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I would have cut back on some of the food.
We had 5 hors d'oeuvres selections for the cocktail hour, 2 entree selections, 2 pasta selections, a salad and a vegetable. It was delicious but it was a little too much.
We had enough leftovers for 2 weeks!
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Probably invitations--- I loved ours so much but it was a lot of money and I don't know if I would do it again.
The rehearsal dinner--I loved the location, but the caterer went a little nuts with the rented fancy linens and things.
Honestly I can't think of anything.... part of me says we didn't need professional lighting (which we still didn't spend a lot on, it was minimal uplighting, dance floor lighting, and a pin spot on our cake)..... but then when I look back at pics I am so glad we had the lighting because it really added ambiance. I'm sure I'd feel differently if I had paid for everything myself, though -- we were lucky that my mom paid for a majority of the wedding.
If i were doing it all over again I would go with a different, less expensive venue, and channel more toward photography and videography. I realize now that the day itself passed in a blur, but those two mediums mean a lot because they give me a chance to relive things. But I loved my wedding so I don't know that I would take my "do-over" opportunity.
It is hard for me to say since we didn't do anything over the top and had a budget friendly wedding.
We did have an over abundance of alcohol and should have purchased less. The worst part is I wanted one more glass of champagne at the end of the night and the server said they were out. I am pretty sure they stole a bottle or two!
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Invites. I was really excited to do them ourselves on the Gocco, use vintage stamps, etc. But I haven't reused the Gocco as much as I thought I would (OK ... at all), the stamps were kind of a headache, and I bought a LOT of unnecessary supplies (paper, pens, stamps, etc.) in the course of figuring out our final plan. And after all that, I wasn't crazy in love the final result. We could have just purchased something for the same overall cost, or done something on a regular printer for even less.
I was also a 2-dress bride, and the one I *didn't* wear cost twice as much as the one I did. Still plan to resell it someday, but who knows....
The wedding is still 8 months away but I went a little more than double my budget for the dress last weekend. I'm in love with it but I'm still in shock and we haven't even ordered the veil or other accessories yet!
Oh geez. Our cake. Our cake was as big as Texas and could have fed everyone in Texas. I spent a lot of money on that cake. We only had 60 guests, so as you can imagine most of the cake went down the drain.
I love these posts; they are so helpful!! The wedding has yet to take place, and I already wish we'd spent less on invitations. We went with letterpress (cheap for letterpress, though) because we both loved it and couldn't agree to anything else. Our excuse was that many people would not be able to come, so the invite is all that they would see of our wedding. Silly us!
My dress. I spent exactly what I had planned - but I really wish that I had spent less. Now it's just hanging in our spare room... and as much as I loved wearing it and how it looks in photos, I don't think it was worth the money. Plus, I really wanted to do something simple (and probably make my dress), but I was talked out of it. Now I regret not going with my instints.
Food/reception. This is a little unfair, because the reason that we spent as much as we did was because having a full dinner was important to my husband. It would have been cut out if the wedding planning would have been left to me. I would have done light hors d'ouevres, punch, and cake.
We were so budget conscious that in retrospect I would have spent MORE!!!! 
i would have spent less on the officiant. i completely forgot about an old friend who is an ordained minister. she would have done the ceremony for much less and it would have been more personal. if only i had retrospectacles...
I feel good about how I spent my money with one exception. Dry cleaning the dress was $200 and the dress only cost $400. Now it is just sitting in my closet. In retrospect I should have donated it to Brides Against Breast Cancer instead of having it cleaned. I just kept imagining my future daughters getting angry at me for not having saved my dress!
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I guess if I had to pick something, I could say the candy buffet. We wanted candy in our wedding colors and while we did buy a few things on sale after holidays, most of it was bought from a specialty bulk candy store and would could have spent less if we went to Sam's Club and bought candy in a variety of colors instead. Otherwise we didn't have any huge budget breaking things in the wedding.
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I definitely would have cut back on the DJ he was ALOT of money and we heard he was the best in the city so we booked him...and needless to say he was NOT what I expected and didn't do much to get the crowd going even though I specifically asked him too. Also our photographer my father in law knew him from work and he did not even get main pictures like of our musicians or of my mom, dad, me and brother he just kind of did the minimum and called it quits our friends did a WAY better job.
peachypear - Me too!!! Mine is also my dress. I spent within what I budgeted, but in retrospect I think it's too much since I don't know what to do with it now. . I originally wanted a simple dress but was talked out of it. I do love the dress I bought but I don't think it's really me. I still look good though. Haha :P
Invites, I know now I could have gotten a WAY better deal using someone on Etsy. Also, the BM dresses, they were beautiful, but I would have found something cheaper.
Our ceremony venue. We had our hearts set on using a local microbrewery for our reception, and we did-it was awesome, but it just wasn't appropriate for a ceremony. So we spent $1,000 *just* to have a ceremony at George Ranch. And it rained the night before our wedding, so we didn't even get to have it in their treehouse like we planned-they tried to put us in the chapel, which was a BIG NO (we had our hearts set on an outdoor ceremony, and the chapel was dark and ugly, a photographer's nightmare). We ended up getting married on an oak tree-lined road on the property. It worked out beautifully, but for the money, I think we could have done a a lot better.
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if only looking at the dollar amount, i'd say the dress, though i didn't mind as much for the cause it contributed to. otherwise i'd say ours was the cheap little wedding that could! we had positive feedback for almost every aspect so they were all worthwhile.
transportation - the parents insisted on limos, I would have been happy just driving the few miles to get there. They paid for it but I still wish they hadn't.
and to a lesser extent booze (specifically champage - there's still champagne sitting in their garage - the beer and wine at least got drunk after the fact!)
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what would it be?
i would have spent less on flowers -- don't get me wrong, they were beautiful, but i think we spent too much on them. invitations too -- we just got thermography and with all the additions they actually ended up costing a fortune!
every other aspect of our wedding i think was worth the money.
what about you?
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