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:
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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;
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• 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;
