boo.

[interrupted21]

 ...am I the only person who thinks $9,000.00 is not a "budget wedding"?

I refuse to drop that kind of money on one day when it could go towards our education and a house.

What the hell are we going to do?

Please don't be upset if we just elope and don't have the totally awesome wedding we wanted.

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[guitarfreak82]

Contact me if your looking for inexspensive catering for a bit party for the day. i say, elope and have a big celebration. no need for anything formal. i say use that kind of money for education/house. i cant see spending that much for 1 day.

email me sometime.. cause we need to catch up anyways. I miss you gals. :)

sheena.limoges@gmail.com (find me on facebook if u have it, i got a catering page on there too)

[interrupted21]

hi sheena! god, long time no see! i'm FB'ing you, stat.

I'll def. let you know if we'd like you to cater, though we're already getting a decent deal through my mom's friend. And it's not the ceremony that costs; it's the celebration part! That's what we're trying to deal with.

[sladdis]

What about having a wedding reception that's not a wedding reception

[interrupted21]

Yeah. We're pretty good at cutting out the unnecessary stuff. But the whole "everyone has to eat" thing is where the issue lies. The ceremony itself will be peanuts, the one place where no real cuts could be made. It's the feeding everyone that's the issue. Right now we're at...have the ceremony and peace out.

Nicole keeps throwing out "Chinese Buffet!" as an idea, and I'm starting to actually consider it. lol

Maybe brunch is cheaper. Do a morning ceremony and then a brunch thing. Or nothing. I don't know.

[sladdis]

also-

i cannot believe that's a budget wedding.

[unspoken_ballad]

my wedding was going to end up costing about $20,000. and that was with saving money in every area except the location. we had diy everything. I say elope and have a big celebration somewhere else (like rent a function hall for a few hours and have it catered/djed/photographed). you could even videotape your ceremony and show it at that celebration. next time I'm engaged, I'm eloping. haha.

[interrupted21]

Aww I love you Lydia.

It's the renting/catering/dj'ing/photographing that costs all the money! That's the stuff from which I would like to elope. The ceremony is basically free for the most part. I don't know. As a girl who was raised to think weddings are an absolute waste of money, I'm finding it hard to reconcile any desire to drop more than a grand on one day out of my entire life.

[unspoken_ballad]

I love you too!

but see, I bet you have friends who can do all that costly stuff cheap and there are cheaper places you could rent. you could even do a big cookout or potluck or something. I know how you feel, though. thinking of paying for all of that makes you feel pretty helpless and really poor. . .or at least that's how it was for me. if you want help, I had some pretty good ways to save money. if you decide you want the celebration, I'd be happy to help if I can.

[interrupted21]

thank you dear! <3