Planning A Wedding? A Subtle But Necessary Tip To Keep Your Sanity And Pursestrings!

Planning a wedding will probably be one of the most (if not THE most) difficult task you will ever undertake.  One year of planning for one day incorporating vendors and people and guests for a 6 to 8 hour stretch that is your wedding.     



It is especially difficult if you have a budget to plan your wedding on a budget because besides all the organizational tasks you are looking for bargains at the same time!    

Don't get me wrong! 

Money saving tips are helpful, there are so many that it can be overwhelming, especially when they are mutually exclusive!
    


The one tip I have learned which is subtly hinted at in wedding planning book after wedding planning book:


BE ORGANIZED!!

FOCUS ON GETTING ORGANIZED FIRST!!

From the get-go, this will save you time, save you money, save you headache.  Focus on getting organized about wedding planning on a budget before entertaining any other type of tips.

Here's what you need: 
 

• a three ring binder  
• a three ring hole punch (because surprisingly not all materials have three hole   punches in it .. who knew?)  
• dividers for your binder, preferably with color tabs, preferably already punched.        



I would even start labeling them with categories for planning your wedding like:    

• wedding budget
• wedding checklist
• wedding timeline
• wedding venue
• reception venue
• wedding gown
• groom tuxedo



And so on.

One more important and subtle tip:

THE BINDER OF AWESOMENESS

Not only is the binder going to be your new best friend that will stick with you through thick and thin, it will also subtly keep hinting at you to stay focused on the "business" of planning a wedding, and not get caught up in the "emotion" of planning a wedding.

Wedding planning checklists and binders come in all sorts of shapes and beautiful colors.  If you bought or were already given something fancy, I would say save it for someone else.

Stick with the office supply store binder.

HERE'S WHY:  

When it comes to wedding planning, you have to be organized.  You also have to, when trying to stick to planning your wedding on a budget, think of it more like a business and not something to get emotionally involved in.  

That is kind of tough, because you want to be emotionally involved.  It's your wedding!  But that's also the same kind of emotion that causes not only wedding vendors to boost their prices up to those inflated markups of 200%



You need to think of it as a business you need to keep on a budget.  That is why I prefer the normal binder versus the fancy wedding binder (fancy and FILLED with emotion.  It's a subtle reminder to budget like a business to be made "profitable" (get your money's worth!) and not to "lose money" (overspend!)



Everytime you see that binder, everytime you put something in it, you will remember that the bottom line is it will keep you grounded.

Which will help you fly HIGH on your wedding day!

Stay sane, keep planning your wedding on a budget and come that one day you are to be wed you will be one happy and awesome lady!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Kennly Wedding is not a professional wedding planner. Rather she works in real estate. Kennly IS, however, one highly organized piece of work that LOVES to find a good bargain. As this is so, she has been the favored target amongst friends and families to assist in planning weddings. Let her experience guide you to a happy, healthy, and inexpensive wedding!

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