Married for £1k?

lolly1981

we're hoping to do ours for alot less than 1000 lol

we are getting married in our local spiritualist church..this is 45 pounds instead of the 178 registry office wanted.
giving notice............67 pounds
rings, cheap and cheerful, ....50 pounds.
dress, i have seen a nice midnight blue one in debenhams....100
suits.....100 - 120
venue...our back garden......FREE!!
food....150
drink 100 - 150 (might suggest people bring what they like to drink as we dont drink alot but i might get some sparkling wine for a toast)
glass hire .....FREE...(just a refundable deposit) majestic wines, we'll order the wine there too
ice bucket hire....FREE ...as above.
cake, 2 tiers from tescos one fruit one sponge....50 (i'll decorate myself)
decorations...50...just want some organza sash to put round the gazebo in the garden, will use xmas fairy lights and borrow from friends.
Hair.....FREE...cousin will do
shoes...alread have some.

I wont have any flowers unless i have some in my garden that i can pick at that time...i will hopefully have some orange lillies

we'll even be saving money on our food as we are growing some vegetables in the garden, that are suitable for a salad..and should be ready for then, and i will use strawberries and flowers from the garden to decorate cake

GRAND TOTAL 712 (thas using the lower prices )

ETA hopefully we are having a photographer free...someone who posted here..(just give them something towards petrol) if not friends will do it

angel13

this is when i need to be religious to try and save some money (but not even been christened so not an option! lol) do you not need some protection from the elements in your backgarden. we had been thinking about using ours but we are in a rented house (been here years) and so worried that wed plan it send the invites out and then have to move out or something horrific like that - you only get two months notice. so just too much stress worrying about what if's!

lolly1981

we will have a wooden lean to construction thing that OH is putting together...he gets free wood from work...and 2 aunties have gazebos we can borrow so plenty of protection...we also have a huge roll of tarpaulin to put down if it rains...and if its hot the kids can turn it into a slip and slide lol.

so its all very MSE we even have an extra fridge so we can put that in the shed so people can put their drinks in. no traipsing through the house lol.

angel13

sounds very nice

Badger_Lady

Absolutely - my friends spent much less than that for a beautiful wedding, including a free bar!

The key is just to manage it like any other party... shop around for venues (many, many decent function rooms are available for free), sort out your own buffet food if you need to, have someone make the dresses... my friends hired a room where they could bring in cheap kegs of beer, but if you're in a bar you might have to live without those.

Close friends and family will be happy to help out too - take turns running the bar, do a bit of DJing / performing, set out the buffet - makes them even more a part of your special day. And it can be surprising what quirky things get volunteered! Like a bit of magic, or face-painting for the kids.