Wedding Planning.?
My boyfriend and I got engaged in July and have started our wedding planning. We decided on a theme and colors we'd like and a date, May 21st, 2008, but we still need to work out more details for it. I was wondering if there was something that can help me self plan my wedding and keep things affordable? He and I don't have a lot of money and we've yet to announce our engagement to our families, we're not sure how they'd react, but we'd like to at least get a blueprint set up. Anything on wedding planning (advice, tips, stories, etc) would be great appreciated. Thank you.

I got married last september, and my best advice is to stay organized. I bought one of those wedding planners (you can get them at any bookstore) and it was great because it gave price breakdowns, what questions to ask each vendor, spaces to write down things during interviews, etc. The best thing I did was to keep my wedding list in an excel spreadsheet with a column for names, phone #s, addresses, accept/decline, and gift. I can't tell you how much it helped with thank you cards (for the showers and the wedding) and then later for things like christmas cards, holiday party invites, etc.Now I have a list of all of the names of our family members and friends, their phone numbers, and their addresses saved right on my computer. I could also just use mail merge whenever i wanted to address envelopes, it is such a time saver. Best Wishes!!