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June 21, 2007
Google Spreadsheets
I can't say everyone is thrilled with it, but I am so grateful that Google Spreadsheets came around in time for us to use it for wedding planning. If you're not familiar with the app, it's web-based Excel, offered for free by Google. You can create and edit spreadsheets online, share them with friends, parents, and maids-of-honor, and edit them at the same time as your mother if you want to.
I have one sheet called "Wedding Task List" which includes an uber to-do list, a tab for vendors, a tab for potential photographers, one for food ideas, etc. If I need to call a vendor from work, I can log in and get the number, and then make a note of the conversation so everyone knows the outcome. Not that I'm actually making phone calls or anything.
I have two sheets for managing the invite list (which seems to be a bit organic, by the way, and possibly will be that way until the event itself). One sheet has names and numbers of adults and kids, sorted by how we know them. Another is for addresses, and includes more formal, full names. Again, the option to update the list from work or home or your parents' house is helpful. Whenever I get a new address, I can add it.
Posted by csageday at June 21, 2007 01:06 AM