Wedding Budget

OMG!!!! He is driving me CRAZY!!!!!!

Hello Ladies,

How many ladies have a mate who lets you do what you want with the planning? I have the EXACT opposite! I thought that it would be the type of arrangement where he would be like “Yes dear, whatever you want. Just tell me when and where to show up!” But NO!!! He wants to be involved in EVERY SINGLE THING!!!!!
Ok so this is a vent, lol! My DH is driving me up a damn wall!!! He keeps increasing the budget. Our original budget was $5,000. I thought this was good since we are renewing our vows. However at last check with our wedding planner, we are at $8,000 and climbing!!!! I want to strangle him!!
Perfect example: A year ago I narrowed down the photographers I wanted to go with and was planning on interviewing them to see which one we would ultimately book. I asked DH if he would like to tag along to the first interview and he said yes. So off we went. Mind you, I told him that our budget for the photography would be $800-$900. He said ok. So we get there and I will definitely admit that I really liked the photographer. He was very nice and personable and above all else a professional. His work was great and he had a basic package for $850 that fit into our budget. It came with 4 hours of coverage and 300 photos with us having the rights. I thought that was great. We were only suppose to meet with the guy for 30 minutes. Next thing I know, DH and the guy are deep into convo and planning. By the time we left 2 hours later, we had signed a contract for $1600!!!! DH kept saying that we needed to have this and that, etc. Granted it is a very nice package. It comes with 8 hours of coverage, 1000 photos, a coffee table storybook, engagement photos and a bridal portrait session. But DAMN!!!
Another perfect example is the flower girl dresses. Months ago we picked out really pretty dresses, we have 2 flower girls and they are our daughters. The dresses are $125 each making the grand total $250 plus tax. A couple of weeks ago I was on the WBC site and came across another WBC bride’s post about some flower girl dresses. The dresses were absolutely darling and DH fell instantly in love. He maintained the argument that the dresses were fit for little princesses and that’s what our girls were so they deserved those dresses……WHAT?!?! And the kicker is each dress is $250 each!!! Which doubles the price in the budget making the grand total for these dresses $500 plus tax!!!!

There are many more examples and I could go on and on…..
What the hell and I suppose to do!!! Everytime I turn around there is some new added “must-have” item! I don’t know if he is going to make it down the aisle to me come April because I’m going to kill him!

Is anyone else suffering from this problem????