Okay girls, I am so frustrated that I am almost in tears sitting at my desk at work.
As I mentioned before, we weren't planning on having a DJ of any kind and were just giong to do mustic ourselves on an mp3 player. Last week, though, we found out that it will be $425 to get sound equipment outside where our ceremony will be. Obviously we don't want to go without sound equipment because we want people to hear what's going on but that is a lot of extra money we weren't planning on spending!
Anyway, I decided that if we're going to have to spend the extra money maybe we should look into a DJ so we're at least getting a better value. Today I talked to a woman who comes highly recommended by other Knotties and she's willing to do the ceremony/reception for $900. FI is dead set against it, though, and keeps talking about how it's crazy to spend an extra thousand dollars.
I know it's crazy but I don't know what else to do!! Cut out the sound equipment at the ceremony? Just pay the $425 for equipment only even though we'll have to run it and will only use it for 30 minutes?
I'm just so over all of this! We're already over budget and I feel ilke we're so far in I just have to keep throwing money down the hole until we get there. I don't even know what to do except sit down and cry which is obviously not helpful.
Anyway, if anyone has advice that would be awesome but I really just need to get this out!!