1. You will go over budget. Don’t be naive about the money it will take to make your wedding happen. Just count on going over. I see it happen every time.
2. Think of an upside down bell-curve: expect the beginning of your planning to be hectic, stressful, and full of decision making. Then there will be a lull in planning followed by a crazy, stressful 1 month count down. Plan on it. (Also hire a wedding coordinator to help manage it.)
3. You will have trouble creating, cutting down and finalizing your guest list. Don’t break up with your fiance over this – it can be worked out!
4. You will have some guests who do not return their response cards and make it hard for you to chase them down by phone.
5. Your groomsmen will take their sweet time to complete their tux rentals.
6. Not everything will turn out exactly how you envisioned it – sometimes better, sometimes not as great.
7. At the end of the wedding day, you will be married and that is what matters most!
