Wedding planning-ugh!

I'd always said when I got engaged, I did not want to plan the wedding. Even though I'm somewhat of a control freak a hands-on kind of person, I. Don't. Like. Planning. Events. I learned this while in college.

As a mass communication major, I had to take two electives unrelated to my field, which was print. I chose public relations (PR) because I wasn't interested in anything having to do with broadcast journalism or advertising- but I digress. In the introductory class, we had to plan an event called the mass comm mixer for freshmen and sophomores who were interested in mass comm (or just wanted some free food). I pretty much hated all of the planning aspect of it.

Back to the matter at hand. Since I'm getting married sooner than I thought I would (even though I didn't have an actual time in mind, I didn't think it would be this soon), and I don't really have the funds to hire a planner (at least not at this moment), I have to plan it myself (yay!!)  Well, my cousin did say she'd love to help because wedding planning is something she'd been interested in as a career.

But my point is that the wedding planning process seems like sooo much! You have to choose colors, a venue for the ceremony and reception, flowers, dresses, food, the people you want to invite, and the list goes on and on. I know, I know, I have a really long time (at least that's what Chris keeps telling me), but I want things to go as smoothly as possible, and I don't want to spend the three months prior to the date in a frenzy because I waited until the last minute to decide anything.

So...please feel free to share your words of wisdom, tips, anything! Thanks in advance! : )