budgeting

budgeting has to be one of the most annoying parts of wedding planning. i think it's just because i'm not disciplined in my money habits. i am not necessarily bad with money; i just don't put in as much effort to be on top of it, i.e. balance my checkbook. but budgeting is key to a successful and recession-proof wedding!

so the two budget helpers i recommend are marthastewart.com and theknot.com. seems pretty i know, but they are pretty similar in their breakdowns of how much money should be rationed out per category for the wedding, and then they will calculate for you how much money you have left to spend everytime you make a purchase. it is great. it ALMOST makes budgeting a wedding fun...NOT.