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Definitely agree with programs since everyone will just toss it anyway. I am considering nixing a seating chart and just having escort cards to save time and money.

I also could care less for my wedding shoes. I couldn't justify buying a whole new pair of shoes that won't be visible, so I'm wearing a pair I already own. We're also cutting programs and favors to save extra money!

Your list is the same as my list lol, I definitely don't care about my shoes lol. Not to mention programs will just end up in the trash. I'm also not for the personalized favors, just because I mean how many people from your wedding are actually going to use a cup with your names and wedding date on it on a regular basis? We're sticking with small, edible wedding favors if we do any at all.

Ooh good topic!

I'm not worried about:

My Wedding Shoes - i bought a $30 pair of sneakers and I'm not mad about it

The new "traditions" that people insist upon having - Grand reception exit? Nope Seating chart sign? Nope Uplighting? Nope

What people think - I'm doing a Dollar Dance (Yes I am) I'm not doing a bouquet toss or garter toss. I'm having a receiving line. I told my single friends that i'm not giving them a plus one because space is limited and they were all fine with it.

All of the flowers are the cheapest flowers I can find.

I don't care what my bridesmaids wear as long as they match the color swatch I gave them.

I don't care how my bridesmaids wear their hair.

I'm not wearing a veil because I don't want to deal with the stress of having someone take it off of my head before the reception.

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Ooh I hadn't even thought about the seating chart LOL that's not even a thing in my area so that for sure something we wont be doing! Time, energy and money saved - Gotta love it!

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Exactly! We originally were going to do cup favors but said to heck with that I'd rather save the $200 and buy something more practical like taco bell or something, cause priority's

Wedding shoes is a good one as well as programs and favors. For us since we're on a budget I would say flowers. Yes they're beautiful, but they ratchet up your costs quickly. Since our wedding is greenery, I found candles and DIY from the dollar store is cheaper. Another one would be not to go overboard on sweets. We don't even want a cake for our guest just simple cupcakes or donuts. Skipping the champagne toast. I don't like champagne, so toasting with whatever wine you already have on the table I think should be fine. Transportation is really not a big deal to us. We can just use our own vehicle Lastly, the rehearsal dinner. To save we'll probably do something causal at home.

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I can't stand the new traditions either! I feel like people started doing all of these things for better pictures, like i get it, but that's not the point of a wedding is it?

We don't care about programs either, we ditched them. I am not having the ceremony area decorated up. A few small things but I will not be doing anything with the aisle or the arch. My mom wants to buy fake flowers to put on the arch and I told her to go ahead and do what she wants. Also We are not really doing any decor at all. A few things like a memorial table, a guest book, a few signs and centerpieces but we are not going crazy with it. I am not even wearing shoes that's how much I don't cant lol also no jewelry. My dress has an illusion neckline so wearing a necklace would look weird. I don't have any bracelets to wear and am not spending the money on any. I did buy a set of earrings though. Attire is another one. Our colors are purples and grays so the ladies will be wearing lavender dresses and the guys in gray suits. I had asked my parents and his parents to wear gray and plum so we match but the bridal party stands out. My mom keeps sending me dresses asking for approval and I keep telling her as long as its plum wear what you want! Same for my FH brother he keeps asking what I want him to wear I told him to wear whatever he wants but if he wants to wear gray and plum to let me know so I can ask my brother to do the same. I am pretty go with the flow. Even my girls keep asking me questions and I am like I don't care do whatever lol.

We’re not doing programs, or favors. Our venue asked for assigned tables so we will be doing a table chart. We are doing a few signs but we have all the supplies to make them so no extra money spent.

Couldn’t care less about the ceremony. As long as there was no mention of religion, servitude or children we were good with just throwing rings on each other and kissing.

We didn't do programs or favors. Our venue had center pieces you could use for free so we used those. We didn't really bother getting much decor - I think that's something brides waste a lot of money on, even DIY could add up to hundreds of dollars that isn't necessary to spend. We didn't make any signs, and we used the venue's escort cards that they give for free.

Food is the most important thing. We chose the biggest catering package and guests LOVED it. My wedding was a year ago and people still talk about how we had the best wedding food. I'm so glad we splurged on food and didn't bother with the little things

Decorations of any kind. Part of our deal with our church is that if we didn't decorate they wouldn't charge us the janitorial fee.

Programs are a must skip for us. I don't have the energy to spend on getting them together to watch them get thrown away.

I didn't stress about the look of my shoes but they had to be comfortable. I had foot surgery so it was more important the meet my podiatrists requirements.

Flowers! I have the cutest corsage made from comic books and colored paper but that will be it for flowers. I couldn't see spending that much on something to watch it die in days.

Going literally anywhere the day of. We are spending the weekend at our venue and everyone is coming to us. No stress!

Wedding party. Our sons are our best men and as long as they show up and wear the ties we bought them, we're good.

Bouquet toss, garter, parent dances, or grand exit. Too many reasons why, but overall, less stress!

Centerpieces. Mine were super small mason jars with sand and candles - costs me $1 each. I was like I'm not spending more on this than needed aha. Also didn't care much for other decor.

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No programs
I'm getting hair and makeup. I don't care if anyone else does.
No need for flowers everywhere
Whatever centerpieces are cheap and easy to create. Our date is 4th of July but will NOT be patriotic themed.

Programs, altar décor, sweetheart table décor, and cake table décor. Our venue will be decorated for the holidays, so why bother?

Honestly, I'm not really stressing over anything except fitting into my dress, and that's exactly what I'm after. We're getting married on an all-inclusive party boat, buffet dinner is included, three main entree choices offered, beer and wine are free, with a cash bar option as well, DJ for our first dance and MOC, are part of the package. We get to customize our ceremony, but everything else is already handled. Our wedding cupcakes are our choice, and I'm a baker so I'm doing my own. Microwedding of 20 people, all family and extremely close friends eliminates seating charts, the need for favors, centerpieces, wedding party and drama. Nobody will care. Minimal flowers. I'm going to do the floral arrangements myself; bouquet for me, bouttonaires for FH and our sons, and corsages for my mom, his step-mom and daughter. I want laid-back, no stress, all about family, love and us. We've done the big weddings, and don't want that, we want this to be personal, intimate, and relaxed.

We're cutting out favors and programs. Our venue has a tv mounted on the wall where guests will enter the reception hall. We have a guest count of 300 so we're going to load a jpeg or pdf of our seating chart on that for economics and efficiency. I'm allergic to a lot of different flowers so I will be renting silk floral arrangements for the bridal party and decorating my reception with uplighting and candles.