Blowing Your Wedding BudgetThis is the biggest and possibly the most common of all wedding planning oopses, if only because it’s so easy to commit. Between everything we hear about the soaring costs of the “average” wedding and all the beautiful wedding stuff out there, who wouldn’t start to think that $50,000 sounds like a plenty reasonable sum to spend on a party? But let’s get real, shall we? Some brides and grooms have that kind of money to spend, while others don’t. Be honest with yourself when creating a wedding budget,Quinceanera Dresses, and put together a fabulous wedding that won’t bankrupt you.Waiting Too Long to Reserve Wedding VendorsYou feel a little awkward calling a wedding florist or a caterer a year and a half in advance of your wedding. We get it. But if the wedding vendors that float your boat are in demand, you need to get in touch with them as soon as you have a prospective vendors list and a wedding date picked out. It doesn’t matter if you don’t know how many people you’ll be inviting to the wedding or whether you want to serve chicken,Ella Rosa Wedding Dresses, fish, or a vegetarian dish… what’s important is reserving wedding vendors for that date. The details can be sorted out later. Ordering Your Wedding Dress Too LateWalking down the aisle in a wedding dress from a department store is fine if you’ve never pictured yourself strutting through your wedding reception in a designer frock. But if shopping for a last-minute gown at Nordstom sounds like your nightmare, give yourself lots and lots of time to shop for and purchase and alter your wedding dress. Oh, and it’s not just the wedding dress that might not make it to the church on time.Plus, it will probably blow up in your face in the worst possible way.Not Doing A Postage Test RunImagine sending out your beautiful wedding invitations in their beautiful envelopes, only to have them ALL returned to you bearing a stamp reading “insufficient postage.” The very thought makes my innards go cold. I tell all the brides-to-be and grooms-to-be in my acquaintance to take one of their packaged wedding invitations to the post office to have it weighed and measured, then send that invitation to their own address using the amount of postage specified by the postal clerk. Large envelopes can cost quite a bit to send, and small or oddly-shaped envelopes may also require extra postage. Don’t leave wedding invitation postage to chance!Thinking DIY Is Always DoableSpeaking of test runs, the test run will be your savior if you plan to DIY anything associated with your wedding,Cocktail Dress, from your hair style to baking a wedding cake to designing your own bridal bouquet. We’re big fans of wedding DIY ’round here, but we also know it’s not for everyone. For example, if you’ve never sewn a stitch, you might want to leave the creation of your wedding dress to a professional. And if you’re all thumbs or you work 60 hours each week or you hate boring busy work, assembling wedding favors from heaps of cardboard and ribbon and buttons and hot glue probably shouldn’t be on your agenda. Be realistic when you contemplate wedding DIY possibilities.Last Minute Body ModificationNever tried Botox? Never gotten waxed? Peeled? Never even had a facial? Haven’t had a hair cut in a while? Then do not do any of these things the night before your wedding or even the day before the night before your wedding.