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  When people asked how things were going with the wedding, you could tell that they were going okay when my response was, “Oh, it’s going great! Over 3 months to go and I’ve got blabity-blabity-blabity done!” (Which was getting the food, location, photographer, guest list, invites, DJ, etc being picked out and booked).  Now, [...]

  I’m writing this post as a newly married woman! And let me tell you, aside from a few minor (and not so minor setbacks) our wedding was a success. But the funny thing is? Even with all those setbacks, I was so happy to be with people that I love and care about on [...]

  Here we are at the end of another week! Things here at casa de Budget Savvy have been quite busy. My hubs has been enjoying his training for his new job, and I attended some networking meetings and finally got to meet one of our lovely bloggers who lives in NYC, Miss Ashley! So [...]

(Um… if you’re my dad don’t read this post until after July 5th!) As our wedding rapidly (and boy do I mean rapidly! Less than one month to go!) approaches, I’ve given a lot of thought to the gifts I’d like to give the people most important to me to show my appreciation for their [...]

One of the biggest wedding-related decisions is the venue. The location of your wedding is not only the backdrop for all of your photos, but it also plays a huge role in the tone, cost and logistics. One of the best (and free) resources I discovered while looking at wedding venues was contacting the local [...]

I knew I had met my Mr. Wonderful and that he would always be part of my life. We found each other after previous relationships and making the final commitment of being together in marriage more challenging since we both have children and established lives. Don’t ever think magical love can’t happen at any age, [...]

  Happy Friday lovelies! It’s a rainy, nasty mess here in NY which is kind of a downer, but the good news is the weekend is supposed to be nice My hubs is settling into his new job and we are still casually looking at apartments. We’ve decided not to get too serious about it [...]

  My fiancé made an extremely budget-friendly decision with my engagement ring. How? He didn’t buy it! Unknown to me at the time Tom had started shopping around for rings just after the second holiday season we shared as a couple. But he also made a point to let his parents know what he was [...]

  Okay, this is something destination brides are probably familiar with, but probably not so much if you are getting married locally (read: in the same country in which you live). Turns out, legal requirements of a wedding are different everywhere. To get legally married in most countries requires paperwork (and often the ceremony) to [...]