Just Put it Anywhere

[geekslave]

Now it's almost a year until my wedding. Now we're going to have to start really making plans. For the last month or so I've pretty much put wedding stuff on the backburner. I still think about it most days. I've gotten accounts on both Loverly and Pinterest now to get wedding ideas. And singed up on this website The Knot. I think because of that

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[donutsweeper]

The dress is GORGEOUS!!!! You look stunning!

Regarding trying to save for the wedding, one of the best pieces of advice I ever got was to figure out where the money goes. Write down everything. The big stuff- mortgage, insurance, gas, groceries, etc, but also everything else. The coffee you picked up doing errands, the newspaper, netflix, everything. Comb through credit card/bank statements, note every time you use the ATM, keep receipts, etc. I was amazed to find out how much money we spent without being aware of it. Then figure out how to spend less- make coffee at home, use coupons/buy on sale, get rid of magazine/newspaper subscriptions, drive less, etc. (We were under the poverty line for a while after our second was born so every cent mattered, it's not easy but saving money even when you have very little income can be done but it isn't easy.)

[geekslave]

:) Thank you!

Thanks for the advice. That's really helpful. Jean has been at us for awhile about coupons and we've started to use those a little more often and we've stopped eating out so much.

Stacey

[bleodswean]

As a wedding photographer I can agree with you that it's never to early to start gathering ideas and planning. There are definitely venues out there that are, actually, affordable.

And if this helps you both learn how to budget and save that will be such a bonus! Have fun and don't get too stressed.

[geekslave]

I've already looked through some websites and magazines and we're going to start calling places and hopefully find somewhere that's not too ridiculously priced. I wish more of those places just indicated how much it cost on their websites, but maybe they don't want people scared away.

Stacey

[k_nightfox]

Your dress is gorgeous and you look beautiful in it! I think you made a good decision to go for the silver beading, it looks a bit nicer (not that the gold wasn't nice but the silver is a tiny bit prettier).

I had to chuckle over your dilemma of where-to-put-the-dress since I had the same problem when my dress was delivered to my house six months before my wedding. We had a tiny apartment and all my clothes were squashed into my closet but I didn't want to hang it in the open cuz I had two cats who delighted in climbing things they shouldn't. Eventually we cleared out a space in the coat closet and sealed it away from the cats :)

[geekslave]

Thank you! :) I'm usually a silver before gold kind of gold, so I'm not surprised I like it better.

Hee! Glad you were able to keep the cats away from your dress.

Stacey

[teprometo]

Omg, you look SO beautiful, Stacey. I LOVE the dress now that I see it in the right color and in the right size. You definitely made the right choice

[geekslave]

Aww, thank you! :)

My sister's eight years old. I think that's part of why we don't get along. Though he biggest thing is that we're polar opposites.

Yeah, ultimately I don't have many options and it's not like we hate each other (most days :)) So I probably will go with her.

Sounds like a cool book, I''ll definitely be on the look out for it. I don't know if Mike would enjoy reading it. I guess I would qualify him as an introvert since he's quiet like me, but I think he can fake it a lot better than I can.

Stacey

[vix_spes]

You look absolutely gorgeous in that dress! I think the white/silver combo was definitely the way to go. As for veils and hair styles, you've got plenty of time to figure those out - you need to get the big stuff sorted first!!

I'm sure, with the advice that other people have given you above, you will be able to find out a solution to the saving <3

[geekslave]

Thank you! :)

Yeah, I know I definitely have a lot of big things to tackle this month, like narrowing down a venue.

Stacey