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Tell us more-- are you having problems sticking to the budget, or is it just adding up to more than you expected, now that you've seen all the things you "need" to buy?
I want to cry every time I realize how small my budget is. But I'm really trying not to freak out about it...
Are you freaking out because your budget isn't as big as you'd like or because you are over budget?
We have a super tiny budget too! It makes me sad that i have to cut a whole ton of stuff that i'd love to have, but you can pull off an amazing wedding for $3,000! Have you read any blogs such as $2,000 Wedding, A Practical Wedding, Big-Wedding-Tiny-Budget, and many others. Don't forget to search the WeddingBee archives for tips and ideas! There are a ton!
The whole money situation is just so stressful! We're starting to get into guest list negotiations now--we've currently got 180 on the list, with potentially 20 more added on. Doesn't sound like such a big deal.....except those twenty extra people represent literally thousands of extra dollars in meals, alcohol, extra table with all the trappings, etc. Such a bummer.
Tell me about it! We Started out with a budget that somehow more than doubled after everything's been said and done. It's still a failry small budget compared to the others i've seen here though (a little bit under 6k). Good luck with everything though :]
We are stressed too!! We have a huge deposit due in ONE month and while we have the money it's just A LOT. Plus we have other things to pay for after that deposit. I feel ya girl!
Well, I just got out of college, so I'm used to spending large amounts of money on things... kind of. I'm just starting to wrap my head around the idea that of my $13,000 budget, $9,500 is already spent on the reception, ceremony, dress, etc. That just seems insane to me.
Kind of makes a person want to elope, really.
I mean, that's a down payment on a house.
Bridetacular,
I felt this way right up until the day of our wedding. Really. We paid cash for ours and at one point my bank account made me look like I was filthy rich. Then, a week later I was back to dirt poor again because everything was paid for.
Do I look back and regret having a wedding? Never! But I do think that if you decide eloping is what's best for you and your future hubby (and a wedding isn't really what you want to pay for) then by all means, sit down together and figure out what is really important to you both.
For my husband and I, having all our family and friends there to share our day was extremely important. We could have eloped and saved the cash, but in the end I look back at our wedding day and I'm so super happy that we had the people closest to us cheering us on. :)
Smile and relax. It's your day and it can be whatever you want it to be whether in a church or a courthouse.
Soooooo with you. I just had my first talk w/ FI about our budget tonight and might I just say... oh. It seems impossible. Impossible to save as much as we need to for our "budget" and impossible to pull off a wedding with that amount anyways. It makes me feel so helpless!
I'm glad I'm not alone :)
I just feel like people sometimes expect that once you get engaged, you magically have a pile money appear in your bank account. Oy vey.
We definitely want to have a wedding that includes all of our family and friends. Right now it's looking to be around 200 invited.
Apparently we are very popular haha.
Right off the bat, the one thing that'll really affect your budget is the guest list. The shorter the better. Good Luck!!
weddings are a load of money! It's the nature of the beast.
But it's hard to not think at all about what else you could use the money for.
But you will have a wonderful day surrounded by love, friends family (and good food and music!) and you will finally know the completeion of all the hard work and money.
I think you'll realize it's worth it then! (I did) We had the same budget, invited 230 and had 160 attend. It's possible to do it on your budget!
Small budget here too. I had a heart attack the first time a venue sent me a price list. I couldn't believe it. Then the photographers started and a stroke followed the heart attack.
AKKK!!! I know how you feel Bridetacular!
I finally stopped freaking out about money. Keep in mind I've only been engaged a couple of weeks, planning a wedding less than a year away! I'm been pretty poor nearly all my life so the idea of needing over $15K just to feed my initial guestlist made me cry. The notion of cutting my "conservative" short list of 165 people down to 120 made me even more sad, but after talking with my family, I have calmed down quite a bit. Little by little we've weedled down and figured out how to save, while at the same time making everything feel more homemade and intimate which is what I wanted anyway. Now our whole budget is about $15K, which is more workable (in theory!). My parents are giving us more than we originally anticipated (just a little!) and we figured how to save about $5K before the wedding so that we finance at least a third. We anticipate his parents will make up the other third, which means I can breathe easy and go back to designing cards and dresses and all those things I actually enjoy about this process. :)
Good luck!
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I just reviewed my budget.
I think I may die a very young death by the time this is all said and done.