I've never understood why people spend so much money on the actual day either. I'd rather spend it on a big holiday/honeymoon or towards the house/cool fun stuff you wouldn't normally buy
One of my brothers weddings cost a fortune because they had the very best of everything - Ralph Lauren suits for the guys, Prada for the bridesmaids, 5 or 6 courses of food and 100 guests, photographer, plus wedding planner and rental of the top floor of a city club - discounted because he worked there. They just finished paying it off about 4 years ago...married in 2001.

My other brother got married and did it as cheap as possible, avoided having a photographer and had disposable cameras on every table instead, no kids invited, close friends and family only, wedding party wore hired stuff and it was a buffet instead of a sit down meal. Cost them £2000 all in.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 27 Jan 2010, 19:54, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

we're spending lots of money on the honeymoon
but I'm currently in heated negotiations with the mrs regarding making savings on the wedding to pay for it.

I want to invite more people but one the church isn't big enough to take all the people we've already got on the list and two they all cost more money. So I will have to invite lots of extra people along to the evening instead.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 27 Jan 2010, 19:57, Reply)

I think you should get married at Stonehenge with RJD and the rest of Sabbath perched atop the stones flailing out the wedding march
That'd be worth seeing you blub for.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 27 Jan 2010, 20:09, Reply)

This is win,
especially if there is hair. And flames. (But not hair in flames.)
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 27 Jan 2010, 20:35, Reply)

heated negotiations begging
( girlinthehole, Wed 27 Jan 2010, 20:12, Reply)