I just finished up my wedding budget as of now and I am over budget! Not sure what to do now. I think I might drop some things to make up the money.
mathteach
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QUOTE]Those of you that know me - aren't insulted...the rest of you...don't start drama cause....um...don't care..
too funny!!![
jessamyn78
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Posted by LuvMyAlfonse
You could lose the shuttles and rolls royce and that will give you back at least $1500.
I can lose the Rolls, but definitely not the shuttle. We have 40 rooms reserved and half of our guests are from OOT.
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The best places to cut back are on the things you've already booked - maybe you can renegotiate some of your contracts? Like get the photog for 8 hrs instead of 10? Cut back on flowers? Reneg with your RH?
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Please don't be mad that I'm laughing...but....
my first thought when I read the subject was '...who isn't over budget?'
Those of you that know me - aren't insulted...the rest of you...don't start drama cause....um...don't care...
seriously though...are you waaaaaaay over or just a little?
A few thousand. Not way, but enough for right now.
Love you girls!
Sorry Jess...I know what it is like when you are trying to buy a house...I can't even imagine trying to plan a wedding a the same time. Cutting back is going to be hard. Any chance on picking up some part time work to earn extra cash instead? I'm working 3 jobs myself.
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Those of you that know me - aren't insulted...the rest of you...don't start drama cause....um...don't care...
God Kathleen. Dropping the D word.
You BETTER not be rolling your eyes at me...
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Please don't be mad that I'm laughing...but....
my first thought when I read the subject was '...who isn't over budget?'
Those of you that know me - aren't insulted...the rest of you...don't start drama cause....um...don't care...
seriously though...are you waaaaaaay over or just a little?
A few thousand. Not way, but enough for right now.
Love you girls!
Sorry Jess...I know what it is like when you are trying to buy a house...I can't even imagine trying to plan a wedding a the same time. Cutting back is going to be hard. Any chance on picking up some part time work to earn extra cash instead? I'm working 3 jobs myself.
Right now I tutor 3 kids privately and teach and after school test prep course. I will definitely be picking up other work during my school breaks. I have also started selling everything I can!!! Books, jewelry, trinkets.
LuvMyAlfonse
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You BETTER not be rolling your eyes at me...
neverrrrrrrrrr.
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Many times when Hwolf and I have 15 bucks in our bank accounts together we consider pole dancing... Hehe Jess I feel your pain .. teh word budget is out of my vocaulary
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YIKES! I never actually made a budget sheet.. We kind of just set an amount and are TRYING to stick to it LOL Not working but we know how much we can spend and what we cant... We are doing this paycheck to paycheck and he is the only one working so... We cant go over budget too much!
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Many times when Hwolf and I have 15 bucks in our bank accounts together we consider pole dancing... Hehe Jess I feel your pain .. teh word budget is out of my vocaulary
I wish there really was a quick way to make money. I need to get out of teaching in the city!
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I did my budget last night also. I'm also over budget
Annoulak
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Are you likely to receive money from your guests at the wedding? Don't forget to factor that in.
Plus, do you think you may get a tax refund in April?
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Posted by LuvMyAlfonse
You could lose the shuttles and rolls royce and that will give you back at least $1500.
I can lose the Rolls, but definitely not the shuttle. We have 40 rooms reserved and half of our guests are from OOT.
how about losing the bouts for the guys (except FH) and having candle CPs instead of flowers....that could save you a few hundred from your florist bill
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im so bad with budgets, i didnt even set one....i just know that i want something nice but not insane...i am always looking to save money but thats about it :)
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Many times when Hwolf and I have 15 bucks in our bank accounts together we consider pole dancing... Hehe Jess I feel your pain .. teh word budget is out of my vocaulary
I wish there really was a quick way to make money. I need to get out of teaching in the city!
yes I hear you I will be there for atleast 2 more years
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just calm down bc its hard to think straight when you are this stressed. But i would just sit down and really try to figure out a way to do this...i dont know your salary or bills to know where to cut down or what to do so dont know what to say but there is a way, might not be easy though
I am not over budget but just recently i fell a little behind, i stayed on track for a year putting aside exactly what i should every month and taking care of things...But family things came up, i had to lend a couple thousand dollars which i took out of the money i had put aside for Rh payments, so now all of a sudden had to make up that money quick and then a couple of other things happened. Yes i did freak out, but had to sit down and just come up with a plan and finally am getting back on track now, also helping that im gonna get the money back that i lent soon.
Just sit with Fh and think of all you can do, whether how to come up with the extra money or how to cut out other things to save the money
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Also, instead of (or in addition to) a traditional registry, you can have a honeymoon registry...since you said you don't have a honeymoon yet, maybe others can 'buy' pieces of it for you.
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Many times when Hwolf and I have 15 bucks in our bank accounts together we consider pole dancing... Hehe Jess I feel your pain .. teh word budget is out of my vocaulary
I wish there really was a quick way to make money. I need to get out of teaching in the city!
AMEN TO THAT! I TEACH IN THE CITY AND I HAVE MY MASTERS AND WE CANT MAKE IT WORK!!! WE LIVE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK. I WORK AFTERSCHOOL TEST PREP TOO AND SATURDAY!!
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FH and I are in the same boat because of a family emergency we had to spend $ on. Try to renegotiate with some of your vendors.....see if they can extend the payment plan (that gives you more time to save some $), see if there's anything you can cut to cut costs....at your RH, florist, limo, photo, doj. For whatever you have left...see if there's anything you can do yourself for cheaper, or things you don't have to have at all. and honeymoon registry....great idea posted by someone above!