My fiance and I became engaged Valentines Day after being together 5 years. We were high school sweethearts (we dated 2 yrs in high school) then went our separate ways. We married the wrong people and now get to begin our lives together (we are both in our 40s). Everybody is so excited about our wedding and marriage so its important that we do it right but we are still on a budget. Here is what we have so far. Please let me know if you think it looks reasonable.
- Photography $1800 (deep military discount)
- Church/Reception Hall $800 (includes tables, setup, clean up, premarital counseling, on site wedding planner and use of facilities)
- Catering $2200 (full meal BBQ and all the fixings, plus full service and cake cutting no bar since it is at a church again deep military discount)
- Flowers $1550(includes 4 bouquets, 4 corsages, 3 bouts, flower girls, altar flowers and 12 centerpieces-he gave military discount as well as a 2nd wedding discount lol since I used him on previous wedding as he is the best in town)
- Dress $800 (seamstress is making dress to match my military ball dress form our high school days)
- Groomsmen and bridesmaid attire $600 ( we are paying for this as they are all kids and nieces)
- Cake free ( a friend is making it as a wedding gift she does amazing work)
- Reception decor $200 (mostly do it yourself church reception hall is pretty on its own)
- Invites $160 (we are getting seal and sends)
- Misc $1000 (rings, small minimoon, license, etc)