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mr.Curmudgeon:
--- Quote from: patrickl on January 22, 2008, 07:28:11 pm ---I'm amazed you were allowed to see the dress actually.
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So much were doing is not really traditional, this part (although awkward) didn't seem too much of a stretch.
Me and her have provided feedback for each other for so long, we couldn't imagine making this decision without each other. Plus, I want my Tux to compliment the dress, so I needed to see it. That, and she has no sense of style, nor any girlfriends with any sense of style.
:)
--- Quote from: quarterback on January 22, 2008, 10:13:12 pm ---I'm curious what your definition of "affordable" is. Renting a night club, buying a $1000 dress and hiring a slew of entertainers sounds like you're putting together quite a shindig.
My guess is that it'll cost at least $20,000
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heh. Well, we're paying for the whole thing ourselves. We've been saving for it the last couple of years, and I'm a pretty good negotiator as far as costs go. (I know it's unbelievable if you read my Pn'R posts :P)
Some things we're doing to keep the cost down:
- The venue is beautiful, so no extra decorations are needed.
- Late ceremony/reception at the same location, 5hr open bar and hor'dourves; possibly a potluck if we decide to do dinner.
- My friends are all performers, in and around the Detroit area, so I'm working with them on getting a deal on that.
- No fancy cake, no fancy bouquet, no DJ (we're spinning our own music/live entertainment).
I managed to get the bar to close down completely for us on a SATURDAY! and include two bartenders, a floor server, security at the door, a floor manager, all the liquor, use of the sound system, video system, tax and gratuity..and we're at 5k. For a 100-150 person event.
If the entertainment gets expensive, well be shaving some of it down and getting *real* creative. :angel:
shardian:
--- Quote from: mr.Curmudgeon on January 22, 2008, 06:22:28 pm ---heh. Yeah. We finally settled on a date. Only took 16 years.
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IIRC, you are in the ballpark of 28 years old, right? If that is so, why not go with your original plans of Ring Pops, and a Mcdonalds playground reception? ;D ;D
quarterback:
--- Quote from: mr.Curmudgeon on January 23, 2008, 11:48:46 am ---Some things we're doing to keep the cost down:
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I got married a few years ago to my girlfriend of 12+ years. We also paid for the wedding ourselves and were trying to keep it under 10k. It's amazing how the costs mount up. We did a number of things to keep the cost down.
--- Quote ---- The venue is beautiful, so no extra decorations are needed.
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We did the exact same thing. My skin crawls when people tell me how much they pay for flowers as decorations which will be useless and dead before the honeymoon even starts
--- Quote ---- Late ceremony/reception at the same location,
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Us too.
--- Quote ---5hr open bar and hor'dourves; possibly a potluck if we decide to do dinner.
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We did dinner which, because of the venue we chose, did not end up costing all that much. We also did open bar and, because the venue we chose did not have a liquor license, meant that we could bring our own booze. This was a huge money saver. Official wedding venues make TONS of money off of the bar. For 5hrs of open bar at some places you could be spending $10,000 for just that.
--- Quote ---- My friends are all performers, in and around the Detroit area, so I'm working with them on getting a deal on that.
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We had a local band play that we'd been seeing for years. Not friends, per se, but acquaintences. We ended up dropping a couple grand on the band
--- Quote ---I managed to get the bar to close down completely for us on a SATURDAY! and include two bartenders, a floor server, security at the door, a floor manager, all the liquor, use of the sound system, video system, tax and gratuity..and we're at 5k. For a 100-150 person event.
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That's an amazing deal, IMO. :applaud:
The wedding biz is such a huge scam. You pay everybody for every single thing. Yo having a cake? You have to hire someone to cut it. You want cake served? You have to hire extra people to serve it. Every single person is extra for every little thing. I can't believe that you're getting the location, all the booze, use of the electronics, AND employees (incl security) for under $5k on a Saturday. Pretty unbelievable.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: quarterback on January 23, 2008, 01:11:10 pm ---
--- Quote ---- The venue is beautiful, so no extra decorations are needed.
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We did the exact same thing. My skin crawls when people tell me how much they pay for flowers as decorations which will be useless and dead before the honeymoon even starts
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You'd better get her to agree to that... a man's definition of "beautiful" has absolutely no correlation to how a woman views her wedding.
Congatulations. Sincerely.
BTW... that's a great dress. Do you have the cleavage to fill it? ;D
Ed_McCarron:
Heres what pissed me off about our wedding.
Rent a limo to shuttle bridesmaids, etc, around.
(Picking a price) $400 for 2 hours. Thats our 'wedding package'.
Uh, wait. Your hourly rate is $80. Shouldn't I get 5 hours?
Oh, thats only if its not a wedding.
OK, its not wedding. Its a party with a woman in a big white dress and a bunch of guys in tuxedos.
WTF?
I decided it was better not to argue with my wife to be at that point.
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