Step 4: Macro and Micro Budget Let's talk about budgeting, you may or may not have a macro budget or an overall budget yet. If you have a set amount of money to work with then that is your macro budget. If you do not and you're open to range you will need to work that range down or up depending on what you want prior to starting your buying process. So, in other words you need to figure out your budget range is going to be A Note about Budgets: I rarely RARELY meet a Bride who starts and stays on Budget. It is hard as most Brides have never bought all of the wedding "stuff" before. There is great reasoning for the price that vendors charge; Experience, Service, Quality have nothing to do with price. Quality Wedding Vendors , Experienced Wedding Vendors, and Wedding Vendors who provide top-notch service are worth their weight in Gold on your wedding day. Prior to starting the buying process, because you don't want to come back and have that budget range affected by a bad decision that doesn't fit in with your budget. This is important to do prior to your buying process. In the 7 step process the buying process or execution of your plan is step 6, almost the last thing for you to do. You will be buying with more emotion, and lets face it 99% of wedding services and products are emotional purchases, or purchases you buy more in emotion rather than need, and will over spend your limit