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- CommentAuthorKesha
  
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Our total spend is £11,000. I thought it would have been around £15,000 but would have liked it to have been £10,000! We are somewhere in the middle so thats not too bad.
How about you guys?

whats your budget
how did you decide
have you stuck to it
is anyone heping or are you paying for it all
- CommentAuthorMrsHoward2B
Thats funny - I was literally just thinking about posting something like this! Our budget is £16k - but that is really pushing it wsavign every penny we can and we'll have a total of 14 months to have saved for it. I think its too early to say how far adrift we'll be, but im generally pretty good at budgeting, so i'd hope it wouldn't go too far above this!

I feel a bit bad as looking at other peoples budgets ours seems totally over the top - and its not as if we are having a huge wedding either - around 50 people in the day.
- CommentAuthorx~Hails~x
Ours is £5000 but everytime i do the budget thing on here im about a thousand over (as ive not actually brought anything as such yet) so trying to cut it down by doing my own stationary and things but we'll see when i start buying

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- CommentAuthorx~Hails~x
Dont feel bad about your budget, if you have it, why not use it i sure would if we could :-)

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- CommentAuthorMrs fairytale
our budget started out at £8k but is going to end up being about £11k. when we fisrt started to look at the costing of everything we where looking at about £20 - £25k but on everything that we have managed to save on have got it down to a much more manageable sum xx

cant wait to renew my vows, love my hubby sssssooooo much xx

- CommentAuthorKaya
Well we originally expected to spend bout £15000, but hoped it'd be about £13000, but it's coming out to be nearer £20000 :-( arghggggggg

Now Mrs Cobb!!!!!! :-D
- CommentAuthorMrs Rebecca Hossfeld
Ours is roughly $5000, which is about £4700 we're coming in pretty under budget for now :)

Might even be only £2000 by the time we've got everything..so wooot!
- CommentAuthoreebeegeebee
Ours is £2500 and so far I've been able to stick to it. I'd really like to get it lower but the stupid venue and catering is becoming a problem :( I've got everything except that in at £1000!
- CommentAuthorstranger23
ours is £1000-£1500 and currently ive spend or plan to spend £1109 :)
- CommentAuthorKesha
wow, I am inspired by people with budgets of like £2000 etc. how do you do it!?
- CommentAuthorMrsHoward2B
Hails - thanks, I know its such an awful lot of money, but we fell in love with the venue as soon as we saw it on the internet, let alone when we went to view it. I just hope everything else comes out on budget so we don't have to take out a second mortgage!!!

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- CommentAuthorMrs Rebecca Hossfeld
Most of ours is because we're spending in canadian dollars, we're having DIY buffet by me & all my SIL2B'S & reception at my SIL2B's house & BIL2B is a DJ :)
- CommentAuthorMrsHoward2B
Its not what you know - its who you know!!!
- CommentAuthorstranger23
kesha i believe most people like me on a low budget are making some things ourself like favours, invites and table decorations and getting family and friends to help with other stuff, ive been quite lucky as ive got a florist, photographer and hairdresser as friends who are willing to do things for me on the cheap or for free
- CommentAuthorNuttytart
Mine was originally £18,000, buts its drafted in at around £15,500. I've been saving hard and working over for years and now I just don't want to part with my money, lol. I always seem to try and take the cheaper option instead of just having what I want. I've also been making stuff my self. I look at stuff and think omg I can get this ir that for that! Fact is if I Can't have it on my wedding day when can i? That makes me feel better! :)
- CommentAuthorMrs (Dove) Pidgeon
I originally thought about £10k, but realised I forgot a lot of things- like flowers, hair/makeup, veil, underwear, favours, decs, piper...

About £12-£14k now.

Now a extremely happy German housewife and now a Mother!!!!
Islay Jean born 24th June in Hannover.
- CommentAuthorKirsty
We had originally budgeted for about 16k but now after falling in love with our venue its nearer 18k but thats everything we think, hopefully be about 16k as its hard to price things so far in advance. Not too bad since its 100 during the day and 140 at night :-) xx
- CommentAuthorMrsHoward2B
Nuttytart - I quite agree.....Im usually the kind of person who buys clothes on the cheap and always looking for a bargain...this is the one day im thinking "blow it" we've having what we want, within reason! It does mean that we're eating bread and water for the next year - but it will be worth it im sure!!!
- CommentAuthorNuttytart
I think thats the only way to be especially when your cutting back all the time in life in general to save the money.
- CommentAuthorBeckythemadcow
I dont have a budget as such, trying to do it as cheaply as poss so that we have a deposit for a house saved sooner. The bigger the wedding, the longer we cant live together!

I originally thought about £4k, but I'm up to £5k without a lot of things included!
- CommentAuthorLeanne
We originally thought about £14-16k but changed then venue so it's coming in at around £12.5k but we've had alot of financial help off family so are only paying about £7k ourselves.

Leanne
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- CommentAuthorTigerlily
ours has gone down to £1500 as we arent having a big honeymoon anymore, but so far everything has come to about £800. So I am very chuffed! x

Can't wait to be Mrs Simmons
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- CommentAuthorsami & Paul
mine is £5000, and have stuck to it.... but had help from my mum and my dad and step mum x

soon to be Mrs Anderson!!!!!
- CommentAuthorRaquel007
Mine was £7000 but is now at about £12000. An thats with me making my own favours, button holes and stationary!!! xx
- CommentAuthorMrs Alsbetty
ours is £1000 so far we have spent £780 just the small bit to do now! yay!! x

Enjoying being a wifey!!
Currently baking a small person at last, took a while :)
- CommentAuthorJoolsy
Ours was between the region of £20k-£25k and it has cost us abou £22k so not bad going I think especially with me being made redundant because if it was at the £25k mark I doubt we would have it covered but as it stands we are just about their!!!xx

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- CommentAuthorCheryl22
Our is about 15k - but we are only paying 5k ourselves, so far everything seems under control, but i will wait and see how well we do when i really get to start booking things :D

x

There is nothing so sweet in life, as loves young dream!
- CommentAuthorHelloKitty
We were hoping for 6,000 as it was in the Caribbean but after pictures and little bits be bought while we were there it turned out to be just over £7,000.
Then our reception when we got back was around £1,000.

Pretty impressed with what we paid we got 10 nights all inclusive in St Lucia which was our honeymoon too! <3
- CommentAuthorKizzy81
I originally thought "I'm not spending a penny over £6K...". We're now at about £12K and that excludes the dress (£1.6K) and the honeymoon (£3K).

Ooops...
- CommentAuthormrs pinkalice
Ours was orignally 10k. So far we've booked venue, photograpaher, cars, registrar and toastmaster and only have £1,500 left for everything else. Think a more realistic budget is 12k plus honeymoon & spending money so about £15k total eeek thats a lot x
- CommentAuthorShellster90
Mine is £1000 and yeah we have stook to it.. We havn't got a choice lol..
That's all we have to spend on the day :) xx
- CommentAuthorButterflyDreamer
Mine is £1500 And it's looking like its going to be easy for us to stick to it :0) So Far we are well under so it's looking good! who knows if we stay under budget we may even be able to squeeze in a honeymoon :0) xx
- CommentAuthorPuddleduck87
Our budget is £3000. But my sisters a florist, H2B's aunt makes cards as a hobby so is making our invites, my Dads side are all DJ's and FIL2B is a cracking photographer! Mums best mate works at the hotel we are having the wedding and she has told me where they hire all their decorations from so I can go straight to them too.

That doesn't include Honeymoon though x
- CommentAuthorjenniebean
we didnt have a budget as such just looked around for a good deal and what we wanted really so far its coming out around 19k without the honeymoon we will be paying for this prob for a long time but you only do it once right
- CommentAuthorPuddleduck87
Yeah I know, thats true Jennie. We could have spent a fortune really, but by really, really researching for the cheapest suppliers and stuff we have got it down so, so much. We are having the wedding of our dreams and we have loads left over. I'm gonna put it toward the deposit of our first family home I think. I think I might even be able to cut it down even more!!! x
- CommentAuthorMrswright
Mine is £2000 and it's coming in on target you would't believe the bargains i have got have a look on my pics at the 7 suits waist coats and shirts all for £211 including delivery !!!
- CommentAuthorMrs Joyce
my budget is £3500, so far we are coming in under budget by about £500 so a nice little honeymoon might be in order :D lol
also not made a thing myself! to lazy! hehe
xx
- CommentAuthorcymrugal
my budget was 5k but it seems to have crept up to 6k now, i never budgeted for little things BIG MISTAKE!!
- CommentAuthoressexk
wow girls i feel like i've been spoilt having a £20k budget (gift from my parents). Am guessing with the honeymoon and other things h2b has paid for we're coming in around £25 but are having 100 day guest and 125 eve guests as both have huge families and lots of friends we can't imagine not spending our day without. x x
- CommentAuthorfee21
we've estimated our wedding at £10,000. but no doubt something will crop up and cahnge that but we will have to see when start booking things i guess xx
- CommentAuthorMrs fairytale
well pleased have just been going over our costings, and i thought we where spending £11k but have managed to get it down to £8k and have already paid £2k off whoop whoop only another £6k to go, never thought i would say that "ONLY £6K TO GO" lol xxx

cant wait to renew my vows, love my hubby sssssooooo much xx
- CommentAuthorHoxxyhula
Hmmm...think it will be about 11-12K all in but without the honeymoon. I am very cautious with money usually and a little saver so it feels very strange.
- CommentAuthorJulie
Ours is 6k and so far have stuck to it, but we've been lucky to have things free as wedding gifts i.e. hair, makeup, nails, dress and band in the evening which has been great x
- CommentAuthorlala "mod" bunni
i have stuck really well to mine so far ....but mainly because i have been told i cant book anything yet !!!!!!!

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- CommentAuthoronewilson@btinternet
ours is £5000 and at £4600 exxcluding the honeymoon....... had to compromise on a few things, like getting married on Sunday (saved 50%) only having very close family and friends for day and max 80 at night! we wanted it to be intimate and about us, we could spend more, but h2b is very money conscious has paid off some of the mortgage instead of putting it to the wedding!
- CommentAuthorHa_x3
We have been really silly and impatient.
We booked the wedding & holiday without any money saved up & put things on my credit card which is virtually payed off..
we have concentrated on paying off one thing at a time, but luckily now we are borrowing some money off FIL2B all the struggling and money problems are paying off.. I wouldnt advise it to anyone though lol

Mrs Lunn
08/05/12 was the best day of my life
& I love my husband with all my heart xxxx
- CommentAuthorAnastasia
Our budget was 3,000 for our wedding abroad but now it's hiked upto 5,000 & it's just the two of us!

Target Weight-loss: 42lb. Total-loss so far: 30lb :)
~ Marrying my Soulmate in Kenya...
as the Sunsets just the Two of Us & some Giraffes ~
- CommentAuthorHa_x3
How anastasia?
5k for two of you?

Mrs Lunn
08/05/12 was the best day of my life
& I love my husband with all my heart xxxx
- CommentAuthorAnastasia
  
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Well the holiday to Kenya alone is 3,200 then there's the wedding & dress etc

Target Weight-loss: 42lb. Total-loss so far: 30lb :)
~ Marrying my Soulmate in Kenya...
as the Sunsets just the Two of Us & some Giraffes ~
- CommentAuthorrocketqueen
5k was ours... we've spent 12k so far

Here comes the bride......

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