Poll: What are you living w/o on your wedding day?

trishaselby

We decided to not do favors (I doubt anyone with notice or be upset), have a flower girl and ring bearer ( even though they are cute they add on extra costs & we didn't have anyone meaningful at prime ages), and champange toast (they can toast with whatever their drinking- FI and I will be having some .

cupcakepirate

We didn't do a garter toss. I don't like the tradition/history of it, and DH didn't want any more reason to have people focus on him. And I never ogt around to making it. But EVERYONE asked why we didn't do it. Esp since we did do a bouquet toss...Didn't have a DJ, the sales/event mgr at our venue served as our announcer of the night. I just mixed all the music and rented some dance floor lights (which I forgot about until the day before the wedding...)

tcook212

No ice bar.  I really wanted one but it's just too cost prohibitive.

niq24601

Things that seem to be standard that we're doing without:-Champagne toast-A lot of the flowers/decorations for both the ceremony & reception.-Bouquet & garter toss-Any sort of fancy getaway carExtras that would have been nice but we probably can't do:-Photo booth-Late night taco truck

BrandyL10

We're not doing champagne. People can drink what they got.Not doing programs or menu's.Thats about it, at least that I can think of!We're not doing the get away car because we're all spending the night at the resort!

carrieoz_76

Things we're not doing due to budget: - Wedding at a private estate - we're doing a reception dinner at a restaurant b/c the private estates at costs for catering and rentals that go with them are waaay out of our budget - DJ and dance floor - we're doing ipod w/ the space we have - Tons of flowers - we're trying to keep them limited - Fancy car for FI and I - Transportation for our guests Things we're not doing b/c we don't want to: - Programs - Favors - Garter toss - this would be silly b/c my brother will be the only single guy there - Bouquet toss - again silly b/c there will only be 1 single girl there - Money dance - WP dance - I won't subject them to that

amylbell

no garter toss-just didn't want one, no menu's, no florist-market flowers only, no photobooth, no fancy transportations....no letterpress invitations....nothing i'm really losing sleep over though

disturbedkitty

No DJ (we are renting speakers and an ipod dock) No sit-down dinner (possibly no caterer) No fancy getaway car (we will probably just use my Dad's monte carlo or my adorable malibu) A very, very small honeymoon The list goes on and on... We are having a champagne toast, bouquet toss, and a garter toss (most of our friends are single and I think the garter toss is hilarious).

dmw_2010

Things we're not doing because we don't care:-Bouquet/garter toss-Getaway car - we're staying at the lodge where the wedding is-Receiving line - there isn't a good spot for one, so we're skipping itThings we're not doing that I sort of miss:-Videographer.  I just want a video of the ceremony, but I can't find one where I'll get the video quality I want without having to spend far more than it's worth to me.

jennyann28

We're not having a florist - that one's all me & my BM, nor the getaway car (I think) because I don't want to pay for one, nor the flower girl/ring bearer... although on that one, if my brother decides to bring my niece (who will be 15mo) I may have to buy her a pretty dress & make her a baby-proof pomander to hold. But she won't go down the aisle or anything. I just really love her. I'll probably put her on the program no matter what. We were on the fence about the bouquet/garter toss. But I want to get a special garter with one of FI's favorite sports teams because I know he'd be TOTALLY surprised, and I have a sweet balcony to throw the bouquet from, so... those ones are back on! I've found that by DIYing a lot of stuff, you really can have a lot of what you want, and it makes your wedding really personal IMO.

SaraAnnAlvarado2010

We are going without: DJ (doing speakers and iPod) Champagne toast (They can toast with other bevvs) Fancy cake from a baker (FI and I will have a small cutting cake, but I am making cupcakes for everyone else, doing it myself = 26 CENTS per cupcake versus the standard $2.00-$3.00)

jodyplustwinsx2

I axed the photobooth (that one was really painful for me), but I am going to talk to my photographer about doing a faux photobooth for an hour or two during the reception. We're not doing a champagne toast, but that's because I hate champagne and most people seem to just grab whatever they are drinking anyway. I also got rid of a displayed hors d'ouevre so now we're only doing tray passed. And axed some flowers at the entrance to the recpetion hall and udner some archways. They would have been beautiful, but no one will notice that they aren't there except me. In the end, these changes cut off a really large amount from our budget that we can use for other non-wedding related stuff and none of them will really impact the guests very much or at all.

KST_

Because I don't want:- garter toss (FI is shy and I think it's a bit trashy) & bouquet toss (very few single gals and they all hate it)- receiving line...I'm going to be nontraditional and I think we'll cut and serve our cake to our guests as our versionBecause we can't afford:- catering (we're DIY and store pick-up)- espresso cart- ceremony music (can't afford strings and it's a city park so no amplification)- alcohol. won't know until month before if we can do champagne toast at the least or champagne beverage along with punch, coffee, and tea.- get away car (I would have loved a pretty Rolls or Bentley)- DJ (iPod & the dock we have)

Tygirljojo

We're not having a ring bearer or flower girl and we're not doing a receiving line.

Syrenati

no flower girl/ring bearer, toasts, no alcohol at all, hopefully no bouquet tosses or garter snatches, no mother son dance. no one dancing but me and fi and my bro and his daughter who are doing the father/daughter dance as a surprise to her, no readers no singers no real flowers in the reception room, no seat covers although the chairs will have little pads on them that don't cost any extra. I cant think of anything else at this time...