A Bigger Budget Does Not Mean Better
So many women mistakenly think that if your budget is bigger, then your wedding is automatically going to be better. Conversely, they mistakenly think that if you have a small budget to work with it means your wedding isn’t going to be as nice. I was recently at two weddings where it was exactly the opposite case. For the sake of non-disclosure, we’ll cal the big budget wedding “Wedding A” and the small budget one “Wedding B.”
First, let’s talk about the wedding dresses. Both brides looked absolutely beautiful in their wedding dress. Bride A’s wedding dress cost her a couple grand, while Bride B’s cost only a few hundred. However, they were equally beautiful. (Bride B was smart and got all her bridal dresses from an online bridal shop. She saved a ton of money that way. She was able to get a dress she normally wouldn’t have been able to afford for much less.) Next, the bridesmaid dresses. Bride A’s bridesmaid dresses were not so cute unfortunately. They were expensive but they did not work well with the bridal gown, nor did they flatter her bridesmaids that well. Bride B also got her bridesmaid dresses from the online source, so she not only saved her bridal party money but she also managed to choose dresses that both complemented her and looked fabulous on them.
As for the food, Bride A did the traditional sit down dinner, which was very good by the way. But Bride B had greater success with her passed trays and her two food stations because it kept people mingling and dancing. Bride A had a better bar, I’ll admit, because she had every liquor you could possibly imagine as a selection. However, I did not hear a single complaint about the bar at Bride B’s wedding. As long as you have the standards, you’re golden really. As far as the music, Bride A hired a DJ for her wedding, but to be honest, he was rather obnoxious. Mostly, he just got on everyone’s nerves. Bride B developed a variety of play lists through her ipod and commissioned one of her bridesmaids’ fiancé to be in charge of the music. She had a ceremony play list, a cocktail hour play list, etc. The music was awesome and there was no annoying DJ shouting at you on his mic every two seconds because he was in love with the sound of his own voice. For the flowers, Bride A had these beautiful, enormous and elaborate centerpieces. They were perfect and fit the size and style of her venue well. Bride B was able to choose much simpler floral arrangements because she smartly chose a venue that helped her make those kind of budgetary choices naturally. Her flowers didn’t look “cheap;”they just looked like they fit, if you know what I mean.
As you can see, money does not guarantee a great wedding nor does lack of money necessarily mean a bad wedding. Sometimes strict budgets lead to great creativity.
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