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May 15, 2007 at 5:41 pm #251957
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I’m also pretty much a “lurker” & don’t post, but I figured I’d give my
two cents as well. When my husband & I got married several years ago,
(instead of parents). It took some “thinking outside the box”, but we
had the wedding of our dreams for about $2500. The trick for us was to
my stepmother & my MIL made our daughters’ dresses for the wedding (I
had 2 from previous marriage, he had 1), all the bridesmaids dresses
again. We bought all of our flowers at Walmart & Michael’s and made
the arrangements at one of the bridal showers- which was great fun to
trying to do them. A friend of ours gave us the limo rental as a
wedding gift. Two friends from church sang at the wedding as our
a gift (she took a class at Hobby Lobby & created the most beautiful 3-
tiered cake & a separate sheet cake- would’ve costed us about $700), my
costed about $3.50). I bought regular white dress shoes at Payless on
sale. My sister did my hair- which saved a fortune. We bought all of
slacks & white dress shirts & served for us at the reception. We
bought most of the reception decorations at Hobby Lobby & the Dollar
w/assortment of bubbles, birdseed baggies, Hershey’s Hugs & Kisses in
the bowl- looked really cute!)
our wedding to replace stuff. Instead of the “trinket” gifts to the
bridesmaids, I paid for their manicures leading up to the wedding-
the salon gave me a 50% discount for the business. Instead of the unity
candle, w/having children coming into the marriage, we did a “locket
he did on mine & we made vows to love & cherish them as our own, etc.-
which was so very special to us & everyone was crying. Instead of the
The song where family members were being ushered in was “The One” by
Gary Allen talking about the girl being hurt & the guy being patient
daughters were coming in, we had the song “If You Asked Me To” by
Celine Dion, where again she had been hurt & was afraid, but if he
straight up to as the song ended, they openned the doors & I was
standing there ready to walk down the aisle. Several of my friends
& I were talking, leading up to the wedding. Things like that will
make a bigger impact on what will be looked back on than the fianancial
Anyways, I hope this helps! Good Luck, ‘cuz w/3 daughters of my own,
I’ll be in your shoes in a few years! 🙂
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> sharing information with everyone. I have three daughters, one just
> got engaged and the others are not far behind her. I am in a state of
> One wedding is a fortune but three………. WOW do I need to make a dollar
> scream for mercy! Does anyone have any information on cheap wedding
> few friends and I am at 150 people minimum.
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> Thanks,
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