You suddenly realize you are within 6 months of your wedding day. Perhaps you’ve taken care of the big items, like securing the wedding date and locale for the reception and have found the perfect wedding dress. Now it’s time to get down to the nitty-gritty with your wedding planning. Following is a checklist to serve as a guideline of tasks to complete when you’re within 4 to 6 months of your wedding date.

Wedding Planning: 4 to 6 Months Before Your Wedding
Plan new living arrangements and home furnishings.

Select the formal wear for the men.

Have parents select their wedding day attire.

Plan the rehearsal dinner. Give the host your guest list. This is often given by the groom’s family, so they may do most of the work.
Find out what the legal requirements are for marriage in your state and arrange for any necessary blood tests. Decide when you will apply for the marriage license.

Obtain any immunizations you will need for the honeymoon.

Determine lodging for out-of-town guests. You may want to reserve a block of rooms at a hotel. The hotel will usually give your guests a reduced rate.

Send save-the-date announcements or call out-of-town guests to let them know the final date, time and location of your wedding.
Schedule appointments for hair, makeup and nails for your wedding date.
Agree on a bridal registry and register for wedding gifts.
Arrange for transportation on your wedding day, such as a limousine.
Reserve wedding night accommodations.
If you’re changing into “going away outfits” before you leave the reception then purchase these now.
Purchase gifts for your wedding party, parents and for each other.
Use this wedding planning checklist as a guideline for tasks to complete when you’re within 4 to 6 months of your wedding date.

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Remember all the fairy tales we heard and read as children?

While most of them had good moral lessons to teach, they were still fairy tales.
Yet we handle so many of our relationships, especially love relationships, as if
we believe the fairy tales are real.

The Fairy Tale Trap for Singles

We expect our perfect ideal partner to just magically show up someday,
without any effort on our part. As in “Some day my prince/princess will come!”

Here is how I hear it expressed by many of the singles that I coach:

“One day I just looked across the room, our eyes met, and I just knew
he/she was the one!”

Well, maybe yes and maybe no.

Either way, after the glow of the “newness” of the relationship wears
off, you still have to learn to live with another person, which is messy
at it’s best.

I see so many people get hurt this way.

Solution: You just have to take responsibility for your own relationship
choice and take an active role in finding a good match for your self.
Don’t just react to the people that choose you, as in “I’ll like this
person because they like me.” Interview a lot of people for the position
of your partner.

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When choosing your wedding bouquet there are many things to consider. You will want to factor in the size and weight you are comfortable carrying. Your bouquet will be attached to you for a good portion of the day so be comfortable with what you are carrying.

You will also want to think about your dress. Different bouquet styles and sizes work better with certain types of dresses.

For example, here is a little wedding flower tip for brides wearing an A-line dress.

Since your dress is textured, your flowers should be, too. Choose blooms with layered petals like roses, peonies, and ranunculus. For a gown in a smooth fabric such as silk-mikado or satin, more graphic flowers like orchids, amaryllis, and tulips are pretty options.

If you are wearing a slim silhouette dress, you may be complimented by a slim, elegant flower like the Calla Lily. A bouquet of mixed Calla Lilies make a spectacular statement, while not distracting too much from the gown and the bride.

For decisions like this one, it is good to keep your wedding binder stocked. Have pictures of your dress, flower ideas, ceremony location and so on with you when you meet with your florist. Together you will be able to find the perfect bridal bouquet for your big day.

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With the divorce rate hovering around 50%, it is no wonder why there is a growing number of 40-somethings who are single. While fifty years ago it was unusual to see a single person of that age, today it is quite the norm. People are choosing to get divorced more often, whereas divorce was never an option fifty years ago. Therefore, the population of older singles is growing rapidly.

Another reason why people are seeing a growing population of single 40-somethings is because people are not as likely to remarry if their spouse dies earlier than expected. With diseases like cancer and other serious conditions more common than ever before, there is a large number of people dying before their normal life expectancy rate predicts. While people typically remarried soon after being widowed in the past, today people are embracing the single life instead of settling for the first person they come across.

With the population of single 40-somethings not likely declining anytime soon, there will likely be an increase in people of this age on dating sites and in the dating pool overall. So, if you are looking for someone that age, you can be happy to know you should have several people to pursue.

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