October wedding. When should the bridal shower be held?

[hisno1girl]

May?
June?
July?

I'm concerned that a July shower date would conflict w/summer vacations.

[venice2007]

I was an Oct bride, my shower was late July but they sent the invites early in case of summer vacations...all but one came that were invited..lol no problem!

[thinkofthesoldiers]

I had a September wedding and my shower was in June. We had to plan around when OOT family was already planning to be in town. So, I would just plan it for when you want to have it. No matter what people will not be able to come. It is what it is.

[luckyval]

I would say August at the very latest

[wambam]

Spring/summer seems really early.

I got married in May and had my shower in April.

[ginap]

I was an Oct bride and my shower was in July.

[nomad100]

I was a late October bride and my showers were in mid-August and mid-September.

[snickers]

My shower was a month before my wedding, I think late August early Sept might be good.

[hisno1girl]

Yesterday was wedding planning day.  DH came to the table with a note pad and pen to take notes.

DD's Fi is in charge of the favors, cake, and transportation.  He tells DH, "I might need your help w/the favors."

We then spent 30 minutes explaining what wedding favors are to DH. He suggested that we give everyone Happy Meals because weddings make people happy.  It's on the 'possibles' list now for favors.

DH also vetoed some sort of flower because he said they're funeral flowers, not wedding day flowers.  I had no idea my husband was so knowledgeable about flowers.

He also said that he 'heard' it's tacky to have a dollar dance so they shouldn't do it.  They weren't planning on doing it anyway but DD & I just about peed our pants laughing at him because he was super serious about the planning.

I'm married to David Tutera! 

[Deleted]

SIL's wedding is October 5 and her shower was yesterday. Last year when my sister got married (October 21), her shower was in early August.

A friend of mine's wedding is October 18 and her shower is not until September 28. That seems really close to me.

[circa1978]

I was married in late October and my shower was in mid-August.

[kellykapowski]

My wedding was in October, and my shower was held in September. At first my mom (who hosted it) thought it was cutting it short, but it worked out well and didn't seem rushed or anything.

[JamaicanPineapple]

I got married on October 7th and my shower was in late August, maybe the second-to-last weekend. It worked.

[BaliHai]

We're going to an October 5th wedding and the shower is this Saturday, the 24th. I was married in mid-May and my shower was at the end of March.

[greenscreen]

I'm going to an October wedding and the shower is early September. I had a late September wedding and the shower was early August. I didin't have a say in the planning though, but everyone important to me showed up.

[papie]

August would be fine imo.  Or even early september.  I got married in june and had my shower in may. 

[ECB]

October bride. September shower. Anything earlier than August seems really early, TBH.

[DotAndBuzz]

I just hosted one and attended one this weekend, both for early October weddings.

[sesame]

I got married October 17th and due to work conflicts, my shower was late September. I thought it worked out great!

[catsarecute]

My cousin is getting married in Mid-October and her shower is September 7.

[jerseygrl]

My wedding was October 2 and my shower was late May.  My mom was concerned about summer vacations as well and she thought september would have been way too close to the wedding so she decided to have it early.

[pantsparty]

LOL! I love your H's input!

I think a Happy Meal is great favor.

I got married in June and I think my shower was in April. I don't think there's really a wrong timeframe prior to a wedding. Even if it is in summer, people should be fine with enough notice.

[jerseygrl]

Was the flower lilies?  We bought MIL lilies for Easter one year and she got super offended because she said they are funeral flowers and she thought we were trying to tell her something.

I was half tempted to buy her lilies every Easter after that

[milosh]

I was an October bride. I had one shower mid August and one early September and one late September. If I could choose, I would have spaced them out a bit more.

[snatchparade]

My shower is 3 weeks before my October wedding. I think that's cutting it close but it's best for peoples' schedules on the date that was chosen. I think that as long as you don't have too many people traveling too far, any time more than a month away is okay.