wedding invitation. Choose Your Wedding Cake. Options abound in wedding cakes and you need to book them surprisingly early, make sure you do the taste test. Take your best man out for a talk. Tell him exactly what you need him to help you with through the next few months and on the wedding day. Make sure he knows it is his job to get you to the wedding ceremony on time -- This is where choosing someone reliable, is really important (helps if he's afraid of your wife too). 5 -- 6 Months to Go... Book Your Wedding Night Hotel Room. Arrange for the room to be stocked with flowers and champagne (or grape juice for non-alcoholic drinkers). Arrange transportation to take you and your new wife to the hotel after the reception or to the airport if leaving straight away for your honeymoon. Check & Recheck Your passports If you're off overseas for your honeymoon make sure both of your passports are up to date. Renew them if they have expired. Contact hotels near the reception venue to see if they will offer group discounts to people attending your wedding, and send out information on this with the invitations. Register for your wedding gift wish list. Many stores make this very easy for the bride and groom and will gladly help them choose items to add to their wedding gift list. Buy the wedding rings. Buying them now allows for engraving or sizing to be done in plenty