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Ok so ours is £5,000 but i'm trying to keep it well under that.
So far i've managed to save on the venue by booking both the Ceremony & Reception using their 2 platinum suites so i got it for £500 for the 2 rooms
My Dad has a sports car so his friend is going to be chauffer and collect the lads in that saving us on one lot of transport.
I've found unique but fab favours for £22.99 for 100 crystal sugar swizzle sticks
I researched google and managed to find all my accessories (flowergirl basket, guest book & pen, garter set, ring pillow & cake knife) all matching for £124
Local college is doing my flowers (My bouquet, 10 buttonholes, 2 cosarges & a wand, white roses all real) for £136.50
Local kids clothes shop www.kidstyle.co.uk i have managed to get my son and my newphews suits from there for £33.98! instead of paying a fortune from a Bridal shop
Ordering my 2 older Bridesmaids dresses from www.lightinthebox.com $119.20 in total including P&P (i think its about £70 GBP)
Our venue does a corkage scheme so i have found sparkling white whine (taste tested it first lol) for £2.04 1.5L magnum sized bottles so buying 15 of them and then we pay £5 corkage per bottle saving us approx £300 against the venues prices!
My dress is the one thing i wouldn't comprimise on price but it was so good at £360! and because i bought that, my veil, tiara & bolero from her she gave me £30 off my bolero.
Local Music School is providing us with a Violinist for our Ceremony for a small fee of about £120!
We saved £130 by providing our own DJ for the Reception
Made the table plan myself and the place cards, a family friend who is a professional printer has made our invites for nothing
All the lads in our Bridal Party are wearing/providing their own black suits.
Rings we are getting from www.thejewellerycatalouge.co.uk (could be .com) £124.90 for them both, however we have said in 5 years we will renew our vows and buy eachother an eternity ring the way we look at it the ring is a symbol/token of our love not the price tag :) but we are having them engraved Mrs **** on his & Mr **** on mine (i wanted 'property of' but OH said NO! lol)
Cake we are buying 3 tiers from either Asda or Tesco and stacking them then adding a nice black ribbon & a diamante buckle (like in my picture on my other thread)
My shoes i'm having a go at covering in the Swarovski crystals myself, £66 altogether for the shoes, crystals & hot fix glue gun
All our little savings leaves a bit extra for my Horse Drawn Carriage, the Registrars fee, Photographer & any other bits along the way.
I can't wait now, i'm so bad that i carry a pink notebook, my diary & my 'Wedding Notes' book (that i got free in a magazine) they all go everywhere with me and then i take my mini calculator too oh and a black pen and a red pen haha
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Wow! I can't believe how well your doing at finding bargains! We originally said a budget of £7500 but that does not include my dress (my mum is paying for that and i'm having it specially made) and parents contributions. Everything included we have a round about budget of £10,000.
Although I've managed to pick up bargains here and there, we've still managed to go over budget! Oooooops! :eek:
I forgot to include things like hair and makeup and also decided last minute that I wanted 2 more bridesmaids (bringing the total to 6), as I knew i would regret it later down the line if I didn't have 2 of my best friends as bridesmaids.
We thought we would possibly be able to save money if i made all the invitations and place cards myself, but after I bought all the little nik naks to go on them, it actually would have worked out cheaper to buy them! lol! Oh well, it was fun making them!
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It will all be worth it hun!! :). I think if we had stuck with our original date in December 2011 we would have went well over lol i wouldn't have bothered looking for the bargains or cutting any costs here and there haha (thats a secret though OH don't need to know hehe)
I think its made it a bit harder having to search cos we now only have 5 months left and i'm still not sorted with a Photograher, haven't yet given our intent to marry (although mine is booked at my office for the 12th March -my mam and dads wedding anniversary haha just realised although they divorced now :eek:) and OHs is booked for the 13th at his office problem is ill have to change his cos he may not be back in time :mad: stupid army!!
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5 months is plenty of time to still get things like photographers sorted so don't panic!
What day do you get married on? We're getting married on a Friday so found that most people/places were available even at short notice coz its not the most popular day to get married on.
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Wow you've done amazingly with your budget princess!!! You go girl!!
I want to hire you as my wedding planner when i get round to tying the knot (by that, i mean "when i can bribe rustipher into signing his life away" :))
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5 months is plenty of time to still get things like photographers sorted so don't panic!
What day do you get married on? We're getting married on a Friday so found that most people/places were available even at short notice coz its not the most popular day to get married on.
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Wow you've done amazingly with your budget princess!!! You go girl!!
I want to hire you as my wedding planner when i get round to tying the knot (by that, i mean "when i can bribe rustipher into signing his life away" :))
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We get married on a Saturday hun xx
Sarah i would haha for a price hehehe its so stressful xx
i think we spent about £10,000 on ours. eek. xx
hehehe well the dress, underskirt, shoes, and tiara have been paid for already by dad...
the church... 380 quid includin organist
recpetion 21 quid just gotta pay the license fee thats all!!
reception decorations bought online 50 quid!!includin table clothes, balloons, confetti, ballon weights, ribbon, serviettes :)
BUFFET - FREE! my aunts a caterer, its a weddin present!
cake MIL in buying!
BRIDESMAIDS R PAYIN FOR THERE OWN DRESSES COS I DIDNT WANT BRIDESMAIDS NEWAY!
photographer....... 0.00!!! family r takin the snaps i want natural pics not posed ones and were goina have a photo shoot after the weddin neways lol!!
wedding cars..... not havin ne as the church is close and i i know the local taxi firm owner does private taxis aswell!! posh ones!!!
ties for the men...... 5 quid each online!!
flowers 5 small boquets for bridesmaids and a big trailing 1 for me... 55 quid, online!!!
favours..... for 60 ppl.... 16 quid!
invitations...... shop bought 12 quid!
DJ - FREE!! family friend!!
just gotta do the rings and i get discount so the white gold ones we want i can have for 120 quid.....
savvy shopper LOTTE!!
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yea so it doesnt even come 2 2 grand all in lol!!
well i didnt want a church weddin so ive cut back on EVERYTHING!
I'll be coming to you Lotte when it comes to planning my wedding. I absolutely HATE trawling round on the internet even though you can save loads lol
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Lotte - I can't believe you've managed to organise a whole wedding for less than £2000!! Thats amazing!
i need some tips!!! our budget is about 12 grand but i dont really want to spend it all, im determined to get the costs below that. the problem is the amount of family my oh has - its huge, and at 30 quid a head for the wedding breakfast like half of our money is going on feeding everyone!!!!!
o-k why cudnt mine by like a 5k budget and im getting married on a flipping Tuesday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and not getting married till 4pm!!!!!!!!!!!!! im being ripped off here
i shud be cheap................. cheaper...............
my dress was 1,800 and its not even fitted yet... and no tiara or veil yet either.
the actual venue is over 5k...
thinking about it, its no wonder
OH kicked up such a stink about the new car
Lotte u wanna be my wedding planner...... lol xx
OMG Lotte thats fantastic, and i was thinking we couldn't afford to get married i think im gona take a leaf outa your book, or you could always organise mine for me! lol x
well we wana do it quick and i do understand that some ppl want a massive weddin with all the trimmings, im just not one of those ppl and the less fuss the better, small weddin, massive dress lol!!
i have saved loads shoppin online and im blessed the future MIL wants 2 b so helpful with all the arrangements :) im not a traditional sort of girl neway so lets just say that when u all see the pics u will know why lol!!
i just wana marry him n b with him, yes weddings r important but to me its just 1 day , no matter how i marry him i know im marryin him for life, so id rather treasure that idea instead of spendin loadsa cash on the wedding , id marry him wearing nothin but a bin liner and carryin a bunch of daffodils lol!!! i just want him not all the cuffuffle that goes with it all..... xxxxx
Ours will be 10 MAX and will bedoing my very best to keep it between 5-8.
We're not having a wedding breakfast as I REFUSE to get bogged down in everyone's menu choices etc however I do still want a sit down thing so I'm thinking either:
- High tea (finger sandwiches and scones) with a job lot of Fish & Chips in the evening
- BBQ- people go up table by table and choose what they want with Bacon/Sausage sandwiches around 9/10pm
- Hog Roast, selection of desserts and then no idea for the evening.
I don't want a 3 course sit down meal or evening buffet as it's just not something I'd like for myself to plan so this is what I've toyed with so far x x
the problem is the amount of family my oh has - its huge, and at 30 quid a head for the wedding breakfast like half of our money is going on feeding everyone!!!!!
I had that problem too hun - We've spent £4000 on the reception alone!! We've spent £10000 altogether, although it would have been about £1000 less if we didnt have such a big bridal party (6 bridesmaids, best man, 7 ushers and 3 page boys!).
I found the more I looked around, the better the prices I got. Like I was quoted £100 per suit hire but told them i'd been quoted £70 elsewhere, so they matched that price!
My advice would be to never go for the 1st thing you see - always shop about!
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awwww lotte thats so romantic.........
i said to OH we cud just do it quiet but he said claire ud regret not having all the cuffuffle......
hes so right.................................:D
lol...
n i would of saved a further 315 quid if i had it in the registry office but ohhh no every1 wants a church weddin for us, includin him!!
seriously its easy i cud do this as a job lol but tbh im not even excited lol im just pleased at how much money i can save lol!!
so with the 400 quid change out of the budget were goin 2 get a hotel for the night ;) and then we will have a honeymoon some other time cos i want as much cash as possible for the move 2 germany lol!!
btw my dads payin for the wedding although i have sed that me n OH will pay for the church, n dads rather impressed that im not as expensive as he thought!! maybe thats why hes yet again paid for me to have my hair cut!! lol xxxxx
I had that problem too hun - We've spent £4000 on the reception alone!! We've spent £10000 altogether, although it would have been about £1000 less if we didnt have such a big bridal party (6 bridesmaids, best man, 7 ushers and 3 page boys!).
I found the more I looked around, the better the prices I got. Like I was quoted £100 per suit hire but told them i'd been quoted £70 elsewhere, so they matched that price!
My advice would be to never go for the 1st thing you see - always shop about!
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ive got loads of time to shop around so will definately be doing that :) i just find it soooo hard to justify spending all that money on one day, but at the same time i have an image of our dream wedding in my head and i know its not going to be cheap!
how long to go til the big day hun? xxxx
OMG Lotte! You'e got this wedding malarky sussed girl!!!! £2000 is a bargain for everything you have mentioned and its so lovely you saying you just want to be with him without all the fuss that a big wedding brings. Awwww how lovely :)
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ok clearly i need to shop around!
Our budget is 30k coz i have a huge family and we have to get OH's family over from South Africa. Church is costing £700, Venue including wedding breakfast, buffet in evening, reception drinks, wine on tables, DJ, toastmaster, bridal suite and chocolate fountain is costing a whacking 11k!
Got a year and a half to save though so its not so bad.
Thats lovely though Lotte, i personally would quite like to go to vegas just me and OH and do it but i can't follow in Katie Price's footsteps.
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ok clearly i need to shop around!
Our budget is 30k coz i have a huge family and we have to get OH's family over from South Africa. Church is costing £700, Venue including wedding breakfast, buffet in evening, reception drinks, wine on tables, DJ, toastmaster, bridal suite and chocolate fountain is costing a whacking 11k!
Got a year and a half to save though so its not so bad.
Thats lovely though Lotte, i personally would quite like to go to vegas just me and OH and do it but i can't follow in Katie Price's footsteps.
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how many guests are you having then hun?? xxxx
OMG Lotte! You'e got this wedding malarky sussed girl!!!! £2000 is a bargain for everything you have mentioned and its so lovely you saying you just want to be with him without all the fuss that a big wedding brings. Awwww how lovely :)
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well its true, i only agreed 2 the chapel cos all his family have been married there n thats where he was christened lol, im havin no more then 60 guests and its all goina b cheap as chips and just how i want it cos tbh ive been bullied in2 the chapel and havin bridesmaids!! so now im havin everythin else my way n were gettin married at 11 hopefully and havin the reception from 12 - 4 and then gettin changed and goin out on the town lol, or maybe me n OH will dissapear for a few days dependin on leave dates ect. i dont want fuss!!! xxxxxx
OMG Lotte! You'e got this wedding malarky sussed girl!!!! £2000 is a bargain for everything you have mentioned and its so lovely you saying you just want to be with him without all the fuss that a big wedding brings. Awwww how lovely :)
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Bloody hell Lotte!! Me & You Facebook NOW!! You have done sooooo bloody well!!
I need to get my costs down a bit more to be honest i still need
A Photographer
Transport for me
Table decor
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Our budget is £2000 ad so far we're doing really well. We haven' spent mch more than a grand and there isn't too much more to do :D
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Bloody hell Lotte!! Me & You Facebook NOW!! You have done sooooo bloody well!!
I need to get my costs down a bit more to be honest i still need
A Photographer
Transport for me
Table decor
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does your local college do phototgraphy?
my mate got married and used a couple of students from the college so they could pump up there profolios (sp?) paid them but not as much as it would of been!! xx
how many guests are you having then hun?? xxxx
150 people to sit down and then a further 50 for the evening. Found a realy good quiz thing today in one of my wedding mags to cut down the guest list though xx
ive got loads of time to shop around so will definately be doing that :) i just find it soooo hard to justify spending all that money on one day, but at the same time i have an image of our dream wedding in my head and i know its not going to be cheap!
how long to go til the big day hun? xxxx
11 weeks tomorrow til the big day! Getting scarily close but got just about everything sorted now!
How long til your wedding?
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does your local college do phototgraphy?
my mate got married and used a couple of students from the college so they could pump up there profolios (sp?) paid them but not as much as it would of been!! xx
ooooooooo never thought of that thanks hunny xx
its easy but now cos i know im under budget by quite a bit im makin plans for the spare money lol!!! ISA ACCOUNT!!! woop!! xxxxx
11 weeks tomorrow til the big day! Getting scarily close but got just about everything sorted now!
How long til your wedding?
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forever away - we havnt even set the date yet, booking it this weekend hopefully!! :) have started buying things tho to break up the spending xxx
150 people to sit down and then a further 50 for the evening. Found a realy good quiz thing today in one of my wedding mags to cut down the guest list though xx
ooooh now that is a biiiig wedding! we're looking at 85-100 for daytime and 120 for evening at most and i thought that was huge xxx
well we dont really have a budget we're just booking things and paying as we go along lol
but....
church - £616 incl organist and bells, being paid with Bank of Mum & Dad :D
invites - personalised ones off eBay - £50
reception venue £75 - as not going there until the evening only charging us for a half day
rings.... TBC
Dress.... well he's told me to spend a minimum of £500
Food - expecting to pay about £600
accomodation - bridal suite coems with function, but we are also paying for an additional 4 rooms at £62 each
video - my uncle is doing it
pics - hopefully the regimantal photographer will do it for a minimal fee
favours - lottery tickets so depends on how many come
dj - £125 one of the lads does DJing
cars - £345 = £600 to be decided
Shoes - £170
Jewellery - thats my something borrowed as might be the tiara and veil
Flowers - same as you, going to contact the local college!
Hair - friend doing it
Makeup - tbc
table decorations..... still thinking about that one!!!!!!
Page boys - 25.00 each (x3)
Bridesmaids - tbc depending on my dress
child catchers (head bridesmaids) - tbc dep on my dress!
cake - my sister is doing it
cake stand and knife.... venue are providing them foc
and there is so much more i am sure but for now thats all i can think of.... god i hope his bonus comes through soon..... otherwise its going to be a long 6 months!!!!
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ooooh now that is a biiiig wedding! we're looking at 85-100 for daytime and 120 for evening at most and i thought that was huge xxx
Most of that is just my family :o i have 14 cousins and there partners. Amazing really when you actually sit down and look at the figures - my mum is a nightmare too! she keeps 'remembering' people to add on! x
have you looked at venues hun? x
well we dont really have a budget we're just booking things and paying as we go along lol
I sometimes wish that we never set a budget coz all i ever hear nowadays is........ "you can have it so long as its in the budget"! Grrrrrrrr......!!!
We've already gone over budget by almost £1000 ...... oooooops!! :eek:
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lol, well i figure if we dont have a budget there's nothing to go over!
we are trying to do it as financially friendly as possible and i am going to write down the costs of them as we go along and see what we ahve spent at the end.
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I don't actually know why I'm lurking around the wedding forum, but I just had to comment on this thread. Wowweee!! You sound like a woman after my own heart - this is exactley how I intend to do my wedding! Congrats on managing all that on your own, what a woman :D
Wow you girls are all so organised! :)
I don't really have a budget - we were going to just have a very low-key affair as it was all going to be done in such a rush but my totally legendary parents insisted on putting on a proper big day so they're paying for pretty much everything! Not that I'm taking the p*ss though - we're only having 80 guests (which is a logistical nightmare given OH's huuuuuuge family!) and a nice informal BBQ rather than a sit down dinner. Plus my maid of honour is one of those terribly useful people who knows absolutely everyone so she's getting me a cheap band, flowers and photographer ;)
Every day I think of something else I need to organise though - I fall asleep with table plans in my head!
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