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Engaged Now What

How do you decide how long your engagement should be? Your decision can be based on many factors: your financial situation, the demands of your jobs, your culture, and personal taste.

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Don’t forget to write down the date of your engagement in your journal or scrapbook or on your calendar. You may not celebrate it every year, but the anniversary of your engagement will always be a special day to remember.

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Engaged, Now What? The first thing you need to do once you slip on your engagement ring is relax. That may be hard to do because you’re so excited, but if you jump headfirst into wedding planning without taking a moment to enjoy your engagement, you’ll burn yourself out.

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Your wedding planning timeline will change based on how long your engagement will be, but there are free wedding planning timelines and checklists online for engagements of all durations. There are, of course, some tasks that need to be completed before others on any wedding planning timeline, like choosing the wedding date and venue, while [...]

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All of us here at TeamWED hope our readers, brides-to-be and former brides alike, all have the happiest and most wonderful Thanksgiving. And for those who are participating in or hosting Thanksgiving weddings on this day of feasting, congratulations!
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If you’re looking for a mature and sophisticated wedding color palette, consider gray and red. It’s an unusual choice, to be sure, but also a very modern and hip one. Making it work is easy. How about beautiful gray bridesmaids’ dresses paired with bridesmaids’ bouquets made of deep red roses? The bridal bouquet can use [...]

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What is the one thing that diminishes the excitement of the engagement period more than anything else? Money, of course. Paying for a wedding is tough, especially these days when it’s no longer clear who pays for the wedding reception, the rehearsal dinner, the bridal gown, and everything else brides and grooms need to make [...]

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The place you elope can be a conveniently close resort or an exotic location you’ve always wanted to see. In fact, you can elope and have your honeymoon in the same place.

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Eloping is an affordable alternative to having a big wedding. It’s also easy, pressure free, and can be exciting. Sharing a day with just your fiancé and committing to your marriage is something special.

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The issue of cost is one the two of you will have to work out together. Truthfully, it depends on your budget. There are many ways to save money when throwing an engagement party. To save money, you will have to do more work yourself, though. So, it becomes a balance between costs and labor. How much do you want to spend? How much do you want to do?

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Once the two of you are engaged, you may feel a lot of pressure to plan the wedding right away. There are so many things to think about: where to have the wedding, who to invite, what type of cake to buy. But, you should take some time to just enjoy your engagement. Celebrate with family and friends and relax before you jump into wedding planning mode.

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