So depressed

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No I am with you on that. I scarified a lot to be able to put away a certain amount per month. I stopped going to yoga, and I used to go to a dance studio almost 5 days a week but it was costly so all that got cut. And I miss dance so much. I don't get my nails done on a regular only for special occasions, epics, engagement party. I really push it to the makes of when to get my hair cut (so bad). I only shopped once to get a dress for my hs reunion/epic shoot/engagement party. We don't go out as much. It's hard but if we didn't we wouldn't be able to pay for our wedding.

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I hear you! We've stopped going on and we have so much going on with family birthdays and mothers day, fathers day we feel bad but we can't afford it anymore! We're trying to make cuts everywhere btu I also think a small splurge once in a while keeps us feeling upbeat that we know what we are working so hard for and that it will pay off.

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Work in fashion also!.. Kills me!... Pains me...

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I feel you. I have hardly bought anything aside from an outfit for our engagement pics and a new bathingsuit for the summer. What I find even harder is all these stupid expenses that pop up when I am trying to save! I feel like I am getting NO WHERE!! Between all the birthdays, graduations, weddings, holidays, vet bills, dentist, doctor- its out of control!

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I defin feel you! I have to give up flying home to visit! Last year I went home 5 times..This year prob will be just be once or twice the most..Airfare is just too costly!

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Yep, I hardly ever buy clothing anymore and I'm sick of the exercise/diet regimen I'm trying to stick to in order to look awesome that day. Granted, that's a GOOD thing to get into the habit of doing every day, but I still hate it just the same.

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I feel you. In the mix of wedding planning/saving we're looking to buy a house! It's so hard to not be able to just go buy whatever you want whenever you want. It's very hard for me to wrap my head around saving for the wedding/buying a house when things just keep coming up....I can't keep up with everything!

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You're definitely not alone. I've been extra sctrict since we have this trip to hawaii coming up. I've missed so many of my friends birthdays because I just didn't have the money to go out.

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FH and I often contemplate just going to Town Hall and getting married. We hate not being able to go out with friends anymore, not going out to dinner and cutting down on so many things that were routine to us. We do try to go out once a week (with coupons) and just unwind and enjoy each other's company. Even though most of our friends are single, they are great. We usually end up hanging out at each other's places and having dinner, drinks and movie night.

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I totally understand!! I haven't gone shopping for myself in quite a long time and it's getting depressing. Last week I got a new car and as much as I'm love with it, the additional bill each month is making me nervous! I can't wait until after the wedding - I'm going on shopping spree at VS for honeymoon clothes! Lol

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Oh Marie, you're speaking my language. The most frustrating part for me, though, is the fact that none of my friends understand. Most are single, and the ones who have boyfriends aren't close to engagement or marriage, so they go out and party all the time. The majority of them work in restaurants too, so they don't just go out on Friday/Saturday like normal people, but pretty much every day is an excuse to go to the bar. They make me feel SOOOO BAD about not going out with them, but I can't go out and drop $60 a night on shots anymore. While I love going out and dancing and drinking, I would rather save for my dress or a photo booth or something else that I want for the wedding. Or even save for a down payment on a house! But my friends see it as me being boring now, and make sure they tell me any chance they get.

I guess that's why I love talking to you girls on these boards, because you get it. So don't be depressed, Marie, just think of all the clothes you'll be able to buy after the wedding!!!


Also, just out of curiosity, have you ever been to Beacon's Closet in Williamsburg? I can only guess you have a lot of trendy and amazing clothes, and if you are considering getting rid of them or wanna make some extra cash to buy new clothes, they are a consignment store and they only buy good condition awesome clothes. You should definitely stop in and check it out if you haven't already!!

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you are all 100% not alone!!! my reality check came about a week ago....see even with the wedding planning I continued to spend like it was going out of style!!!! when i want something, i buy it without regards to anything else. I still save, dont use credit card, and pay all my bills, but know i can save a lot more.....so i had a major major reality check and now have to stop my spending and i nearly cried to FH :( he even made me return these super cute shoes! :( you are not alone!

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i feel the same way. We used to go out all the time to dinner and movies etc. I haven't bought clothes in a long time and have been cooking all of our meals. We knew we would have to save $$$ so we saved all of our gift cards from christmas and birthdays and when we need a night out we use them. I use a lot of the 'points' cards for free movie tickets etc. So this way we don't feel totally deprived.