the first official wedding post....

before i get into an 'all things wedding post'....isnt it funny how 30 degrees feels 'warm' after a week of 20 below zero weather? yeah. thats pretty f*d up. and we are currently amidst 'snowstorm dawn', who is bringing another 8 inches of snow. seriously, very over the snow and its not even january. we've gotten over 25 inches of snow so far. snowiest winter in 110 years!

to moving along. i have kinda been stumped about what to write about in this 'first official wedding post'. so, ill start with something kinda boring. i know, i know....the budget...i have 6(!) sisters. three of which have already been married. tradition says that parents of the bride pays for the wedding. thats not neccesarily the case this day in age, however my parents have given all of us girls a certain amount toward our day. anything above and beyhond that amount, we are responsible for. i dont have very much money. if you look back on some of my posts, youll read on my money struggles. while i would love a lavish affair, i refuse to put myself in further debt over this one day....so, kelly and i have sat down and come up with a very strict budget. i have some things that i HAVE to have 'nice' of-one of which being photography. so we both agreed that that was an area that we were willing to spend more on. knowing that, we also knew that then we were going to have to cut cost somewhere else....we have a lot of planning to go, however, we actually have most of the big stuff done.

-reception site/catering booked.
-photographer booked.
-cake lady booked.
-dj booked.
-florist booked. (my cousin is a florist)
-wedding dress bought.
-bridesmaid dresses picked out.
-flower girls dresses bought.
-church booked.

yeah i know....but how it all started was that i simply was researching companies b/c i needed to know the costs of things so i could start saving. well, once i started, i got a deal on the DJ ($400 off) b/c of the time of year (winter), so we went ahead and booked him. and so it went from there....i am a big planner. i dont like to be suprised, and like i said, we have to stay with in our budget, so the more time we have to save, the better...

sometimes i get jealous browsing blogs of brides-to-be with all their lavish ideas and beatiful ideas for their weddings, wishing i could have that-knowing that there is no way i can have that...but i know that our day will still be wonderful, and we will be able to incorporate a lot of neat special things. a really neat thing i have found thru all the bride blogs is the cool DIY projects, etc....any ideas-pass them on to me...i love them! happy friday!