MONEY WELL SPENT???

After the wedding did u feel like it was all worth it?

Wow, some good questions here! Let's see....I'm not made about our spending since the wedding is now over. We started off with a tight budget of $2,000.00 which is a lot when you are unemployed! LOL But anyway, I planned so hard and carefully with the help of hubby that I don't feel guilty of what so ever. We did kind of go to the JOP (Lake Tahoe) 10 years ago and now this is the finale, I must say? This was elegant, just the way we always wanted~ but senseably! We already have a house, but we wanted to make sure that we could make mortgage payments after that special 10 year anniversary reception. We did very well. I would do it again, but I will do it on an island so we can enjoy our vacation/honeymoon at the same time. Only thing I do regret was the changes of venue and all the purchased champagne that I bought couldn't be used, because our new venue didn't allow outside liquor, but we still had to buy 1 day liability insurance for the venue. At least they had a bar and it was good to have our guests pay for their drinks. We ended up giving the champagne (our logo pictures) to the ones that helped us out and close family. Next time, it's just him and I on an island alone, like Fiji or Tahiti!

DANG, I HATE WHEN I TYPO: You can delete the above comment. Reposting comment:  Wow, some good questions here! Let's see....I'm not mad about our spending since the wedding is now over. We started off with a tight budget of $2,000.00 which is a lot when you are unemployed! LOL But anyway, I planned so hard and carefully with the help of hubby that I don't feel guilty or what so ever. We did go to the JOP (Lake Tahoe) 10 years ago and now this was the finale, I must say? It was elegant, just the way we always wanted~ but senseably! We already have a house, but we wanted to make sure that we could make mortgage payments after that special 10 year anniversary reception. We did very well. I would do it again, but I will do it on an island so we can enjoy our vacation/honeymoon at the same time. Only thing I do regret was, the changes of venue and all the purchased champagne that I bought couldn't be used, because our new venue didn't allow outside liquor, but we still had to buy 1 day liability insurance for the venue. At least they had a bar and it was good to have our guests pay for their drinks. We ended up giving the champagne (our logo pictures) to the ones that helped us out and close family. Next time, it's just him and I on an island alone, like Fiji or Tahiti!

no. it was not worth it. I thought I budgeted pretty well and we spent about $14,000 all together. We were ancy before the wedding and we eloped secretely at our church with 2 friends who witnessed for us and kept it a secret.  Our wedding was elegant. beautiful. fun. I had a blast. But if I could go back, I'd stick with eloping and save my money. It was not worth it to me for 1 day. I planned for a year and a half. Everyone thought my wedding was fantastic. Scept for me. lol. I have a lot of post wedding regret, and a bank loan to pay off.

What a great question.  I feel that our wedding was almost perfect. We planned it in 5 months and together my husband and I worked to make our day magical , we had a great day of coordinator and the event planner at the venue was also amazing. The one thing that I would have changed was that we should have stayed on budget.  We planned to spend $30,000 but ended up spending $60,000.  (we both have champange taste) I am not much of a DIY person, but I would have attempted to do more DIY projects to cut cost.
I did have major bridal attendant drama, with ladies dropping out and coming up with money problems at the last minute,but from reading all the other WBC post I guess BM drama is expected.

My only regret is that it has been 4 months since our wedding and we have not recieved our wedding pictures yet. I feel that it was our fault for not insisting that the photographer put a time limit in the contract as to when the photos will be available.(FYI)

Other than that I think that we had a grand affair that everyone enjoyed. At least we did.

I feel it is money well spent. The friends I have the have eloped all regret not doing a wedding, the ones that have had weddings don't regret it at all. This day means a lot to me and FH plus our families. We know what we are getting ourselves in to so we are going in with our eyes open.

I haven't had my wedding yet, but I wouldn't change a thing. Although it is costing a little more than what we had originally thought, I wouldn't want it any other way.  We will have 40 of our closest friends and family there with us.  We are renting out a B&B and having our wedding there--our guests will be staying the night.  It will be the relaxed atmosphere at a place we love and I can't argue with that.  The only thing I would change is our thinking when we first started planning---we wanted something cheap and it cost us more in the end because of a few decisions.  I think if I had a bigger wedding with the ceremony at a church and the reception in a hotel/conference center, I think I would have regretted it.  They are really beautiful and turn out lovely but that's not my style.  All in all I think we will be very happy with how it'll turn out.

So far, it seems worth it.  My biggest regret is being pressured into buying a veil that I'm not 100% in love with.  However, since my mother paid for it, I guess I can't complain too much.  So far, it's turned out to be worth it and FH and I can't wait for the wedding...only 84 days left!

I loved our wedding and thought that it was a beautiful day but if I could go back and do it again, I would have spent less money because we ended up buying a place around the time of the wedding and I wished I had more money to put into that (longer term investment) than a wedding (which is a day - marriage is what is forever!).

When DH and I sat and talked about a budget in the beginning (we were engaged for a little over 2 years), we had a top 3 list of what was important to us to spend our money on. He got one, I got one and we both decided on one. It was:

Him: Venue/Food
Me: Rings
Us: Photography

The rationale was that rings and photography are what lasts forever, after the wedding and he wanted to make sure our guests had a good time (we love FOOD!). After deciding that, everything else became secondary so we knew what our priorities were. I don't feel like I settled on second best with everything else either, but I knew which ones I really cared about and which ones I could let slide.