we splurged on photo and video - we got who wanted and didnt care about the price - we love their work so we booked them....we def cut back on flowers and i cut back on my dress budget - i knew i could easily fall in love with say a kenneth pool dress (love those dresses) BUT i also knew i could find a dress that i loved for a 1/4 of the price....i just couldnt see spending all that money on a dress - especially when im so indecisive! so basically i had to lower the dress budget so we could afford other things - besides the day of the wedding all brides/dresses look like a million dollars no matter what their price tag says oh and HM we cut back on - we are staying at FH's aunts timeshare in aruba so that saved us money - we decided maybe for our 1 year anniversary or 2 year anniversary we will go to Bora Bora or some place like that
I am with you on cost vs quality, I LOVE my dress and it's 1/3 of what I expected to pay.
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i feel like we kind of have a combination of both...but we would never have booked someone just on their price if we did not like them as much as someone else who was a bit more...it is a mixture for me
kristi313
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we definitley splurged on our photography and have no regrets at all. we're not doing a video so i want tons of awesome pictures
TheFutureMrsM
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i think it was really based on my vibe that i got from vendors, like how welcomed i felt, and if they were sincere.
I have to say i felt that way about all the vendors i choose.
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Posted by Future Mulligan
we splurged on photo and video - we got who wanted and didnt care about the price - we love their work so we booked them....we def cut back on flowers and i cut back on my dress budget - i knew i could easily fall in love with say a kenneth pool dress (love those dresses) BUT i also knew i could find a dress that i loved for a 1/4 of the price....i just couldnt see spending all that money on a dress - especially when im so indecisive! so basically i had to lower the dress budget so we could afford other things - besides the day of the wedding all brides/dresses look like a million dollars no matter what their price tag says oh and HM we cut back on - we are staying at FH's aunts timeshare in aruba so that saved us money - we decided maybe for our 1 year anniversary or 2 year anniversary we will go to Bora Bora or some place like that
How did all of your flower appointments go? Did you end up booking anywhere?
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We splurged on our music band...it's almost as much as photo & video together, but we hope the music will make people dance and have a good time.
Future Mulligan
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Posted by Future Mulligan
we splurged on photo and video - we got who wanted and didnt care about the price - we love their work so we booked them....we def cut back on flowers and i cut back on my dress budget - i knew i could easily fall in love with say a kenneth pool dress (love those dresses) BUT i also knew i could find a dress that i loved for a 1/4 of the price....i just couldnt see spending all that money on a dress - especially when im so indecisive! so basically i had to lower the dress budget so we could afford other things - besides the day of the wedding all brides/dresses look like a million dollars no matter what their price tag says oh and HM we cut back on - we are staying at FH's aunts timeshare in aruba so that saved us money - we decided maybe for our 1 year anniversary or 2 year anniversary we will go to Bora Bora or some place like that
How did all of your flower appointments go? Did you end up booking anywhere?
we booked with flower barn - he gave us a great price - less than 3K - so im really excited that i will have flowers, centerpieces and a chuppah covering thingy at my wedding
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FH and I are going to splurge on our Honeymoon. I think that everything else, can be found at a decent price with decent quality. Honeymoon is going to be the thing that him and I are doing for each other.
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food was most important but our hall isn't that badly priced. The most we spent on was hall then photography/videography but if i had more money i would of done a more artistic photographer to have there just as an added bonus.
I assume you set your menu?
Oh yea a while ago - cheatua brian (sp), chicken fracaise, veal chop rack and chilean sea bass.
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i have a small buidget but for me it was photography. honeymoon i couldnt really care about because i see it as another vacation we can go on at any time.
I seriously have the most ridiculous budget ever!
lol
good for you prioritizing
yeah im broke like a joke...well actually it isnt funny lol But yeah i had to have a budget with this wedding...
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i have a small buidget but for me it was photography. honeymoon i couldnt really care about because i see it as another vacation we can go on at any time.
I seriously have the most ridiculous budget ever!
lol
good for you prioritizing
We're not going on a honeymoon until summer of 2009. we decided we'd do the wedding and then go on a honeymoon later. I was soo happy with that because it was one less item we needed to save for.
thats what were doing most likely. we havent even put a HM in our budget, if anything we can take it the next year
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Photography was very important as well, but I feel like everything for me was a splurge ! I totally went over my orginal budget , especially with flowers . The quality of everything is important to me, and any time I attempted to cut corners , I didn't like the end result. so its ramen noodles till sept
MrsK2008
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Photography was very important as well, but I feel like everything for me was a splurge ! I totally went over my orginal budget , especially with flowers . The quality of everything is important to me, and any time I attempted to cut corners , I didn't like the end result. so its ramen noodles till sept
how are we supposed to keep our girlish figures on top ramen?
Kimbalina
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I would say Reception (because we are spending the most there) HOWEVER Videography, because Penny Lane is AMAZING
jessnstu08
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Photography was very important as well, but I feel like everything for me was a splurge ! I totally went over my orginal budget , especially with flowers . The quality of everything is important to me, and any time I attempted to cut corners , I didn't like the end result. so its ramen noodles till sept
how are we supposed to keep our girlish figures on top ramen?
I eat half the pack for lunch , the other for dinner , this way I am only eating one pack a day AND spending 33 cents ( or if im lucky 10 for a dollar )
