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- Get train tickets for family Paris trip
- Rent van for family airport pickup
- Make restaurant reservations for welcome dinner
- Make restaurant reservations for rehearsal dinner
- Cancel unassigned hotel reservations
- Determine attendant flowers
- Review/finalize ceremony decorations with the wedding planner
- Sew tablecloths for reception tables
- Complete table cards, table trivia, and place cards
- Box/organize reception decorations for transport to the Castle
- Sort out flowers/decorations for car
- Schedule end date for parking garage and telephone contracts
- Get car detailed
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- Find Mother of the Bride dress/shoes
- Design wedding programs
- Send out rehearsal info and get headcount for dinner
- Reserve location for morning prayer meeting
- Order guest favors (two weeks prior)
- Burn CDs for reception and give to the DJ
- Determine seating arrangements
- Meet with the caterer to finalize arrangements (head count, menu, drink selection)
- Schedule massages, manicures, pedicures, etc. for wedding week
- Get wedding gown altered
- Officially schedule the civil ceremony now that we have legal marriage authorization from the state of Baden-Württemberg
- Ship pre-trip care packages to out-of-town guests
- Find/order material for reception table cloths
- Order ceremony/receptions accessories
- Order ring pillow and Buca's tie
- Submit name-change documents to the Heidelberg Standesamt
- Schedule try-out sessions for hair and makeup
- Schedule movers for household goods and car shipment
- Select and book honeymoon
- Sort out flowers/decorations for ceremony and reception
- Determine centerpieces
- Select and order wedding cake
- Select and order bridal bouquet
- Select guest favors
- Verify Castle's pet policy
- Complete tuxedo order
- Gather, write, and buy contents for pre-trip care packages
- Select music for ceremony prelude, processional, recessional, etc.
- Choose song(s) for formal dances
- Select ceremony readings
- Define ceremony order of service
- Book flights
- Select DJ
- Submit German paperwork at the Heidelberg Standesamt
- Finalize groom/groomsmen/usher attire
- Determine reception food arrangements (buffet or served, pick menu)
- Reserve location for the wedding rehearsal
- Get German and English affidavits
- Complete Peter's German marriage form
- Order bridesmaid dresses
- Sort out groomsmen's vests/colors
- Order bride's shoes
- Coordinate/finalize dress options with bridesmaids
- Send out invitations
- Finalize guest list
- Complete out-of-towner resources
- Finalize wedding party
- Design wedding invitation
- Book hotel rooms to cover all potential guests
- Stand up wedding website
- Order birth certificates
- Find bridesmaid dress collection in green
- Get pattern for tuxedo vests
- Select wedding gown
- Register with the city of Heidelberg
- Choose the wedding colors
- Set the date/Book the venue
- Hire a wedding planner
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