How to win your dream wedding

*Livin in Cali* asked:


Just got engaged last month after 5 1/2 yrs of being together
We had wanted a may 09 wedding…then we found out we’re moving to San Francisco in a couple months (from KY)…so we decided we couldn’t afford a wedding yet I really want to still have it in 2009… I’m totally disregarding a reception for now…I guess we can do that in like 2010 when we have more money.
I do not want favors or anything like that…I need to plan on atleast 100-150 people there…We have big families…he has a lot of extended. My brother is a photographer and will do the pix…So I am looking for some cheap ideas on a quick simple wedding (in Rochester, NY)…No food or anything!!!!

Please give some advice! Thanks ladies

***Serious answers only***

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thegirlsnextdoor2005 asked:


I am getting married on Halloween this year. We are having a gothic/romantic themed event, but it is VERY expensive! So I have entered a contest to win a shopping spree from David’s Bridal.

I’m wanting to know if you would vote for me? PLEASE! This is very important to me and I want to have the wedding of my dreams.

If you click the link below, you can read about some of the details of our wedding, and see a photo of my gown! Once you’ve clicked the link, PLEASE don’t forget to then click on the vote button!

Thank you so much for reading all this, and for helping to make my dream wedding come true!

http://www.brickfish.com/Pages/PhotosAlbums/PhotoView.aspx?picid=785468_23005179&=PP_VoteConfirm_401_PPIMEMAIL&isep=1&pbapi=1821099&pbvi=56257892

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Heather asked:


My BF and I have decided to get married. We have been together for 16 years and have 2 children together, ages 11 and 8. We have a very limited budget since I am in school full time.

Does anyone have any ideas as to how we could do this as cheap as possibe? How much does it cost to get married at the court house? or any vacation wedding ideas?

I’m open to any ideas!!

Thanks

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STEPHANIE asked:


My fiance and I recently realized (took a while) that even attempting to pay for a modest ($5000-$8000) wedding is just impossible. Neither of our parents are able to help out and quite frankly, we just don’t think it’s practical to spend all that money for 1 day. GRANTED it is the first day of our marriage, but when we talked it over we came to this conclusion: having an $8000 wedding doesn’t mean we love each other any more than having a $2000 wedding. We’re also new grads with new careers and live check to check so again, attempting to save $8000 is too much to expect.

On the lines of a much cheaper wedding I think it would be more fun and more laid-back if we had a wedding cookout! Our idea is to ask his mom and sister if we can utilize their land to set up a big tent, rent tables and chairs, and have 75 people over for our ceremony and reception.

I’m going to return the dress I have and go with an elegant white dress from Old Navy or someone (as long as it’s simple, relaxed, and elegant). The groom and the groomsmen can all wear tan khaki shorts with any variation of a blue collared top. My bridesmaids can wear any variation of a blue dress they want.

As for food and drinks, we plan on doing traditional cookout stuff.

My questions: does anyone have any other ideas/suggestions? has anyone been to a wedding like this and if so, what did you think?
Update

We do have a professional photographer for free. We have a JP marrying us for free. We are not hiring a DJ and instead we made our song list on our iPod. I quoted a tent, table, chairs, and a dance floor for $900 including setup and breakdown fees. We plan on doing evite invitations. The favors are going to be a selection of framed pictures of ourselves that people can choose from. We live in NH so liquor is super cheap and we figure we’ll spend about $200-$250 on it – all top shelf. We are doing cupcakes instead of a traditional cake. We’re either having the event catered or we’re doing the food ourselves… and that’s about it until I think of something else.

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magerrima asked:


My father is an alcoholic person who only brought pain and sadness to our family. My parents had an awful divorce 10 years ago. My brother lives with my dad, so if I invite only him, he won’t go because of my father. If I don’t invite neither my brother nor my dad, my mom won’t go because of my brother.
However, my mom already said that she will not sit on the same table as my dad, in case he’s invited.

This is so confusing ! Please help !

Another point to consider is that I decided that I will walk down the aisle by myself. If he’s invited and goes to the party, he will be for me just like any other guest. It sounds bitter, but even 10 years later I can barely look at his face. In the other hand I’d be self conscious if I don’t invite him at all to my wedding.

Am I contradicting myself ? Did anybody go through a similar situation ?
This has been harder to decide than the gown of my dreams !

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toni asked:


i need to find patterns for this part

THESEUS
Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour
Draws on apace. Four happy days bring in
Another moon. But oh, methinks how slow
This old moon wanes! She lingers my desires,
5 Like to a stepdame or a dowager
Long withering out a young man’s revenue.

HIPPOLYTA
Four days will quickly steep themselves in night.
Four nights will quickly dream away the time.
And then the moon, like to a silver bow
10 New bent in heaven, shall behold the night
Of our solemnities.

THESEUS
Go, Philostrate,
Stir up the Athenian youth to merriments.
Awake the pert and nimble spirit of mirth.
Turn melancholy forth to funerals.
15 The pale companion is not for our pomp.

Exit PHILOSTRATE

PHILOSTRATE exits.
Hippolyta, I wooed thee with my sword
And won thy love doing thee injuries.
But I will wed thee in another key,
With pomp, with triumph, and with reveling.

Enter EGEUS and his daughter HERMIA, and LYSANDER and DEMETRIUS

EGEUS
20 Happy be Theseus, our renownèd duke.

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paige asked:


I keep having this dream where it first starts off at a wedding and i’m the maid of honor and there’s this guy who is the best man and he’s done something to make me angry but he tries to apologize and i won’t allow him but then some how we become friends and we get closer and weird things keep happening and then i’m in the woods looking for something and my best friend is with me he’s telling me we should go back i tell him to go on i’ll meet up with him later i then take off running and then i find this place to lie down it’s like a cave but i don’t go in the cave i climb up on the rocks and lay down on this wooden platform and then i dose off to sleep when i wake up i hear branches crunching and then the wooden platform is breaks but i move back in time before i fall through and down below there’s these glowing eyes then i notice that they are werewolves and there are 3 one below me and 2 surronding the spot where i sat but they couldn’t reach me but they kept clawing at me then there was this howl that almost deafened me and another werewolf appears this one is jet black and the other ones coware away he then turns into human and it’s the best man guy and he stands there nude and holds his hand out towards me and i take it then were walking back to his house which is like this castle in the woods then there’s a growling again and the best man guy changes into his wolf form and backs me into a tree while he guards me and another jet black werewolf appears they appear to be on the same terms but then the new werewolf attacks the best man guy and then they scramble around on the forest floor and i lose track of which one is which and then one of the jet black werewolves prevails he doesn’t attack me so i assume he’s the best man guy and he then leads me back to his house still in his wolf form as i look back at the dead werewolf when we get to the house he takes me to the bedroom where he then changes into human form i then find out that it’s not the best man guy but his best friend he then knocks me out when i come to i’m tied to the bed naked he tells me that i’m the one that i’m the chosen one for something and i’m meant to be with him he then climbs on top of me and tells me he needs to plant his seed then the best man guy comes through the door and the best friend is shocked and then i can’t hear what they say everything becomes a blur and things become muffled and then i’m not sure what happened next but the dream just felt really real like it was actually happening so what does all this mean?
and no i don’t like when guys fight over me been there there again don’t like it but that dream is pretty fucking weird

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Gretchen K asked:


I had my ceremony and reception site (same location) all picked out. I am absolutely in love with them and they are perfect in every way…perfect size, location, price, atmosphere, and so on. I couldn’t believe I lucked out and found this place. But since this is an unusual venue and they don’t do a ton of rentals/weddings, they don’t take reservations super far in advance. So even though I talked to the owners and they said it’s fine for me to get married there on my date, I couldn’t officially reserve it yet bceause they don’t take reservations before 4 months prior to the event. Well, I just got a call saying they have decided to go through the process of changing ownership. The new owners arae changing the venue into something else. It might still be possible for me to have a ceremony there, but probably not a reception. (And they won’t even know that for a few more months.)

I am so disappointed because I was really looking forward to this place. And now, since I thought I already had a location, I have no venue and many other places are booked. I know it will work out and I’ll find a way and still have an awesome wedding, but it’s a downer. Just curious if anyone else suddenly “lost” their dream venue.

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littlebettycrocker asked:


I need some recipe ideas for food and drink for my upcoming May wedding and for the several showers that i am having. Any ideas for simple and cheap food and drinks would be very helpful.

Thanks

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??? ????? asked:


Me and my baby sister are having difficulties when it comes to the song for her first dance.

Now, I asked her to please dance to the song that I always dreamed of dancing to if I ever get remarried (very nice of me). I just want to watch, and cry. Its just a beautiful song.

But she says IDK? WTH??? She’s thinking she wants to this song..

Pretty lame-o for a wedding dance, if you ask me!

So, who wins?

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