Trying to plan a nice literary wedding on a shoestring security guard & paraprofessional librarian's budget - doing the best we can.
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February 3, 2023
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So, long story short, me and my FH don't make a ton of money (me = 20k/yr, him = 24k/yr, working on that) and I have a bunch of student loans, but he has this $6000 debt that I'm not going to...
Am I freaking out too soon? To make a very long story short, I lost my dad about two years ago, we were supposed to get married October of 2019, we postponed for many reasons...by the time we got...
So my wonderful aunt who is extremely talented at floral arrangements was kind enough to make my floral arrangements for me. But there are a few tweaks that need to be made. Namely, she decided that...
We're looking around at venues and have found one we like, but it has a caterer locked in. They have several options, but the one that sounds the best and is the most cost effective looks like the...
I'm thinking of getting legally married and using my legal ceremony dress as my rehearsal dinner dress the following year - I have another post about that whole story. Anyway, all that to say, I'm...
So let me start by saying that I'm a teacher (para) so I made about $20k last year from my full time job (insert rant about teacher salaries in Arizona here and how I'm doing a teacher's job...
So due to a lot of stuff going on - mainly losing my dad two months before my wedding and my brother being at boot camp and some family drama on my FH's side we decided to postpone our wedding until...
We're having a literary themed wedding so our ring bearer will be using a book instead of a pillow as he walks. I'm still not sure about our flower girl. I can't find a basket I like. My sister made...
...what do you do? I mean, I knew it was a possibility. He had early onset Alzheimer's and congenitial heart failure and was in the ER last week needing oxygen and we saw a significant decline when he...
Let's play a game - which ring do you like best? Notable pros and cons: Wrap- Cons- white gold and doesn't come in yellow to match my e-ring Most expensive retail but has a great deal going on Guard-...
So here's the story - I'm super proud of my oldest little brother (let's call him M) he just graduated from high school and thinks he wants to be a priest and is super chill and calm and just...
So we met with our music director yesterday and long story short, have to rethink our entire processional. I was thinking originally Vivaldi's Winter Largo for the bridesmaids and Ave Maria (Schubert)...
So we're on a super tight budget but I still want a cake. I'm looking at possibly Walmart, Fry's, maybe Costco (but I want a tiered look and yes I did see that $50 one that someone did that's...
Met with the venue yesterday and these are our dinner/reception chairs. Help. (ceremony's in a church with pews, reception's in the church hall) Don't have a huge budget for decoration and don't know...
I'd love to hear your ideas for a creative guest book alternative we could do at our wedding. We don't have any art, so we'd love to have something from our big day to hang on our wall to remind us of...
So I absolutely adore my engagement ring - it's small, sweet, and simple. But it's just a princess solitaire so I want to have a little fun with my band (because I can) Initially, I was thinking a...
So my sister is planning my bridal shower and wrote this really thoughtful note on the bottom/back on the invite she's designing. I just want to make sure it's not a major faux pas and people won't be...
Let me start out by saying that I wear a size 5 usually in women's. I have been known to own size 2 boy's shoes and wear them, so let's just say I have very small feet. I got caught up in the wedding...
So since before were engaged, my FH has been saying that his friend Leo would cater our wedding on the cheap. We've been trying to get a quote from him since February and finally heard back that it...
So...here's the situation - we're on a super tight budget but still want to do a honeymoon. Picked our wedding date because it's right before fall break for me as a teacher so I have the week off...
