Plan ahead and pack up these 12 essential wedding day checklist items in the days leading up to the main event. You don’t want to be scrambling to find your “Love Me Do” lipstick on the morning of your wedding!

Of all the decisions you’ll make as a bride, choosing your wedding-day look is among the most fun. Many brides scour Pinterest to find the perfect dress, accessories, makeup and, of course, hairstyle for their walk down the aisle.

I may not have been a Bridezilla, but in the weeks before my wedding, worries about our big day looped through my brain on repeat. The spotlight-hogging anxiety was my hair. Because our nuptials were out of town, my fabulous Toronto stylist couldn’t do my wedding ‘do. Major bummer.

I’m not a high-maintenance girl and I certainly wasn’t a Bridezilla: I literally burst into laughter when a bridesmaid revealed, right before the ceremony, that she mistakenly bought the wrong color of dress!