After years of dreaming about your perfect gown and probably too many episodes of ‘Say Yes to the Dress,’ the time has finally come for you to go wedding dress shopping! According to bridal experts, the first step to finding the elusive “perfect dress” is setting a budget. The age-old story of brides falling in love with too-expensive dresses is heart-breaking and certainly something we never want to put our brides through. To avoid that heartache, we recommend following our four easy steps below to setting your wedding dress budget.