Counting backwards

We are really trying to get in gear here, wedding wise. The biggest weapon in my arsenal is the calendar.

{scheduling}

I do this for every big project, not just wedding stuff, but it's particularly helpful in this situation. I printed out our calendar for the next three months and jotted down some important dates (when the invites should go out, when the rsvps should come in, when our deposits are due) and then started scribbling all over it in pencil. I started on our wedding date and filled in that week, then worked backwards, setting deadlines for purchases and decisions and projects. Success is 90% proper scheduling, I think.

Ideally, I'd like to spend the week before the wedding doing nothing but baking and relaxing, so I blocked out the whole week for that. I do know how weddings go, so I'm not expecting it to actually work, but I'm committed to giving it a try. I'm restraining myself and not planning nearly as much baking as I did for my sister's wedding, but it's tough. I enjoy baking and I'd really like to do most if not all of our cakes and cookies. Of course, the back up plan is just to purchase some or all of it from various bakeries a few days before. We're doing a dessert buffet and not having a huge wedding cake and you don't need to pre-order normal sized cakes. We'll see how it works out, but at least it's penciled in.

Currently, D is wrangling with the invitations and I'm a flower making machine (both activities clearly noted on the schedule). We are blowing through all kinds of Netflix in the evenings. I just re-watched both seasons of The Riches, which I loved when it was on. So bummed when it got cancelled.