MOG & FOG gifts at rehearsal dinner?

Well I'm not sure 'supposed to' is the right phrase. If you would like to give them a gift that might be a good time. Personally I'm giving our families their gifts the morning of the wedding. It will be fun to have that distraction to keep me from stressing.

That sounds like a great idea! You could also surprise them with a photo album made on Snapfish or Shutterfly of photos from your wedding at the dinner you host! It'll defer the cost a little because most photographers take several weeks to return the final photos.

My parents are paying for our wedding, MOG & FOG are paying for the rehearsal dinner. We are taking both sets of parents to dinner at the top local steakhouse a few days before as a thank you and I plan to give them nicely written cards with an IOU on a wedding photo album.

Even if they hadn't contributed financially, I'd still think a small gift is a really nice idea. I know you say you're way over on budget, so just keep it very small. It's more of a token than anything else.

Now if they had contributed a significant amount of money to other wedding related costs, I might say that something a little more substantial would be appropriate, but even then it's still more about the thought and the sentiment.

We plan to give all our gifts out at the rehearsal dinner. Its only our bridal party, parents and officiant (all of which are getting gifts). So I think that's the best time to give it to them.

I would love some ideas on officiant gift.

@Gina - our gift has a back story. So our officiant is my FH's uncle, who is a pastor of his own church. As part of our premarital sessions, we discussed how my FH HATES that I don't use coasters lol And his uncle mentioned he has the same issue with his wife.

So we got him custom coasters that say " May the only rings on your desk, be wedding rings ".