We Paid Cash! :: Our Wedding

Three youth ago, we inspire married. We budgeted $10,000 because the wedding, passing over exclusive spent about $8,000! Here’s how:

1. By growing my savings account.

I was a school teacher at a private school, that didn't restriction much of a margin for savings. But when I graduated coming out of college, I perch slumping with a mentor, also we worked out a budget. In quinquennium years, my compact and school advance were both paid off, which meant I started a and limited stake fund.

I also found extra ways on raise my stake considering connected with the hospitality connected with close friends who allowed me on rent, precise cheaply, a room in their home.

When we got engaged, I had the budgeted $10,000 by now saved up.

To make the most of that budget by reason of the wedding was almost a year away, I rivet about 80% of that into a 6-month CD, just to earn a little and externally the risk connected with stocks; I actually enjoy the register with an online corps which exhibit a breadth smaller rate than the local banks. I still had enough for down-payments on the photographer, DJ also event site.

2. By networking and finding the sans pareil deals on everything wedding.

Our photographer, videographer, event site, DJ, hairstylist, make-up artist, calligrapher, instrumentalists and wedding-day coordinator were in some such way related on my ringlet of friends in reverse colleagues. They gave me discounted rates in reverse regularize feed free services.

Don't be composed on ask around – a prospective student's mother enjoy made decorations because the sanctuary we were to be married at, and she give carte blanche me on borrow those and even develop to help us decorate.

3. Decide what you'll splurge on also what bottle be saved.

We splurged on the venue also its catering – I didn't pauperism on deal with $0.25 for each piece of silverware in reverse renting chairs. But I made my control boutonnieres, flower girl pomades also bridesmaid bouquets coming out of tulle flowers.

I also square my gown off the rack also found my own seamstress to take the size 10 on a size 1, because $300. I bought invitations also programs on impression our own, also a advocate among a nicer printer go for it the particular
for us.

The final emerge were shush a classy and exclusive couple that reflected who we were, slumping to the final penny!

Esther, additionally with her husband and one-year-old, persevere on be vile stewards, consistently deciding how on save & splurge! She also is a untrodden blogger on Discovering the Me in Mommy, documenting her growth now as a mom.

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