How much are you paying STOLEN POLL

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Posted by fiore76

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Posted by missjones2007

10,000

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Wow! Good deal!!

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because im tryin to live after this wedding...I am a DIY girl and I been finding lots of great deals

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Posted by mandab

So how are you ladies saving money for the wedding? I like these girls who are spending less than 30!! How are you doing it?

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I am doing a lot of things DIY

I found the most reasonable reception halls, photographers, limos, and etc....Im just not going for the first thing i see...and they can still be nice.

my parents are catering my food because they are caterers

my grandmother buying the cake

all my accessories such as RB pillow, FG basket, cake and knife set, wedding arch, centerpieces are coming from Michaels and Joann Fabrics

favors are bought at discount mugs

so i just been really looking around and getting lots of help from my fellow brides to be

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Posted by missjones2007

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Posted by mandab

So how are you ladies saving money for the wedding? I like these girls who are spending less than 30!! How are you doing it?

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I am doing a lot of things DIY

I found the most reasonable reception halls, photographers, limos, and etc....Im just not going for the first thing i see...and they can still be nice.

my parents are catering my food because they are caterers

my grandmother buying the cake

all my accessories such as RB pillow, FG basket, cake and knife set, wedding arch, centerpieces are coming from Michaels and Joann Fabrics

favors are bought at discount mugs

so i just been really looking around and getting lots of help from my fellow brides to be

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ok, so to clarify... when you say your grandma is buying your cake and your parents are catering the food, are you not counting those in the total cost? just curious! i know being out of state can save a lot but im amazed by how many people are keeping costs so low

You know what the prob is why a majority of the people pay so much?.... This site makes u feel like 5k is the norm for photo and at least 3k for flowers... blah blah blah etc etc etc

If most of us would get away from this site and look at outside vendors, my thought is that you just may find better deals.... but the word of mouth on this site is overwhelming and thats why some of these vendors can charge so freakin much and get the price they are asking!!!! It really amazes me

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Posted by LnF0405

I will stay under 15,000

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lucky you thats great

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Posted by bluegreen08

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Posted by missjones2007

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Posted by mandab

So how are you ladies saving money for the wedding? I like these girls who are spending less than 30!! How are you doing it?

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I am doing a lot of things DIY

I found the most reasonable reception halls, photographers, limos, and etc....Im just not going for the first thing i see...and they can still be nice.

my parents are catering my food because they are caterers

my grandmother buying the cake

all my accessories such as RB pillow, FG basket, cake and knife set, wedding arch, centerpieces are coming from Michaels and Joann Fabrics

favors are bought at discount mugs

so i just been really looking around and getting lots of help from my fellow brides to be

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ok, so to clarify... when you say your grandma is buying your cake and your parents are catering the food, are you not counting those in the total cost? just curious! i know being out of state can save a lot but im amazed by how many people are keeping costs so low

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No I didnt count those in

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Posted by FuTuRe MrS MaZz

You know what the prob is why a majority of the people pay so much?.... This site makes u feel like 5k is the norm for photo and at least 3k for flowers... blah blah blah etc etc etc

If most of us would get away from this site and look at outside vendors, my thought is that you just may find better deals.... but the word of mouth on this site is overwhelming and thats why some of these vendors can charge so freakin much and get the price they are asking!!!! It really amazes me

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i know what you mean, im paying 1,200 for flowers and i think im getting jipped lol.......they die within a few days anyway.... and thats really cheap for flowers compared to other peoples weddings

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Posted by FuTuRe MrS MaZz

You know what the prob is why a majority of the people pay so much?.... This site makes u feel like 5k is the norm for photo and at least 3k for flowers... blah blah blah etc etc etc

If most of us would get away from this site and look at outside vendors, my thought is that you just may find better deals.... but the word of mouth on this site is overwhelming and thats why some of these vendors can charge so freakin much and get the price they are asking!!!! It really amazes me

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Thank u girl high five!

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Posted by missjones2007

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Posted by bluegreen08

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Posted by missjones2007

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Posted by mandab

So how are you ladies saving money for the wedding? I like these girls who are spending less than 30!! How are you doing it?

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I am doing a lot of things DIY

I found the most reasonable reception halls, photographers, limos, and etc....Im just not going for the first thing i see...and they can still be nice.

my parents are catering my food because they are caterers

my grandmother buying the cake

all my accessories such as RB pillow, FG basket, cake and knife set, wedding arch, centerpieces are coming from Michaels and Joann Fabrics

favors are bought at discount mugs

so i just been really looking around and getting lots of help from my fellow brides to be

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ok, so to clarify... when you say your grandma is buying your cake and your parents are catering the food, are you not counting those in the total cost? just curious! i know being out of state can save a lot but im amazed by how many people are keeping costs so low

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No I didnt count those in

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Ah ok, that makes sense. My parents are paying for the reception, so if I only counted what FH and I are paying for it would be a lot lower too. Also, my mom did our invites because she can order them at-cost. When I calculated I added up the entire cost regardless of who is paying for each part.

I guess having 200+ guests also adds up. My dad has a huge family (his father was one of 6, they all have kids)

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Posted by meli722

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Posted by LnF0405

I will stay under 15,000

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lucky you thats great

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I am having a 50-60 guests b/c I dont see the need to invite everyone and their momma (sorry but I think is the first place everyon can cut cost) on palm sunday (yes i was raised catholic but I need to cut cost one way or the other). the only thing I am splurging is in the photographer because pictures are very important to me... we are getting married at the RH.

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Posted by bluegreen08

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Posted by missjones2007

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Posted by bluegreen08

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Posted by missjones2007

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Posted by mandab

So how are you ladies saving money for the wedding? I like these girls who are spending less than 30!! How are you doing it?

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I am doing a lot of things DIY

I found the most reasonable reception halls, photographers, limos, and etc....Im just not going for the first thing i see...and they can still be nice.

my parents are catering my food because they are caterers

my grandmother buying the cake

all my accessories such as RB pillow, FG basket, cake and knife set, wedding arch, centerpieces are coming from Michaels and Joann Fabrics

favors are bought at discount mugs

so i just been really looking around and getting lots of help from my fellow brides to be

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ok, so to clarify... when you say your grandma is buying your cake and your parents are catering the food, are you not counting those in the total cost? just curious! i know being out of state can save a lot but im amazed by how many people are keeping costs so low

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No I didnt count those in

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Ah ok, that makes sense. My parents are paying for the reception, so if I only counted what FH and I are paying for it would be a lot lower too. Also, my mom did our invites because she can order them at-cost. When I calculated I added up the entire cost regardless of who is paying for each part.

I guess having 200+ guests also adds up. My dad has a huge family (his father was one of 6, they all have kids)

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yep and see thats what i did...i only counted what FH and I are responsible for

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Posted by missjones2007

yep and see thats what i did...i only counted what FH and I are responsible for

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still sounds like you are doing a good job at keeping costs down though

What are you doing for favors? We've changed our mind 20x so far and we want to do something that isn't too expensive, maybe $1-2 each or not much more than that

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Posted by missjones2007

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Posted by bluegreen08

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Posted by missjones2007

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Posted by bluegreen08

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Posted by missjones2007

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Posted by mandab

So how are you ladies saving money for the wedding? I like these girls who are spending less than 30!! How are you doing it?

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I am doing a lot of things DIY

I found the most reasonable reception halls, photographers, limos, and etc....Im just not going for the first thing i see...and they can still be nice.

my parents are catering my food because they are caterers

my grandmother buying the cake

all my accessories such as RB pillow, FG basket, cake and knife set, wedding arch, centerpieces are coming from Michaels and Joann Fabrics

favors are bought at discount mugs

so i just been really looking around and getting lots of help from my fellow brides to be

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ok, so to clarify... when you say your grandma is buying your cake and your parents are catering the food, are you not counting those in the total cost? just curious! i know being out of state can save a lot but im amazed by how many people are keeping costs so low

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No I didnt count those in

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Ah ok, that makes sense. My parents are paying for the reception, so if I only counted what FH and I are paying for it would be a lot lower too. Also, my mom did our invites because she can order them at-cost. When I calculated I added up the entire cost regardless of who is paying for each part.

I guess having 200+ guests also adds up. My dad has a huge family (his father was one of 6, they all have kids)

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yep and see thats what i did...i only counted what FH and I are responsible for

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In that case.... I'm under 10K too! Probably only about 5K!

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Posted by FuTuRe MrS MaZz

You know what the prob is why a majority of the people pay so much?.... This site makes u feel like 5k is the norm for photo and at least 3k for flowers... blah blah blah etc etc etc

If most of us would get away from this site and look at outside vendors, my thought is that you just may find better deals.... but the word of mouth on this site is overwhelming and thats why some of these vendors can charge so freakin much and get the price they are asking!!!! It really amazes me

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Excellent point Mazz!!! I'm almost afraid to look anywhere else that hasn't been mentioned here because if they're not good enough to be mentioned on LIW, then maybe they're just not good. I will definitely be keeping an open mind from now on! Thanks for bringing it up!

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Posted by bluegreen08

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Posted by missjones2007

yep and see thats what i did...i only counted what FH and I are responsible for

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still sounds like you are doing a good job at keeping costs down though

What are you doing for favors? We've changed our mind 20x so far and we want to do something that isn't too expensive, maybe $1-2 each or not much more than that

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For favors....Im getting shot glasses

another thing....LIW is not the only place to look for vendors...I know that they are nice but its good to research around and look for differnt quotes from others....and you never know if u try they might do excellent work!

When i went to bridal shows....im looking at those people like they were crazy...i cant beleive how expensive people were....so i look in the yellow pages and started researching on my own

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Posted by VickiR510

Im spending alot Im also having a large wedding at least 250 guests & its a Saturday evening.

As for my HM we are looking into Bora Bora, Fiji or possibly South Africa. I want to get that booked by the end of April or May.

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We're looking into the same for HM, and also Tahiti. We are really interested in one of the overwater bungalows. I've seen some good deals online, so i'm hoping when we finally sit down with a travel agent, it won't be as bas as we inititally thought!