outrageousprincess's Red wedding

WOW I haven't been able to get on this site for a while. So it's now gone from counting the months to weeks. I can't wait and I am so happy friends of ours that moved away will be staying with us before the wedding. I am off half a week before so I will be able to get stuff done. They will be there to help me YAY. It's coming up so fast it's all so surreal. I read my maid of honours shower invites and I saw Lea-Andras Wedding Shower on it and I was thinking 'OMG it's actually all happening'. Everyone keeps asking me if I am nervous, I'm definately NOT nervous but totally and completely EXCITED.

My goal was to have a very elegant wedding for less. I think that spending an enormous amount of money on a wedding is just silly. So here's my rundown.

Hall $300 - It's small it only holds 136 people, but it's so nice. It is run by a senior volunteer group and they have been amazing.

Caterer $1700 approx for 110 people - This I somewhat scrimped on. I am having a cold buffet of cold cuts and rolls, ceaser, greek and green salad, veggie platter, pickle platter, cheese and crackers, fruit platter and dessert tray with tea and coffee. It's in June so I figure a light meal will be a good idea and as long as everyone knows about it then it's fine

Ceremony site $147 - In our local park in a picnic area that's covered.

Chairs 50 cents a chair - they are used by a local group for festivals, they are teal green with a big black E on the back but the teal green I am not worried about, so a coworker came up with an idea, she suggested I put a bow on the back of the chair which we will do and it will make it fancier

Flowers $190 - yes you saw that right, that includes, 15 centerpieces, one centerpiece for our head table, two bouquets and corsages and boutineers. I went silk, my personal preference for a couple of reasons. First I wanted to be able to keep my bouquet, and possibly sell my centerpieces after. So my caterer gets there flowers from a woman at a local flea market. She is an ANGEL!!!! The vases I bought at a dollarstore and the price also included the glass beads to go into the vases. They are cala lilies ivory and wine red. So pretty.

So those are my big $ savers.

Did I say I was excited?