I am going to attempt to post my budget and my floral budget in this post. I'm at work currently - what better place to do this? LOL
Well, I got left behind to "meg" (I refuse to be sexist and say man) the desk while everyone else is going to an employee barbecue. I shall work on this now and if I don't get it done, I'll finish it up tonight.
Wedding Ceremony - 11:30am - 1pm, October 12th, 2009
AV and Technical Services
1 Audio System at 715.00 904.48
Catering Food and Beverage
Ceremony Location Usage @900.00 900.00
Catering Fees and Equipment
Ceremony Location Usage @1100.00 1171.50
Entertainment
1 Major Domo Announcer @ 650.00 650.00
Florist
1 Wedding Package at 2636.00 2806. 28
Floral Moving Fees at 25.00 each 25.00
Transportation
1 Minicoach - Roundtrip at 320.25 320.25
Estimated Event Total 6777.51
Wedding Cake Delivery 11:30-12:00pm on Monday October 12th
Catering and Beverage
1 Wedding Cake - No Service Charge at 425.00 452.63
Pre-Reception/Reception 12:30pm - 4:30pm
Bar
Hosted Soda and Bottled Water Bar at 4.00 each 902.06
Catering Food and Beverage
33 Custom Lunch Buffet @61.00 Guest 2594.05
2 Child's Gus and Jaq Lunch at 23.00 Guest 59.28
3 Chef's Choice Vendor Meal at 23.00 Guest 88.92
35 Antipasto Display at 14.25 Guest 642.72
1 Wedding Cake Handling Fee at 89.25 95.05
Catering Fees and Equipment
1 Fee, Bartender at 100.00 each 106.50
Entertainment
1 DJ Wedding Package at 1500 each 1500.00
1 Formal Mickey/Minnie and Donald and Stitch 2000.00
Estimated Event Total 7988.58
Dessert Party 8:30-9:30p on Monday October 12th
EPCOT 35 Guests
Operations/Attractions
35 Illuminations Viewing Fee at 12.95 Guest 482.71
1 Venue Rental at 250.00 each 266.25
Catering Food and Beverage
35 Build a Brownie Dessert Party @ 22 Guest 992.26
Photography, Video and Multimedia
1 Dessert Package Photography at 350.00 each 350.00
Transportation
1 Motorcoach - Roundtrip @ 489.50 489.50
Estimated Event Total 2500.72
For a grand total of...............................$17,719.44
Budget for Disney Wedding from Father....... 20K, excluding tax and service charges
Most definitely under budget!!
I probably could have come in around the minimum had I not done alot of floral, and skipped the characters. But with the theme being New England Garden, I knew I needed a good amount of floral. I really have no excuse for the characters other than, when all that drama happened I indulged!
I might cut that down to just two before the cutoff, but we'll see!
Things that I did that are saving me dinero! They're some what unconventional, but so am I!
1. No alcohol at the wedding! We don't drink, and we have family members who are recovering alcoholics and people who are opposed to it for religious reasons, so we decided right off that we didn't need it.
2. Taking hoopty transportation - instead of making a grand entrance in the carriage or other forms of transport, we decided to just get a mini bus to get us all from POFQ to the Boardwalk. Rob and I are doing a first look, so it wasn't a huge priority (if any) for us to have stylin transport.
3. The drama ended up paying off - by moving our times around, we save 250.00 on the DJ! Who woulda thunk??
It makes your wedding day last a big longer...yes it will probably be exhausting but you only get one!
The hour that's being knocked off allows me to catch some ZZzzzs!
I really think the bolero will help with the whole linebacker thing I have going on in the dress. I'll definitely have to get better pictures at my next fitting on the 13th... I think (how bad is that? I can't remember anything lately!!) 
Under budget! YES!!
