The big day has arrived - you've planned the perfect wedding and are about to share the day with your loved ones. If there was ever a time to sit back, relax and enjoy the moment, this is it.
Eat a good breakfast, even if it's a small one. Be sure it includes both carbohydrates and protein.
Step3
Draw up a schedule a few days prior to the big day, showing exactly what's going to happen when. Make copies and hand them around to all of the vendors and the wedding party. The more organized you are, the less you'll have to stress about.
Step4
Prepare an emergency kit for those unforeseen disasters. Include a sewing kit, safety pins, extra hosiery, bottled water, saltines, breath mints, sanitary napkins and so on.
Step5
Count on your wedding consultant (whether it's a hired one or your own dear mother) - he or she can get the gowns to the chapel on time, as well as transport any necessary personal belongings from the ceremony to the reception site.
Step6
Leave for the ceremony with plenty of time to spare.
Step7
Allow yourself more than enough time to get dressed - relish it. How about a last prewedding indulgence? Invite a makeup artist or professional hairstylist to the wedding site.
Step8
Expect the unexpected. Yes, things may go wrong, but if you face the day with a cool head, a sense of humor and a positive attitude, you can pull it off without a catastrophe.
Step9
Enjoy the day - it does, after all, belong to you!
Tips & Warnings
Take lots of deep breaths.
If you start to get nervous, just let the feeling pass through you and realize that you're supposed to feel a little anxious - it's natural. Once you've accepted this truth, move on and think about how nice it will be to sit on a beach or mountaintop with your new spouse and tell him or her that you weren't nervous at all.
No warnings, nothing to worry about, no problems in sight.