I went with a friend, and neither of us had much spare cash. So my dad
made her a nice bouquet out of wildflowers from the empty lot next to
the house while I cooked a picnic dinner. I put on my $7 KMart
polyester black tie, and we had a good time on the cheap.
--benD
Doug White wrote:
> Being raised in a VERY traditional family, even with a preacher as a
> Dad, when I
> got engaged, we looked over just about every option. Her parents were
> retired
> military and living on her Dad's retirement, although they indicated
> they would
> do whatever was needed to fund the wedding of their only daughter, even
> if it
> meant having to go into debt. Of course we were offered the church
> facilities
> at no cost. All my older siblings had experienced church weddings.
> After a lot of discussion among family and friends we ended up being a
> little
> unconventional, and we held the wedding and reception as a yard party at my
> parents home. We used a few strings of colored lights, a rented tent
> to cover
> the refreshment tables, and a scattering of citronella oil torches for
> insect
> control. My mother-in-law actually baked the wedding cake and decorated it.
> A tuxedo rental store convinced me of the value of renting tuxedos for the
> groomsmen, but also the wedding gown and gowns for the bridesmaids.
> We ended up with a wedding that would have befitted crowned royalty, and the
> total expense was less than $1000.00 including flowers. My Dad
> performed the
> ceremony, and I had three brothers and a friend who did honors as a quartet.
> accompanied by recorded music
> All this for a groom that was earning $300.00 per month at the time, and
> she was
> earning about the same. (this was in 1960 though)
> We were able to honeymoon for a week in Hawaii and no one went into debt.
> Oh, it was a June wedding, the weather was great and cooperative.
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Nick McClure
> To: CF-Community
> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 3:02 PM
> Subject: RE: Holy Wedding Costs Batman!
>
> Yeah, I�m getting married on Sept 25th, then on the 29th we get on a plane
> to Ireland!
>
> I kinda expected some of the costs to be high, I�ve photographed a few
> weddings in my day, and did some research on what others charged for
> similar
> services, so I had an idea. What I wasn�t prepared for was how quickly
> places and people booked. We got engaged On Christmas Eve of 2002, we
> started making arrangements shortly after we were engaged, and a number of
> places were already booked.
>
> Our wedding is going to be in the evening, and the same location
> already has
> an afternoon wedding booked. We are using the same location for both the
> wedding and the ceremony, just to make it easier. Photographers, DJs,
> Reception locations and everything else books so fast I couldn�t
> believe it.
> I spoke with 3 or 4 DJs before I found one open, and this was a year in
> advance.
>
> _____
>
> From: Tangorre, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 7:23 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Holy Wedding Costs Batman!
>
> WOW. I spent all weekend with my fiancé making wedding plans and
> booking the
> reception and Church, etc.. Weddings cost a fortune these days. We are
> footing the bill for everything ourselves and I am just amazed at the cost
> of the entire event!
>
> Mike
>
> _____
>
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