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Well, I am set to be tied down in August. (I hate rope burn!) We're doing the whole house, kids, marriage thing! Planning the wedding is hell, especially in only three months! Tradition is breaking my back! I hate traditional weddings! I'm sick of people saying, "You just can't do it that way!" So what if I want to wear black! It's my wedding! (Ha, just kidding!) I'm going crazy!

I can't believe you pulled together the wedding in just a few months, especially this year. I send out a huge congratulations to you! I'll be starting on the road soon, too. Just have to wait for him to ask within the next couple of months.

I'm new to this place, and just came across your site. I'm American, too. I'm in Central New York.

Any tips would be great- on any of the above!

Tips:Postpone!
We just posponed till October. I couldn't pull it all together!
(Well, I guess you have to set a date first.)
If you are going to order a dress, you must order 3 to 6 months in advance. I found this out the hard way! I went to order my dress this week, and found out I couldn't get one! And, once you get it, it has to be altered professionally. A good thing to do is search the internet and look at styles and names before you go. There is a lot to choose from! If you locate a designer, use your what's related bar at the top to find others. Here is some links:
http://www.theknot.com
http://www.palomablanca.com
http://www.jessicamcclintock.com
http://www.mcbridals.com
If you can get an idea of what you like, you can walk in and save a lot of search time.
We are doing our own invitations. You can be a lot more personal. (and save money, too!)
I'll have to write you back tommorow. Gotta go!
I'll be glad to impart everything I know!

Congrats on the upcoming wedding, I too am getting married this year - September 2nd. By the way I am not American!

We met last year and starting dating in August. Within a month I had asked her to move in with me and within two months after that I asked her to marry me

I think we have been lucky with the arrangements as we had no problem getting the date set and things booked. I think it was made easier because I am English (living in Denmark) and there is an English church here, but not that many English people, well not English people getting married anyway.

We are also lucky with the wedding dress. We bought an evening dress from a shop and Åsa (my wife to be, Swedish) has a friend who can alter the dress for free!

We too have made our own invitations, I agree with you that it is much more personal and everyone said they loved ours (it had the Swedish and English flag colours in the background!).

P.S. I read your other wedding posting about "traditional weddings". My advise, do what we are doing and make your own traditions!

It's my future mother-in-law. She's wonderful, but.......
She is 67, and very social. She's already planned 3 parties, etc.. It's great, but she's very concerned with tradition. She's constantly horrified at the plans we make. She tries to hide it, but I can see it in her face. She supports us, but doesn't mind making suggestions if you get my drift. She's already squashed my wanting to wear a white dress. If you will look at Emily post's manners book, all a white dress means is 1st time bride. But, stupid people confuse that with trying to say you are a virgin. (I have a 7 year-old son.) But, I am a first time bride. Well, I could go on and on about that subject.....
James and I met 12 years ago. He was 16 and I was 13. I saw him in the hall at school one day, looked up his #, and called him. We talked for 6 months before I would let him meet me face to face. We fell in love. But, I was dating a friend of his, and he wouldn't go out with me until we broke up. So, I did. My parents loved the other guy, and I felt pushed into getting back together with him. He worked for my dad, and my dad needed him. Well, 11 years later, and after years of back and forth crap, he called me after a long separation. I don't think I ever truly appreciated him until he wouldn't see me for a while. (2 years) It totally destroyed me when I thought James no longer loved me. He called me up in January of last year, and told me he really missed his best friend. We talked, and on March 17, we were sitting in the car till early that morning talking, we got engaged. We were talking and I looked at him and said, "I can't think of one reason why you don't ask me to marry you!" And he said, "Will you marry me?" And I said,"You jerk, I didn't expect you to really ask me!" But, I told him yes of course. So, the rest is history!
Sorry for the long post.
What traditions are you starting?