Newly engaged

You shouldn’t host your own engagement party or bridal shower and the bridal shower is still far away. I would start by coming up with a rough draft of your guest list and a budget. It’s not too early to look at venues since they book up so far out. Besides, you don’t really have a date until you have a venue.

As Pp states you shouldn’t host your own bridal shower or engagement party. With that being said your first step should be deciding on a budget so you can book a venue from there you can look into vendors that fit your budget.

Decide on your budget first! That’s the biggest one, then I would say look at venue and slowly looking at guest lists.
I would recommend not buying a dress until about a year out unless you’re positive you’ll stay around the same weight and your vision won’t change

Choose the color palette for your wedding! That's super fun

Welcome to the WeddingWire community, Ashley!

Congratulations on your engagement!

A great place to start, and a super helpful wedding planning tool is the WeddingWire checklist!

Tell the tool a little bit about your wedding and it will create customizable tasks for every stage of your planning journey. You can remove any tasks you’re not planning on including in your wedding, and add more you would like to do.

Based on your wedding date, it gives you step by step tasks to guide you through the planning. Check it out, I think you and your FS will find it really helpful

WeddingWire also have an entire wedding ideas section packed with helpful articles with tips, tricks, ideas, and etiquette to guide you through your planning!

If you would like to connect with other 20201 couples and see what they’ve started planning wise, jump into this discussions - Who is getting married in 2021?

How did you and your FS choose your wedding date? Does it have any special significance to the two of you?

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I have the date and ceremony venue the officiant the colors and everything u can think of. I’m a diy queen n a planner. I have my dress it’s my mothers I just need it altered. I’m just so fidgety and cant wait to start putting things together!!!

View Quoted Comment Wow you’ve got a lot done, that’s fantastic! I totally get wanting to get things done haha, I do too!

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I did and that was loads of fun. I let my fiancé choose and I fell in love

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My centerpieces will be custom made by me and it will take time to make but because I’m a stay at home mom and a full time student. It’s hard not to get things done faster than usual

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I have a venue and a date. Good idea I’m working on a guest list now!!!!

Hey Ashley! How is your wedding planning coming along?

View Quoted Comment Very hard and stressful