When I first got engaged a year to plan a wedding seemed like enough time.  Here we are SIX months away from our wedding…and the panic is starting to set in.

This is what I have done so far -

• We chose our colors -hot pink and lime green…my two favorites.

• Booked the venue – it is exactly what we wanted.  It is on the boardwalk.  It is affordable and the food is amazing.  We knew right when we walked in that it was the place for our wedding.

• Found someone to perform our ceremony.  My uncle Dave is a retired minister.  He married my parents 30+ years ago. W hen we saw him over Thanksgiving we asked him to marry us…and he agreed.

• I found a dress for my daughter to wear.  She is 10 and is going to stand up for me.  We are each having one person stand up for us.  I got the dress originally $50, half off, for $25 at Kohls department store.  It is bright pink with a matching sash.  I do want to have the sash color changed…and need to find the fabric for that and work on it.

• We booked our photographer.  I have no idea where I found her.  She is local and one day as I was going through all of my favorites on my laptop, I came across her site.  I spent the evening looking at everything on her website and everything on her blog and then booked a meeting.  I knew that night she was the photographer for us.  Her name is Amy Sandoval and I cannot wait to see the amazing photographs she takes at our wedding.

• I created and ordered our save the dates from Vista Print.  They have all been mailed out.

• We booked our honeymoon.  We are taking a Carnival cruise to the Bahamas and Grand Turk.

• We booked a resort for our wedding weekend.  I will stay there the night before the wedding and we will stay there together on our wedding night and the following night.

• We started our registry.

I still have a lot to do. I have lots of ideas.  I worked all last week on designing our wedding invitations, reception cards, and response cards.  I am taking the DIY approach to it.  I have ideas for favors, the cake, etc… But no matter how many times I watch TLC’s Say Yes to the Dress (because I am OBSESSED with watching it) these extra pounds I have put on since falling in love…have kept me out of the bridal boutiques.