tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-584717932614331214.post3038682353001615236..comments2023-11-05T02:56:27.598-06:00Comments on A Mindful Bride: Budget WoesDyannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10641830777721948390noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-584717932614331214.post-21949562485575780482009-04-05T20:24:00.000-05:002009-04-05T20:24:00.000-05:00I realize you wrote this ages ago, but Seriously! ...I realize you wrote this ages ago, but Seriously! <BR/><BR/>I'm now 7 weeks in to planning the wedding and I still haven't written a budget with the exception of putting the arbitrary 10k cap on it. I welcome any further price updates. And I offer you what I have so far:<BR/><BR/>I know how much the venue will cost (they gave me an estimate $6500), which includes the venue for five hours of event plus one hour set-up (although they promise me we'll have all day), ceremony charge ($400 just to reset the room!) the food (not the cake), the service, the bartender, parking (really?), linens, dishes, glassware, silverware, cake server (the fact that I'm supposed to care about a cake server is just beyond me) and day-of-coordinator (which is awesome) and estimated tips and taxes. <BR/><BR/>Ahem. I bought my dress and a separate sash for $375, but still need shoes and undergarments ($$$) and if I do a hair thingy - which I'll probably make for under $20.<BR/><BR/>And I'm making my own invitations - $84 in postage alone for 100 guests (although that's not taking into account that I can send quite a few at 1 invite per household). <BR/><BR/>Save the dates are $38 so far - haven't received them from good ol' vista print yet, and haven't bought postage (if not $42 then $30?). <BR/><BR/>If I do the simple dahlia in a bud vase that I want to do - how much for three vases and seven to nine flowers per table when I don't know how many tables we need? And a bouquet for me and the corsages for the ladies of the family (no bridesmaides) and bouteniers for three or four. So what like, $200 for flowers? $300? Ack! not a clue.<BR/><BR/>We're getting keg from a friend ($80?) and we figured 40 bottles of wine (25 red, 15 white) and 25 bottles of champagne for toasting at under $7 a bottle is what? Like $400 for liquor. <BR/><BR/>And photography? I can't spend over $1k for that. I just can't despite the fact that I'll never remember the day without the photos.<BR/><BR/>And what am I forgetting???serahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18182268757502634911noreply@blogger.com