Planning your wedding - Part 1

Part 1/10 of my brief guide to planning your big day:  you're engaged

So your engaged! Massive congratulations. My first piece of advice for newly engaged couples is to enjoy it! You only say 'yes' to a marriage proposal from your true love once in your life (to my beliefs anyway). Enjoy telling your friends and family all about how he (or she) popped the big question. Whether it was a grand gesture in front of hundreds of people, or a simple decision between the two of you, it was bound to be a perfect, memorable moment.

Don't start stressing and planning your wedding straight away. Of course you can start thinking about how to make your dreams become reality, but don't go overboard and turn in to a 'bridezilla' straight away; you don't want to scare away your other half just yet!

You'll have to agree a few serious things from the get-go before you can start the fun planning, the most important being the budget. This will be a lengthy discussion and will certainly take you a while to reach a realistic figure, but without having a budget that you both agree on, planning a wedding will be impossible. (Unless of you have endless amounts of money, wouldn't that be nice?) 

Read part 2 here.