How much did your wedding cost?

[*Fantasia*]

Was it a large wedding? Intimate? Aproximately how many attended?

Was it at church, chapel, beach, backyard, ship or disney?

buffet or full serve?

live band or dj?

daytime or evening?

flowers?

wedding gown?

cake?

photographer?

How long ago?

What was something blue.. something borrowed.. and something new?.. and I forgot to add.. something old?

 

[Micca]

Well it was a long time ago--1974. We didn't want a big wedding ceremony, so we were married in DW's parents living room with about 8 people present.
Afterwards, we went out on their back lawn for the reception with a pretty large group of people. There was lots of champagne, some very nice food, and a piano player. DW's wedding gown was made for her and I don't know how much it cost--probably a few hundred dollars. I'm going to guess it was around $2000 dollars including the small amount of flowers.

 

[JimFitz]

Was it a large wedding? Intimate? Aproximately how many attended?

Was it at church, chapel, beach, backyard, ship or disney?

buffet or full serve?

live band or dj?

daytime or evening?

flowers?

wedding gown?

cake?

photographer?

How long ago?

What was something blue.. something borrowed.. and something new?

I voted 30 -50. We had help with some, but paid most ourselves. We had a huge blast and it was awesome.

Getting Married soon?????

 

[pearlieq]

About $10,000 for everything, including the honeymoon.

It was 5 years ago, and we had the ceremony and reception at our church. The reception was a buffet dinner from a wonderful local Italian restaurant, and we had great DJ's for dancing afterwards. There were about 100 guests.

My gown was...OK. Back then they didn't have as many great designs for plus sized women. It was an Alfred Angelo and had trim on the bottom, which was very important to me for some reason.

The photography and videography cost a fortune, but they both turned out well. We gave out custom made CDs as favors and had a cupcake cake.

We capped the whole thing off with 10 days at WDW.

All in all, it was great, but I never want to do it again!

 

[*Fantasia*]

I voted 30 -50. We had help with some, but paid most ourselves. We had a huge blast and it was awesome.

Getting Married soon?????

nah.. i wish! i am very much so at the right age! i'm like way over 30! well.. less than 4 0. i was just wondering how much the wedding cost nowadays.

 

[disykat]

Mine was less than 5K and still would be in today's dollars. You might ask people to count for inflation in your poll.

We had a simple evening wedding with a dessert reception at our church. We hired a string quartet for the music. We had about 150 guests.

 

[kmp1191]

Mine was approx $6000.00 back in 1991.
I really don't remember how much it was per "item".
My dress was long sleeved w/ a sweetheart neckline....and a cathedral lenght train....darn thing weighed 60+lbs!!
DJ was great!! I do know that EVERYONE was dancing ALL NIGHT!!!

I'm a photographer now, and I can tell you, weddings are outrageous!! People spend anywhere from $15K - $100K nowdays! I couldn't imagine spending that kind of money!

 

[ntburns22]

I got married at 20, seven years ago. I had the wedding my parents always wanted. I would of had a smaller one but it was one great night.

250 people
family style dinner
We were married in one hall and partied in another
gown was off the $99 rack

The prices includes my parents and sister's wedding attire,invites, bar, flowers, pictures, video, cake. Basically everything. Inlaws did the rehersal dinner and the DJ.

 

[binny]

First time we got married:

Was it at church, chapel, beach, backyard, ship or disney?
Church

buffet or full serve?
N/A just wedding cake and and some other snack type foods

live band or dj?
neither

daytime or evening?
mid day

flowers?
a friend did them. They were beautiful white roses, carnations and several others. Cost $250.

wedding gown?
Beautiful, off the rack though, and last years model LOL cost $350 with the veil.

cake?
again a friend. I think it cost around $100.

photographer?
frined of a friend cant remember, less than $500

How long ago?
14 years almost


What was something blue.. something borrowed.. and something new? No idea.



Second wedding Vow renewal at our tenth anniversary

Was it at church, chapel, beach, backyard, ship or disney?
beach in Hawaii at sunset

buffet or full serve?
neither, it was just the 2 of us and the minister and the photographer
dh and I went to a nice dinner afterwards.

live band or dj?
neither

daytime or evening?
evening

flowers?
not this time but we have beautiful leis

wedding gown?
bought at Ross in Hawaii

cake?
a wonderful dessert from Roys in Hawaii Kai. A gift from the chef

photographer?
Nice man, I think it was about $100 and he handed us the roll of film afterwards.

How long ago? Almost 4 years

What was something blue.. something borrowed.. and something new?
something blue, my dress, something new the lei, and nothing borrowed.

 

[ElizaB39]

Was it a large wedding? Intimate? Aproximately how many attended?
I guess Large, about 150 people, 4 attendants, full Catholic Mass.


Was it at church, chapel, beach, backyard, ship or disney?
Church, see above.


buffet or full serve?
Full service, 10.00 per plate, stuffed chicken breast, and sides. Plus $$ for Champagne toast, 3 carafes of wine at each table, two kegs of beer, and cash bar for the hard stuff (I know I know).

live band or dj?
DJ - $350.00

daytime or evening?
Late afternoon 4 pm

flowers?
Real, live ones, garden style bouquet for me. About 500.00

wedding gown?
Yes floor length with very slight train, 325.00 125.00 for headpiece, shoes around 50.00 and then I sewed appliques on them so they would look dressier? Was I nuts or what?

cake?
Yes, 150.00 delish. The lady who made the cake still talks about our wedding to my mom and that was 15 years ago.

photographer?
Yes, wish we would have paid more money for a better one, don't remember the cost, maybe 500?

How long ago?
15 years.

What was something blue.. something borrowed.. and something new?
Blue were ribbons sewn on my crinoline, borrowed and old were the pearl earrings from granny, new was my necklace, dress etc.

We also put disposable cameras on each table, before they were sold in kits. I didn't have flowers on my tables, we have mirror tiles with candles and confetti and ribbon strewn around. Our bouquets were the flowers at the head table.

I think the total was over 5000 when all was said and done but I never did add it all up. I should get the shoebox out and do it on our anniversay in October!

 

[scrump]

Ours was immediate family only, 8 people total. We rented out a small tea salon in a historic inn, and had a private dinner afterwards. We flew the family in, and paid for their accommodations, so everything together was probably $5000 - $6000 (Manhattan dollars).

 

[JVL1018]

Was it a large wedding? Intimate? Aproximately how many attended?
Medium, I guess. We had about 160 people, I believe.
I think it was about $13,000, maybe a little less, I don't think it was more, but I'm not sure.

Was it at church, chapel, beach, backyard, ship or disney?
church ceremony

buffet or full serve?
Full serve dinner.
1 1/2 hour cocktail hour,with a buffet, plus carving stations, plus passed hors d'oeuvres, open bar thorughout that and the 4 hour sit down dinner and dancing after the coktail hour

live band or dj?
DJ!

daytime or evening?4 pm wedding, 5:30/6:00 cocktail hour, 7 pm dinner

flowers?
I don't even remember. Pink & white roses and stephanotis..and some other pink flower I think..

wedding gown?
Long, white, too froofy looking back, not my style at all now, but I was only 21 what did I know then? LOL

cake?
White with chocolate filling.
Had I been older and been to more weddings prior( I think I had been to 2 and one was when I was 9 LOL) I would totally have changed it. I was so young I didn't really get all I could do according to my wishes so I would have done a few things differently. Chocolate cake being one of them

photographer?
Yes and videographer

How long ago?
14 years ago this October

What was something blue.. something borrowed.. and something new?
Hmmm, something blue:garter
Something borrowed:..I forget, had to be something of my Mom's,
Something new: the pearl earrings my parents gave me..
and I also had "and a penny in your shoe"

 

[becka]

We got married in 1997 for around $3000. DH and I paid for about $1000, my parents about $1000 and DH's parents about $1000.

Was it a large wedding? Intimate? Aproximately how many attended?

We had a small wedding with mostly just close friends and family. I would say we had around 50 people attend.

Was it at church, chapel, beach, backyard, ship or disney?

We had our wedding at the Chapel at College of the Ozarks (the school DH and I met at and graduated from less than 2 weeks prior to our wedding). It is a beautiful large church so we didn't even come close to filling even the first 5 pews.

buffet or full serve?

Neither. We just had cake and punch in the reception hall in the basement of the church.

live band or dj?

No music.

daytime or evening?

Our wedding was at 1 in the afternoon with the reception immediately after.

flowers?

Silk arrangements that my MIL made.

wedding gown?

The first dress I tried on. I think I paid right around $300 for it.

cake?

Cake for a local grocery store. It looked beautiful and I am told that it was the best tasting wedding cake people ever had. Unfortunatly I never did get any.

photographer?

Local photographer who did lots of weddings there at the Chapel

How long ago?

May 24, 1997 so a little over 9 years ago

What was something blue.. something borrowed.. and something new?

Yes to all of the above!

 

[KarenAylwood]

Not to slight ya'll... but I REALLY want to hear from the two people that voted over $100K!!

 

[CEDmom]

Was it a large wedding? Intimate? Aproximately how many attended?

Intimate, about 75 people

Was it at church, chapel, beach, backyard, ship or disney?

Church ceremony in an Episcopal Church with an Episcopal Minister and a Catholic Priest

buffet or full serve?

Buffet lunch

live band or dj?

DJ

daytime or evening?

morning ceremony - lunch reception

flowers?

I carried pink roses

wedding gown?

Ivory w/ full train

cake?

Traditional 3 tier

photographer?

Yes and videographer

How long ago?

10/1/94

What was something blue.. something borrowed.. and something new?

new dress, borrowed pearl necklace from my mom, blue undergarment

 

[MareQ]

Was it a large wedding? Intimate? Aproximately how many attended? 250 people

Was it at church, chapel, beach, backyard, ship or disney? Small 175 year old church then reception here http://www.themanorrestaurant.com/

buffet or full serve? Cocktail hour - 5 course sit down meal

live band or dj? string quartet for the cocktail hout then a DJ for the reception - hate bands

daytime or evening? sat night

flowers? lots of em - lol

wedding gown? yup had one of those too

cake? yup

photographer? yup and a videographer too

How long ago? 10 years ago this past June

What was something blue.. something borrowed.. and something new? Something blue - my garter - something borrowed my mother's earrings - something new my dress and something old - my veil was 95 years old

 

[Charade]

OMG! 3 over $100K?!?!?!

 

[spazzyjazzy]

Was it a large wedding? Yes, around 230 people

Was it at church, chapel, beach, backyard, ship or disney?

It was at a hotel and conference center

buffet or full serve?

Buffet and it was delicious.

live band or dj?

DJ and my son played Can You Feel The Love Tonight on his viola for me at the reception as surprise

daytime or evening?

Ceremony was at 4:30 and the reception went on until about midnight.

Flowers
Daisies and Roses

wedding gown?

The first dress I tried on. I tried it on just for the heck of it and it made my husband tear up. So, I had to get it. It was about 549.00

Cake?

Yes, It was four tiers. Chocolate and White icing. The bottom cake was Cherry Chip and White Icing, the second was Marble with Chocolate Icing, the third was Lemon with White icing and the top layer was White cake with Chocolate Icing. A friend from work made it.

photographer?

Yes and she was wonderful

How long ago?

April 1, 2006

What was something blue.. something borrowed.. and something new?

Something blue were my shoes
Something borrowed was my crinoline
something new was dress, necklace, bracelet and earrings.

 

[Toby'sFriend]

1987. I'm not sure of the exact total but I'm quite sure it was under $5k.

My gown was a couple of hundred from a local shop. Flowers were around $250 total, mostly in the Church. The ceremony was at the Methodist church and the reception was at the VFW hall. We had a Minister who was offically retired but knew my husband as a child. We paid him $50 but he donated it back to the Church. His wife was our organist and she also donated her fee.

Relatives of mine provided ham and roast beef and a local restaurant catered some side dishes. Some friends of mine took care of the punch and other drinks. Mom and I went in that morning before the ceremony and set up all the tables and decorated them. A college friend of my DHs brought a bunch of stereo equipment and speakers and was our DJ. My Mom thought she was being quite hip because we were both under 21, but she bought one keg of beer and some champagne for our table.

I did my own make-up, my sister did my hair. My bridesmaids paid for their own dresses. The Tux place had a special where the Groom got his for free but DH didn't think it was fair so all the guys just split the total bill.

For our honeymoon we drove to Chicago and had lots of fun.

BTW this was well before the current Wedding Extravaganza boom and my wedding wasn't considered to be "odd" or "small" or "cheap." It was pretty much the way everybody in our town got married.

 

[Laurajean1014]

Almost $30k - 186 people, 7 piece band, open bar, full courses - in 1989