For this post, I am going to share the spending plan for my wedding.
A spending plan for my wedding
When I was preparing for my wedding back in October 2009, I had so many things to do and so many preparations to make.
To name a few:
- registration for marriage
- booking for wedding reception
- booking for wedding photography
- purchasing bedroom sets
- bedroom renovations
- purchasing wedding bands
- honeymoon package and so many more
And needless to say, a lot of money was involved too.
Even though, future husband, Dave and me not planning a huge and grand wedding, we found out that we spent quite a lot on our wedding.
Lucky that we have a spending plan for our wedding. We listed down all the expenses for our wedding.
What to do if the budget is insufficient?
We found out, from time to time, a new item was added to the list. For each item, we had an estimated budget. When we went wedding shopping, at least we had a budget in mind.
Still, some of the items were slightly more than our estimated budget.
What we practised was we weight the importance of the item and the quality as well. If the item was important and of good quality, we increased our budget and purchased that item.
Fortunately, our actual expenses were only slightly more than our budgeted expenses. And I am grateful that Dave is a financially wise guy. It makes the whole process much smoother.
Final thoughts
A wedding is such an important milestone in a person’s life. Thus, I am not surprised if many wish to have a grand and expensive wedding.
But, it is also important to spend without our means on this special occasion. Because after the wedding, other important milestones such as planning for and welcoming a baby is going to need a lot of money too.
How about you? Do you have a spending plan for your wedding?
Feel free to comment below.
Actual day wedding photography is very important… capturing the most important day of your life cannot be left at the hands of frens (unless they are professional lar hehhe) I came across ur blog tru a fren's link. leave me a msg if you are interested as I'm in the wedding photography business (homebased) & I do pre-wed too… Happy planning ur wedding!
Hi Faith! Thanks for dropping by 🙂 I've had a glance at your blog and you had a grand and wonderful wedding la 🙂 Ok, i will know who to look for if I need help on photography. Thank you ya 🙂 Great to know you're from meow-meow too. Keep posting!
Planning is very important…
If U go to Hotel Bride Expo, they have a personal Loan to cover all the Most expensive package!
Don't worry about the Money….spend first!
At the end, who really gain? 😀
Hi Alan, thanks for the reminder 🙂
Hi Yan,
So excited for you. Reading the process it's just like having the fun all over again. Sure is a mix-feeling in between whether to spend or not. I was very wedding-pic focus back in my days — it's not everyday you gotta wear expensive, gorgeous gown and be stunning! Although after the glorious moments, the album is now well kept in the cabinet. =P
Enjoy the process my friend. You're gonna love it!
P/s: should really check my emails, so behind with them. Keep in touch, Yan.
Hi Ching Ya! Where have you been? Anyway, it's great to hear from you. I know what you meant :p Sometimes I have to cool myself down before I make some impulsive decisions :p In future, we can show our kids our wedding albums. That'll be great right?
Thanks Ching Ya! Take care & keep in touch!