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What was/is your wedding budget

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What was/is Your Wedding Budget  

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  1. 1. What was your budget to start with

    • 0 - 1000
      48
    • 1000 - 5000
      26
    • 5000 - 10,000
      12
    • 10,000 - 15,000
      6
    • 15,000 - 20,000
      1
    • 20,000+
      6
    • didn't have a budget
      17

  2. 2. Did you go over/under budget

    • Over
      20
    • Under
      46
    • Not married yet
      34
    • didn't have a budget
      16

  3. 3. How far over/under did you go

    • 0 - 1000 over
      24
    • 0 - 1000 under
      31
    • 1000 - 2000 over
      3
    • 1000 - 2000 under
      1
    • 2000 - 3000 over
      1
    • 2000 - 3000 under
      1
    • 3000+ over
      3
    • 3000+ under
      1
    • not married yet
      34
    • didn't have a budget
      17

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Tracey-LUVS-Rudy Apprentice

Tracey-LUVS-Rudy   0

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after spending the last 2 days ,doing alittle wedding planning and trying to work out a budget

just thought it mite be interesting to see how others got on with their budgets

As it's something most of us have been through or will be going through

plus this way I can let my OS know if he isn't spending enough :lol: J/K

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we went a little over budget but not much....seeing as was responsible for the cost I made sure :P

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Our budget is $14.72 Seems a little high to me. I'm trying to get it down to $10.

Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. ####### coated bastards with ####### filling. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bobble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine.
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Tracey-LUVS-Rudy   0

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Our budget is $14.72 Seems a little high to me. I'm trying to get it down to $10.

well if you do can i have the other $4.72 ;)

01/10/2004 - Meet on line

06/22/2004 - Visited Rudy for 3 months

09/09/2004 - Returned to New Zealand

04/18/2006 - 2nd visit to Rudy

05/18/2006 - Returned to New Zealand

06/26/2006 - Finally got to file for divorce

08/16/2006 - Finally recieved divorce papers

08/17/2006 - papers in mail to Rudy

08/24/2006 - Rudy recieved papers I sent

10/06/2006 - I -129f sent

10/10/2006 - Noa1 recieved- yay

01/10/2006 - Noa2 recieved - yippee (dancing around the room )

01/08/2007 - Consulate Received

02/08/2007 - Packet 3 received

02/15/2007 - Packet 3 sent back to consulate

02/18/2007 - Medical appointment

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PlatyPius   5

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Our budget is $14.72 Seems a little high to me. I'm trying to get it down to $10.

well if you do can i have the other $4.72 ;)

Sorry. That's to pay for her ring.

Gotta love Wal-Mart

Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. ####### coated bastards with ####### filling. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bobble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine.
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We had a $5000 budget but ended up the final total of $6300 and that did not include the rings because my husbands grandmother left him her wedding ring and I had one make for my husband and I cant tell you how much that cost because he is reading this as I type.....

But the cost of floweres and wine and caterers ended up higher than first planned and we needed a Limo for my family that flew over for the wedding as they did not have transport for either the rehersal dinner or the wedding...

Kezzie

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we went over just a bit because we had been given resort gift certificates by my company to go to Key West... er well... Hurricane Rita saw to it that we didn't get to stay and because we had to PAY for accommodations at the BEAUTIFUL Ft Lauderdale resort we evac'ed to, we went over by a bit. it was actually worth it though, the grounds had many more photo ops than the other resort. :star:

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we didn't sit down and say specifically how much our budget was, but we did everything we could to make things as cost-effective as possible. We ended up spending around $5000, with the three biggest expenditures being my dress, the wedding/reception site, and the photographer/videographer. Our wedding was absolutely beautiful, and worth the amount we paid. :)

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We spent right at $1000. I had a lot of people offer to do things for us as a wedding gift so that really helped keep the cost down. It was still a very lovely wedding and the most important thing was those two words "I do". The only thing I wish had been different was the humidity. As in none. :)

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Wow, people have money to throw around! We spent around $700 and that included flights to the ceremony and the short honeymoon. Wedding bands were extra. I didn't want an engagement ring. If I had $7,000 going spare I certainly wouldn't blow it on a wedding, that's for sure. :blink: Different strokes for different folks.

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I had $150 available for our wedding, and her sister had said she would send us $500 for a party. It cost $100 for our marriage paperwork, and we never got to have the party because we spent the rest of the money on her sister's funeral. :cry:

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We spent about $500 including court costs, clothes, rings and dinner. Cheap but good.

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