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Weddings & anniversaries

Planning a wedding, civil partnership or anniversary celebration? This is the place for MoneySaving tips to ensure your big day doesn't break the bank.

artificial flowers
Hi all. Just wondering if anyone has any artificial flowers they no longer need? They would be greatly appreciated Thanks. Samantha x
Wedding Favours
Can anyone give me any ideas / inspiration for wedding favours? We will have 35 guests and ideally don't want to spend more that £2 pp Thanks!
April 2014 weddings
It's one year today until I get married :j so now the countdown is really on! (I don't think there's an April 2014 thread yet, but please move this if I'm wrong...) There seems to be a few of us April brides so I thought I'd start a breakaway group from the general 2014 thread so that we can better gauge how our planning…
Selling a beloved dress - where to start?
Hi all, Sorry if this is the wrong place! xxx
Wedding Venues - HELP!!!!
We need some help! Myself and my OH got engaged this year. We want to get married next year. Now we are having some issues finding venues!!! We are looking: Manchester Yorkshire Nottingham Cheap venue - 5k and below for everything. Please help
Wedding venue
After 6 and a half years my fianc! and I are itching to tie the knot. We have our reception venue. We are looking for an affordable, picturesque place for the ceremony. We are only having a few close family members up to 24 and we would like a small meal or afternoon tea afterwards. We are based near Scarborough but we…
Bridesmaid rant
We are a few days away from sending out the invites to our August wedding so I've sent a message round all the evening guests to get addresses for posting. They are the sort of friends who's houses I could drive to with my eyes closed but I don't have a clue what their postcodes are! My MOH has let on that she and one of…
parents 25 year wedding anniversary
right, my parents have been married 25 years in december & my grandad seems to be expecting me and my sister to plan something for them.. but neither of us have any ideas. i want something cheap and quite simple, my parents arnt really party people and when they do have parties my dad gets overly drunk which winds my mum…
Page Boy Suits
Hi I seem to be struggling to find nice suits for our page boys at reasonable prices. They are aged 7 and 9 (although similar height!) and ideally I'd like shirt, trousers & waistcoat (possibly jacket but not sure yet) for around £40-60 each. I've looked at Debenhams and other high street shops, but they seem to sell what…
Cash gifts instead of wedding cards? £100's!
Hi everyone, For your upcoming wedding, would you prefer to get what all those wedding cards cost to put towards a flat screen TV or the honeymoon, instead of the cards themselves? We have a new website that allows you to request that family and friends send you what they would have spent on greeting cards, for your…
Cheap venues in Southport / North Liverpool?
Hello! I'm a new poster here and hope some of you may be able to give me some help? We've been engaged for about 7 years but for various reasons then didn't have the money to get married. We're now planning on moving from Yorkshire to the Southport area and would love to then get married. So with a view to making long term…
Experience of wedding dresses from Dressily me
Just wondered if anyone has ordered their wedding dress from Dressily me? I'm interested in the fit, quality of materials used and whether there were any additional customs charges? I've seen mixed reviews of light in the box, so was wondering whether to use Dressily me instead. Thanks in advance.....
Who should go in the wedding car?
Obviously the bride, and person giving her away, and I know sometimes the bridesmaids if there's room. My mum will want to come in the car, but she's just going to get on my nerves and wind me up the whole journey (its a good 30 mins) and I don't want her in it, I'd prefer her in a separate car (I know that's horrible, we…
Can anyone help me out with my wedding budget?
Sorry hope this makes sense I have done it in an excel sheet with what it is - and then the min we can spend and the max (but the min column turned into a more realistic figure then the min min min) I am cringing as I thought 2.5k for the venue (we are awaiting a price quote back but I think this should be in this region…
What would you do?
I'm sorry this is just a bit of a rant, my sil to be has invited friends of hers to our wedding without even asking us and I'm fuming!!!! Our wedding is a very small, intimate affair with close friends and family only - firstly we are limited financially, secondly we are limited on space as the reception is at our home and…
Bridesmaids issues
Hi all, I am just after some advice, we were due to get married in July but called off the wedding as it got too expensive. I asked two friends (as well as few others) to be bridesmaids and they agreed. Ever since we called off the wedding (June last year) neither of them have bothered with me. I've text about once every…
The Marriage not The Wedding
Hi All So - I've been trying really hard to make the 'wedding' preparation be about being excited to be married to The Boss, not excited about wearing a pretty dress and having a big party. And whilst I am excited about married life, I feel that focus is slipping slightly as the wedding date gets closer so, I pose the…
Asking for money instead of gifts?
Hi all, Me and my wife have decided to ask for money from our guests instead of wedding gifts. there are 2 reasons for this, firstly we have lived together for several years already and have most things we need. when we started thinking about what we would put on a wedding list, a lot of things were replacements/upgrades…
Wedding hacks and other money saving tips
Hi everyone, I'm a bridesmaid for my best friend, she's getting married in November and the planning is well underway. She's stressing out a bit about the cost, the venue is costing £1000, but they're providing the food at about £50 a head. The venue has said no outside catering, but she wanted some food at the evening…
Florist - Is this normal practice??
Hi you lovely lot, Well I have been communicating with a number of florists to get quotes for our flowers. These have ranged from £260 to £311. One of the florists asked me to forward her how much the lowest quote was, so I did. She is now requesting proof of this, like I am some kind of liar! I have never known anyone…

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