So, it turns out weddings are pretty hard to plan when you give yourself a <$5000 budget and only 3.5 months deadline. Who’d have guessed? Jess and I finally set a date (Dec. 24th) and we’ve been spending almost every waking moment working towards getting everything ready. So far we’ve gotten:
Our Photographer: Dulce Productions (a great wedding photographer from Omaha)
Our rings: Whitehall Jewellers (both custom designed)
Her bouquet: David M. Mangelsen’s (another local Omaha company)
Her dress: Surburban Bridals (the perfect dress after days of searching)
Our location: A nice private Bed & Breakfast (a wonderful place and owner)
Our officiant: District Court Judge Joseph Troia (such a nice guy over the phone!)
Not bad, huh? There’s still plenty to do, but that is a lot of the major stuff out of the way! 
I tell you, I don’t know how people plan weddings bigger than this without any help… it’s pretty insane as it is!