Moving & Wedding Planning

I am right there with you. We're moving in a month, but we also have a lot of cosmetic things to do to the house before we can move in along with working. I just keep trying to remind myself to breathe and take it one day at a time

Dedicate a weekend just to moving in. You have a little under a year until your wedding that shouldn't be on the top of your list the while you're moving unless you haven't booked anything.

FH is in the process of moving into my house now. Moving has been crazy but wedding planning is kind of at a stand still right now. We have everything major already booked. So right now we are focusing on the move right now.

Oh yea. We just went through my cousins wedding, moving 3 hours from where we currently were, (which for me included changing jobs and him having to set up a home office) and also being in my sisters wedding in a 3 week period and we are so exhausted and financially drained! Lol. We are taking the next couple weeks to recoup and do some of the 'fun' planning things like looking at bands and cake tasting!

My fiancé and I had intended to buy a house at least 6 months ago but we didn't find the right house until April. We just settled and moved in on June 9th (yes 3 weeks before our wedding). We have cosmetic things we want to change but they will wait until after the wedding. Honestly, best advice I have is to prioritize and make shared list. Also, take time to enjoy these big moments and time to be with each other amongst the chaos of moving and wedding planning. Last night, we walked to get ice cream when we should have been doing house things but I cherish that moment because we've been so busy.

Been there!! we bought a new house, sold my old one, and moved during the month before the wedding--definitely wasn't part of the plan but we knew we had found the right home. my advice would be to just try to accept that you won't get everything done before the wedding--you may have rooms full of boxes for awhile and that's ok. give yourself time to savour how exciting it is to be moving in together, and like PPs have said try to dedicate some solid time to the process of moving. amazing how much you can get done in one weekend. it's also a really good opportunity to practice being kind and forgiving with your FS...if you can get through moving and wedding planning at the same time, you'll be solid.

Just did it. Im still recovering from the exhaustion. But you have a lot of time before the wedding. Put the planning on hold until you're settled.

Definitely hard...I'm only in the early stages of planning and I already feel overwhelmed. I agree with what's been said that it's important to prioritize! I'll definitely be keeping that in mind more for the future going forward. Definitely take it one day at a time! And stay positive it's supposed to be fun!

We did! We moved into our house two months after we got engaged. At that time I was also working mad overtime. We also had like 6 weddings last summer around that time and I was in two of them. Staying organized really helped with checklists and excel spreadsheets. We also tried to do something together after wedding things so we turned it into date nights. Like after meeting with venues or photographers we'd go have a beer or go to dinner or relax on our new deck. Now...I do still have a lot of boxes shoved in our basement, but we prioritized and it helped get things done both in moving and planning. Good luck!

We're moving in together on Saturday. The house hunt and move have definitely put me a tad behind on some wedding stuff, but I'm not too worried about it. Just take a breath, and make some lists to keep yourself focused! This is exciting stuff!

Well your wedding isnt until May of next year...so maybe hold off on wedding planning till you get settled?

I couldn't do it all once! Good luck to you!

We just moved into our new home on Saturday and boy I'm still exhausted! I have a 1.5 year old so everything I packed he would try to unpack. I would say start packing up now if you already haven't or hire a company. I started a month prior and so glad I did. Make sure boxes are organized in the Uhaul by room. Makes things easier. I honestly put wedding planning on hold the month I was packing and now until we get settled in. I have lots of stuff on my WW App that says overdue but I had to choose. Limit yourself to what needs to be done now. Don't worry about hanging pictures etc. Focus on one room at a time. Good luck!

We had originally planed to move closer to home around May 2018 when I finished my masters degree. However, due to my current job situation, we've decided to start looking for a new job now and hopefully move before the ND winter hits. I'm super glad it worked out this way because I would have been working full time, finishing my degree, and in the nitty gritty of wedding planning while trying to move across the country.

YES, I feel you on this, though I don't have advice. We moved into the condo we bought yesterday and I had a mini breakdown after seeing a BAM with tons of lovely little details and decorations. I feel like I don't have enough time to properly focus on either the wedding or the move and all the balls I'm juggling are being dropped. To top it off, we're doing heavy renovations (think: ripping up floors and demo-ing the kitchen) on the new place and had to leave the old place sooner than expected. Translation: our stuff is piled in random places like the bathtub, there's sawdust and wires everywhere, and our mattress is on the floor in front of the fireplace and will be for a month. YIKES.

Shew, that's a lot to do at once! Since your wedding is still a year away, just hold off on any more planning for now until you get settled into your new place.

Your wedding is so far away, just let go of wedding planning for a few weeks while you're packing/moving. The trick with moving is to just GET IT DONE, don't let yourself procrastinate on packing or you'll end up dragging it out forever. If you do pack over the course of a month, set mini-goals the same way you do w/ wedding planning, ex. pack everything in the bathroom except essentials this week, everything in the kitchen except essentials next week, etc. FH helped me move a few pieces of furniture multiple times before we moved in together, and we decided two years ago that we will hire movers every time we move. Almost everyone I know, including us, ends up having the worst fights when you're trying to carry heavy furniture together!

FH and I are moving in August and getting married in October. My big stress at the moment is needing to sign a new lease quickly enough that I know our NEW address BEFORE we send out invites, to make sure no one sends cards/gifts to our OLD apartment. Also, it means wanting to find a place in downtown Chicago that has super positive reviews on receiving packages, because I'll be so upset if guests send something and it goes missing. Not because I really need gifts, but because I don't want anyone to think we're ungrateful or rude for not acknowledging their gifts (if they go missing), and want to avoid the awkwardness that would ensue. That has been super stressful. At this point I'm even willing to start our lease early (in July) if need be just to make sure it's all settled before I order invites!

I'm in the same boat..currently stressing because we have not found a house yet but we won't move in until October so we still have some time. It's definitely a lot to juggle all 3

I have done then moving little by little. However since you've just got a month, I'd do what other users suggested and just dedicate a weekend to moving!

FH and I are long distance and we're getting married where I live (a lot of his family lives in the same area as well) so the bulk of the planning is falling on me. Besides checking in with him on various wedding things, it's me planning, booking vendors, getting ideas, etc. At some point during the week after the wedding (we haven't booked flights yet), we're moving me across the pond into Europe to live with him. Still have to quit my job, sell my car, sell my furniture, donate sunny california clothes, buy cold europe clothes, cancel everything in America, etc, etc. Stressed is an understatement. I actually love wedding planning and find it kinda fun but I am definitely ready to be in my new home, married, and relax before I start looking for a new job.

I agree with whoever said to wait until you're all moved in and settled to start doing the bulk of wedding planning. If there's a venue you're set on, I would book it but other than that, I would just wait to start doing the heavy planning. You definitely have time! Good luck!