> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.thewedthread.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Budget
> Set an estimate, track what you've committed and paid, and see what's coming due.
export const plusPrice = "$14.99 a month or $129 a year";
export const freeQuestions = "15 questions a month";
export const Plus = () => WedThread+;
Your budget opens on **Your Wedding by the Numbers**: three figures, **Your estimate**, **Committed so far** and **Paid so far**, and one line telling you how much headroom you have left.
The budget is free on every plan. The AI assistant can change it for you: it's free for {freeQuestions}, and makes it unlimited ({plusPrice}).
## Set your estimate
Start with the total you have in mind. Tap **Edit estimate**, type the amount, and save. It's a starting point, not a limit: as the planner puts it, "An estimate, not a ceiling — it flexes as real numbers come in." The headroom line updates the moment you save.
## Where it's going
Under **Where it's going**, every section of your wedding gets a line: venue, catering, photography, florals and the rest. A booked vendor shows its price on the line, and the bar shows how much of that section's share it uses. Tap **Edit real numbers** when a quote comes in. A section with nothing yet shows **Add the real numbers**.
Something we don't list? Tap **Add a line item** at the bottom.
## Ask the assistant
Open the **AI assistant** and say what changed, in your own words: "Bloom & Brier came back at \$8,200 — can you update them and mark them booked?" The assistant shows you the change first. Tap **Allow** to apply it or **Not allow** to skip it, and **Undo** puts it back.
It can change a price, a status or a name, add a line ("We booked Abbey Photography for \$5,000"), remove one, or set your overall budget. It can't mark payments paid or change a payment schedule. You do those yourself, below.
## Invoices fill it in
**From vendors on The Wed Thread.** When a vendor sends you an invoice, it goes straight onto your budget: their line, the amount, and a payment due when they asked to be paid. You don't type anything. The invoice is also kept in **Documents & Payments**, marked **Sent by vendor** and **On your budget**.
Paid it? Tap **I've paid this** on the invoice and your vendor is told. It counts towards **Paid so far** once they confirm it.
**From anyone else.** Got a contract or invoice by email? Open **Documents & Payments**, tap **Upload document**, choose the file and tap **Save document**. The planner reads it and shows what it found: the vendor, the total, and the payment dates. Fix anything that's off, then tap **Confirm & add to budget**.
## Payment schedules
Tap a vendor's line, or **View schedule**, to open its payments. Tap **Add payment**, give it a label, an amount and a due date, and tap **Add payment** again. The payment sits on the line as **Scheduled** until you pay it.
## Mark it paid
Anything due in the next 30 days appears at the top under **Coming up · next 30 days**. When you've paid it, tap **Approve & mark paid**. You get five seconds to tap **Undo**, then it's logged and **Paid so far** goes up.
Inside a vendor's schedule the same button reads **Mark paid**. Changed your mind later? **Undo paid** puts it back.
## Remove a section you don't need
Doing the flowers yourself, or skipping a videographer? Optional sections have a **Remove** button. Confirm with **Remove section**, and that section's share of your estimate is spread across the rest. Removed sections wait under the list. Tap **Bring It Back** to restore one.
## Take it with you
**Export Payments (CSV)** downloads every payment, paid and scheduled, ready for your own spreadsheet.
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