Who'd get married nowadays
Just been to the florist "well if you spend £400 you get the button holes for free......."
£400 on some bloody flowers
Don't even get me started on cakes
Who'd get married nowadays
Just been to the florist "well if you spend £400 you get the button holes for free......."
£400 on some bloody flowers
Don't even get me started on cakes
Get thi self off to a tropical Isle to do it. I flew to Mauritious 1st class, helicopter transfer, suite in hotel, wedding, photos & flowers. Had 2 weeks there so was a holiday/honeymoon and it cost less than £4500 including spends. Threw a bit of a do a week after we got back but in-laws/parents paid for that.
I would budget about £20,000 Karen if I was youOriginally Posted by OneHillWonder
Who'd get married nowadays
Just been to the florist "well if you spend £400 you get the button holes for free......."
£400 on some bloody flowers
Don't even get me started on cakes
I've told my daughter shes not allowed out of the house with out a chaperone until she 25 when she will be allowed to Elope.
can't say I like the over seas option but looking at the figures it's a hard option not to take.
Kazza,
We got married on a budget...it IS possible! Although it was 12 years ago
Mother in law did the flowers
Sister in law baked the cake
Brother in law took some snaps
Got married on a friday - was cheaper!
Got married in the afternoon
Didn't have a wedding breakfast thingy
Had a friends 7 piece soul band do the night thing was a pressie so no dj costs etc
Set a budget for the frock, walked in shop, pulled out the first one said 'that'll do' !!
oh and the car that took me to the ceremony we got half price as I said I'm not paying for a round trip when I'm only going on 1 journey!!
hmmm, probably not your average wedding!!
Emmi it's definitely an advantage if you can get friends and family to do bits of it - we a scrabbling about to find people who can do stuff for us.
-Mum is doing cake (well cakes - we are having cup cakes
-We're getting married on a Sunday as it doesn't incur a 'minimum spend' (can't believe places do this!
-Oh and my brothers are driving me & the bridesmaids to the wedding and our ceremony & reception are at the same place, so once we are there, we are there - so no cost for cars.
-ex-step-sister is a photographer and may or may not give us a discount
Struggling to do flowers cheaply though. Wish I knew a florist!
Even with those savings I reckon we are looking at £8k for the wedding (NOT including honeymoon)... So nowhere near the £16-18k avaerage spend but it still smarts!
but you're not the average girlKazza,
We got married on a budget...it IS possible! Although it was 12 years ago
Mother in law did the flowers
Sister in law baked the cake
Brother in law took some snaps
Got married on a friday - was cheaper!
Got married in the afternoon
Didn't have a wedding breakfast thingy
Had a friends 7 piece soul band do the night thing was a pressie so no dj costs etc
Set a budget for the frock, walked in shop, pulled out the first one said 'that'll do' !!
oh and the car that took me to the ceremony we got half price as I said I'm not paying for a round trip when I'm only going on 1 journey!!
hmmm, probably not your average wedding!!
I'm not going to get married again.
I'm just going to find a woman I don't like and give her a house.
That's exactly what we did...but in St. Lucia....was fab!
Only one who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. -T.S.Eliot
You need to get to a florist wholesalers and buy in bulk. Much much cheaper than going through a florist and at the end of the day you are paying a premium on the flowers, their services for doing them and the fact it's a wedding, like valentines the price suddenly increases!Emmi it's definitely an advantage if you can get friends and family to do bits of it - we a scrabbling about to find people who can do stuff for us.
-Mum is doing cake (well cakes - we are having cup cakes )
-We're getting married on a Sunday as it doesn't incur a 'minimum spend' (can't believe places do this! ) and it's a bank holiday so as good as a Saturday!
-Oh and my brothers are driving me & the bridesmaids to the wedding and our ceremony & reception are at the same place, so once we are there, we are there - so no cost for cars.
-ex-step-sister is a photographer and may or may not give us a discount
Struggling to do flowers cheaply though. Wish I knew a florist!
Even with those savings I reckon we are looking at £8k for the wedding (NOT including honeymoon)... So nowhere near the £16-18k avaerage spend but it still smarts!
It depends what you want though I guess, my favourite flowers are roses and I didn't want anything other than a simple bunch of them.
However, we bought a job lot and made our own button holes etc just with a few pins and a smidgen of creativity.
Can you go somewhere you may have used regularly and explain your budget and see what they can offer if you can't get someone you know to make some for you? Maybe between now and then you can buy a couple of cheap bunches of flowers from the supermarket and a bit of oasis and just practice with various arrangements???
This is very true!!but you're not the average girl
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