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Ok be real...How many of yall have strayed from your budgets...and by how much?
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  • When I started the budget was $15K for 150 people. My mom added another 30 people (which she is coughing up the cash for) which bumped us to 180. It took us over budget by $1382.  I don't think thats too bad for everything we have. I didn't include my dress and alterations in this cost or BM gifts.

    Had I found a place that allowed no facility rental I really would have been in the clear BUT I stopped searching and the deal we have with our venue really works out for the cost.
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  • I'm horrible with budgets :( I've gone over on everything I've purchased thus far. Like for my dress I went over by about  $400. Photography & Videography I went over by a little over $200. The cake budget I'm over by about $280 from what I really wanted to spend. In addition, I've added like 20 extras to the count so thats about $500 more that I had to sneak into the budget w/out FI knowing. He knew the price went up overall on the budget but he can't quite figure out where the change came from so in his mind we are stil at 150 ppl. But I try to think about the things I saved instead lol. Like I was about $40 under budget for the BP jewelry :D
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  • My budget was 5K for 80 people. I was good until I bought my dress. I went over by $1200. Undecided. If I would have stuck with my original dress I would have been under budget but not nearly as happy.
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    My budget was set to 8k for 80 ppl secretly i moved to 10k to give me some leg room .So far only thing I went over budget for was my dress and that was by an extra 300 and BP gifts by an extra 100. Everything else is right were is supposed to be. Im praying I get at least 10 to 15 no's then I want need the leg room .
  • HMMM well lets see...FI told me that our reception was going to be NO more than $9k. My photography, flowers and 1 limo is being paid for by members of my family. Being that we need so many tuxedos the guy gave us two free limos instead of one and now all we need is the one for me to ride in. My dress is being paid for by my mom, my budget was no more than $2k. I am paying for my girls makeup and their gifts. FI's dad is "supposed" to be paying for the rehearsal dinner and FI and I are paying for the church and our reception. So far I haven't gone over budget. 
  • !@CaseyNMike - is your cake included in the 9K?
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  • I am glad to hear I am not the only one going over budget.  I am actually saving money on some stuff but the problem is FI keeps adding people to the list. We are both preacher's kids...so you can imagine the number of people on the list between the two churches....our extremely large families and the few frieds taht we could afford to invite.  So when we started out at 150 guests....we are now at 200.  I told him no more because all he is thinking about is the perhead court at the venue...he is not thinking about the extra favors, centerpieces, chair covers, etc that we have to get.  And truth be told I am hoping for 200 because we are actually over that I am just hoping some people say no.  Its all good though because I am not going to complain. God has blessed me and is continuing to bless me so i am just going to work it out. I saved money on my dress...I ended up buying a cheaper dress and I had TWO COUPONS....yes I did...I found a lot of stuff on Ebay as well. So I know it iwill all work out.  But I am going to let him know we cant go past 200....But God is good anyhow.

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    [QUOTE]I'm horrible with budgets :( I've gone over on everything I've purchased thus far. Like for my dress I went over by about  $400. Photography & Videography I went over by a little over $200. The cake budget I'm over by about $280 from what I really wanted to spend. In addition, I've added like 20 extras to the count so thats about $500 more that I had to sneak into the budget w/out FI knowing. <strong>He knew the price went up overall on the budget but he can't quite figure out where the change came from so in his mind we are stil at 150 ppl. But I try to think about the things I saved instead lol.</strong> Like I was about $40 under budget for the BP jewelry :D
    Posted by ladycane015[/QUOTE]

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    </div><div>This! I did the same thing. I'm under budget on some of the items, but over budget on others. We went over on the cake and the caterer, but I was under on decor (linens, decorations, etc).</div><div>
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  • Went over. Original budget was 5k......well that was fiance budget.......we are at $17.5. His mom said she will pay for the extra people she wants to add.
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    [QUOTE]!@CaseyNMike - is your cake included in the 9K?
    Posted by MrsSmith2Be02[/QUOTE]

    <div>No my cake and DJ were GIFTS!!</div>
  • My wedding budget is 5k...so far so good but I am behind in planning so....we'll see :)
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    [QUOTE]Ok be real...How many of yall have strayed from your budgets...and by how much?
    Posted by RanyattaCasey[/QUOTE]

    My budget is $10,000 for 100 people. So far all I have is my venue/ceremony site their at the same place, the photographer, and the officiate. I haven't done anything else yet...so I'm a little behind. The wedding is July 27, 2013 so I'm keeping my fingers and toes crossed that I don't go over.
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_african-american-weddings_budgets?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural Wedding BoardsForum:400Discussion:191a8f55-9a4b-4943-b4d5-867be415c3edPost:45ba3c6e-f9e8-40a8-bdef-7edfb40e8850">Re: Budgets</a>:
    [QUOTE]Went over. <strong>Original budget was 5k</strong>......well that was fiance budget.......<strong>we are at $17.5.</strong> His mom said she will pay for the extra people she wants to add.
    Posted by gmg75241[/QUOTE]i

    is that a typo?? or was FI's budget only HIS BUDGET..lol
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    [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Budgets : i is that a typo?? or was FI's budget only HIS BUDGET..lol
    Posted by nursing2u[/QUOTE]

    lol. Thats what he wanted our total budget to be but in my head I was always thinking 10k. So technically I feel like we really went over by 7k.
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  • Our budget was 25K for 220 ppl.  The over budgetness is ridiculous around here
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