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Planning a wedding can really be a job. But it can also be fun at the same time. Can you name one thing on earth that's truly only enjoyable if you're by yourself? Well, you probably can, but quite frankly most things are enjoyed with others along or helping us. It's like that with planning a wedding. But what seems to start out great with everyone thrilled and excited about the news of a wedding can easily get up in stress due to lack of follow through cooperation from those who seemed most happy.

So what do you do? Well, you start out making a list of the many things it will take to pull off a wedding. These lists can easily be found all over the internet, many for free. So you pick out the very things on the list that matter most to you, make your own list and begin to call getting prices. If you find you can not do everything yourself, you do have some options in getting others on board. Even a wedding planner can be hired just part-time or to get you started and then have her on the wedding day itself. If monies a problem, you can delegate the things your wedding planner is very good at, like organizing the wedding party and instructing them about their responsibilities at the wedding and before.

Often time's people hear and respond to a wedding planner more so than feeling they are taking orders from the bride. So do not let stress get to you if the load of delegation looks too heavy. You can negotiate her fees according to the time she plans to give you.

Another place you can save money in the planning stage is with the catering. I would say much of the expense of a wedding is catering the food. You do not have to have a full sit down dinner or a buffet if money is a problem. You can serve some really nice hors d 'oeuvres or even have cake and a really different punch combination. If you do want to serve a meal, here's a hint, cut down on the guest list. Caterers charge by the person and your wedding is really about you, not just feeding a long list of people. Choose the ones who mean the most, the people who have been there for you and make it special for them.

Another place to save money is you can find your wedding dress online. Some brides-to-have have canceled their plans but after they purchased their dress. These are often times designer wedding gowns and you can pick them up for a small fraction of what they paid for them. Others have been worn, but guess what … only once.

So choose and pick for your wedding the things on the wedding list that are most important to you and let those things which will not matter 10 years from now go.

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Source by Susan David