Calling all Brides past and future! If you could plan you wedding again what would you change? How much time did you leave yourself for planning? What would you have started earlier/later if you had to do it all again?
Personally I wouldn't have worried as much about booking vendors too early because it was that much more time to pay off. I'm still 4 months away from our date and we are budgeting hardcore and not spending any extra money so we can make sure its all paid off in time. Its not unmanageable (together FH and I make a pretty decent living) but it sucks not having the ability to go do things because we are worried about having enough money to pay everything off.
I would have just put as much down on things as I could in the get go instead of saying no its too early this and that. I would have also planned centerpieces and flowers and everything earlier so I wouldn't be scrambling to add them in our budget. We ended up doing sola wood flowers which I love but I didn't know what I was getting into so I have had to make multiple orders not realizing how much it actually takes to make things. But those are just minor details ultimately it all comes back to money ahha!
I started planning 14 months prior to our date but didn't actually book any vendors besides my venue and photographer until March. I booked those a year in advance because its their busy season in October where we are getting married so those were the first two things with dates filling up. I also bought my dress in november which sucked because anticipation but glad because it needed to be ordered. It came in in April and I just paid it off a few weeks ago and have plenty of time for alterations if needed! 
Lets hear yours!
