Wedding stuff

[lordess]

Argh, wedding planning is driving me crazy. We have a smaller budget than I had originally counted on and now we can't afford the places that I liked the most. I'm determined to have the wedding on Halloween of this year, but most of the places that actually are in our price range are now booked. I hate living in one of the most expensive areas in

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[these_3_remain]

Well, you know I love hearing about weddings! If you make a filter, please include me on it :-)

ETA: And yes, there will be many moments when the planning drives you nuts. I am sure you will end up with a venue you love, but part of the excitement is the challenge of finding it!

[lordess]

Hmm...most people seem ok with me talking about wedding stuff every so often, so I might not do a filter and see if people complain :)

It is quite a challenge...we might have to go to November 1 instead of October 31. We'll look at the rest of the venues we're interested in within the next two weeks and hopefully make a decision soon.

[these_3_remain]

A Halloween-themed rehearsal dinner would be quite cool, and marrying on All Saints' Day would be neat. Are you going for a dark, gothy wedding? You can get away with that on the first just as well! I'm seeing a sugar skull wedding cake ;-)

A wedding is a Big Damn Deal. I would imagine most of your friends will be interested in this part of your life! Anyone who isn't can scroll past. I almost never use filters, so when I planned my wedding, I just use a specific icon/tag, and anyone who was "blah blah blah don't care" could just move on to the next entry :-D

[lordess]

It's not going to be a completely gothy wedding (Steve isn't into that as much as I do), but it will have goth touches, definitely.

I'll start tagging all of my wedding posts - I think that's the best idea. Thank you :)

[ebartley]

I wouldn't do a separate filter for wedding posts unless you start doing multiple posts a day.

Ah ... how many friends and family do you have locally?

If it's not too many, you could always have the wedding elsewhere.

For a Halloween wedding, you could no doubt get good results by renting out some bare space, renting tables & chairs, and decorating it ... but that takes time and energy.

[lordess]

I doubt I'll do multiple posts a day on wedding stuff, since I don't usually post that much :)

Most of my family is coming from out of town, but Steve's family is local. I've found a few places that are bare spaces that need decoration, but a lot of them aren't handicapped accessible, and we have two guests in wheelchairs. I'm sure something will come up, but we might have to move the wedding to November 1 instead of October 31.

[redhilltown]

Why don't you wait until next year? Then you can save up the money. Sounds like a fun plan, a halloween wedding.

[lordess]

I don't really want to wait any longer...plus, I don't -really- want to spend any more than we've already budgeted for the wedding; I'd rather have a down payment for a house than have a fancier wedding. We just need to find ways to save a lot of money. Thankfully, I'll have my two months off during the summer so I can do a lot of the stuff myself. It's just finding the venue that is insanely tricky.

[friendoffrogs13]

Good luck with the wedding planning.

It doesn't matter to me if you set up a wedding filter or not. I don't mind reading about it.

[lordess]

Good, I'm glad that you don't mind :)

I'll need the luck, thank you! The average wedding in my area costs $38,000 - can you believe that??

[serenia]

It doesn't bother me if you post it all in your own journal - it's not like you're a spammy poster anyway! :)

Remember, even if you don't get what you think you want at the moment, your day will still turn out perfect.

[lordess]

Heh, no, I don't think I've been accused of spamming :)

I just want a wedding that is a lot of fun, reflects our personalities well, and that doesn't put us into debt. I think we can handle that.

[serenia]

I think our came to about $10k, but nearly half of that was the photographer. We learned the hard way that it wasn't necessary to spend so much on the photos!

[lordess]

That's pretty close to our budget, actually, but the money just doesn't go far here at all...the food is likely going to be at least $5000 on its own!