Appropriate wedding present from poor college student?

Do you NEEd a new dress and jewelry for the wedding? Maybe you can privately explain the school expenses to the MOH and ask her to give you the least expensive room.

But also yes. $150 should be more than enough depending on the bride's taste and what she registered for.

Hi "S" welcome to WW. Please change your profile picture. I'm sure your friend knows you're not made of money. I'd prob only spend $50 if I had student loans to pay off.

I think $150 is very generous considering your finances. look at what they've registered for. we have a lot of friends who are in the same situation as you and made sure there were reasonable priced things on there because of this type of situation. hopefully your friend did too!

If you're concerned I would privately explain your budget to the MOH or bride, but I think a $50 gift is more than appropriate. You could always make something meaningful for the wedding. I was in a wedding recently and spent a ton with travel expenses. I bought fillable Christmas ornaments and put little tidbits from the wedding inside the day after. She loved them and it was much cheaper than anything else.

That's more than enough...my dister made us matching coffee mugs I love them. Oh and this cool family tree book. I can't wait to start filling it out.

I agree with everyone else- $50 is plenty to spend. And to be honest, when I was in college, my price range for wedding gifts was about $25-$35. I would typically try to get something small off of the couple's registry and then get them something personal.

Yes you have to give a shower gift and a wedding gift. Decide what your total budget is for both gifts, spend less on the shower gift and give more cash for the wedding gift.

For example: if your total budget was $100 for gifts I would give a $30 shower gift and $70 for a wedding gift.

She probably has some less expensive items on her registry. If she doesn't, you can always get a gift card from a store at which she registered

If i had to pay off loans and had very little money i would get them a card, put $20 in it and bring it to the wedding. Unless you are a bridesmaid, you dont really need a new dress, you can wear somehting you have or get it from goodwill, they are really inexpensive.

Agree with the others that you don't have to spend so much. I used to give gifts in the $30-50 range when I was poor. My dear 19-year old cousin and her boyfriend gave me a really cool, artsy cookbook that was probably expensive for a cookbook, but not for a wedding gift. I was touched that they even got us something since I know they're poor college students.

A $50 is plenty given you are single & in college!! Give what you can afford!

I would need a new dress, since most of my dresses are tight/going out dresses. The one dress I do have that would be appropriate cut wise, is not appropriate color wise for the wedding. So I'm hoping to find a dress for $40 or less, so I can have more money for the gift. Thank you everyone for the advice! I'm thinking I'll make her something for her shower (she loves my art) and include a small gift from her registry, and use the rest of the money as a cash gift the day off