies.

Meet your beautician & decide with them & your partner to get a perfect shape for your desired wedding dresses.

Start visiting wedding cloths suppliers & designers, jewellers, flower decor suppliers & decide what suit the best & how it all should be arranged according to pattern, colour, capacity & etc. Plan all these keeping a single theme in mind.

Make sure to keep samples of all the chosen clothing, because these may required time to time when selecting invitations, cake boxes, flower arrangements & etc.

If it is difficult for you to decide the colours, meet your photographer & get their ideas as well.

Have an idea of things need to be done 6 to 3 months ahead.

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Find out what's pending, what have changed & what's missing.

Make sure your budget is running as planned. Try to get discounts or any adjustment towards betterment, that saves your money.

Check with bridesmaid, groomsman, page boys & flower girls their complete availability for the wedding week, & start taking measurements for the dresses.

Prepare your guest list.

Now it's time to decide the designs & place the order to print invitations & cake boxes. Still you have time, but better to reserve it for any adjustments.

Meet your reception site managers & decide the table plan & arrangements, menus, drinks & etc.

Meet your musicians or DJs & discuss with them what type of music you want & any special surprise songs that you are willing to sing in the wedding day.

Your honeymoon destination, keep it a secret. Browse the world wide web, it has more than enough information. Visit couple of hotels and decide wisely where to stay.

If your honeymoon is in an overseas destination, it's time to prepare passports, Visa's, airline tickets & all the other reservations.

Book transportation such as going away vehicles or if you drives your own vehicle make sure to assure all systems working properly.

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Finalize & confirm all your orders.

Do the primary registrations with marriage registrars.

If you are planning a rehearsal now it's time to schedule a date.

Check whether you are running within your budget & double check whether you have paid required advance payments to certain parties (photographers, bridal dressers & etc.)

Meet your dress makers to take measurements of your self, pageboys, flower girls, bridesmaids & groomsmen. Normally one to two months is enough, but may depend.

Discuss with all the servicing parties about time arrangements & make schedules.

Spent some time with flower girls & page boys if they are not being very much close to you lately.

Finalize your guest list & start prepare the invitations. It's better to invite your guests with just 4 weeks ahead.

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Recheck whether you have invite all the necessary people. Loosing an important person in your wedding day would be a headache for you. If you have invite all make a confirming call & remind their presence is important to you if they are free enough.

Do the fit on & confirm the dress maker to give the final touch & collect them with 2 to 1 week ahead.

Meet your jeweller & get the jewelry with just 2 to 1 week ahead.

Settle all the accounts with relate to wedding & homecoming service suppliers as agreed early.

Confirm travel arrangements & hotel reservations of your honeymoon destinations.

Start shopping for your honeymoon luggage. If you shop alone, try to find things to surprise your spouse, try out things you never thought of wearing.

If you are using credit cards, make sure to check whether you have enough credit.

Arrange deliveries for essentials. Next week may suit the best for this.

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Confirm the number of invitees for the reception site, caterer & related parties.

Meet with all supportive attendants & explain duties & necessities. Spend a little time with pageboys & flower girls.

Have your wedding rehearsal. Try out your shoes to find any discomfort.

Pack for honeymoon within last 3 days & make sure all your daily applications are there such as regular medications, makeup sets & etc.

Wherever your honeymoon destinations is make sure you have all necessary documents.

Reserve & set decent amount of cash for your honeymoon trip in your honeymoon luggage.

Prepare the checklist.

Try stay calm & relaxed as much as possible.

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Double check everything with your checklist.

Call, remind & recheck with necessary servicing parties.

Everybody is excited. But don't get too excited, cause you may miss out things.

Your friends & relatives may visit you, don't forget to have a chat with them because you are busy. There are there to strengthen you.

Try not to stay awake for long. Have your dinner, have a little chat with your fiancé & make sure to sleep early because the ceremony of your life is hours away.