Has anyone else out there given anything up for their wedding, my other half and me have both given up smoking When we sat down and worked it out we realized we spent over £3000 a year on ciggs (I nearly cried when I think How much I've spent over the years) £3000 will pay for a lot of our big day so it's a very good incentive.
CommentAuthorButtonAndBoo
H2B is giving up smoking as well. He had given up just after we first met, and he did it for just over a year, then a lot of things got him down and he went back to it. But he has told me that he is going to give it up again. He spent about £700 on baccie. I've given up my fashion magazines and home magazines. I spent about £300 a year on magazine "/
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CommentAuthorLinzi-jo
We have given up eating out and buying bits that we dont really need (have to admit I was the main culprit of this!). But it is hard when I think I have nearly another 2 years of not doing this, but hopefully it will all be worth it in the end :) xx
Got together 14.02.2008
Got engaged 31.12.2010
Will become a Mrs on 30.08.2014 xxxxxx
CommentAuthorTatty
We have given up clothes and shoes, it sounds silly but both of us are really bad for buying without thinking and have loads of stuff never worn so it's all being sold and we aren't buying anymore till the wedding! x
Love: A wildly misunderstood, although highly desirable,
malfunction of the heart.
37 Pounds down, 22 pounds to go! I will be a skinny bride!
28th March 2014 will be the day I marry my best friend.
CommentAuthorLinzi-jo
Yep I am the same Tatty! And I'm a sucker for a sale! I have so many things I bought at sales that still have the tickets on them because I didn't really need or want them but they were a bargain! lol Same with shoes! xx
Got together 14.02.2008
Got engaged 31.12.2010
Will become a Mrs on 30.08.2014 xxxxxx
Oh no thats just not right you must have so much willpower, my downfall is knicker believe it or not but I work for a very well known retailer who's underwear is world famous (this is not just any underwear this is .&. underwear) if you no who I'm talking about I have hundreds of pairs even b4 we stared planning the wedding my oh was always saying as I only have 1 bum why did I need so many x
CommentAuthorOssie12
I have been on a diet so have given up all of my sweet treats! Oh and have not been out and about half as much to save money! x
CommentAuthorGlitterfairy
H2b gave up smoking at the new year and has to gone back to it, was not for the wedding though.. Neither of us have given anything up though.
Our wedding day - 6 October 2012
CommentAuthorDonda
WELL DONE BarbaraU and your h2b for giving up smoking, what an achievement you should be so proud of yourselves We have given up going out, completely!! LOL we've not had any little breaks away, which we normally like to do. Cut back on our shopping, not buying the things we don't really need. But it's all going to be worth every sacrifice :) xx
Met on 7th April 2008
Got engaged on 14th November 2011
Getting married on 12th December 2012
Looking forward to the rest of my life with the man I love
CommentAuthorBarbaraU
It's so hard Glitterfairy My OH is on tablets but I cant take them so I've got patches, sitting here on here now to take my mind off the fact I would sell my soul for 1 but I just keep thinking of the money I'm saving wish me luck people x
CommentAuthorShazk
I wish i had the will power to give things up everytime i try i fail miserablly I think Im going to result in being looked in a room and not let out till Im skinny, stopped smoking, dont miss nioghts out and Im rich lol x
Away with the flutterbys xxx
CommentAuthorRaggedyAnne
We didnt give up anything to be honest, our wedding was affordable because we made it small...16 people including ourselves. We didnt want to have a huge wedding anyway, but if I had had to give anything up I wouldnt have been happy, because I actually dont DO much as it is. I smoke.....well we both do, but I dont drink, dont go out for meals, only on special occasions like birthdays etc, I dont spend lots of money on clothes or getting my hair done.......
What was there TO give up? LOL
So we carried on as normal, gave ourselves a year to pay for the wedding, and scaled it down by way of guest numbers, and then we could have everything we wanted, the venue, the reception, the meals etc.....just smaller and affordable. and it was perfect. Perfect for US......maybe not for everyone .... but we were more than happy.
I can resist anything but temptation
CommentAuthorlizzylou
We're generally trying to watch what we spend, particularly on take aways and and stuff from that huge "rain forest based" online store beginning with an A! Both H2B are terrible when it comes to splashing cash on boxsets and books! We've started being good and just "loving film" instead of actually purchasing. We've also banned ourselves from buying movies from the Tv on demand at nearly £4 a go for one watch! Ridiculous when you work out how much you're spending isn't it!
As for takeaways we've starting making the effort to go out instead in the week that way we can use a special card that helps us "taste" it for just half price! A good investment when it's on offer as you soon make you're money back and you can still justify the odd meal out if half of it is free!
Hope my coded message made sense!! Happy saving folks!! x
Lizzy. x
CommentAuthorNicholaP44
Well xmas is cancelled this year 4 us!lol well apart fromthe kids. We r not buying much at all this year.
Marrying "the 1" on 4th Oct 2013
CommentAuthorAmyP7
Well we hadn't given up much till recently but really need to start saving more than we have been doing so nights out and weekends away have been stopped. No Internet shopping and going to try and cut down the food shopping to only things we need x x
CommentAuthorLinzi-jo
NicholaP it is cancelled for us too! Only spending a maximum of £5 per person as we cant afford any more than that! And we wont be buying each other gifts either xxx
Got together 14.02.2008
Got engaged 31.12.2010
Will become a Mrs on 30.08.2014 xxxxxx
CommentAuthorlizzylou
I tried to suggest about Christmas to H2B but he said no we're not cancelling it!
Lizzy. x
CommentAuthorLauraJo87
We are cutting down our Xmas spend by half, I am going onto those e cigarettes as a hopeful prelude to completely stopping.
We have only had one weekend break this year :-( and aren't going out for meals etc which we used to do once a fortnight at least.
Trying to give up takeaways and going out to pubs etc too xx
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CommentAuthorTatty
Me and H2b have made a 3 present rule for Christmas and set a price for the three so neither of us goes overboard! x
Love: A wildly misunderstood, although highly desirable,
malfunction of the heart.
37 Pounds down, 22 pounds to go! I will be a skinny bride!
28th March 2014 will be the day I marry my best friend.
CommentAuthorlizzylou
That's a good idea Tatty. x
Lizzy. x
CommentAuthorTori
I have given up smoking too. Hopefully H2B gonna give it a go again from tomorrow. How long have you done BarbaraU, we should start a forum of quitting tips. I have quit for 161 days and saved £1200 so far - realy struggle when I have a drink though!
CommentAuthorHelenW
We've just completely minimised the spending. set a fortnightly meal plan and only buy what is needed for that fortnight, and we do that shop online so we're not tempted to sneak things into the trolley! We aren't going out and fill the car up twice a month rather than putting little bits in here and there (which somehow uses more fuel!).. and we've gone through the house for things to sell to add directly to the wedding fund. It's hard for us as we don't go out huge amounts and neither of us smoke (or drink at home), so its difficult to find things to stop! Ooo and we take money out the casshpoint and spend the cash rather than putting it on the card. anything left over that day goes in a pot (unbreakable!) xx
"Once in a while, right in the middle of an ordinary
life, love gives us a fairy tale"
CommentAuthorlizzylou
I think we all deserve a well done! Looks like we've all been down sizing and snipping the purse strings left right and centre! I 'm hoping I'll actually learn to live without the odd thing for after the wedding so I can start generally saving more! It's amazing how much cash you waste on things when you are not actually keeping track of it! I think saving for the wedding has really made us look at how we spend for the better! x
Lizzy. x
CommentAuthorOWB
We've given up a proper holiday this year. Other than that, we're managing okay. There's things we're putting off, like a new garden fence! We're still eating out occasionally and having the odd take-away, but I'm really struggling without having a holiday, that probably makes me shallow - but I need some sunshine!!!
If only life could be one long tea break
CommentAuthorlizzylou
OWB it's not shallow at all! We all need to get away from things every now and again! It does you good to have a holiday. Plus, SAD is a proven things isn't? That seasonal something disorder where if you don't get enough sun - i.e vitamin d it makes you depressed. Well at least i think it's a real thing? !! x
Lizzy. x
CommentAuthorJoanna
We've really been tightening our belts - we've given up takeaways, going out for meals, going out drinking, we haven't been on holiday or even a weekend away. I've stopped buying clothes and shoes as i could go mad buying clothes lol. It'll be so worth it for the wedding though :)
The greatest thing you'll ever learn
is just to love and be loved in return
CommentAuthorSamanthaG76
We've been doing the same as most of you ladies - not buying stuff we don't need, no new clothes/shoes, less takeaways etc but we're lucky coz my OH has just qualified from his apprentiship so he's on much more money than he was - it's nice to see the savings going up a bit quicker than they were!! x
12th April 2014 - The day I marry my soulmate..x
Smile, be happy :-)
CommentAuthorSam
Congrats to all the ladies that have given up smoking :D
I'm trying to eat out less and only buying clothes & shoes when I need them.
CommentAuthorPB
We gave up on a family holiday (although i was lucky and got a week in Crete for my hen do so its my daughter and h2b who made the sacrifice) On top of the wedding it has cost us another £1500 for h2bs 19 yr old son to come over from Australia.Next year though we will hopefully be having our familymoon in Australia so it will more than make up for it xxx
CommentAuthorMrsLowe
Weve given up on takeaways and meals out etc and ive given up on getting my nails done, hair done, clothes and shoes etc! I wold say im looking forward to aftr we have stopped saving but we have been putting of aload of things because of the wedding that its going to take a few months after that to be totally back to normal tho! £1500 to go... But it will be worth it! X
CommentAuthorsuzky123
well done for giving up smoking. TBH we didnt really give anything up as we knew what we could save per month keeping our lifestyle as it was and realised we needed 18 months ish to save up to the figure we needed to set the date accordingly.... I did give up shoes though to a degree as I brought a lot less
cant wait to be Mrs Evans less than 3 weeks woooo
start weight 10st 1.5 lbs
weight now 8st 4.5 lbs
total loss to date: 24.5 lbs now need to maintain!
CommentAuthorleah
two weeks not smoking today, rather impressed with myself and feeling better for it already! x
CommentAuthorElliekitty
We have cut down by not going out so much on our motorbikes due to fuel cost etc, Bad food, Drinking and holidays this year! a good thing a couple of those, but can't wait till our honeymoon now! x
---Winter 2013 Bride ---
CommentAuthorAmberG30
We're giving up booze and meat for a year as we worked out from our shopping receipts that this is what we spend the most on. Hopefully this will help me get into the dress too! ;) x
Plus our birthday and christmas gifts to eachother will be a donation to the wedding fund!
CommentAuthormillz090
I didn't want to resent getting married and it being a chore to save so had our normal holiday this year and i do not want anything wedding related for my birthday or Christmas so instead i gave up smoking (saved £100 a month) and cut take outs/pub to once a fortnight..... surprisingly these small changes have made a big different to us and just generally being more careful with money.
Finally marrying the love of my life !!
10th August 2013 - 9 years to the day we met !
CommentAuthorMrsbayliss2B
My oh has given up smoking and we didnt get our annual holiday :-( im sure the honeymoon will make up for it tho x
CommentAuthorBarbaraU
It''s only been 2 weeks the Oh been off them for a month, haven't seen much of a saving as we've had to have a lot of work done on the car (mot time) and some one locked the keys in the car last weekend so it cost us £65 for a locksmith coz we were stuck in the middle of a campsite in northumberland but today I've bought a money box that wont open unless you attack it with a saw and I'm going to put the price of a packet in every day. Don't do take away as OH works 2 nights a week as a delivery driver and gets a free meal when he finishes, and as for going out we used to go out every other saturday night but for the past couple of months we haven't bothered. Reading this back to myself I think I'm going to end up fat and boring
CommentAuthorHobbitBeth
We havent at the minute, but i'm pretty sure there will be a lot nearer the time we could cut down on. H2B with Xbox games! Me with treating the family out for lunch etc. A lot will be discussed once he is home :)
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CommentAuthorx~Hails~x
Ermmmm NOTHING hehehe
One of the reasons we picked our date is so we could still save for the wedding but still have and do everything we normally do as we thought it was unfair to the kids having to go without something because of our wedding!
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