How to have a wedding
It made me
happy and exhausted 
"So time consuming, expensive, and crazy. Worth it, but mindbogglingly stressful."
How I did it: Working on it in pieces on evenings and weekends, and saving throughout the year. Breaking all tasks into manageable subtasks, and treating the process like a hobby.
Lessons & tips: Save, overbudget, organize, let go of the savings.
Each service (cake, flowers, dress, ring, venue, open bar, officiant, limo, etc) selected represents a sizable chunk of cash.
It is difficult to stage a wedding inexpensively. You can always make the affair look cheap, but it is near impossible to genuinely save anything by doing this.
