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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1754 days agoAm 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 through the holidays and were ready to start...
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1817 days agoSo 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 my bridesmaids bouquets needed a "pop of color" and...
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1838 days agoWe'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 barbeque. Now my fiance loves his BBQ and would love...
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2188 days agoI'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 looking for something really cheap (read under...
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2392 days agoSo 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 after the holidays. My dad's parents were still...
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2433 days agoWe'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 these adorable book roses for the reception so we...
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2465 days agoLet'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- has blue diamonds which I love. Doesn't fit quite...
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2467 days ago...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 came out, much less alert, muttering and moaning,...
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2481 days agoSo, 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 go into but it's really holding us back. Once we...
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2481 days agoSo 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 awesome. He doesn't have great grades and needs structure...
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2489 days agoSo 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 been floating around online but there's no...
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2491 days agoSo 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) for me. We're getting married in the Catholic...
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2493 days agoMet 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 what I can do because I just found out I have to...
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2500 days agoI'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 everyone who came. I know you can get those ones...
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2502 days agoSo 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 pave band in silver or something to up the sparkle...
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2508 days agoSo 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 offended if they got this note. My bridal shower...