Weddings can be pricey. They’re also all so generic! Years ago I came up with my dream wedding.
For starters, the invitation will specify a strict dress code: BLUE jeans and a t-shirt. The groom (Mr. Cheap himself) will be in BLACK jeans, and wearing a tuxedo t-shirt. The bride will be in white jeans and a white blouse (so she’ll look all frilly and nice compared to everyone else – who says Mr. Cheap doesn’t understand a woman’s needs!?!?).
Please go to my new blog to read the rest of Dream Wedding.
September 7, 2007 at 10:07 am
This post is hilarious cheap! Made my Friday.
FT
September 7, 2007 at 10:16 am
If your dream bride as any sense of fashion she will have a problem with the white jeans – they’re so 90’s. Sorry to burst your bubble. The rest of it will probably be cool with her though.
September 7, 2007 at 10:39 am
Very funny…
I’d be surprised if you don’t get at least one date from this post…
Mike
September 7, 2007 at 11:03 am
You must have missed the wink
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We actually spent a fair bit on our wedding (nothing too crazy though!). It was a blast and we don’t regret it but I do think we could have kept the costs down a bit more. Unfortunately that’s tough to do with two BIG European families. I also think that getting married during a time when lots of your friends are getting married tends to make the costs go up. Sad but true.
We were invited to 13 other weddings the year we got married!!!
September 7, 2007 at 3:21 pm
Hahaha nice one… I expected cheap but had not idea
Good for you, weddings are overpriced in my mind.
I agree with Telly tho, you might get away with everything else but you will have to leave the bride’s outfit alone. Hopefully she is as cheap as you and will find something low cost. You can get wedding dresses at second hand stores no problem, I know, I looked. My family and friends were horrified. I settled for a dress from a department store, which was not white, and not a wedding dress. Cost me $240. I wore this same dress to my PhD graduation in May
September 7, 2007 at 4:55 pm
Great Post, here in Nigeria, weddings have become financial nightmares. Due to the large extended families inherent in our societies, couples end up catering for a minimum of 500 guests. With the influx of Nigerians trained overseas in the art of flawless make up, a lot of brides end up spending more than a thousand dollars on make up and wedding accessories. I hope to be more frugal when I’m getting married.
September 7, 2007 at 5:14 pm
January: I’m still available (surprisingly!) if you’re looking to have a frugal wedding!
I wouldn’t mind payig a lot to feed tons of guests, but I’d get pretty grumpy about thousands on makeup or flowers.
WW: from “The Critic”
Dressmaker: Here’s the skinny. We dressmakers have a very strict code, so I need to know, do you deserve to wear virginal white? Because if you don’t, you’ll have to wear an off-white, what we call a hussy white. So which will it be, WHITE-white?
Margo: Yes. Um… except for the gloves.
September 8, 2007 at 2:34 am
LOL! Hussy white? Love it!
September 8, 2007 at 9:19 pm
I think what we are all forgetting here (the guys anyway) is that it is not our day anyway
it is hers.
September 8, 2007 at 11:55 pm
LOL. That is close to my dream wedding. Except my hubby wouldn’t have it like that. I said my parents could cook Chinese food and he refused to do it. So I had to wear a tent of a dress for 5 hours and get a huge rash and spend a buttload of money for our wedding.
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