projected budget

lindseynaggle Posted: Jun 14, 2011 02:47 PM

projected budget

According to the knot, my projected wedding cost is over $4000 over budget. Yay!

Jill52787 Posted: Jun 14, 2011 02:59 PM

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ugh!!! Sorry!

Thats why my FH wouldn't let us do a budget, cause he knew I'd be obsessing and flipping out. We just take each thing/vendor, and know how much we're willing/not willing to spend, and try to find the best deal.

irisheyezrsmilen Posted: Jun 14, 2011 03:02 PM

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i hate the knot budget planner!

linny11412 Posted: Jun 14, 2011 03:16 PM

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Posted by Jill52787

ugh!!! Sorry!

Thats why my FH wouldn't let us do a budget, cause he knew I'd be obsessing and flipping out. We just take each thing/vendor, and know how much we're willing/not willing to spend, and try to find the best deal.

That is great advice! Staying to budget is impossible and frustrating!

CaughtMyFish Posted: Jun 14, 2011 03:18 PM

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Our 'budget' is basically to work within the money we received from our families, and then to not add much. lol, but seriously I cant use those budget pages bc it's just not set for what I am dealing with/including.

I know we are going to spend too much, but in the end, the memories and special moments will last a lifetime.

FutureMrsGTL Posted: Jun 14, 2011 03:40 PM

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budget? whats that?

AlexandMike2012 Posted: Jun 14, 2011 03:47 PM

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Posted by FutureMrsGTL

budget? whats that?

THIS!

irisheyezrsmilen Posted: Jun 14, 2011 03:51 PM

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Posted by linny11412

Posted by Jill52787

ugh!!! Sorry!

Thats why my FH wouldn't let us do a budget, cause he knew I'd be obsessing and flipping out. We just take each thing/vendor, and know how much we're willing/not willing to spend, and try to find the best deal.

That is great advice! Staying to budget is impossible and frustrating!

we are trying to do that too. whenever we went to see a vendor we knew what our limit was and worked ith that. he's good with money/math so i leave that stuff in his hands, im good with finding the deals

soon2beMrsHenry92912 Posted: Jun 14, 2011 04:26 PM

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Try weddingwire's budget tool. It lets you add money to certain categories, change the the amount the budget tool put in automatically and you can erase categories that don't apply to your wedding. Another bride on here recommended to me because I couldn't STAND the knot's budget tool. HTH!

pixietina Posted: Jun 14, 2011 04:43 PM

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Posted by soon2beMrsHenry92912

Try weddingwire's budget tool. It lets you add money to certain categories, change the the amount the budget tool put in automatically and you can erase categories that don't apply to your wedding. Another bride on here recommended to me because I couldn't STAND the knot's budget tool. HTH!

I am using the weddingwire tool as well. So far I am a couple of hundred dollars below budget. Who knows how soon that will go out the window.

EmilyandPeter Posted: Jun 14, 2011 04:47 PM

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UGH!!! I'm over by more than that. IDK what to do but I feel your pain!!

KristynLeigh Posted: Jun 14, 2011 05:00 PM

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I try to avoid talking about budget because FH and I have way different budgets in our head.

EmilyandPeter Posted: Jun 14, 2011 05:04 PM

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Posted by KristynLeigh

I try to avoid talking about budget because FH and I have way different budgets in our head.

klosack Posted: Jun 14, 2011 05:28 PM

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Weddings are crazy! I keep looking at my budget and seeing where I can cut corners and I really feel like I am at bare minimum --no extras (Except I am seriously holding out for a chocolate fountain).

And... budget is still over!

ahhh

FutureWifey Posted: Jun 14, 2011 06:27 PM

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According to my excel sheet, we are right on target with our budget..... unfortunately for FH, I know how to be a sneaky saver.. so our 'secret wedding fund' will bring us over a litttttttttle...... teeheehee... but he'll never know

Truthfully though (don't tell him...) we're only maybe a few thousand over.. I think..

ewecki825 Posted: Jun 14, 2011 07:15 PM

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Posted by AlexandMike2012

Posted by FutureMrsGTL

budget? whats that?

THIS!

Same

nicoleandsean Posted: Jun 14, 2011 07:43 PM

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Posted by Jill52787

ugh!!! Sorry!

Thats why my FH wouldn't let us do a budget, cause he knew I'd be obsessing and flipping out. We just take each thing/vendor, and know how much we're willing/not willing to spend, and try to find the best deal.

This is basically what we're doing too...saves alot of stress!! But I spend a lot of time shopping around for deals!

lindseynaggle Posted: Jun 14, 2011 09:35 PM

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Posted by soon2beMrsHenry92912

Try weddingwire's budget tool. It lets you add money to certain categories, change the the amount the budget tool put in automatically and you can erase categories that don't apply to your wedding. Another bride on here recommended to me because I couldn't STAND the knot's budget tool. HTH!

I was able to add/delete categories on the knot too. I can try the weddingwire tool, but unless it comes with a $10,000 signing bonus, I'm screwed!

linda_art Posted: Jun 14, 2011 09:39 PM

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LMAO bc FH was just doing this yesterday and got me involved. Are you including tipping for everyone in there too? We are over too. The only thing we can do is really limit the flower budget so Im spending hrs trying to find different types of cheaper CP options! Fun times! LOL

soon2beMrsHenry92912 Posted: Jun 14, 2011 10:07 PM

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Posted by lindseynaggle

Posted by soon2beMrsHenry92912

Try weddingwire's budget tool. It lets you add money to certain categories, change the the amount the budget tool put in automatically and you can erase categories that don't apply to your wedding. Another bride on here recommended to me because I couldn't STAND the knot's budget tool. HTH!

I was able to add/delete categories on the knot too. I can try the weddingwire tool, but unless it comes with a $10,000 signing bonus, I'm screwed!

I had more control over the weddingwire budget tool, which is why i liked it better....but I tend to not look at the budget frequently...because I know we'll be over, unless that magic signing bonus does appear..