How do i wait and enjoying the engagement.

I don't think anything is wrong with having some Pinterest inspo boards though in other words it could always be exciting just looking at wedding related stuff even if you don't plan to officially start booking things yet.

I didn't think about anything related for about 6 weeks after we got engaged. Between some traveling and the holidays I was too preoccupied so that helped.

I would wait until a year and a half before booking vendors and actually planning. For now, do some research to get a general idea of what you like and don’t like gut prices will go up and that’s a fact. Maybe start saving money now depending on what your budget will be. 2022 is so far away there’s no point in doing anything wedding related now

It's never too early to look on the internet, magazines, etc for inspiration for your wedding. As far as actual planning and booking vendors - you can absolutely start drafting your guest list and figuring out your budget now. In fact, I would suggest doing those two things ASAP. How much your wedding will cost depends mainly on how many people will be attending (as your reception venue costs, food and drink costs take up the majority of your budget). You have plenty of time to save if you figure out those numbers now! When it comes to booking vendors, most book on average one year prior however more popular ones can book 18 months to two years out. You can look for inspiration for your dress, bridesmaids dresses, etc but I wouldn't try on or purchase your dress until you are at least a year out from your wedding (bridesmaids dresses can be selected within 6 months of the wedding). I have seen many brides buy a dress over a year out from their wedding and then change their mind closer to and buy something else. Most bridal shops do not let you return dresses so once you buy it you are stuck with it!

We got engaged in October, so we enjoyed being engaged during the holidays with our families. I was also still in school, so I just focused on finishing up my last semester. Then we started dreaming about what we wanted. I didn't start actually calling venues to set up tours until the next summer, so about 6 months? Then since I had about 2 years until the wedding, I just focused on one thing at a time. I focused on picking a photographer for 3 months and did nothing else wedding related until we settled on one. It's really nice to space it out!

I would start planning 1.5 year out or so! So you have plenty of time to tour venues & all that but not too much time, and you can focus on college for now. Are you having an engagement party? Those are always fun for the beginning of engagements, and you can start very basic planning when you have time like guest count & time of year, etc.

I say 1.5-1 year out for making any solid plans. Other than that get ideas, look around for places that interest you, set a budget and save it.
I wish I went out to dinner and had a vacation with my fiance when we got engaged. My work called me in on emergency duty literally immediately after telling our parents. It was a super big let down.

View Quoted Comment My FH told one of his friends we were having an engagement party but that's as far as the conversation went.

We had 20 months from the time he asked till we say I do. We just enjoyed our time together. We took our time planning and now we are two months out and we are so excited. Some spend all their time planning they forget the reason for the planning.

We had a 28 month engagement (still have 14 months to go until 10/10/20!). We got engaged 6/7/18, I had the venue booked in August 2018. If you spread stuff out like that, you can still be planning and doing exciting things, but not rushing and just enjoying it. I also think no matter how long your engagement is, wedding stuff comes in waves. I go months without saying a word to FH about the wedding, and then we will have a week where it's all we talk about. Have an engagement dinner/party/celebration. Start a pinterest board or 7 haha. It'll go by much faster than you think. I can't believe I'm almost to the 1 year away mark. It seemed like FOREVER away back in June 2018.