What a great New Jersey wedding Ceremony!

It’s the little things that can completely undo you on your wedding day; just for your personal serenity, consider packing these goodies in a tote and having them ready to go with you when you step into that limo (or Jeep, or Mustang or taxi!)

* Nail polish: your color, your attendant’s colors, and and clear to fix stocking runs. Nail file for snaggies.

* Extra stockings

* Flat white shoes or flip flops

* Anti-static cling spray, spot remover and white out for little spots

* Hairspray, bobby-pins, safety pins, pre loaded needle and thread in black, white and your bridesmaids’ dress color

* Antiperspirant, aspirin and scented talc

* Duplicate makeup

* Telephone list of everyone in the wedding party and all your vendors

* Small bills for unexpected tips and plain envelopes

* Bottled water, especiallly if it’s hot

* a CD of your first dance, just in case the DJ doesn’t have it.

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While the “Groom’s Cake” is most familiar as a southern tradition, it’s a delicious way to offer a second choice for dessert! Usually, it is made in the favorite flavor of the groom, which is often chocolate, chocolate, chocolate. It might be in the shape of one of his hobbies or decorated with designs that express his personality. It is usually displayed along with the wedding cake.

It can be served at the reception, or the catering staff can cut it into slices and put it into decorated boxes as favors for the guests.

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Let’s hope it’s not you or your fiance as you come into the final weeks of your planning. Weddings are happy, exciting and periodically overwhelming. Make sure you don’t get stressed out to the point of not enjoying the planning stages. Take time to “get away” from the discussions about table assignments, appetizer choices and the size of the limo. Planning a complex wedding (and no matter how simple they start out, they morph into something much more complicated than you ever dreamed…) is a job and like any job you need some time off. Block off some time to be a couple before you became an engaged couple and you’ll come back to your planning renewed and refreshed.