Monday, January 14, 2008

Wedding Budget

So me and the fiance, talked out a budget (again) for the impending nuptials here's what we came up with:

Wedding:

Church & Reception Hall $500
Cake $400
Dresses* $1,150 (5 @ $200 each, 1 @$150)
Tuxedos* $950 (5 @ $150 each, 1 @ $200)
Photographer $1000
Flowers $300
Car rental $180
Preacher(s) $300 (2 @ $150 each)
Piano & Guitar Player $100
Singer $100
Cocktail reception $1,300 (130 people @ $10 each)
Invitations $125
Bells $100
Extra Rings $400 (2 @ $200 each)

Total: $6905

Honeymoon:

Hotel, Flight and transport - $2,000
Spending Cash - $1,000

Total: $3,000

Grand Total: $9905

5 comments:

L. Marie Joseph said...

Bells $100 ????

Do u plan to finance the $9905 ?

D.R. said...

The 'bells' are kind of a 'just-in-case' expense. The fiance says her sister has some left-over bells (in lieu of rice) from her own ceremony. I just guesstimated $100 as the expense of extra bells if we need them

Definitely don't plan on financing anything - me and the fiance plan to pay everything in cash. Hopefully, some hard-core saving and part-time gigs will help us achieve this goal.

ZACK said...

Lemme come, Reggie. I want to explain business in layman's terms. LOL!!!!

Congrats!

crys said...

so 9k saved for the WEDDING huh? why not save all of that - go to the courthouse - and just invest EVERYTHING you have into your marriage? *random thought*

D.R. said...

Crys -

I would love to do that but, the boss (my fiance) wants to have a big wedding. Obviously the impending no-job-ed-ness [technical term] may drastically effect her dream.