Now Your Happily Engaged - What Do You Do Next?



deal could be a fabulous time. This is the time where you are usually the happiest. However, for the time you realize that you need to start planning your wedding and soon! This article addresses things you should do first.

The first thing you probably want to do is tell the people closest to you. This can be done in several ways. If possible, parents should be told in person. After both sets of parents know of engagement you can think of to say everyone else. You can do several things, including having the engagement party, sending a traditional engagement announcements, announces its involvement in the local newspaper, or create a wedding web site.

If you have not already thought about who to invite to the wedding, now is the time. Wedding etiquette states that if a formal announcement or invitation to the engagement party should include everyone who will be invited to the wedding and no one else. It makes sense, and because if you invite someone to a party or send a note to them, but they are not invited to the wedding, you send them a message?

Another thing that must be addressed, May well be the most painful - the wedding budget. You really need to know how much money you spend the whole day. The budget includes everything from reception (including food, alcohol, furniture, decorations, cake and fun) to clothing, jewelry and accessories. You should be a number and then break it down into each category. Make sure you can afford everything you need, but at the same time make sure you have enough to cover costs.

When you're finished with the budget is the time to sit down together and discuss the wedding. You should discuss what each of you wants and expects. You May be surprised to learn that it can vary drastically. That's OK, before you do this over time you will need to compromise on what is important for each of you.

Finally, you should come with the appropriate date and location for your wedding. You're going to want to set a wedding date and select a location to accommodate the number of guests who have chosen for the ceremony and reception.

before all the great examples of making the wedding planning. We have not talked about many things that you May be looking forward to, such as picking out a dress, flowers and decorations. However, there will be plenty of time for that later. What is important now is that the big decisions out of the way so the rest of the wedding will be easier to plan.