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BLUEISIS02
6/10/08 4:02 P
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| WOW you're lucky SGODDYN! My fiance and I are in our 20's and I am a part-time student that works full time. I am planning, arranging, putting together, and we are paying all out of pocket cash money! The best thing is that we both want something simple and elegant. Since I am crafty, I am hoping that this won't be too hard!
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| My fiance and I are both paying pieces and my parents have agreed to pay for the wine. Most of the friends invited are bringing potluck style food. A friend of mine is going to do the DJ, and my sister-in-law (whom we refer to as Kid Kodak) is going to do the photography.
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| We're paying for everything, and unfortunately have expensive tastes and no freebies. That's why God made credit cards!
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| We haven't exactly figured out who is paying for what yet. His parents says that they will help pay because they don't have a daughter. My dad always says that I need to start saving for the wedding! So, I don't think he is going to help at all. I am nervous about asking my parents what they can and can't do. Help!
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| My parents are divorced and none of us have great cash flow, so we are splitting the costs 3 ways. Hopefully it won't end up being too much of a burden on any of us.
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| My father is paying. My mom bought my dress and my mom-in-law is paying for the rehearsal dinner. I also found it astonishing how much it costs to throw a party of this magnitude. Wow. But it will be fun!
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| My fiance and I want to pay for most of the wedding ourselves, but wouldn't mind some help from our parents.
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My parents are very traditional. They were going to pay for my wedding before I was even born. They actually felt a little awkward when they heard that my fiance's parents might consider helping out. So they're paying for all of the ceremony and reception stuff. My fiance's parents are paying for the rehearsal dinner.
I'd like to have a brunch the day after as well for our closest family and friends before we head out for our honeymoon, which we would probably pay for. We're also paying for our entire honeymoon.
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| I'm really lucky. My mom and dad didn't think they'd ever have a girl (three brothers), so the day I was born, they opened a savings account for my wedding. Perhaps I should backtrack and explain that my mother never really got the wedding of her dreams, so my wedding is sort of her chance to shine. At any rate, they are paying for the bigger costs (reception site, food, flowers, drink, etc.) We have a few "freebies," too -- my fiancee's uncle is a professional photographer, my friend's husband is a DJ, etc. We are really blessed and I tell my mom every time we go shopping for something related to the wedding how much it means to me. If we're lucky enough to get the chance to go on a honeymoon (doesn't seem likely at this point) my fiancee and I will pay for that, as well as for our rings and a few of the incremental costs along the way.
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| We're doing calla lilies too. My bouquet will be mostly white with some burgundy callas and my MOH's bouquet will be all white. The bouts will be white callas and the corsages will be 2 callas, 1 burgundy and 1 white. They're gonna be so pretty. :)
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| Wow thats an excellent price! We are getting the freebies as well, my grandfather will officiate, his uncle or family take pictures, making our own bouquet and cake. There are tons of videos on youtube about fondant cakes and decorating them, so we cant see paying 150 for a cake that we can do. As far as the bouquet I want a simple calla lily bouquet and were growing them on the porch :P
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We're paying for everything except the food. My fiance's stepmother is making it with her "cooking club". It's their special project for the next two months. We are getting some really awesome freebies, though:
*Photographer: his aunt - all we have to pay for is prints
*Cake: his grandmother
*Officiant: his uncle
*Florist: his aunt
I think there are more things, but we've had some amazing deals. So far, we've spent $1300 and we only have to buy the rings, book a room at a bed & breakfast for the honeymoon, and buy a few odds and ends. I'm guessing that our total cost will be around $1700 or so.
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| We are also paying for our wedding and honeymoon. Im 19 and he is 28, and we both have decent jobs but also are definately not rich.
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My fiance' & I are paying for our own wedding & honeymoon. We're both in our thirties & we feel that we're old enough to handle the finance of this event. Trust me....we are not rich, so it's been a struggle at times. There were things that I had to compromise with because they were just out of our budget.
I find it interesting when people ask us how expensive our wedding is & when they find out we're paying for it, they're shocked by it all. Maybe it's just not common.
So, who's paying for your wedding & honeymoon?
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