We have a date! 10th May 2014

Ooh one of my best friends has just set her date as the 10th....are you here?!

Firstly congrats on setting a date and booking a venue. Secondly we are date twins :-)

We only booked our venue late feb so you're not far behind us. So far we have booked venue & registrar (give notice in a couple of weeks), caterers, chair covers (as there was only one supplier we were allowed), and photographer. We only booked the caterers about three weeks ago and our photographer last week, I have ordered my dress but that was because when I went 'ideas shopping' for dresses, I fell in love with one and HAD to have it. We're getting someone to make the cake and we're doing the invites etc ourselves, so the only other big thing we're looking for is a florist, but haven't found one or decided whether or not we'll do the flowers ourselves.

Your wedding is bigger than ours but I think a year is plenty of time, we've just done bits and pieces so far and other than deciding on a florist we don't plan on doing much more til September.

Edit: We have a DJ booked too and have decided on colours

Unless you are psychic then I don't think I am the same person, only I and my OH know that we've set the date so far. I've got to keep it under my hat at work because they will all want an invite and I don't know if we can afford it, so we're keeping it quiet until the guest list is finalised.

Haha! I doubted you would be- none of my friends use forums.

how exciting though.

I'd never used a forum until I stumbled on hitched after we got engaged! The fact I can listen to talk about weddings/talk about my wedding/hear about weddings as much and get awesome ideas and advice has got me hooked ?

Yay congratulations! Let the planning commence.

Congratulations...that date is my birthday ?

Snap! im such a lurker on this forum as well..i love the amazing ideas everyone has! weve only just set our date for 26 april next year so v excited at the moment..im thinking a year is plenty of time to plan.

the biggest hurdle is finding and booking the venue!

Wohoo you're date is five days before ours! wont tell you how much we have done though, dont want to worry you there's still plenty if time, we have just been engaged since feb 2012 so couldnt help but make a start! exciting times! make sure you get in touch with registrars next, def most important bit now you have venue... all the suppliers have been telling me how busy next may is so the registrars are a must! xxxxxxx

Woo hooo ?

May is a great month to get married. (Nothing at all to do with the fact i'm a May baby!)

It can be done in a year, don't worry.

Just make a list of all the big things that need sorting and get those taken care of asap. Then the rest should start falling into place.

You're in good hands here, we'll all help as best we can ?

Thanks all for your comments, the nudge to get a move on has definitely been received. We have actually decided to deal with the legal formalities before our wedding day so I'm not so bothered about registrars, the benefits to us extend beyond that but it's definitely a plus that we don't need to rush to get our preferred time.

My task for today is to draw up a short list of photographers and hope that they are not all booked for our date. We have what I think is a very reasonable budget so I imagine at least some of them will still be free at the higher end of that budget at least. My OH's task for today is to research the musical entertainment options available in the area, I am a musician myself and have attended several weddings in that capacity so it has to be right.

Oooo Musician. What do you play/do? My Husband plays the piano and I managed to find his old music teacher from when he was younger and as a surprise, he played through our wedding breakfast for us. My Husbands face was a picture!

Hello!!

I'm also getting married in May 2014 too, but mine is the day before yours!

We booked our venues in Feb and since then have sorted all the decor for the ceremony and the evening and my wedding dress.. but thats pretty much it.

How big is your wedding?

Lots of my family / friends have been saying that I've started getting everything sorted too early.. but as you say there is so much to do, you can never be to early!!