Are you recently engaged? Congratulations! You’ve come to the right place. The thought of spending the rest of your life with your forever partner is so exciting. The next year of your life will likely be dedicated to wedding planning, but many people don’t know where to begin. This post will help with that. Take time to reflect and enjoy your time being engaged.
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Don’t get overwhelmed-start here:
1. Enjoy Being Engaged
While this seems obvious, I think it warrants a serious reminder.
Take this time to enjoy the moment and each other. You’re bound to get bombarded with questions like, “So when’s the wedding?”, but don’t let the pressure of everyone else get to you. Let them know that you’re just enjoying being engaged right now.
Share the big news when you’re ready and when you do, don’t forget to tell those closest to you before posting anything on social media.
In the meantime, treat yourselves to dinner, brunch, and lunch dates. Take a walk on the beach or in the park. Get a fresh manicure and snap some photos of your ring. Embrace this moment and each other before the wedding planning chaos begins.
2. Insure Your Engagement Ring
While you’re rocking your new ring, don’t forget to insure this new precious investment.
Regardless of diamond size, style or price, insuring it will give you instant peace of mind. Not only is it likely one of the most expensive pieces of jewelry you own, but you can’t replace the sentimental value of this piece if something were to happen.
I use Jewelers Mutual. It’s an affordable annual payment, that is based on the amount of your ring. It protects against loss, theft or damage. Keep in mind, if you have renters or homeowners insurance it only protects your engagement ring up to a certain amount.
3. Discuss Your Vision
Whether you want to elope, host a big wedding, keep it small, or get married in a specific destination, sit down with your significant other and decide what your dream wedding looks like for you BOTH. Make this about you and what you both want. Having this vision helps decide so many factors along the way. Start communicating with each other on day one of planning.
4. Pick a Tentative Time of Year
You don’t have to necessarily pick a date yet, but at this point you can narrow down when it is you want to get married. Decide if you want to wait a year or two, or get married sooner. You may share a special date, such as an anniversary, that you want to use, or you may have a life event that you want to work around. It’s also important to think about the season in which you want to get married. Getting married in Florida, I knew that I had to avoid the dead heat of summer and hurricane season. We said “I do” on 11/11/22.
5. Get Organized
Create a designated wedding email so correspondences don’t get lost in your personal emails. This is also a great way to include your significant other to keep you both on the same page.
If someone hasn’t gifted you one yet, get a wedding planner book, such as The Knot Ultimate Wedding Planner & Organizer.
One of my bridesmaids gifted this to me and it was super informative and was a great place to start to get ideas and have a timeline of next steps to keep you on track and inspire new ideas. The Knot is every bride’s go-to for planning. Download their app as well.
This is such an amazing time in your lives. Have so much fun with it. Embrace every second of it together and enjoy the planning journey. Your time as being engaged will fly by!