Wedding Planning on a Student Budget

Get married on a weeknight, or a weekend but in the late morning/early afternoon.  Many venues and vendors offer lower rates on those days.  If you have a mornign wedding, have a brunch reception.  Or with an afternoon, have a dessert reception.  An ice cream social could be a really fun, summery thing to do.  If you're both set on a dinner reception, try and find out if anyone you know (Family, close friends, friends' families, etc.) could handle the food for you.  Caterers are EXPENSIVE.  If you do this, don't forget to pick a reception venue that allows outside/unlicensed catering.  Consider buying a used dress.  OnceWed.com and PreOwnedWeddingDresses.com are seriously AMAZING.

The best advice that I can give is to make sure you ALWAYS keep in mind that the wedding is NOT the most important thing that will ever happen in your life...the wedding should be a celebration of what is REALLY important-the marriage.  I'm in the same boat as you, and continuously having to remind myself of this fact, but it really does help.  Would I rather spend $500 on renting a chocolate fountain, or let that one go and enjoy having $500 less to stress over, and $500 more in my bank account.

Honeymoon!  I've only just really gotten into planning this part in the past week and a half, so it's something I'm really excited about at the moment, lol.  Get online and look up top honeymoon spots in your state, and state's near you.  We were originally going to go to Colorado-I LOVE it there, and he's never been-but we've decided we might as well stay closer to home, since there are plenty of mountain ranges around here as well, it will save us a LOT of money, and-my favorite part-no plane flight!  Cruises are also super nice-if you do it right, you're looking at a couple thousand dollars for an all-inclusive(that means unlimited FOOD!), relaxing getaway.  It all depends on your budget though.  If the most you can afford is a few hundred dollars, book a nice, weekend getaway in a romance suite or something for just the two of you.

Hope this helps!  Good luck!