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how much did your wedding cost?

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ogri · 24/06/2005 07:27

hi all. just being really nosy so you can tell me to mind my own business if you want.
ours was about £2500. i bought my dress brand new off ebay. hubby did same with his kilt suit. we had a lovely buffet in a beautiful hotel for 60ish. we had a great band. we danced all night, despite being 5 months pegnant. the party went on all night and well into the next day.
i wish i could get married to do it all again, great day.
thanks for your replies.

OP posts:
bev1e · 27/06/2005 19:07

We spent £12k in 1995 and are still together. Marquee in the garden with jazz band. Best wedding I've ever been to but the honeymoon was a pile of pants! Scrimped on the honeymoon 'cos we had no money left after our share of the wedding!

JoolsToo · 27/06/2005 19:25

60 million, trillion pounds

mumfor1sttime · 27/06/2005 19:51

We spent £300 getting married and £1000 on honeymoon.

Flum · 27/06/2005 21:33

Blimey, dunno how you all did it. we are getting married this summer. Its gonna be 15k thats our budget and that does not even include the booze, paid for by wealthy and generous future FIL.

I think have been quite careful too. We have only got 100 guests. I reckon our venue is a bit of a rip off.

Mind you been to two 60grand weddings in last year (one 3 dayer - Indian) and one flash as F**k. 6k on weddings. So mine seems like small fry.

am scared of the pressure it places though on the day to be PERFECT. I just wanna have a laugh get one good photo and get hitched.

my mum knows a vicar who reckons he can tell you exactly how long a marriage will last and it is inversely proportional to the total £££'s spent on it.

Scary . Mind you round our way ours is a scally bash. We had to cancel the first booking as it was gonna cost about £25k and I though that was just Stooooopid. Maybe 15k is too. Oh bugger, well too late now.

mumfor1sttime · 27/06/2005 21:41

We had registery office do and small party in local! I wanted very low key thing, wanted to get hitched and have lots of fun, not worry about who sits where or if all had matching ties/button holes etc oh yes and what are sugared almonds all about- are these necessary?

Flum · 27/06/2005 21:50

church fees alone are £465

mumfor1sttime · 27/06/2005 21:57

blimey! wasnt dissing your wedding, dont take it wrong way!

mumfor1sttime · 27/06/2005 22:28

Me again, I meant blimey as I cant believe it costs that for church fees. Im sure your wedding will be great, its what you want which is main thing.

Flum · 27/06/2005 22:32

I know. no worries. we haven't got any matching button holes or anything. No 'favours' at all. money seems to be mostly on reception: £8k. My outfit: 1k (stupid I know). Photographer: 1.5k !!!! Cake 600 quid etc etc.

Also 7 bridesmaids. Durrrrrrrr. Stupid, mutter, mutter.........

Just didn't think of cost of dresses when I asked them.

Scares. me silly. try not to think about it.

Flum · 27/06/2005 22:34

Mind you . dunno what am worried about it . My folks are spending it out of MY inheritance,

so selfish of them.

ha ha

{snurk} and all the rest

Flum · 27/06/2005 22:34

Mind you . dunno what am worried about it . My folks are spending it out of MY inheritance,

so selfish of them.

ha ha

{snurk} and all the rest

mumfor1sttime · 27/06/2005 22:38

We were lucky as fil paid for reception do 1k and my parents paid for photographer/car etc. We bought only outfits and honeymoon etc. I cant believe that much money on a reception! Have a great day, we certainly did- it was the hottest day of the year when we got married in 2002.

Cam · 27/06/2005 22:39

It's nerve-wracking getting married isn't it Flum?

mumfor1sttime · 27/06/2005 22:40

Also my dh nan made the cake- she used to be a chef! Was wonderful.

Flum · 27/06/2005 22:42

Its bl**dy nerve wracking. and I feel guilty that M&D spending so much money. Wish they weren't. They wanna put on a good doo as my DP is from a pretty 'good' family ie they are loaded and upper class and they want it to be as they would expect.

But his family are lovely and not snobs at all and actually very careful with money (probably why they are quite well off).

anyway seems lots of money for not a lot to me.

everyone else seems to be much more canny than me.

marthamoo · 27/06/2005 22:44

Oh not much...register office was about £40 iirc, my outfit was less than £100 (hat and shoes were reduced in sales), rings were about £150 (both), my parents had a buffet at their house so that was free - they paid for flowers and champagne and the cake, bless them. We only had 10 guests (including 6 month old ds1!) so it was very small scale and low budget. No honeymoon, we got married on the Saturday and dh went back to work on the Monday. Oh and I had a corsage (is that the right word?) with freesias and white roses, and dh had a buttonhole - less than a tenner

Cam · 27/06/2005 22:48

Flum, I would just relax and enjoy it, seems like its been taken out of your hands anyway!

Wish you all the best for your Big Day!

Elf1981 · 28/06/2005 07:20

Flum - I swear I could have written your posts leading up to my wedding! Just try to relax and enjoy it. I had 8 bridesmaids who ended up bickering, had a huge argument with the future SIL & best man six weeks before the wedding and as SIL was a bridesmaid it caused problems as my sisters and best friend were a bit frosty with her. BUT I had a fantastic day in the end, managed to rise above any crap and just enjoyed everything that I'd spent nearly two years planning, and enjoying the fact that the most gorgeous fella in the room was now my hubby

Lizzylou · 28/06/2005 08:21

Ours cost c£9k, 2 1/2 years ago, we got a lot of discounts as we married in the October. It was just how we wanted it to be, very relaxed and very good fun, I had a lovely dress, 4 bridesmaids, canapes, great food and wine and dancing until the wee hours, people still talk about it being the best wedding they have ever been to.........
I think it is cheaper getting married at your reception venue as you don't have to worry about church fees, flowers for church, loads of cars etc, it also is a lot cheaper the north side of Manchester!.....We honeymooned for a week in Marrakech and then had a big 3 week holiday 4 months later in Bolivia and Peru (paid for by the lovely guests...we asked for Trailfinders vouchers)

HappyDaddy · 28/06/2005 08:31

£40.

clary · 28/06/2005 08:44

Flum, it sounds like you will have a lovely day. Don?t panic about it I?m sure it will be great, just make sure you take a moment on the day to look around and think ?this is my special day?.
I think the cost does depend on where you are - the most expensive photographer we saw was only about £400 for example. Admittedly this is 7 yrs ago, blimey!
Funny that stat about the more splashy the wedding, the less time it lasts.
A colleague of mine is very happily married for the last 11 yrs or so and spent about £200. His wife?s wedding ring was so cheap she can?t even wear it any more becuase the metal makes her skin sore!

Nightynight · 28/06/2005 08:54

was that including the honeymoon HD?

munz · 28/06/2005 09:00

agree with the church thing our church was £450 and then an extra £50 for them to ring the bells and extra for the flowers didn't bother with flowers as it was so close to Easter sunday they had them up anywyas, in contract thou my friend had a registry office and I think hers was only about £75 at most.

HappyDaddy · 28/06/2005 09:12

Haven't had a Honeymoon.

Nightynight · 28/06/2005 09:14

...I was joking!!!

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