Hi everyone! I am at home trying to use my morning off to wedding plan and I am having a bit of a freak out and need to vent and also need advice!!
So--my fiance and I are getting married this December, we're having a 7 month engagement. So it's been fast to plan everything, but we already have a bunch of things nailed down. My mom has been hugely involved in the planning process since my parents are contributing most of the money financially.
A lot of our wedding is ending up DIY--friends are DJ-ing, MC-ing, and day-of coordinating. The last big puzzle piece we need is catering, and we only have $4000-$4500 to cover EVERYTHING involved with that--food for around 175-190, staff, tablecloths, and place settings. And then our budget will be basically all used up.
Our venue is very DIY so we could potentially get nice disposable dinnerware at Costco or something to cut that cost, but being in the Chicago-area, I am running into roadblock after roadblock trying to find any caterer that can do a dinner in our budget. We are hoping to do buffet to cut costs, but even that requires staff.
Anyways, I'm freaking out and don't really know what to do, and everyone is giving me opinions on what is and isn't acceptable. Help!!
