Wedding Forum - What Are Good Ways To Save Money?...

Hey So.....!!!
We Are Having Trouble Saving Money! Mainly Because The Car Breaks Down And All That Yahoooo!!
So Who Has A Secure Suggestion On How To Save Money Which Might Not Only Help Me But Other Wedding Planners Too :)
Would Be Very Much Grateful For Any Suggestions.
Many Thanks

Ana

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its not on the wedding but we buy thoose tins like a big bean tin you can put your change in i have an extra large 1 for £1 coins and £2 coins and a normal size one for any other change but not coppers i also try to put at least £50 in notes in there as that covers my car insurance which i pay monthly but sometimes we strech to £100 a week but beilve it or not that change no matter how small soon builds up

The secret to saving money is not to spend it but I have never found the key to not spending it lmao

Ive wrote out our "Family Spending Cuts" today. I was fumng the other day that he can spend money left right and centre on games but if I buy anything for the wedding he sees it as me spending money on me!!!
Basically wrote out some rules on our notice board which include things like - no more takeaways - no more crisps/chocolate/cake/biscuits - no more internet spending - no more non essential bills (ie his tesco dvd/games hire and steam train magazine subscriptions - dont ask) - etc.... then wrote a list of things which can be bought but need to be jointly agreed upon. ie essential clothing, wedding related items, birthday cards/presents for family etc... Sounds harsh but the funny thing is Ive already given up so much to save for the wedding that this will hardly effect me or the kids, but Steves going to miss his luxuries. I have no doubt he will rant and then sulk but even he knows it needs to be done and should help lessen the amount of cr ap that comes home. xxx

i bought a lil piggy back and named her the wedding pig i love her so much i couldnt open her up thats prob the only reason i could save xx :P xx

We have a jar for loose change (anything under £1) which, when full, we take to my Dads. He changes the change lol into £2 coins which then go into Wedding Fund money pots on the mantlepiece. We have filled one and the other is about an eighth full at the minute. H2B reckons we've got bout £250-£300 in the full one :-) xx

Aww Thank you so much every one. all your suggestions are really helping. I no what its like but I'm harsh on money myself lol. I'm sort of the person who if I have money I want to spend it on everyone else and treat them instead of me. but now it comes to our wedding I think that might have to change!!! "might", I mean it will have to change :) yeah I have a skint can and it looked like baked beans but because we ran out of petrol, out came the tin opener!!! darn the prices are getting absolutely ridiculous! I shall try very hard with all your helpful tips! hopefully will get us further! carry on with suggestions and comments though. all are welcome :) hope you'r all having a good day/evening! xxxx

Lol GregorysGirl, we have a wedding fund pot that you have to break to get the money out - we try to put money in when we have a few £1 and £2 spare, or the occasional note. That's all well and good but my h2b has discovered how to get the coins out when we are short of cash, by using a knife lol ;-)

My little top tip, aint that interesting, but for those of you who like to look for things on bay of e, do some investigating....

I saw a decorated post box on there for £25, so I went onto the sellers feedback and found where she had bought the materials for making it, buying them myself cost me 11.50 inc p&p, not only did I save money, I also got just a tiny sense of achievement! x

i have shopped around a lot, my table crystals are from amazon, evening invitations from work (i work in a charity shop and a lady brought them in, match our theme colours and everything, also brought in a brand new, never worn flower girl dress which had not been used (cost me £5.00 for a £75 dress woohoo) placecards from bay of e, veil for £2 in a sale

my hubby has also quit smoking, in three weeks (we have been putting the £5 a day in a pot) we have saved £105 :O

my friend is making all my jewellery and the 4 bridesmaids, my bouquet plus 4 BM posies, 4 double buttonholes, 3 single and then 65 single ones for guests plus 4 tiaras for £160

Great posts here - thanks for such brilliant ideas - one other thing that isn't exactly saving money but my friend that got married last year recommended - pay things as soon as possible so that there are more things paid off earlier - and it's easier to stick to your budget then too rather than letting things that you haven't paid for build up - hope that makes sense! :-)

Ive opened up a savings account but so far there isnt anything in it and my mum gave us a money pot thing that you break to get the money out ut she gave us that in the summer time and so far there is £3 in it. We had a baby one for my daughter and we broke the bottom when she was born and we had nearly £200 in it which we was suprised about but we've cut down on lot of spending but my problem is im on maternity leave just now and so have time kind of to look on the internet for bargains for our wedding so i end up wanting them but i really should leave well alone till we have the pennies

Thats fighting talk mrs hall2b lol

We had a sit down last weekedn to work through our finances - we've set up a joint account for bills to go out of and another one for saving for a house deposit that we need to save and another one for the wedding fund - we've set up a spreadsheet of planned savings and hopefully we should be able to make a good start! fingers crossed!

it's quite scary spending money on a wedding isn't it?! Not actually spending but just how quickly things add up!!

On paper ive spent thousands but ive only actually got a plate that people can sign instead of a guest book but im gonna have one of them as well and as of sunday ive ordered my rings to be made so weve put the deposit down for it so just gonna be paying the rest up. Ive only got 16 months to go

I have got to. He hates saving for ANYTHING. We saved for a flat then he decided to go away on holiday booked it and paid for it but forgot we would need spending money. I have had to stop him doing that once this year already. The man does my head in. He want s to learn to drive this month with a one week course thing and that is £500. Man is having a laugh. I am the only one working to so it is not great and my wages are crap and with rent and bills and everything else only money left WILL be going on the wedding.

It does my head in but i love him and it is doing my head in

Yay well done stria and thats brill that its so close to your reception!!

I have also had luck on a reception today..in the way of provisionally booking it over the phone for the date we have the church :) we have a couple more to look at but really like this one and its not too far from the church and right by the sea..a sea view is something we really wanted for our reception, so yay! Was starting to get panicky that it would get booked up so I'm calm again now hehe x

Aww Thanks, and I'm really glad you've booked your reception today :D a sea view sounds lovely, we are going for the whole barns and countryside, with a lovely flower garden and cottage for the reception :) before the honeymoon :) every things starting to sink in more now. got all the feelings of excitement x) xxx

Lol!!! I'm hoping mines on the 15th june :) spooky! lol xx

hopefully 2013 but that depends lol :) we were looking at 2012 but that's when the Olympics are being held so we thought ought no to :) we chose a date in between mine and his birthday so id just have a birthday and then it would be his after the wedding. thought it might be easier to remember anniversary wise lol! xx

Lol very true but I didn't want to risk people choosing games over my wedding although I suppose you'll no who your real friends and family are :) but we were afraid that maybe alot of hotels and things would already be book as we live in an area where people would probably stay and start travelling early, if any of this makes sense lol :) I want to make sure the guest can stay =] xxx

Sounds Like A Good Idea To Me As Well!!! Haha! Don't take any chances any large wardrobes, attic.... rent them out :) lol small people in the wardrobes of course!!! (sorry for that sense of humour) :D lol xxx

Haha stria love your sense of humour!! and I agree with you linzi! if we put on half the family we dont talk to we would have another 20-30 people!