September 2012 Weddings

Mini Freak out

I just went to my budget tool and what I have been doing is once we get the actual cost of something I update that to my budgeted cost.  So my actuals + the budget of what has yet to be purchased = the new estimated budget.  Anyways...I just realized that the difference between everything we have and the budget is only $100 so the few items we have are small.  The freak out came when I realized though that there are basically no places left to save except the headcount.  The budgeted number right now is based on 140 people (inviting 158 with a lot of OOT guests and no guest lives closer than 50 minutes from our location so really everyone who is drinking is OOT if you are going to be safe) which I think is generous (almost 89% yes rate for a sorta-DW) so it probably will be lower but I've been so cost savvy it felt weird to be done with my cost cutting.  There is some room to recoup a few of my costs too but I don't want to sell anything (like have a whole extra kit of my invites but only 9 extra invites printed from the other package) until I KNOW I don't need it. 

It just made things seem very final and set.  Money has been our #1 stress with this wedding so it's exciting to have so much done but feels kinda heavy to see that bill!

Re: Mini Freak out

  • I agree with seeing that. I'll add up how much we've paid, how much we have left to pay, estimates for what we have left, and how much money we have in an account for it. It gets really intimidating seeing commas in things. 0.0

    I do try to remember though that as long as you can mkae it through the wedding, you can try to sell off stuff afterwards too. Like I'll be selling all of my linens, probably my dress (maybe...?) and stuff like that.
  • I had the same mini freakout recently.  I did a budget of how many paychecks we have left and how much there still is to pay for, and it made me want to vomit.  I thought we were going to have the whole wedding paid off by May, and now, it's looking like we will be using the July and part of Augusts paychecks to cover things also.  I'm glad we can do it, but that is really cutting stuff a little too close for my comfort. 
  • edited June 2012
    I reviewed and updated our budget a couple weeks ago and oh boy did that ever give me butteflies. It excited me to see how much is done and paid and that it's all so real, but it's also scary to think we just spent and committed to spend all that money!!!

    I also got really excited updating sections to reflect how much less I spent DIY rather than buying - I'm very happy with what I've accomplished so far ;)
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  • I did my budget yesterday too. I'm glad to see that I can make all the payment neccessary, but it is going to be a tight few months and I wish I had done this earlier. Oh well. Live and learn.
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