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wedding nonsense
May. 26th, 2015 09:09 pm We are trying SO HARD to keep our wedding plans simple (and cheap) because, let's face it, we're poor. That's mostly my fault -- I've almost but not quite finished paying off a loan that is taking a huge chunk out of my not particularly generous paychecks. In fact, I'll make the last payment about 3 weeks AFTER the wedding. Le sigh.
But we still want a party! We were hoping to hold the reception in a yard, at either my folk's place or his, but that fell through. So we're going to have to pay for a venue. I made the deposit today -- It's quite a nice place! Low fuss and rather lovely, a stone paved basement with a working fireplace and a nice sound system -- we're figuring out how to turn our Google Music account into a sort of jukebox our guests can pick songs for, and we'll probably have some karaoke going as well as dancing -- but still, even though it's significantly cheaper than most of the wedding venues around here, it still costs more than we wanted to pay. And since we're paying for the venue, we'll need to find other funds for food and drink.
With that in mind, we decided to set up a GoFundMe account -- an "in lieu of gifts" sort of thing, for our friends who might want to pitch in towards the reception and the honeymoon. I mean, it's not like we really need a new toaster or a new set of bath towels, and I know most of my family at least would prefer to give some sort of gift.
Still feels a bit weird though. Even though I know it's getting more common to "register" your honeymoon and such.
To save some money, I ordered some business cards instead of invitations, with the url to a wedding website I set up. (13 dollars for a hundred cards versus 60+ for 50 invitations! The Wedding Industrial Complex is ridiculous) We'll pass those out to local guests and mail them off to those a bit further away. They should arrive the first week of June. Cutting it a bit close for a traditional wedding, I know, but this clearly isn't one. More of a cocktail party, with wedding tints.
I think it'll all turn out well! Fun and low key and with just enough nods to keep the traditionalists happy without breaking into our "Moving to Seattle" fund -- my lease is up at the end of February, and we're carefully tending that fund so that we can get an apartment and have a bit of cushion to find jobs, in case I can't transfer to the Half-Price Books out there, and in case Boy can't find a new job quickly.
Also, if any of you happen to find yourself in Kansas City on September 1st, you are absolutely invited to my reception!
But we still want a party! We were hoping to hold the reception in a yard, at either my folk's place or his, but that fell through. So we're going to have to pay for a venue. I made the deposit today -- It's quite a nice place! Low fuss and rather lovely, a stone paved basement with a working fireplace and a nice sound system -- we're figuring out how to turn our Google Music account into a sort of jukebox our guests can pick songs for, and we'll probably have some karaoke going as well as dancing -- but still, even though it's significantly cheaper than most of the wedding venues around here, it still costs more than we wanted to pay. And since we're paying for the venue, we'll need to find other funds for food and drink.
With that in mind, we decided to set up a GoFundMe account -- an "in lieu of gifts" sort of thing, for our friends who might want to pitch in towards the reception and the honeymoon. I mean, it's not like we really need a new toaster or a new set of bath towels, and I know most of my family at least would prefer to give some sort of gift.
Still feels a bit weird though. Even though I know it's getting more common to "register" your honeymoon and such.
To save some money, I ordered some business cards instead of invitations, with the url to a wedding website I set up. (13 dollars for a hundred cards versus 60+ for 50 invitations! The Wedding Industrial Complex is ridiculous) We'll pass those out to local guests and mail them off to those a bit further away. They should arrive the first week of June. Cutting it a bit close for a traditional wedding, I know, but this clearly isn't one. More of a cocktail party, with wedding tints.
I think it'll all turn out well! Fun and low key and with just enough nods to keep the traditionalists happy without breaking into our "Moving to Seattle" fund -- my lease is up at the end of February, and we're carefully tending that fund so that we can get an apartment and have a bit of cushion to find jobs, in case I can't transfer to the Half-Price Books out there, and in case Boy can't find a new job quickly.
Also, if any of you happen to find yourself in Kansas City on September 1st, you are absolutely invited to my reception!
