hi i have not been posting much so i though i may give everyone a update and let them know how much im spending on wedding and how you can do it on a tight budget if needs be.
registry office (epping) £123.50 decorations for pub £100 of the bidding site lol buffet for 15 people £100 have asked family to pay for there own meal at the reception for wedding breakfast it is £15 for a 3 course meal money for me and h2b at reception £60 for food and drinks my mum got my wedding dress that was £175 mil2b got h2b suit that was £100 to hire my moh is getting her own dress for wedding im having my sister and h2b sister as bridesmaids so the mums are paying for there dresses seen some for £65 n bhs that i like pageboy and usher is are brothers and as its the summer we wont bother with jackets so they just need black trousers and waistcoat with white shirt again the mums will pay for this me and my moh will be doing mine and my bm's make up and hair on the day as im trained in beauty and hair i have spent £50 on make up for me for the big day £30 to have hair cut and dyed nails and lip wax £26 my hen night is £50 for me for my meal and drinks flowers are £50 for wedding 7 button holes, brides flowers and 3 bridesmaids theses are real flowers too having gerbera my wedding shoes gots me £15.00 wedding cakes is £35 for 10x12 rectangular mil2b is paying for that transport is mil2b car for h2b to drive him self to registry office my moh is taking me to the registry office along with my bms and my stepdad music will just be on a cd player photographer is mil2b partner so got that for free
i think i worked it out that we will be spending £800 on wedding i did estimate £1,000 for are wedding. we are only having a small and close family do with 30 guests joining us
let me know what you all think and remember at the end of the day it is about you and your partner not how much you throw at a wedding (you need to still be able to afford every day stuff)
CommentAuthorPB
Wow you have done well,it just shows it can be done without it costing a small fortune xxx
CommentAuthorAnastasia
Fantastic - go you! What's the grand total?
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CommentAuthorSarah Campbell
thank you poulton bride yeah i did feel bad asking people to pay for there meals but they were fine with it so i should not have been so worried
CommentAuthorFuture Mrs Doublé
well done. like you said it's not what you spend that makes a wedding.
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Everything is now booked
Getting really stressed and excited now
thanks girls i think it may come to £800 Anastasia if i don't by anything eles
my decorations for reception are 3x me to you balloons these were £9.00 20x just married balloons these were £3.00 10x gold bows will amke these my self but cost me £1.55 organza roll £1.24 for 2 meters ivory table clothes £4.00 for 4 meters my mil2b is getting them for me 24 bubbles £10 9 meter just married banner £2.00 7 honey combs £2.99 gold table clothes mil3b has these 4000x scatter crystals £8.00
other stuff me to you guest book £2.00 at bootsale me to you wedding bears i have 5 me to you cake topper £6.00 me to you ring cushion £6.00 me to you place names
oh i forgot the ring price my ring was £38 got it in a sale and h2b was £70
CommentAuthorAnastasia
That's brilliant, I bet you are so pleased! x
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CommentAuthorSarah Campbell
yeah i am if i had more money i would have loved to do it a bit better but as money is tight for us and we really wanted to get married been engaged 4 years we realised what was the most important think and that is are love for each other.
CommentAuthorAnastasia
I totally agree :-)
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CommentAuthorSarah Campbell
thank you, also forgot to save im doing my own sweet buffet to got my vases from ikea and getting sweets from local shops so should be no more then £30
CommentAuthorClareS
Wow sounds like you've done really well! very impressive
CommentAuthorB2B2017
I am impressed! Make sure you take lots of pictures, It'll be great to see the final product xx
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CommentAuthorSarah Campbell
thank you yeah i have got 2 big pages of pics and videos i want the photographer to take, making my own table plan layout i had a bit of cardboard and used me to you wedding wrapping paper to decorate it and will use ivory paper stuck on to brown card to do the names, also made my table names using card and the wrapping paper i have one table called me to you, other one is blue nose friends the other one is tatty teddy. last night i sat and wrote out my brides speech.
i am also making my own order of the day books have used brown card and chocolate ribbon and ivory paper
here is a list of what i have left to do 15th of April is hair and make up trial for me and my bridesmaids 26th may shopping with my moh for her dress may-June shopping with the mums for the children's outfits as they are at a age were they are growing so we not been yet 1st of June pay registry office 18th June pay my flowers 22nd my hen night 23rd of June is h2b finale suit fitting 24th June d.i.y day making 10 gold bows 31st of June salon pamper day
day before wedding clean house go view flowers go view cake have helium balloons pumped have dinner go and decorate pub 7.00pm-9.30pm 10.30pm get home then i have to wash my hair have a bit of pamper and chill with sil2b as she is staying the night
so at the moment im a bit bored as i don't have much else to do so i am trying to work out but sometimes lose my motivation but i want to try and tone up and lose 1 stone
CommentAuthorGazza 122
Wow! you have done incredibly well! What a sense of acheivement you will feel aswell, when you see it all come together on the day! xxxx
CommentAuthorSarah Campbell
yeah im just wondering how i will sleep the night before now and i wont get to rest much the day before as i cant leave it to h2b as i want to know it is what i want, he is coming to the pub though there will me be my moh and mil2b and then at 10.30pm after the pub h2b will go back to his mums
im just bored now as not got much eles to do lol so get to rest for 3 months lol
im not doing gifts either for wedding i will do my moh though and my mum and his mum will get flowers but that's it the favors is the sweet buffet as they have bags to take sweets home to
CommentAuthorUnknown
Thats really good. well done!! I spent more than that on my dress lol x
CommentAuthorSarah Campbell
i wish i could of had a more expensive dress but my mum was being a pain and kept lowering the price. i have just updated all my photos for people to see as not been done since last year opps
CommentAuthorMrs Davro
I know I'll sleep the night before thanks to work making me do night shifts and living opposite a primary school and next to a dog (I'm an animal lover but I am going to shoot it soon) I already have sleeping tablets in the house and the only side effect (apart from may cause drowsy-ness lmao) is a small headache when I wake up.
CommentAuthorHa_x3
Thats brilliant, well done!! Very organised too :) xx
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CommentAuthorSarah Campbell
thank you ha_x3 i just get bored now though with nothing to do lol, this will be my first night in are house since we moved in 3 and half years ago so im kind of sitting my self well think my cat will sleep next to me and i have my silb staying but sleeping in living room as want to have the king size bed to myself for a night lol
CommentAuthorbecky -mrs firth
a buffet for just 15???
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Honeymoon To Jamaica 14th October 2012
CommentAuthorMrs brown - 19/08/12
Doing really well! :) Very organised too x
CommentAuthorMrs Cerutti2b
Sounds like you're doing a great job with it, wish I'd only spent that much, but my mum would have killed me if I hadn't have had the "big" wedding! Would have loved just a small do, with people who I really care about x
CommentAuthorSarah Campbell
becky- mrs filth 2b i have the main course in the day and buffet at 7pm so just be nibbles and the pub said just go with half the amount of people we have going as funds are not good and they will do enough for for 30 people that if we pay for 15 people there will be loads there anyway
thank you mrs brown to be
and mrs cerutti2b my mum has not shown any interest i had to keep on at her i want to get my dress we said to her last may we were getting married and me and my moh had had enough of my mum dragging her feet so in feb this year we went dress shopping but if i try talk to my mum about other stuff she says its ages away
have lost all contact with my dads side of the family over wedding and non wedding stuff seems im just different and not what they wanted so that's one side missing from my day
and on my mums side i only have my mum stepdad and brother and 2 sisters coming and my nan and grandad so small for me lol
im just trying to stay strong and remember why im getting married
CommentAuthorbecky -mrs firth
awww u only havin 30 people there i was gunna say lol
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Hen Do Newcastle 2nd June 2012
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Honeymoon To Jamaica 14th October 2012
CommentAuthorSarah Campbell
yeah not a big wedding and would not make people stave lol just got close family and 2 friends
CommentAuthorSarah Campbell
today me and h2b deiced are wedding dance song Chicago - You're the Inspiration, we have to go through songs now for the disco part are registry office songs are bridal march to Disney beauty and the beast non Celine Dion version singing of marriage certificate we will have journey open arms and for the bit were we get ready to walk out we will have Roberta flack - tonight i celebrate my love and we have 10 hours where we can play music and so far i have 118 songs written down lol h2b will be putting the songs on to cd's lol as he is in charge of the music making
CommentAuthorValerieM74
Wow! That is brilliant the amount of money ur saving. Me and my h2b are having a low budget wedding. I feel its not how much u spend but me and my h2b commiting and us and our son becoming a unit. Friends and family help to celebrate it with us. Wether it be a big grand wedding in a luxury building or a registry then pub wedding we can all have our perfect day and enjoy it just the same :)
The only things i havent thought abt is music other than our first dance song lol!!
CommentAuthorMrs Badger
Wow, very impressive. We have a small budget too. xx
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CommentAuthorMrsKisywisy
wow!!! you've done amazingly well!! just goes to show that you can have a great wedding if you put in the effort to research for the best price. it's not even about not having all the special touches, as you have so many of them too!!!
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CommentAuthorSarah Campbell
thanks girls if any one wants some help or advice how to get it small im here lol, whats your budget kaya and valerie,
CommentAuthorSarah Campbell
my mil2b just come round with her friend who is a hairdresser and she has just said to me she will do my hair for free for me on the wedding day and also cut and colour it and cut h2bs hair to im so happy right now as i was going to be doing my own hair now i wont be stressed