Your budget and who is booked

Why this matters

Every figure on your home page comes from here. Paid is never typed twice: it is the sum of the payments you log against each supplier, so the total on the dashboard and the total on a supplier’s card cannot disagree.

Do this

1. Set your total budget
   On the home page or at the top of the budget card. Everything else is measured against it.
2. Add each supplier as you talk to them
   An option you are considering and a supplier you have booked are the same card at different stages — you do not retype anything when they say yes.
3. Put the agreed price on the card
   That figure is what the budget calls Planned. It is typed once, on the card, which is why the two numbers agree.
4. Log payments as you make them
   Deposit, instalments, the balance. Paid to date is the sum of them, and Remaining falls as you go.

You’ll know it worked when

Your budget strip reads a total, a planned figure and a paid figure you recognise.

If it doesn’t go to plan

A category showing nothing? Anything without a supplier attached — attire, rings, favours, the licence — has nowhere to hold a price yet. Add a card for it and put the estimate there.

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