5 Months. one day to go and....

I am having the worse anxiety about paying for all of this....

FMIL is a well very SELFISH person to say the least and my fh and I are busting our tails working. He bounces all weekend and is an electrician by day. I am picking up a second job most likely this weekend.

I do not know how we are going to pay for all of this, to boot we have no cc's and the walls of destitution are closing in around me.

How do you ladies find time to relax during the day?

I know the wedding day will be fabulous but my stress is making me sick..... help please?

Awww - unfortunately I know how you feel. We refuse to charge anything substantial for this wedding, so we're paying for almost all of it in cash and I'm now working 3 jobs to make that happen (my FH is working serious OT as well). Between that, fixing up the money pit, I mean house, and planning I've been pretty drained & approaching a nervous breakdown rather quickly. When I feel like I'm seriously going to break, I make sure that I schedule in 1 full weekend day into my schedule where I will not work under ANY circumstances & I just stay home and relax (no cleaning, chores, wedding planning, etc). Is it at all possible for you to pick up a routine like that? I only do it once every few weeks, but it saves me from absolutely losing my mind on someone

That sounds like a great plan but I need to find a way to not let myself be consumed with this stress.

It seems like when it rains it pours... We had to just drop over a grand on a beater for FH. His tranny blew. That was the week when I was going to drop over a grand on the wedding.. Now we are even further off lol

Take a day or two or even three and don't do anything wedding related. Don't even chat on LIW.
It is hard not to think about the money aspect of it, but man does it go fast. All we have left to pay is the RH, the balance for the florist, the photog and the video, balance for the HM.

I'm at 39 days...........

It is so hard when the money starts to go, and FH is starting to wonder how much people are going to give us. That annoys me to no end and I told him to ............
I have been budgeting and trying to seriously control the expenditures by not allowing him to invite everyone under the sun. When people RSVP no - I sort of feel glad because that's two less plates, one less favor, and if I get enough no's one less CP.
I feel bad thinking like this, but I do not want to go into debt for this wedding.

Try to not stress.

Take a deep breath and relax. Like someone else mentioned take a day just for yourself and dont think or do anything wedding related.
Remember the most important thing is that you are marrying the man you love and everything else will fall into place. Can you try to cut costs anywhere?