We got engaged the week before Christmas and decided to get married this September (we want a fall wedding and did not want such a long engagement). We have found and booked the venue and are about to sign the contract with the caterer.
The problem is - although we will be able to come up with the cost of the wedding by the time of the wedding, we don't have it all upfront. We are trying to stay away from credit cards as much as possible, and FI has pretty much decreed that he does not want to spend the money until we basically have it in hand. Which makes sense. This means that we will have to wait until at least April to book the photographer and the DJ. I am stressing out at the idea that 5 months before the wedding is not enough time and that we won't be able to find anyone still available.
I know that some people are able to plan weddings in less time than that, and they find a way to do it, but both those vendors are really important to us (the photographer for obvious reasons and the DJ because I want to make sure people are dancing all night at our wedding). Does anyone know of anyone who has planned in that amount of time and was able to get vendors? Just knowing that it can be done would be so reassuring...