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Ideal_Rock
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BF and I have been talking alot about wedding stuff latley. I asked him, if we were to get engaged in 4 weeks by some miracle, when would he want to get married? He said 4 weeks and 1 day.
Well that''s not going to happen because a) it takes at least 3 days to get a marrige licence and b) I can''t plan a wedding in 1 day, but it got me thinking so I started surching up venues and prices and stuff.
We''ll, it didn''t take long before I was totally depressed about how much it costs to have a wedding, why do venders think that if you add the word "wedding" they can slap on an extra thousand dollers or so to the price of somthing. I don''t want to spend $10k+ on a party, it would be coming out of our own pockets, we havn''t saved for a house deposit yet and frankly I''d rather spend that money on a kick ass honeymoon. So I''ve started thinking of ways we could do a small, classy looking wedding for about 30-40 people on the cheap.
a) Garden wedding and picnic lunch- it costs about $150 to get married at the local botanic gardens, I would then want to hire tables and chairs etc and have a picnic lunch catered (think filled croissants, club sandwiches and various finger foods) and I would make the cake and all the sweet stuff. Pros: Very pretty location, cheaper then dinner at any venue. Cons: I don''t know if alcohol would be allowed, hireage would be a big expense, if it rains we''re screwed, a bit of a walk to the bathrooms.
b) Drinks and deserts wedding- hire a classy looking bar (usually only a couple of hundred dollers or a min anount spent on the bar) with a nice outdoor area which would be decorated with alot of candles and fairy lights, serve fingerfoods, cocktails/drinks and deserts (many of which I can make) and have a later at night wedding. Pros: If the weather sucks we can move inside, way cheaper then dinner, we both like cocktail parties and deserts. Cons: Older guests might not "get" a cocktail party wedding, I would worry about how people would get home.
c) Court house wedding- Screw having guests, pay the $165 (which includes the marrige licence) and get married at the fugly little internal affairs offices. Perhaps meet up with familt after for dinner. Pros: It''s cheap and we could spend the money on the honeymoon cons: no guests allowed at the ceremony, no party, no photos, feels like a bit of an anti climax.
Anyone else have plans for the big day yet?
Well that''s not going to happen because a) it takes at least 3 days to get a marrige licence and b) I can''t plan a wedding in 1 day, but it got me thinking so I started surching up venues and prices and stuff.
We''ll, it didn''t take long before I was totally depressed about how much it costs to have a wedding, why do venders think that if you add the word "wedding" they can slap on an extra thousand dollers or so to the price of somthing. I don''t want to spend $10k+ on a party, it would be coming out of our own pockets, we havn''t saved for a house deposit yet and frankly I''d rather spend that money on a kick ass honeymoon. So I''ve started thinking of ways we could do a small, classy looking wedding for about 30-40 people on the cheap.
a) Garden wedding and picnic lunch- it costs about $150 to get married at the local botanic gardens, I would then want to hire tables and chairs etc and have a picnic lunch catered (think filled croissants, club sandwiches and various finger foods) and I would make the cake and all the sweet stuff. Pros: Very pretty location, cheaper then dinner at any venue. Cons: I don''t know if alcohol would be allowed, hireage would be a big expense, if it rains we''re screwed, a bit of a walk to the bathrooms.
b) Drinks and deserts wedding- hire a classy looking bar (usually only a couple of hundred dollers or a min anount spent on the bar) with a nice outdoor area which would be decorated with alot of candles and fairy lights, serve fingerfoods, cocktails/drinks and deserts (many of which I can make) and have a later at night wedding. Pros: If the weather sucks we can move inside, way cheaper then dinner, we both like cocktail parties and deserts. Cons: Older guests might not "get" a cocktail party wedding, I would worry about how people would get home.
c) Court house wedding- Screw having guests, pay the $165 (which includes the marrige licence) and get married at the fugly little internal affairs offices. Perhaps meet up with familt after for dinner. Pros: It''s cheap and we could spend the money on the honeymoon cons: no guests allowed at the ceremony, no party, no photos, feels like a bit of an anti climax.
Anyone else have plans for the big day yet?