Since Valentine's Day is one of the most popular days for popping the question, you might be newly-engaged right now and starting your initial wedding planning research. Welcome to 'Planning in Peace!' This is where you'll find advice on handling all of the biggest stressors in your wedding planning season, from meddling parents to bitter bridesmaids, guests who insist on bringing their kids to your reception, wacky vendors, and general tension about how much this wedding costs and how much goes into it. Cruise through my past posts to read up on how you can stop magnifying the stressful things, how you can save money on your wedding and thus avoid some $-stress, how to make your home a peaceful planning place, and how to create a better mindset. You're supposed to enjoy this! Don't listen to your friends' horror stories, except to learn lessons about what they might not have done right. Yes, there's always stress involved with wedding planning, but you've come to the right place to keep it in check.

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