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I took off Thursday and Friday before the wedding. It didn’t matter because mentally, I left work Monday morning:)

We had that monday off of work, it was a holiday, I was supposed to go in Tuesday but I got sick so I stayed home, tuesday night we flew back to the east coast. If we didn’t have to travel so far I think two - three days would be enough. I actually used Monday to do wedding stuff as well.

I’m taking off at noon on Friday before the wedding on Saturday.

I’m getting married on the 30th. They knew when they hired me that I would need time off for the wedding.

I’m taking off the Friday before Christmas (for the two day road trip to my house), and won’t be back ’til the Friday after my wedding (January 5).

Granted, I’m over 1000 miles away from where the wedding will take place, but my boss was very generous giving me 3 days time off without pay.

I’m a student, so I’ll be headed down to my hometown (where the wedding is) shortly after the semester ends–call it 2 weeks before the wedding But then we have to be back in our college town 8 days after the wedding for our summer semester, so we can’t take a super-long honeymoon.

d–ours has various “packages” costing between $150 and $300.

Hello! My sister-in-law is having a wedding this saturday and does not want to spend any money on decorations - INCLUDING table decorations!!! Anyone know of a place/website to buy cheap vases (or even cake holders?) I was thinking candels / xmas ornamets or something inside those vases! ideas/ suggestions/ help?!

Di,

If I were you I’d check out thrift stores and dollar stores. You can get votives 4/$1.00 at many dollar stores, and if you can arrange a few of them on a flat plate (even a dinner plate will work!) then you’re set with a lovely centerpiece!

Also, mix’n'match is very popular right now, so she could just gather vases from friends and family, combine them in fun assortments (various shapes, colors, heights) on each table, and put a candle inside. (tealights are dirt cheap–about 20/$1.00, if you know where to look)

I’d suggest going to your nearest dollar store and seeing what you can come up with I just got a beautiful fake “holly” wreath that’s just big enough to hold a 3″ pillar candle.

Of course, you don’t have to limit yourself to candles. You can make flowers very cheaply using tissue paper. Martha Stewart Weddings has some great instructions, and there’s also the “zig zag” or “accordion” method that can make some beautiful flowers You can put those in the aforementioned mix and match vases, too

Or, you can make a stunning statement using branches: take several small and interesting-shaped branches (lots of twigs and whatnot), spray paint them in the wedding’s colors (white is always elegant), stick them in cubes or globes of floral foam (available at Wal-Mart), then put each one in a terra cotta pot (go to a garden center; those pots will be dirt cheap this time of year!) and tie a festive ribbon around each one.

Let me know if this isn’t enough to get you started; I’ve got a lot more ideas

Also - Thanks sunshiney!! (didn’t mean to overlook!)

Check out IKEA if you have one in your area–you can get some very inexpensive, but nicely designed, vases, bowls, and candleholders. They lliterally have thousands of those little glass tealight and votive holders, generally in several colors plus clear, ready for you to pick up and buy, for hardly any money. They also usually have inexpensive ornaments, if there are any left at this point in December. And their big bags of tealights and votives are cheap as can be. Just be careful of their larger candles, they’re not dripless. It might be worth spending a little more money and getting good candles, if you go with tapers or pillars. Good luck, and congrats to your sister-in-law!

Flobster to save money in your situation, I think the best thing would be to cut down your guest list. If you really want to have it on the beach, do so with a handful of close friends, and have a larger reception later in a cheaper place.

Also, maybe you could have a rehearsal dinner picnic on the beach, a ceremony on the beach, and a reception somewhere else (that will be cheaper if it’s not on “prime beachfront property”). Good luck!