Wedding Planning For Dummies, 3rd Edition -- About the Author -- Dedication -- Author's Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Conventions Used in This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- How This Book Is Organized -- Icons Used in This Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part I: First Things First -- Chapter 1: First Steps to a Wedding to Remember -- The "Ize" Have It -- Working with a Wedding Planner -- Chapter 2: Avoiding Those Wedding-Bill Blues -- Love Is a Money-Spender Thing -- "I Will" Make a Wedding Budget: Tracking Your Expenses -- Controlling Costs -- Comprehending Contracts -- Take a Tip: Calculating Gratuities -- Finding Bargains Online -- Chapter 3: Making It All Legal -- License to Thrive -- Same-Sex Legalities -- Drawing Up a Pre-nup -- Playing the Name Game -- Alerting the Media -- Unplanning a Wedding -- Part II: Be Our Guest -- Chapter 4: Venue Victories: Finding the Ideal Location -- Looking for Love in All the Right Places -- Do You Need More than One Space? -- Taking a Space Walk -- When There's No Place Like Home -- Planning a Destination Wedding -- Chapter 5: By Invitation Only -- Preliminary Planning -- Formalities First -- How Else Can We Put This? -- Rehearsal Dinner Invitations -- Extracurricular Events -- Typefaces and Other Technicalities -- Addressing Traditions -- Printing Your Own Invitations -- It's a Mail Thing -- Or Maybe It's an E-Mail Thing -- Chapter 6: The Weekend Wedding -- A Typical Timeline -- Asking Guests to Save the Weekend -- Telling Guests What They Need to Know -- Winning Welcomes for Weekend Weddings -- Chapter 7: Creating a Foolproof Wedding-Day Schedule -- Putting Everyone on the Same Page with a Wedding-Day Schedule -- Addressing Transportation Plans -- Creating the Master Schedule -- Taking a Closer Look at Receiving-Line Logistics.

Chapter 8: Other Creative Celebrations -- Dream Themes -- Strategizing a Military Wedding -- Surprising Your Spouse-to-Be -- Private Ceremony, Public Party -- Giving Marriage Another Try -- Say It Again: Renewing Your Vows -- Partying Before and After the Wedding -- Part III: Ceremony Survival Guide -- Chapter 9: Attending to Your Attendants -- Choosing Your Entourage -- Next Stop: Wardrobe -- Showing Your Appreciation -- Chapter 10: Sensational Ceremonies -- Selecting Your Officiant -- Getting Married in a House of Worship -- Deciding on the Order of Events -- Reviewing Religious Rites and Rules -- All Together, Vow! -- Places, Everyone - Time to Rehearse -- Getting with the Program -- Chapter 11: Selecting the Perfect Florist and Arrangements -- Finding a Fab Floral Artiste -- Expressing Yourself: Decorating the Ceremony Site -- Decorating Your Reception Space with Redolent Arrangements -- Putting the Bloom on You: Up Close and Personal Flowers -- Keeping the Bloom On -- Chapter 12: Music to Get Married By -- They're Playing Our Song -- Choosing Ceremony Musicians -- Part IV: A Rousing Reception -- Chapter 13: Get Up and Dance -- Setting the Tone -- Booking the Band -- Spinning with a DJ -- Chapter 14: What's on the Menu? -- Working with the Perfect Caterer -- The Beauty of the Feast -- Making Menus Memorable -- When Dinner Is Not Served -- Chapter 15: Let's Drink to That -- Tending Bar -- Avoiding Traffic Jams -- Bar Aesthetics: Set Up and Take Notice -- Specialty Bars: Blithe Spirits -- Selecting Wine, Beer, and Champagne -- A Few Words about Toasts -- Chapter 16: A Piece of Cake -- Baking Away -- Two Hearts, Two Cakes -- Cake on Display: No Drooling, Please -- Cutting the Cake -- Chapter 17: Setting the Stage -- What to Contemplate before You Decorate -- Choosing a Wedding Designer -- What's in a Room? -- An In-Tents Experience.

Doing Your Guests a Favor -- Part V: Gifts, Garb, Pics, and Trips -- Chapter 18: Greed Expectations and Registry Realities -- Retail Details -- Beyond Department Stores -- Hinting and Hoping -- Keeping Track of Your Gifts -- Giving Thanks -- Problem Presents -- Chapter 19: And the Bride Wore . . . -- Sizing Up Your Style -- Getting the Goods -- Underneath It All -- No Mean Feet -- Heads Up -- From Hair to Eternity -- Making Your Face Wedding-Proof -- Finishing Touches -- Getting into the Gown -- Caring for Your Gown after the Party -- Chapter 20: Rings That Rock -- Evaluating a Diamond -- If Diamonds Aren't Your Best Friend -- Setting Pretty -- Metal Matters -- Don't Leave Out the Groom -- Finding the Right Ring -- Chapter 21: For Posterity: Photos and Videos -- Getting Focused -- Take Your Pic -- Videorecording Your Day -- Safekeeping the Past for the Future -- Chapter 22: Handling the Honeymoon -- Determining Your Honeymoon Style -- Researching Destinations Online -- Working with a Travel Agent -- Making Your Money Travel Farther -- Hitting the Road (Or Sky): Tips before You Travel -- Going Abroad -- Part VI: The Part of Tens -- Chapter 23: Ten Tips for Staying on Budget -- Do Away with Magical (Money) Thinking -- Don't Play Cat and Mouse with Vendors -- Track Your Spending -- Do Sweat the Small Stuff -- Work Together: It Takes Two Baby -- Don't be Trendy -- Be Flexible -- Be Careful about Overtime -- Stop Watching Wedding TV! -- Control Yourself (No Last-Minute Spending Frenzies) -- Chapter 24: Ten Tacky Temptations I Beg You to Resist -- Indulging in Pre-Wedding Debauches -- Broadcasting Your Registry -- Bankrupting Friends and Relatives -- Playing Musical Chairs -- Bad-Mouthing In-Laws-to-Be -- Procrastinating with Your Invitations -- Making Yours the Longest Day -- Knocking Others' Weddings -- Having an "Adult" Garter Grab.

Forgetting That Those You've Invited Are Guests -- Index.