So you're engaged... Now what??

Right after getting engaged I was on Cloud 9. I spent the first month of my engagement skipping around singing, “I'm getting maaaaaaarried!!!!!”, staring at my shiny new ring and watching about a hundred reruns of Say Yes to the Dress.

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C'mon Randy, you know you want to help me find my perfect dress!!

To be honest, I didn't know the first thing about planning a wedding. I have not been to many weddings in my lifetime (which is surprising considering my huge family) and I pretty much thought that planning a wedding consisted of buying a pretty dress, saying “I do” and dancing the night away with friends and family.

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Flowers and dresses and cake, oh my!

And so, I did what any unsuspecting bride would do. I created an account at The Knot, skimmed their wedding checklist and budget planner, and then nearly had an aneurysm.

Okay, so maybe that wasn't the smartest way to start our wedding planning. It would be an understatement to say that I am easily overwhelmed and, for me, those lists were total information overload.

Instead of crawling in a corner and rocking back and forth sobbing (which is all I really wanted to do at that point) I created “Miss Coyote's Top Five”; a short list of wedding things that I felt should be accomplished first.

Stay tuned!