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The importance of chairs.  <— That is what this wedding has done to me. I’ve resorted to full dissertations on the importance of chairs. Not any ol’ chairs, obviously: chiavari chairs.

Remember our discussion about this? There was quite a wide range of comments from “chiavari chairs were the single most important design element of our wedding,” to “I don’t remember the chairs and our guests didn’t either.”

Well, after my post, I put the chair issue on the back burner. At the time, we hadn’t picked a caterer, a photographer, and there were a lot of other important details to iron out first. Now that those things are done, we’re back to the details, and well, the chairs are center stage.

During the few months we had “off” talking about this, I just assumed we’d get the chiavari chairs when the time came. I figured we’d have SOME wiggle room in the budget, and how expensive could they really be? What? Maybe $3 or $4 per chair, right? Wrong.

Try $7 or $8, which—even for a small-ish wedding like ours—totals nearly $800.

OMG!

The chairs are important, but I don’t know that they are $800 important!

Wow. Yes. We’re talking about $800 chairs.

This is crazy. I realize that. I’m so ashamed we’re even discussing such things. Isn’t this some people’s mortgage for the month? It just doesn’t seem right, but (be warned before you read any further. I’m losing my mind) I still want them.

Now, Mr. B’s arguments goes like this: “You’ve got to let the chairs go. We’re spending thousands and thousands on this wedding, and that should faze you. You should be able to forget the chairs.”

My argument goes like this: “Exactly. We’re spending thousands and we need these chairs because they MAKE the room. They change everything. Not to mention, I’ve always wanted them and if I would have known we couldn’t afford them, I wouldn’t have chosen this venue… (I could go on for days).”

Seriously y’all, because I was loving the Josephine Butler House and chaivari chairs are included there! I also wouldn’t have spent as much money on my dress if I knew the chairs were off the table. Where were my budget skills these last few months? How could I forget we needed money for these chairs?

Ugh. How could they be $7?

Really? How is that even legal?

Devastation.

That’s all I can say, and I really have nobody to blame but myself, either. We should have budgeted! Oh we should have known!

We might try to try to make it work, but it’s one of those things I might have to get over.

I know we’ve all had budget woes in some shape or form along this journey as brides-to-be. What’s yours? Is there something you really want for you wedding that you may not be able to afford?