I need help.
My fiance and I are from NJ, both stuck living in Savannah GA... well, he's stationed in Cuba until 8/2011, I'm stuck in Sav until 7/2011. We were planning on having our wedding in NJ but the prices for everything are SO HIGH, and we have a very very limited time frame (he comes home 8/6/11, we have to move to Ft. Huachuca before 9/2011). I Got frustrated with the high expense and said "Ridiculous, it would cost less to raise a damn barn!!!"... and then I had the (semi) brilliant idea to have the wedding in Lancaster, PA.
We both adore the idea, we love the are, and I haven't been able to visit in over a year because of having to move to Savannah. I thought I'd ave some money over the high north Jersey costs, AND we'd be ale to get the laid back look we wanted. I don't want a frou frou wallpapered, carpeted, gilded, crystal chandeliered venue... In fact, the Cork Factory Hotel looks amazing.
Then I added it up. We're on a budget; SERIOUS budget- his car blew up last year and he has been working on the CC bill now since last September. It is killing me. I love the Cork, but the MINIMUM appears to be 11,000 (venue/food/bar, BEFORE tax & tip, and that's excluding evvverrryyything else.... hell, I'm already making my own damn dress AND anything else I can manage!!!)
I love the idea of a beautiful wedding in a nice barn that I can decorate but GEEZ- For the amount going into the wedding at the Cork, I can buy a JETTA. I'm about to make my own damn food and serve it in a backyard. Does anybody have any recommendations on venue that The Knot hasn't mentioned? It seems this site caters to the average bride... versus the one who is about the break down and serve ramen.
Help.... please.... I will bake you cookies.... while I bake my own cake....
So every sweet with sour is tempered still that maketh it be coveted the more
For easy things that may be got at will most sorts of men do set but little store.
Why then should I account of little pain
That endless pleasure shall unto me gain?