My advice is to post statuses about different types of things you are working on. If you do this, you may get suggestions, advice, or even offers to help from family and friends that have experience (or experienced friends) in that area, helping you save money and time.
For example, when I bought my wedding dress, I posted that on Facebook. I mean, it's kind of a big deal. A month later, when I saw one of my aunts at a family party, she said, "I saw you got your wedding dress. Will it need any alterations? I used to work at a bridal salon, so just let me know." Well how cool is that? Simply by posting that one little status on my Facebook, I found out something about my aunt that I didn't know, but can help me save a lot of money in the long run.
Another example of this came when I was doing my crazy flower research a few weeks ago. I simply posted a fun little status about how I can never spell "boutonniere" without spell check helping me out, even after typing it a hundred times while doing research. Later that day, I got on Facebook and had a message from another aunt, who offered the name of a neighbor who does wedding flowers, and is currently helping prepare some flowers for a wedding at my university.
There are so many resources that we have that we don't even know about! Although sometimes just asking around will get you what you need, I advise you to just try this little step every once in a while throughout your wedding planning process, and see what comes up. :-)
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