April 17th, 2007
The Real Bride:
Is the Cost of Saving Money–Worth it?
I have mentioned in my writing about how saving money has been my personal mission as far as my wedding goes. I know that the “average” wedding in this area is $22,000…I have $10,000. So I know to save money, and still have the wedding of my dreams, I need to be creative.
So I thought I would try to make my own unity candle–I thought, “How hard could it possibly be to glue some pearls onto a candle?” Until I realized that just gluing the pearls on did not make them secure enough. So I put litte indentations in the candle to glue the pearls into–and the 1st candle I bought looked terrible after I did it, so I bought a different type of candle to try again–and it cracked. So here I am with 2 beat up candles (good thing we burn a ton of candles at home–they will be used) and still no unity candle. So as not to waste any more money, time, or expose myself to more aggravation and frustration, I went online and bought one for $35.00. Read more…
