I suppose this is just a brief rant, but at first I was soo excited to start planning for our wedding. I have done some research now for a little more than 3 months, and I feel so down in the dumps about the venue. We really wanted a barn or farm in Baltimore County because we can not travel far from our church. FI is very against going farther than maybe 30-45 minutes from the Kingsville/White Marsh area. But it is all just too expensive (we do not want to spend more than $1500 for space rental, AND can't be locked into a required catering list as they are usually quite outrageous too)
How do you veteran brides get through this and get motivated to find the perfect place within a tight budget? We cant budge on the guest list and we cant grow money on trees. Pushing the date back (thinking april 2013) would actually put us in a worse situation as I start to prepare for my dissertation defense as the year 2013 progresses and into 2014.