6 months, 11 months or 18 months?
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by SarahLovesJS » May 21st, 2008, 5:25 pm
I vote for April! Unless you''re definitely set on the fall wedding, I think it''s a happy medium.
 I love spring weddings personally. I really wanted an April wedding, but I''d have to wait too long. 6 mos isn''t a long time to plan a wedding, but if it''s what you want it''s doable. And I don''t think you need to wait until fall unless you really want fall. We got engaged Feb 14 and were originally looking at Spring 2010. We ended up going with June 2009 so kind of similar except the 6 mos thing wasn''t an option at all. Hope this helps some!
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If you''re a good planner and can make a few compromises, I would do it in 6 months honestly. I started seriously planning and booking 9 months out and it seems like FOREVER. Which seems like a stupid thing to stay as we''ve been engaged for close to 9 years and everything. But I''m so TIRED of this wedding hanging over my head I just want it to be the day of, saying my vows and then celebrating with friends and family. Six months is plenty of time. It took me about... 2.5 months total to plan everything. You may have to rush your dress or buy off the rack or get a sample or something, but I would totally do that.
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it really depends on how perfect of a wedding you want and how crazy your work schedule is.
we got officially engaged in march (unofficially in january) and are getting married in september. our choice was between september 2008 and may 2009 ... and i''m glad we''re doing it this year not next because it''s so do-able. other than doing crazy amount of shopping looking for dresses for about a month ... it''s been all good and under control. i even have a friend who got engaged at the end of march and getting married in july. she didn''t have any problem finding a venue or a dress and doesn''t seem stressed out at all. so ... if i were you, i''ll go for this year.  |
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If you''re a good planner, I''d go with this year but if you need time to plan and save money, then I''d go with next April. I''m really enjoying the planning and have been engaged for nearly 8 months at this stage and I''ve found it fine. I have another year till the big day, but I love the build up so I wouldn''t rush the planning either.
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I''d vote for either April ''09 or the fall of ''09.
I love the fall as well, and if I could have done it, I would have chosen that season for our own wedding. I can see how it IS kind of far off though, and I definitely understand wanting to get married in April ''09 so you can begin a new phase of your life earlier. The longer you put the wedding off, the more you can save though, and that is very tempting. I think April is a good compromise. It''s far enough away for you to be able to save, which is great. |
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Since you''d really like to get married in the fall, in your position I think I''d do a little research to get an idea of venue availability. If you can get the sort of place you want in 6 months, I think I''d do it then. That way you get your fall wedding, you''re married sooner rather than later (which I think would be lovely) and you''d be in a situation where you''d be budgeting to spend *some* money on the wedding but won''t be breaking the bank.
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Ditto. I would check venue availability - you might not be able to get married that Thanksgiving weekend anyway. . .
In the meantime, while you''re mulling this over, if you have spare time I would suggest that you begin dress shopping. If you do end up getting married in 6 months, then that is the item that''s going to be the trickiest in terms of time and if you end up waiting, you will still get ideas about what you like. Good luck! |
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thanks for the input. I''ve been dress and venue shopping. One of the venues I like has Nov 29th 2008 open and it will be decorated w/ x-mas lights, etc and it sounded so nice. That is what got the idea in my head!
I had been thinking of spring 2009 from the get go, but I have to worry about dumb things like a thick coat of nasty yellow pollen that cover EVERYTHING for weeks in the spring...so i''d have to schedule around that b/c who wants yellow pollen on your wedding dress? plus, I don''t want to be sneezy at the wedding. So, there is soooooo much to consider :) |
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I''d also avoid April. The weather is still pretty tricky then and you may have the perfect weather, but you could also have cold or rain or tornadoes... I think, if you can pull it off, I''d go with 6 months. I was engaged for 14 months and it was just TOO long. The fall is a wonderful time, but 18 months just seems like so long to wait. and that thick yellow pollen will be all over your dress if you''re outside!
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Agreed. IF you don''t sress easily and are a REALLY GOOD PLANNER. However, if you need to save significant amounts of money, wait until April and hope for the best as far as your allergies.
My BF''s sister got engaged in Jan ''06...wasn''t too interested in wedding planning until their mother said, around May, "LISTEN! We have to start planning NOW!" She at 36 wasn''t really a spring chicken either. So they did and she ended up having a gorgeous NYC wedding in early November--not an easy feat to begin with! I, personally, love autumn weddings... 
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