"You have so much time, you don't need to worry about that yet.."

We have a 14 month engagement (Oct 2018 to Dec 2019) and we're already done planning. Getting items crossed off your list saves on stress, and most importantly, money! No one needs to know your reasons. We'll be enjoying our summer by doing what we want and paying off balances. Good luck!

Everyone told me I was doing things "too early" but all the brides who called my venue trying to book my date between june-december of 2018 at what I was told is the best time to book were out of luck because I booked it "too early." same thing with my photographer and event decorator. I booked everything at the beginning of 2018 immediately after getting engaged december of 2017 and I haven't had a single person tell me they were unavailable. ALL of my engaged friends have had to change at least one thing because someone was booked and someone told them they didn't need to start planning until a certain point of their engagement.

I honestly love this post!!! Thank you! Everyone on here and others keep saying that to me as well. If i didn't start planning now, I would go crazy!!! and not have the money to do things last minute.

With things like booking vendors, I 100% agree in getting that done ASAP. The only time I've been guilty of saying/thinking "relax, you have time" is when people post freaking out about seating arrangements before the invites have been sent out. I planned everything really early. We got engaged in March 2018 and I was starting grad school that fall. I knew my time would be limited so we hit the ground running. I didn't get any flack for it, but my FMIL's friends were all very surprised as to how much FH and I had done (although several of FMIL's friends also somehow became responsible for planning their children's weddings without wanting to, so that may be why they were so shocked that we did everything ourselves). We all have a million things going on, if there's more time to tackle stuff in x month that you know you won't have time in y month, just do it if possible.

UGH I've been hearing this a lot too. We have been together since 2009. Got engaged 6/7/18. Our wedding date is our 11 year anniversary on 10/10/20. Booked our venue last august. I have photog, videog, caterer, venue, linen rentals done. Plus some decor. I guess being together so long, people thought we'd jump straight into marriage with a 6 month engagement or something. Now I'm getting FH family telling me (mostly in a joking way but I don't really think they're joking) that I'm holding up the weddings of the other 2 girl cousins. One is like 19 years old....The other one has been with her FH for a year and just got engaged this past April. Both have set dates after our wedding. The girls haven't personally made comments to me and one is my bridesmaid but it's annoying to hear everyone comment about how far away our wedding is. I KNOW HOW FAR IT IS. I'M THE BRIDE. I CAN'T WAIT EITHER. hahaha.

It's funny, I'm on the opposite end of the engagement length spectrum (we got engaged 5/11/19 and it's looking like 10/5/19 is our day!), and people are STILL shocked that I'm already as far into wedding planning as I am, despite us saying from the beginning that our engagement would be in the 4-6 month ballpark. We should have our venue (same for ceremony and reception) under contract by next week (they're holding the date but we haven't seen it yet, just have heard rave reviews and the photos are basically my dream!!), our officiant is his best friend, the photographer is my best friend and her husband, our bridal party is chosen and committed, I go dress shopping in a week, and I've already talked to caterers, florists, and ceremony musicians with excellent reviews who have indicated their availability. I love planning and organizing and spreadsheets, and I make decisions quickly (FH does NOT.... bless his heart...), so I don't know what anyone expected me to do, hahaha. But I guess it just goes to show that everyone has an opinion about how you should go about planning your wedding