When planning a wedding, there’s a lot to know in terms of etiquette – and when it comes to money things can get pretty dicey. I recently chatted with Lizzie Post, great-great-granddaughter of Emily Post – and she shared some advice with me on behalf of
I must confess…I sometimes feel I am a disappointment to all that is budget-savvy. Though I’ve been praised by my mother for my budget-savvyness, it’s a tough world out there. When I came up with my budget, I’ll admit to you: I had NO CLUE what
Bianca here, checking in with my first BSB post. Sherrod and I have been engaged for about three weeks now, and it’s funny how many times we’ve changed our plans. Our date has changed at least 7 times, with dates ranging from January to May. But
So I’d been meaning to sit down and actually go over the budget we’ve been working with and see how we were doing with things. Some things we don’t have to pay for until the day of the wedding while several things we know we will
{source} We are officially into the double digits here in wedding planning world. This may sound strange to most of you in the same planning stages as we are, but I feel like things are starting to finally slow down a little bit. At the beginning
Image found here While on vacation, I overheard a couple say, “We try to save where we can; I bought a coupon book for $100, and after using 4 coupons, it pays for itself!” Mind you this was while all three of their children were wearing
Happy Friday, friends! Today I have a fun little feature for you! I asked some of my wedding blogger friends a few questions about their own weddings and how they were budget savvy in their planning! I thought this would be a fun way to introduce
Image found here When you have a two year engagement, you also have a two year planning period. Meaning that when you purchase items for your wedding, you actually end up using them beforehand (and quite possibly, will use them in the future). This has caused us a
As the last couple of months leading up to the wedding are passing quickly by, I have stumbled across a couple of items that aren’t usually listed on wedding budgets — but they should be. Here are some of the extra costs that have caught me off
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So, I thought it was about time I told you how we plan to breakdown our budget and the DIY list I plan to tackle. We really want to keep our wedding under $15,000, right now, as budgeted, we’re at roughly $13,000. This allows for wiggle
I’m starting to stress about our $15k budget. We are funding 95% of the wedding and taking out a loan for what is basically the biggest party we’re ever going to throw for ourselves is not an option (this is not property or a business venture,
So now it is crunch time, there are less than 30 days until I say I do! The invites are out! I thought I would give you the complete invitation cost breakdown, on these bad boys. As you may remember the invitations cost $81.16. Postage to
I’m sure you ALL are well aware that the Royal Wedding is happening ONE WEEK from Today!! This event is long anticipated as there hasn’t been a Royal wedding in almost 30 years! Everyone’s talking about details, colors, flowers, Kate’s dress and the like, but what
