Now that the honeymoon is over and the thank yous have been mailed, it’s time to calculate how much this bitch cost. Weddings are expensive, duh, and ours wasn’t totally an exception to that rule. According to www.costofwedding.com, a wedding in the Fayetteville area should cost around $28,000. I had all sorts of commentary in…
When Mac and I started seriously talking about wedding planning, a main concern was cost. Weddings cost money, and they don’t come cheap these days. In Fayetteville, a wedding will set you back around upwards of $27,000 (I picked the typical cost option for 100-149 guests). Thanks to Mac’s deployment, the United States Army picked…
Now, I’m a big fan of any show on TLC. An addiction of mine is Extreme Couponing. This show follows folks like you and me on grocery trips where they buy $1000 of food for $20. For reals. Disclaimer: I have never saved more than I have spent. That isn’t my goal. Also, my husband…
A more naive version of myself thought I could plan a wedding for $12,000-$15,000. I guess if we had really tried, we could’ve made it work in that budget. Our catering and venue alone blew that original pipe dream out of the water. Luckily for us, the Army has played a big role in paying…
One topic brides, single ladies, and the long-time married can talk about is money. No matter how hard we work, we always seem to never have enough. Budgeting for a wedding tends to put a pinch on the purse-strings. Mac and I decided that we would pay for our own wedding. We’re adults and employed…