Goodbye 2008, Hello Year of the Wedding!

Jordan and I will be getting married in just under 9 months. H.o.l.y. C.o.w! I don't know where the time has gone, but in celebration of the end of 2008, I'm going to make a few wedding lists!

Completed Tasks:

• My wedding dress has been purchased and altered. It's sitting in my closet, though I still have to finish paying it off.
• My veil is purchased and is also in my closet.
• Bouquet has been purchased, but STILL hasn't shipped even though it's "been ready" for two months. Ugh.
• My wedding band and turquoise bracelet are both in my jewelry box.
  
• I have a general idea of what kind of jewelry and shoes I want, but I still have to buy them.
• Tux style and vest color for both groom and groomsmen decided.
• Bridesmaids dress styles and exact color still undecided. Bouquet styles decided; purses purchased, but no flowers yet.
  
• Jordan's ring style has been decided upon, but it hasn't been purchased yet.
• Photographers booked and 1/3 paid for.
• Ceremony site booked and 1/3 paid for.
• Reception site booked and paid for and food choices settled.
• I know the style of invitations I want, but I still have to buy them and get them printed.
• Cake topper purchased, "his and hers" champagne glasses purchased, cake serving set purchased, ring pillow purchased, reception vases purchased, table number holders purchased, favor boxes purchased, ceremony fans and bubbles purchased.
• Music selections decided upon for ceremony and most of reception.
• Guest list determined and save-the-dates sent out.
• Target wedding registry set up.
  

To-Do Soon:

• Purchase invitation supplies and print a sample invitation.
• Decide exactly what honeymoon we want and start to book it.
• Purchase shoes and bridal jewelry.
• Go shopping with bridesmaids for dress ideas.
• Book ceremony officiant.
• Set up another wedding registry (Crate and Barrel perhaps?).
• Decide upon design of wedding cake.
• Make reservations for rehearsal dinner.
• Arrange for our transportation from the ceremony to reception (we're thinking a romantic horse and carriage).

Random Ideas:

• I want my hair mostly down and curled, with a small pearl and diamond headband. I also have an idea of how I want my makeup done...very simple in shades of pink.
• For our reception table numbers, I want to use pictures of me and Jordan holding up each number in a variety of funny poses.
• For reception centerpieces I'm thinking of using the jello vase centerpiece idea. We'll use either blue or pink jello (whichever turns out better) with two to three pink gerbera daisies per vase, and then blue vase gems on the table around each vase.
• I really like the idea of using our favor boxes as placecards too...we'll just write each person's name on the front of the box.
• I saw a really neat idea for escort cards in a bridal magazine this morning...I can't really explain it well, so I'll just post a picture of it later.
• We're writing our own vows (and I'm actually writing most of the ceremony myself), so I'll have to share that later as well. I'm almost done with mine!
• We are definitely thinking of doing a two-week chauffeured tour of England, Ireland, and Scotland for our honeymoon...it really depends on how expensive it will be.
• For invitations, we are thinking of printing a classic bride and groom image on white cardstock and printing the wording on vellum, then wrapping it with teal ribbon.
  

This all seems very organized, but I feel distinctly unorganized, and I don't know why!!