It's that time again....

No... not football season. There is a time in every engaged persons life when they have to get down to business when it comes to planning their wedding. And for Andrea Maroun, that time is now. It's 13 months 'til the big day. Up until now we've done some brainstorming, swapped some ideas on Pinterest, and  set up accounts on both The Knot.com and Wedding Wire.com. But after booking the venue at The Yacht Club in Sea Pines Andrea wanted a bit of a break. Which is a understandable. It can be a bit overwhelming for the first few months. Everyone wanting to know EVERYTHING. The where, the when, the dress, the ring, the wedding party, and all the little details about the proposal. Take all those questions and times them by how many friends and family members you both have and you can be sick of your wedding in no time. Especially when you don't have the answers to half of the questions you are being asked. SO I made a deal with Andrea. No more major planning til September. Well, September is here!

 On the 13th Andrea, Jason, and I got together for a little meeting at their house. Andrea was a little worried that I was going to show up with a list of things to do ten miles long with dates ranging from now until next October. But to Andra's relief, that's not how I do things. I plan out a "To Do List" for 3 months at a time. I put it in 2 formats. The first is more of an outline for those who are more checklist oriented. The second format is an actual calendar with tasks and due dates for those who are more visually oriented. Andrea and Jason seemed to like both of them.

I was rather impressed with how prepared they were. They already have their guest list put together. They had decided what stores they wanted to register at. And Andrea knew when and where she wanted to start shopping for her wedding dress. Not too shabby for a first planning meeting. Now, their next decision will be whether to sent out the Save The Date cards in October (to give friends and family a years notice because it will be a destination wedding for just about everyone) or in December as Christmas cards. If they want to send them out in October they have to make a decision on a style and order them by next week. I'll keep y'all posted on that.

Other than that I just have to keep this momentum going and keep them on task. In general, I made September a very light month when it came to items on on Andrea and Jason's checklist. In October we are going to pick up the pace and start to finalize the reception menu, meeting with the Yacht Club catering team, and doing research and visiting rental places. For some background on Andrea and Jason's story please see Maroun/Spiskey Wedding under Current Projects.