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Haha - all of my friends make fun of me all the time for being "psycho" about everything.  My FI and I got engaged on Valentine's Day (which is also my 30th B-Day).  One week to the day later I put down a deposit for the reception hall, our wedding date is May 29, 2010.  It is April 24th I have almost everything done!  Granted I live in Bergen County NJ the wedding capital of the world.  I am not sure how it is in Boston but when we went to look at venues in February most of 2010 was already booked.  Only a few Saturday's were still available at our choice locations.  I bought my dress about 2 weeks ago, picked my bridesmaid dresses, sent out save the dates, booked photography, booked music and lighting, ordered the items I need to make the invitations (have been working on these for about 3 weeks now).  All we have left is a quote from the florist we met in February, buying the rings and booking limos.  I am like you - too excited (if that is even possible - I mean it's your wedding you should be crazy excited!!!)  Who cares what everyone thinks, plan plan plan - that is the excitement right?!?!  If you start now you can shop for the best deals and get the best possible choices by having the time to do lots of research.  I say start!  Good luck and congrats!

my FI thinks I'm insane about talking about wedding plans!!  We got engaged last Sept so I've waited long enought!

I'm a date twin, right now I already have my venue booked, bought my wedding dress, photographer booked, started working with a friend that's a graphic designer on our invitations, programs, etc.  Next is finding an officiant, DJ and florist - planning on doing this in the next couple months.  I'll be pretty much done with the big vendors.  Oh yea, my BMs are coming in July to look for BM dresses, we wanted my wedding dress to come in first so they can all see the dress on and get a swatch to bring with us.

I also plan on working on my DIY projects like centerpieces so I'm starting to look for items from Michael's and testing my ideas out. 

Keep in mind that our wedding is during a holiday weekend and near prom season so booked everything early, especially transportation.

Good luck! :) Yay for May 30, 2010!! 

oops, sorry for the date mix up.  For some reason i thought your date at may 30th!

We are getting married May 22, 2010, almost a year to the date!! I am also very excited and have booked my reception venue, church, d.j. and lighting, makeup and hair! Evidently the makeup lady is in high demand and books almost a year in advance! I will find out how good she is tomorrow b/c she is doing my makeup for our engagment pics tomorrow! I have also found my dress and BM's dresses. I think thats it..... This month is find a florist month. Every month I have different projects to work on, so when the big day comes, it will all be taken care of! YAY! Congrats to all my May 2010 twins!

So far all I've done is book the venue and tried on a few dresses, but I start graduate school in August, and once my first year ends will have a week-long gap between finals and the wedding, so I'm basically trying to get AS MUCH done by August as possible. And yes, I think my friends and family think I'm a little overzealous, and definitely my FI, but it's okay! The early bird gets the worm! And the best food, venue, photographer, etc...

We got engaged last September and I have been anxiously waiting to the one year mark to really get started on crafting. I bought my dress in February and 2 of my 4 bridesmaids have already picked out their dresses (they are picking their own dresses with in the colors I requested). My mom thinks we're nuts that we already have the church booked in my small hometown, but being so close to the end of school and holidays I thought it was important to act quickly (plus in my tiny home town- pop. 1500 I don't want to share my day since most of the other brides I know will have the same guests) In the past 2 weeks, I started my DIY centerpieces (cupcake tiers), invitations, and guestbook. I've kinda decided not to do save the dates because of expenses, but I'm planning on some awesome photo post cards for thank yous. On the registry note, we decided it would be best not to register until December/January, that way we won't have to worry about items being discontinued or whatever at that point.

Most importantly I feel like we have developed a vision for the day and have taken good steps in the right direction to accomplish a fantastic day of celebration for our families and friends. I'm so glad that there are other brides that have started so early, it makes me feel a little less crazy!

love!