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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 14, 1991)
By Dionne Searcey and Adeana Leftin Marriage may be a sacred institution, but planning a wedding can be a devilish chore that requires a miracle to perfect. Here are some tips to help turn water into wine: BRIDE_ i Bafflaag^ Nine to 12 months before the ceremony •Answer affirmatively; • Break the news; • Select a wedding date and lime; • Check bank account; • Reserve ceremony and reception location; • Decide who to invite, and whose invitation will get lost in the mail; • Select attendants; • Pick food-baker, picture-taker and flower-maker; • Decide whether your dress really should be white; • Decide on minister, judge, rabbi or priest; Four to six months before the ceremony • Schedule pre-marital counseling, if necessary; otwemem to the oaty ttootasxan • Pay off wedding dress; • Order invitations; • Check legal requirements; • Check out jewelry sales; • Plan the big night; • Decide on final menu for reception; Three to six months before the ceremony • Book band for reception dance; • Address invitations to wealthiest relatives, lose others; • Order cake; • Register with bridal registry at Lincoln’s finest shops; • Check the latest trends in birth control; One month before ceremony • Start working out at Campus Recreation to lose the extra inches gained since last dress fitting; • Buy marriage license; • Buy an extra pair of hose, can of hair spray and bottle of Listermint; One week before ceremony • Give food-baker, picture-taker and flower-maker additional I instructions; I * Plaster newspapers with pictures of the happy couple; I • Stuff honeymoon suitcase with the latest from Victoria’s I Secret; f • Show up for rehearsal; The Big Day • Brush teeth; • Feel guilty again for wearing while dress; • Scream at friends and family for ruining Ihc most important day of a lifetime; • Calm down; • Question marriage; • Walk down the aisle; • Tie the knot; GROOM Six months to one year before ceremony • Doubt marriage; • Mortgage house, buy the rock; • Pop the question; • Slay out of fiancee’s hair for next six to 12 months; • Choose best man and ushers; Four months before ceremony • Doubt marriage; • Check out jewelry sales; • Make certain old girlfriends are left off the guest list; • Order tuxedos; • Buy Dr. Ruth’s latest bestseller; One month before ceremony • Doubt marriage; • Make parents loot bill for rehearsal dinner and flowers; • Work out with fiancee at Campus Recreation.; • Try on wedding ring; • Take care of legal aspects; Two weeks before ceremony • Doubt marriage; • Ask parents for keys to Cadillac; • Clean out closets, make way for the new wife; One week before • Doubt marriage; • Fight about wedding plans; • Attend bachelor party; • Apologize to fiancee; • Go to rehearsal; • Wonder if spouse-to-be will wear white; The Big Day • Doubt marriage; • Forget to set alarm; • Doubt marriage; • Brush teeth; • Doubt marriage; © Forget ring; • Doubt marriage; • Tie the knot; • Doubt marriage;