Have You Ticked Off These Things Before You Start Your Wedding Week? Your Checklist!

Dear Bride, you've saved, budgeted, researched, and planned, and undergone a gazillion different mood swings. But wait just a minute, to ensure that you have the most perfect version of your big day , these quick checklists items will keep you handy. Photo: The Wedding Conteurs  

• Break In Your Shoes so you don't gets shoe bites on the big day. Every single one of them. Divide them into boxes with notes stuck on them - Mehendi / Sangeet / Brunch. And don't forget your flipflops and comfy shoes.
• Pack a separate suitcase for your honeymoon
• Buy a lipstick in a similar shade to the one your makeup artist is planning to use . (You will need this for touchups on the wedding day)
• Test out zippers in each of your outfits.
• Do a full dress rehearsal – from lingerie to your head dupatta! Everything ****
• Pack your first night essentials: Creams / sheets / nightgown in another suitcase.
• Double check your destination wedding bags. Count them.
• Prepare extra cash envelopes – your pandit might suddenly ask you to gift someone in the middle of the wedding.
• Pack your emergency wedding day kit!
• Pen a note to your groom telling him how exciting it is to finally become his wife! It's something you both will always have and remember!
• Confirm all vendors two days prior – even if they have already confirmed!
• Get all your salon appointments done – two days prior.
• Talk to your groom and see if he needs anything specific done (They all don’t communicate!)
• Have one trustworthy person manage all your real jewellery! With lock and key.
• Check in with your planner and see if there's anything else you need to know or want!
• Clear your work to-do list. No work calls in the last week please!
• Make sure you have one outfit and one pair of shoes as backup for an extra event.
• Dear Grooms, send your bride surprise flowers!
• Have someone fly out a day later than you on your destination wedding so in case you miss something important, they can get it!
• Eat healthy and get plenty of rest in the last week!
• Give your photographer a list of photos/poses you want to have photographed.
• Talk to your In-Laws-To-Be and see if they need anything from you at the wedding.
• Designate a special person to receive all your gifts and designate a room to keep them. Have the hotel give you an extra key so you have a backup.
• Your room key needs two backups: give one to your mom and your BFF. Just in case, someone vanishes, there is at least one to open the door.
• Make a full-on music playlist: Get your BFF to do it and keep at least 5 pen drives of it handy.
• Have the hotel / resort give you extra sari drapers. Last minute, everyone needs help!
• Prepare tip envelopes: Put in tips for the hotel staff / helpers / pujari / anyone who serviced you and give it to your mom. Add a thank you note!
• Chargers: For your comp / for your phone / for your Bose Speakers. Carry extra battery life too. At least 3 of them so your mom, BFF and you have one each.
• Make a getting-ready timeline so you have enough time for pictures!

Take a deep breath. Take a lot of these. They are unlimited. They are free. They are more than necessary. Please don't forget that!