How much $$$ did you spend?

MrsMack10612

At this moment in time I have spent nothing on my dress - I am wearing my mother's.

Unfortunately, it needs to be cleaned and I need to lose quite a bit of weight to fit into it.

i have no idea how much cleaning, alterations or possibly having a whole new dress made will cost - but I'm going to try to keep it as low as possible.

firsttimersluck

My budget was originally 1000 but davids bridal didnt have the dress that was 900 that iw as dying to try on. their loss. I ended up with a dress on sale plus a coupon put it at 295. suckers. :P

Jen6862

Dress: $400 (purchased the dress I wanted from another bride! orig. $1,400)
Alterations: $200
Veil and Headpiece: $200 (gift from Aunt)

Word of warning--tell the sales ladies your budget so they don't bring you something over that you fall in love with.

Ljacks87

I spent a total of $1252. $952 for the dress (including tax) and $300 for alterations.

AeroStyle

My original budget for the dress was 400. Once I started looking I changed it to under $700.
In the end, I ended up spending $199 for a $1200 dress at a sample sale. $150 for alterations.

Alkalined13

I just picked out my dress today. I was wanting to spend about 500, but I decided to go with one that was 800 because I loved it. I am waiting a few weeks to buy it just to be sure. I might go to a few more stores this week just to be sure, because I really don't think it is worth it to spend that much money on a dress.  And I know I will have to have lots of alterations done, because I'm 5' tall and 100 lbs, which makes every single dress waaaaay too big on me.  Uh oh, now I'm second guessing my choice.

shortee426

I wanted to spend $1k ideally on everything...dress, alterations, veil, shoes, bolero/jacket for ceremony.  

Dress: $795

Hollow to hem: $180

Veil: $250

Bolero: $150

Shoes: $80

Bustle: $90

Alterations: $0! The hollow to hem covered the length and the rest fits me like a glove!

Grand total: $1545

tlgilmore

I spent $99 on my dress and no alterations needed.  No veil and my shoes were $39.

Yahoo!!

libbyloutoo

I wanted to spend under $1,000 for the dress

Dress including shipping/tax and my crinoline petticoat = $750 + $20 for alterations

My parents ended up surprising me and paying for my dress, which was amazing

katiedidthat

I spent less than $200 total
Dress: $100
Veil: $15
Shoes $40
Crinoline and hoop: $30

Alterations are supposed to run less than $100 as all I need is a bustle and some light altering on the waistband

My budget for the entire wedding is less than most people spend on their dresses, however. 

anna.oskar

Under $200.  Trunk sales are awesome!