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How much have you spent, or do you plan on spending, on your wedding dress?
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I have a budget if £1500. Not very MSE but I am on target to loosing a hell of a lot of weight by the big day (15 stone) and want to feel amazing in it0
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My dress is £660, bought new (I know, not very MSE!)
My budget was £700 for dress, shoes, underwear, accessories! WHOOPS! Lol. Plus I'm having it customised as well so that's blown that out the water :-s
I am trying to be MSE everywhere else though...0 -
Well my dress wasn't very MSE, but in fairness I bargained really hard for freebies with the venue and getting upgrades, and I've decided to not have floral centrepieces to save on money even though I love flowers. So time to stop waffling I spent £1160 on it, it was £1400 but negotiated a discount. I tried over 50 dresses on, and I really did try to find something that was as reasonable, but thinking about it the skirt has five layers and the top is lace and it's handmade in Devon by a British designer, so hey ho sometimes you get what you pay for. My aunt purchased my veil and the combs that are going in my hair, they were £160 in total. My shoes were £120. My necklace was a fiver on e bay though!I have had many Light Bulb Moments. The trouble is someone keeps turning the bulb off
1% over payments on cc 3.5/100 (March 2014)0 -
My dress was £705 and bought new - I was torn between 2 dresses and the other was £1,600 and whilst hubby said he didn't care how much I spent, I ended up going for the more traditional dress and the price did play a part too.
I spent a fortune on accessories though, I guess you get carried away a bit when they are putting stuff on you in the shop.... I easily came in at around £1,200 when you added on shoes, tiara, veil, alterations, underwear, hoop hire...0 -
I have a budget if £1500. Not very MSE but I am on target to loosing a hell of a lot of weight by the big day (15 stone) and want to feel amazing in it
Wow, thats great!!! Go for it, and you will feel amazing in your dress! The days I have struggled with my diet, I just imagine myself in my dream dress, and it gives me the motivation to keep going!
My dream dress is £1049, so way above my £300 budget. However I too am losing weight (6 stone - am 2 stone down, another 4 to go) and my mum and dad have said they will give me some money towards me dress as a reward, to help me get my dream dress, as they know how much the weight loss means to me. My mum and dad are ace!0 -
Ps the dress I want is Alessandra by Forget Me Not. For the life of me I cant find a decent pic though. I love the detail on the bodice, and the colour!0
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