With so many couples getting engaged over the holidays, wedding vendors are gearing up to sell sell sell. Before you dive into full wedding planning mode, have a plan! The first thing you should do is think and dream about what you want your wedding day to look like.

So this wedding plan is serious stuff! My mom, my assistant, a recently married bartender at my restaurant, and anyone else I can enlist to help have now become my team of wedding planners. A full time wedding planner is not in our budget, but I think everyone needs a "day of" person, so I recommend reserving that place in your own budget. Can you imagine me not having one? I would be running around in my wedding gown with my chef's knife, a true bridezilla! It will be hard to let go of the reins for the food aspect, but we will go on about that later. 

Image (above and below): William Hoiles

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