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I'm another September 25, 2010 bride I think it has a fantastic ring to it.  The real reason we picked it though was because it'll be 5 years to the day since my fiance and I started dating, so it definitely has a special meaning for us beyond just being our wedding day. 

 Thus far, we've booked our photographer, we know who's doing my hair (same hair dresser I've had for years), and everything else is still up in the air.  We're having our reception at my parents' land... we'll be getting a huge tent, so we don't have to book the site, we just need to book the tent.  And we have a pretty good idea who we're getting to make our cake and who we want as our caterer.  We haven't booked a ceremony site yet because we're not quite sure what we want to do (church, outside, at a different venue, etc...).

Mostly, I've been getting together my ideas and working on some DIY projects.  I have been cutting down wine bottles for centerpieces (ala Miss D'Orsay) and I already made and handed out "Will You Be My Bridesmaid?" cards.  But, we're not quite in the time crunch, so I've been taking my time with things and really making sure that the choices we make are what my fiance and I want.  I like the long engagement... it's definitely given us time to breathe and hopefully I'll use the time wisely so that I won't be as stressed the last few months leading up to the wedding. 

Oh no! Don't get stressed! I'm just trying to be proactive because I'm in law school and I'll graduate, take the Bar Exam, and get married in a 5 month span.  Please please please don't get scared because of me.  If you look at most of the wedding "timelines" out there... we haven't really even hit the beginning yet.  So, take a deep breath... and I am so sorry if my minor OCD-ness caused you any stress!  Good luck with planning your wedding :)

I am also getting hitched the week before you! So far we have signed the contract for our venue and reception site, chosen a photographer, sent the "will you be in my wedding" gifts, had our engagement pictures taken and are in the process of making our save the dates! I'm also enjoying beginning those DIY projects that only long engagement brides like us can do! WE just made hanging door letters for our church doors this past weekend :) I love having this time to relax and enjoy the planning process, hopefully I get enough done early that I can relax when the date nears!

Like @tbrooke, I'm also a little OCD when it comes to organizing and planning, so I wouldn't worry about not having started anything yet!

Congratulations ladies!!!!!

I'm also a week before you bride! (Sept 18th 2010!). 

So far the only thing that is 100% done is the venue.  Booked it about a week after I got engaged, but my FI and I knew we really only wanted to look at this one place.  Everything else is slowly starting up...I'm e-mailing photographers, I've been to two bridal salons to try on dresses, and I have a few dozen pictures of wedding stuff saved on my comp. 

 We're planning on getting our first house 2months before we're married, so I'm hoping to get enough stuff done now so that I'm not ubber stressed when the date nears, while still going at a relaxed pace. :)

Aww, thanks charlieken.  We are definitely very lucky.  We went out a few weekends ago and measured to make sure everything would fit, and it did , so we've now booked our tent (and the same company will do tables, chairs, lighting, linens, etc...). I'll attach a picture of the tent from our vendor to this post. 

I also found my dress about a week ago, so that's ordered now too.  That was definitely exciting and unexpected... I was just expecting to look

Our struggle right now is deciding where we want to have the ceremony.  My church in my hometown doesn't have the same minister anymore and is actually switching ministers again at the beginning of June.  I guess I am going to have to go home a few weekends and see how I like the new one.  Otherwise, I might be trying to talk a friend into getting ordained

Other than the dress and the tent, I've just been working on getting a bunch of my DIY stuff done.  At least we all have enough time to work on whatever projects we decide to take on.

Yay for our wedding date... I'm glad there's this thread going.  It's so fun to hear how everyone else is doing in preparing for our big days!

 ** Edit, ignore the 60x80 tent... ours is the 40x80.  This is what happens when I don't pay attention to which file I clicked on and then hit upload too quick.  *sigh*

I'm a 9/25/2010 bride too! We're getting married in St. Paul, MN. We have a church, priest, & reception hall. We're pretty close to booking a DJ and a photographer. I've gone dress shopping and I have a date to go look at a DIY invitation store with a friend next week. It seems like it's coming along! =) Congrats to everyone else too!

9-25-2010 bride here as well. We got engaged in March. First thing we did was set a date. We wanted fall, but early fall. We settled on 9-25 because it's the week between the New Mexico State fair and the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta (we're in ABQ) and that's just a WONDERFUL time of year here, balloons in the air like graceful jewels, the smell of green chile roasting everywhere, nice crisp fall air and the leaves JUST starting to change, yet still early enough for flowers to still be in bloom. We searched and searched for a venue and his parents and him kept pushing me to UNM Alumni Chapel and as soon as I visited in person, I fell in love. When we talked to the staff about reserving in Sept. she got a worried look and explained that the Jewish student union has reserved all but 2 days of Sept for the next 10 years... After checking the calendar, turns out 9-25-2010 was one of those two days... Just seemed too much like fate so we booked and signed the contract. 

We also have the reception venue booked, which includes 9 rooms for our out of town guests (95% of our guest list) and booked another block of rooms at a discount at a nearby hotel. The reception site includes an awesome florist, so that's booked, and an amazing baker for the cake... another check done. His aunt is going to cater since she owns a restaurant. My brother in law and step-sister are booked for photography (both are pros).

We have not finalized which flowers will be used, nor any details about the cake. I've not yet started on the DIY projects in mind (some decorations, centerpieces, invitations). I need to settle in on a dress and shoes and all the other accessories that tend to pop up, but I'm really comfortable with where we are on the timeline.