Money Blues

Getting married in the time of a recession really stinks, like REALLY! not being sure if you might be laid off a week, a month or a year from now sorta puts a damper on this whole wedding planning for many...for Chris and I we haven't really spared many expenses...all the DIYing we've done is actually due to time constraints more so than budgetary constraints (probably due to procrastination on my part)... i had a short flipping out situation about the invitations but otherwise it's all been pretty smooth, especially when you have a handy credit card on hand...now i'm not condoning racking up on the plastic, because if you actually maintain a balance of over 30% of your credit limit, it can actually hurt you, so please make sure you pay off those balances in a timely manner...

anyway im going off on tangents...whats kinda on my mind is how are people saving for their weddings? i mean chris and i go on less dates now, eat out less and try to bring lunch as often as we can...it helps a little bit..but in the end this wedding is such a huge expense that i'm wondering if our little attempts to save 20 bucks here and 100 bucks there is putting a dent in anything?

i'd like to think it does even if in reality it doesn't :)

but i know for a fact that after this wedding, date night every week will resume...i miss seeing a movie with chris every week (good or bad movie) and or eating out at some new restaurant that we've never been to before.

save the date dollars and cents

for those of you that liked my save the dates, heres the breakdown in cost of them...

200 printed magnets from vistaprint: $39.99 + $17.81 priority shipping = $57.80

150 A2 sized cards from papersource in mars red: $11.28 + $7.00 shipping = $18.28

120 glue dots from office depot: $4.58 + tax

200 A2 sized envelopes in ivory from office depot: $ 20.98 + tax

300 clear labels from office depot: $ 14.08

grand total: $117.86

what i didn't factor into the budget above is the cost of postage but depending on how many you have to mail out of this country, that number would obviously fluctuate...we also hand delivered a few so yea...in hindsight i could've save a little bit more if i figured out how many i had to make beforehand, but i was working with estimates since i didn't finalize my guestlist yet... i had to guess on how much i needed of everything.

but what obviously cost the most is the time and effort i had to put into all of these guys...the labor effort is PRICELESS!