Prioritizing Your Budget

Question

What are some of the more important things to spend your budget on? Like I understand that photos are going to last longer than how many times you will wear your dress, but then again your dress is in the photo. Just not sure how to prioritize my budget.
~Brittany

Answer

How to prioritize your budget is a very personal decision. The bad news is, you're going to have to do it. 

Best way to go about it is: Sit down, with your fiance and individually make a list of the 5 things that matter most to each of you. Now it starts to get hard. Compare your lists. Now narrow them down.

What matters most? That's up to you. But think carefully. Do you want a huge diamond or a big honeymoon? A four course sit down meal or 400 guests? You may have money for everything, but most people don't. Just put your list in order of what matters most to you and put the most money toward it. Then move your way down the list until you run out of budget. 

Don't like where you ran out? Then things mean more to you than you thought. Time to reconsider. Reconsider it time and again. Just don't buy anything until you've settled on what matters most and what matters least, and how much you have for them all. 

Then here's the key: stay within your budget. Remember, just because you don't have a lot of money doesn't mean it can't be great. There are many ways to have a beautiful wedding on a small budget.