What Bargins have u had & how much have u got left to do?

Minimoo24

Just though it would be nice to share our bargins !!

I will start, as i started the thread lol...

my most recent bargin was our Sons suit I got it brand new for £10.00 - its worth £300.00! its lovley!

My dress I saved £700 - was £950 and got it for £250 brand new!

My x3 bridesmaid dresses £360.00 got them for £80.00 brand new!

Social Stirers x3 at £3.00 thats a saving of £24.00 not inc. postage as that was free! All other table gems are from ebay and cost about £10 in total!

I got mum doing my flowers, so saved a packet there and she has paid for those! This includes tbale flowers, glass mirrors, church pews, church arch, bay trees etc.

Waistcoats, got 5 worn once, £30.00!

The stationary - postbox, guestbook, menus, table numbers, place cards and activity bags I have done and come to about £20! and the invites, ive only seen a sample of but OHs Mums friend is doing them they are lovley!! retail for £2ish each costing me £20 for 50!!

Just need to get looking for the suits and the rings and pay for the dj and the chair covers the photos / make up!

What bargins have you had and what have you got left to do?


xxx

Sammy85_2

My number 1 bargain -

My dress! Cost me £125 plus alterations and i got more back for it when i sold it on a week after the wedding

Minimoo24

Where did u get that from, its lovley x

johannalf88

I would say my dress (£107) off eBay 2nd hand, and our ushers ties! Were £80 each, down to £15, ordered online and found 10% off and free delivery code! Down to £13.50 each!

Sammy85_2

MandyMoo22 wrote: »

Where did u get that from, its lovley x

Its from Ebay. Vintage Alfred Angelo.

MissPixie

OH suit form Marks and Spencers should have been £150 we got it for £60 in the sale

I have made all our flowers from felt after being quoted £200+ for a bouquet and buttonholes! It has cost about £25 for all of the flowers, favours are also felt and they were only about £15-£20

Hadley1

Sammy85 wrote: »

My number 1 bargain -

My dress! Cost me £125 plus alterations and i got more back for it when i sold it on a week after the wedding

wow that is a lovely dress.

White_Sapphire

Sammy85, I'm actually having difficulty tearing my eyes away from that train!!! What a stunning dress.

As for my bargains, I also bought some social stirrers for £4 instead of £32, and with free P&P. I've bought two necklaces which have cost me a grand total of £13, and am hoping for a stonking bargain on dress fabric for mine and MoH's dresses, having just heard about a fabric market.

That's it for now, as there's still loads to do with a little over a year to go!

Well done on your bargains Mandymoo! :T

debtfreeatlonglast

hi, i love this thread:D...we are having a very low key wedding, i wanted it to be more like a celebratory posh meal iykwim!!...so, my bargains so far are... my dress £6, my shoes £6, my bag £5, my pashmina £6 and my jewellery £7..£30 for my entire outfit and i LOVE it. we got ohs 3 piece suit from matalan for £75, went back a week later and its reduced to £42, so returned then rebought it along with a shirt and tie set that had been reduced to £7 and which matches the colour scheme perfectly. we bought his adult sons 3 piece suit again from matalan, only his was in the clearance zone of our local store, so it was £2.50 an item.. an unbelievable £7.50!!(and almost identical in colour)...and also got him the same shirt and tie as oh. we will be having a m&s cake for £20,the thistle and rose cake topper was £17, matching bouquet was also £17 and managed to get invites,thank you cards, cake boxes, favour boxes and menu cards from local m&s clearance outlet, all matching and all reduced to 50p for packs of 10s, thistle button holes came from ebay for £1.50 each (need to change ribbon but otherwise perfect for our theme).all our savings mean that we were able to book a nice venue for the ceremony and meal (where we will also be staying for 3 nights as a mini honeymoon) but incredibly we also got a great deal on this...£21.50 per head for 3 course meal and tea/coffee..wine £15.00 a bottle .. basically we are only paying for food and drink consumed as they are not charging us to use the function room as we are not having the bar in the function room opened (there is a hotel bar just outside function suite that guests can use) and they are not charging us for linen/glass hire either and are going to dress the tables very simply for us using mirrored plates and candles which i love and would probably have bought anyway!!..the only expense for the table will be fresh white bud roses which we will buy on the day from mr tescos or mr asdas (not getting married till 4.30 so plently of time to get them). am really looking forward to getting married and am so happy/pleased/relieved that everything so far has fallen into place so easily:j