Yes, there are a few wedding expenses that deserve all the wedding budget money you can spare. Here they are and why they're here.
1. Your ceremony officiant (okay, you knew this was coming from a NJ wedding officiant, right?) The ceremony is the first thing that happens on your wedding day. It sets the tone; it can either excite your guests or bore your guests to tears. Your cousin may be legal, but your cousin is probably boring. Your family minister may be too. Pick someone else.
2. Your bar. Dry weddings are dull weddings. You don't have to have every top shelf selection of liquor, but you need something; a limited bar (wine, beer, sodas) can be stylish and economical. No adult thinks lemonade is a party beverage.
3. Your photographer. Besides your license and a blender or two, this is what you take home. Get a great photographer and book whatever you can afford with them. One hundred great photos in three hours is a better choice than nine hours and 2000 meh ones.
4. Thank you notes. Get photo ones. Really thank your guests; this is expensive, more in time than in actual money, but every guest loves to see a photo and get a handwritten, heartfelt thank you for a wedding present or wedding presence.
5. Your perfume. Make it a new one, make it a special one. Our sense of smell gives us the strongest link to memories. Every time you wear that perfume, you'll both remember that day. My suggestion? Almost anything by Joe Malone!
1. Your ceremony officiant (okay, you knew this was coming from a NJ wedding officiant, right?) The ceremony is the first thing that happens on your wedding day. It sets the tone; it can either excite your guests or bore your guests to tears. Your cousin may be legal, but your cousin is probably boring. Your family minister may be too. Pick someone else.
2. Your bar. Dry weddings are dull weddings. You don't have to have every top shelf selection of liquor, but you need something; a limited bar (wine, beer, sodas) can be stylish and economical. No adult thinks lemonade is a party beverage.
3. Your photographer. Besides your license and a blender or two, this is what you take home. Get a great photographer and book whatever you can afford with them. One hundred great photos in three hours is a better choice than nine hours and 2000 meh ones.
4. Thank you notes. Get photo ones. Really thank your guests; this is expensive, more in time than in actual money, but every guest loves to see a photo and get a handwritten, heartfelt thank you for a wedding present or wedding presence.
5. Your perfume. Make it a new one, make it a special one. Our sense of smell gives us the strongest link to memories. Every time you wear that perfume, you'll both remember that day. My suggestion? Almost anything by Joe Malone!
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