Planning a wedding in 4 months/planning on paper

Hi y'all,

Posting again after some great advice from some gals. My fiance and I postponed our wedding last year, and now we're about ready to start planning again. Since we had already started planning, we have a deposit with a venue which agreed to hold it for another date. The venue includes photographer, cake, DJ, food, linens etc, and flowers. We plan on doing both ceremony and reception there. I also already have a dress and veil.

We don't want to set the date or start spending money yet until we're sure we will have enough money for everything. We were thinking March of next year, since our anniversary is the same month. My fiance suggested planning everything on paper, and once we're ready, start making moves with the venue and vendors.


My question is: if we hold off on booking anything for a couple of months, would it be crazy to start booking things in November? Giving us about 4 months to plan. I wouldn't want to push the wedding too far into next year since we're in Miami and it would be really hot to have an outdoor ceremony, which is what we wanted. Any suggestions? Has anyone here planned a wedding on paper before?