Show The First Day of the Rest of Your Life Requires Planning Brenda Lewis Community Ah Spring The change from the dreariness dreariness dreariness drea drea- of winter to the blooming of tulips stirs hope in us all Warm days filled with sunshine help us stretch our limbs as we emerge from the hibernation of classes and look to the future Spring break is the first reward we see and for some what better time to contract contract contract con con- tract the promise of an engagement ring ringby ringby ringby by adding a band of gold If a spring break wedding is your goal you will have already selected your caterer chosen your wedding party been fitted for your wedding gown and rented the formal wear for the groom ordered and mailed your invitations and made travel arrangements for your honey honey- moon The hall has been confirmed your employer knows you'll be gone for awhile and the bakery knows exactly how your want your cake No If a quick trip to Las Vegas is looking good June might be a better time to hold the ceremony of your dreams According to experts in the marrying business wedding plans need to begin 4 to 6 months prior to the day you say I do If all of this takes you by surprise a professional wedding planner might just be the ticket The fast growing business of wedding planning is an option chosen by many couples One lists wedding planners planners planners plan plan- ners in the United States and Canada who from to will use their expertise to make your wedding day everything you always wanted Having been there and done that an experienced wedding planner will help you make and adhere to a budget prepare prepare prepare pre pre- pare and see to a task list deal with vendors vendors vendors ven ven- dors and decorate the wedding and reception locations They've seen many ceremonies as well and can help couples r dr ar 9 FY i r rn en Q Je etI e- e J c eX X tI rr Q come up with ideas that will make their nuptial festivities special Jenica Popish was married on July 31 2004 After lots of research she fell in inlove inlove inlove love with the work of one wedding planner planner plan plan- ner and handed over her credit card She regrets that now Once we got into the planning of my wedding they were not very supportive with my smaller budget said Popish I Iwas Iwas Iwas was lead to believe that they would do everything they could to make my wedding wedding wedding wed- wed ding beautiful but in the end it seemed more like I 1 just paid them money to show up and bring some rented items with them They also never did a walk through at the actual site of my wedding and ended up getting lost on the way they got there 1 hour before my wedding and didn't have enough time to set everything up My wedding guests ended up helping them and my mom is still fuming about how they ruined my rny wedding Though Popish believes that the wedding wedding wedding wed wed- ding planner she used was able enough to do the work she feels that they weren't used to working within a limited budget If she could do it over Popish said I think I 1 would have had a longer engagement engagement engagement engage engage- ment and saved more money That way I 1 could have done more myself |