Weddingbee Blog

Fewer weekends eating out and putting our money in a savings account with higher than average interest rates (like emigrant.com or ingdirect.com). We love, love to try new restaurants, but going out every weekend was starting to add up! So, we would do it only 2-3 times a month (compared to 5-6 times). The rest of the time, we would stay in and cook for each other. And I have to say that a meal cooked with love tastes SO much better.

I take my lunch to work, negotiate my APRs on my credit cards, and take a middle level grade gas (when I require a high octane). I can’t run on the lowest octane, the engine rattles, but it does fine on middle grade. I’m saving some b/c of the gas prices.

Here’s a good tip on gas station credit cards..

When the rebate amount drops after that promo time, you can use the credit card and get a discount on in store purchases, including gas cards!)

No new spring clothes. Well at least not as many as I would normally like. I got one new dress and I had to have a for sure double use for it in the near future. I am one of the lucky brides and my family is paying for the whole wedding. All my soon to be hubby and I have to pay for is the honeymoon.

bringing our own lunch mainly and making our own food at home (healthier for you anyway and i started to get tired of getting food poisoning from badly prepared food!) — i try to make home cooked food exciting by trying new recipes often.

i think my favorite secret way of saving money is taking advantage of the local public library — you can rent dvds for free (some libraries charge $1 per dvd but that still beats blockbuster’s prices).

and i try to avoid reading fashion magazines or visit fashion store websites so i don’t feel tempted to buy new things.

I only use paper money - no spare change even if it’s only pennies. At the end of the week I take all the change and put it in a jar. In a little under a year I saved almost $600 and used it for my wedding dress. I’m trying to recycle bottles but FI keeps giving them away! (Yes, the bags of bottles! He says it because they take up so much room.) Also, any money left in laundry goes straight to the change jar as well. Found $20 bucks in his jeans once but I figure if he forgot it was there, he gave up all claims to it.

definitely eat out less and cook more at home. eating out can seriously add up!

We were engaged the month before I graduated from college, so we never had to “cut back”–we just kept living like college students! Fi’s PhD stipend covers our tiny apartment, bills, and groceries. Basically, my entire first year’s salary will go to the wedding, but I’m proud that we’re able to do it all on our own.

i already work two jobs; my entire paycheck for my part-time job goes to the wedding. i added an extra shift on friday night; that way i have a built-in excuse for not going out to bars and clubs, and i make money instead. i do have saturday nights free!

We actually have been doing the change-saving idea for about a year now. We call it our honeymoon fund. My fiance practically dives on the floor of any restaraunt or store when there’s a penny or dime sitting there.
We also set up a budget for eating out weekly, since we do it alot, and out of the money we allot ourselves if we have any left over it goes to the honeymoon fund.