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Don't become another Boring Bride-to-Be! It is important to keep balance in everything. Everyone lese had families, lives and careers that they want to talk about - it isn't all about you, all the time.
At home, make a rule of no wedding talk in a specific room, on a specific night, at from a specific time of night. Go to the movies, and don't say the "W" word at all. Go out with friends and stay off of the wedding topic. Give yoursef, yoursleves and them space to breathe and enjoy life with everything else happening in it.
As you near the big day, plan a date night with your hubby-to-be - you won't be spending much quality time together at this stage - take an evening to reconnect.
REMEMBER WHY
So your small intimate weddings has suddenly becoming a huge event? So many extra things you've seen that you want to add or do? What about this, or that....?
When the wedding itself becomes the main focus of everything, stop everything. Is the exact timing of your entrance into the reception hall more important than why you are getting married? Don't work so hard on the details that you set yourself up for an anti-climax on the Day.
You don't want to be going on honeymoon in a state of tension because the huge ice-sculpture melted into the dessert platter, or that your fears of inviting your "thirsty" uncle came true. All of these things work in your sub-conscience before the Big Day, and you can find yourself stressed to the point of snapping before you even wake up on your last "single" morning.
Spend some time together before the time, remembering how he, or you, proposed; talk about your dreams as a married couple; remind each other what you love about each other ...
Getting married is about the marriage, not the wedding ... remember that.
THERE IS LIFE AFTER THE RECEPTION
More often than not, married life after the honeymoon is over, is an anti-climax. Bear in mind that once you've packed away your honeymoon clothes, the SOmething Wonderful starts. Make time during the run-up to your wedding, to plan activities for afterwards. Make plans to visit your parents, go out with friends, take a weekend off together to spend alone.
You are each other's Forever Afters - make work of upholding that intense love you felt at the first kiss in the church, or the first dance. Make the depth of your wedding love, last throughout your marriage.