I feel fortunate that my parents raised me to be pretty frugal. I got my first job at 15, working as a junior counselor at a JCC camp guiding a group of first graders around the camp every day. When I got to college, I worked two part-time jobs and saved up a nest egg large enough to pay off half of my student loans by the time I graduated.
It goes without saying that being financially responsible is important to me. I consider myself lucky to have found someone with the same views about money. Most of the time, discussions with Mr. Feather about finances are easy; we see eye-to-eye from the start on a lot of big issues.
Budgeting for our wedding was no different. Here are the four steps we took to create and (so far!) stick to our wedding budget. Step One: Discuss your overall budget.
This can be really difficult to do without getting a sense of what weddings cost in your area. Avoid infographics or articles that try to put a number on the average cost of a wedding in your state or country. That?s just the average wedding as determined by some magazine or website, possibly with ulterior motives.

Instead, start looking at venues, catering companies, photographers, and other items that you think will make up the majority of your budget. Get a sense of what those things cost in your area, then add up the average of those items up to get a sense of what your ideal wedding will cost.
Decide what you will be comfortable spending and how that expense fits into your finances for...