Help!! i was so layed back now i feel like it's not my wedding anymore !

I would sit down with your FH and talk about what you both want. Then come together as a united front and have a conversation with those with finances involved. This way everyone can be on the same page and you won't feel like it's out of your control.

I will say if you plan on having a more traditional dress, five weeks is too little time to get one that will fit well. That might not even be enough time to handle alterations in some places. It might be difficult to get nice pictures the way you're talking about but if you want a more "in the moment from different perspectives" type of thing I think it could work. Not sure about the whole no dj or mc things maybe ask a family friend to announce when important things take place and manage the playlist.

Honestly, 2 months isn't really enough time for most wedding dresses, assuming you're wanting to buy from a bridal boutique and have the whole 'wedding dress buying experience'.

If you want that, I'd start looking as soon as possible - it can take anywhere from 6-12 months for dresses to come in, because you're only trying on a sample in the store, and the dress is only put into production once you've bought it.

It is possible to buy a dress off the rack, but there is often a lot less choice.

Alterations depends on the complexity of what you'd need done, but my bridal boutique told me to allow 3 months, so I'd have needed minimum 9 months from purchase to wedding day for my dress.

My dress took almost 10 months to come in, and my alterations start 3 months before my wedding. There are certainly options that allow you to get a dress much quicker, but with this year being EXTREMELY busy for weddings, I recommend getting one ASAP, and getting alterations appointments scheduled.

Hi - I understand that! I needed my dress taken in from a size 20 to a 14 - just make sure to tell your bridal consultant you plan to still lose weight - then they will steer you away from more intricate designs that cannot be altered this much. I had to stick with clean and simple lines and we have been taking it in no problem so far!

As far as the dress concerns go, if youre planning on doing that I would look at online retailers that have wedding options like LuLu's, Torrid, or Baltic Born that you can have in hand within 2 or 3 weeks and you probably wont get altered.