Boot Camp Brides

Every bride wants to be beautiful on her wedding day and in an effort to get the perfect fit in her wedding gown many brides are joining a growing fitness trend…Bridal Boot Camp!

This newest fitness trend takes the military Basic workout and incorporates it into a 45-60 minute workout that is designed to incorporate strengthening and cardio. Some classes even offer “dress specific” workouts that target areas of the body that will be showcased most in the wedding dress, like arms, shoulders, abs, and back. These classes can last as little as four weeks to four months and have become so popular that some have even been prompted offer co-ed classes to get the groom in on the action.

For the bride who is too bashful for group fitness or who doesn’t have the time to work around a gym schedule there are several great DVD’s for sale on the Internet. There are even sites that offer a workout format for free. All that is required is a bit of discipline.

Before starting any new physical training programs be sure to check with your physician.

Is Your Wedding Going to the Dogs?

Not so long ago it would have seemed absurd to envision a wedding with a pet as a member of the party. But with more and more people treating their pets as children or members of the family it is not too far of a stretch to envision this newest matrimonial trend. Many celebrities have included their pets in their day of wedded bliss - Gwen Stefani, Adam Sandler, and Tori Spelling, just to name a few.
If this sort of thing appeals to you and you are considering including your pet in your wedding party here are a few things to put on your check list of to-dos.

You will want to check with your venue host and see if there are any stipulations that bar pets. You don’t want to include your pet in your ceremony only to find out at the last minute that they are not allowed on the premises.

Check with the members of your wedding party to see if everyone is comfortable with pets or suffers from any allergy issues. Also make sure that there will be a friend or family member who will be willing to pet sit during the ceremony if the pet is to be “seated” during the vows.

Make sure your pet is comfortable with crowds and can obey simple commands. You might also want to test out any accessories you plan on adorning your pet with before the ceremony to make sure he or she is comfortable wearing them.

Be sure that your pet is fed a light meal and is walked before the ceremony. You do not want your pet to be pre-occupied with hunger or to have an unfortunate accident in front of family and friends on such an important day.

Be sure to include your pet in the festivities after the ceremony. Make sure that he or she has a place of honor and prominence near the couple at the reception and that there are special treats on hand for your pet. If your caterer will not provide a special treat for your pet check with local shops that cater animal fare and see if they will prepare something special.

Guest List Planners

A wedding is meant to be joyous and memorable event and, while planning a wedding can be both fun and exciting, it can also be a source of great stress and mental fatigue. There are many useful tools available that can help a bride-to-be ease that stress and one of them is guest list planner.

Simply put a guest list planner is an organized list that stores all of your guest’s names, addresses, and phone numbers alphabetically. But a list planner can be so much more and can be used to keep track of more than the number of people attending your wedding.

For example, you can keep track of meal preferences, RSVP’s, and gifts received. Once the gifts have all been unwrapped and the honeymoon is over you will have a list of who gave what gifts and have their name and address all compiled in one handy list. This will make writing those obligatory thank you notes so much easier.

There are many different kinds of guest list planners available to download on the Internet or you can customize your own to suit your needs. Which ever way you go it will be sure to help cut down on some of the stress of planning your wedding.

Weddings and the Number Seven

Tomorrow is the big day for weddings. The date 7/7/7 offers the best possible omen for a long and happy marriage.

That’s really no surprise, according to this article. Lucky number seven plays a significant role in many religions. The bible recounts a seven day creation, a Jewish wedding has the bride circling the groom seven times, and Islamic pilgrims circle the shrine in Mecca seven times.

If you haven’t already booked a wedding chances are you won’t be able to. Even in Las Vegas, the world capital of last minute nuptials, the wedders are declaring July 7, 2007 the busiest day that they’ve seen in decades.

So congratulations all you happy couples! May the happy omen of 7/7/7 bless your marriage.