Congratulations on setting the date for your wedding

I'm at the "finishing touches" stage of planning my wedding which is in 2 months exactly (March 14th) and I think the best advise I can give you is to work out what is most important to you, and work on those things first. For me, the most important things were, my photographer (I had known which photographer I wanted for about 6 years because he did my best friends wedding and was brilliant), the dress, and the venue. Once I had those things found and deposits down I could relax and work out where I could save money on the rest of the wedding.

I have purposely chosen the bridemaid dress to be something that the girls can wear again (romantic but modern) so they are happy to pay for the dresses, and the shoes they are picking out and buying themselves. I am going to pay for their hair and makeup though.

The guys suits are being hired, but we are going to pay for that because it's not something that they can keep like the girls dresses.

Oh, and make the most of the cake hunting. Cake samples are delicious!!!