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Miss French Fries, Milwaukee Age and Occupation: 27, Paralegal Fiance's Age and Occupation: 35, Investments Advisor Engagement Date: September 20, 2008 Wedding Date: June 2010 Venue: Ceremony: St. Paul the Apostle Church, Reception: Hotel Ballroom About Me: I'm a Midwestern girl who longs to live in a warmer climate (my feet would be happy in flip flops any day!). I love travel, impromptu napping, grilled cheese sandwiches, my iPhone, singing with reckless abandon in my car, and Mr. French Fries.
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Immune?

October 30th, 2009 @ 11:34 am by Miss French Fries

The other day, I was getting my teeth cleaned. (That really has almost nothing to do with the story, except that the hygienist who cleans my teeth is always super chatty, and usually asks me questions while that sharp pointy hook thing is in my mouth, painfully scraping away at my gumline. This makes it pretty hard to answer, as you might imagine.) The point…

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Miss Parfait, Chicago Age and Occupation: 26, Teacher Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Senior Online Consultant Engagement Date: February 14, 2009 Wedding Date: April 2010 Venue: Signature Events About Me: I have a soft spot for all things sweet and romantic. Desserts, love songs, sappy movies? Yes, yes, and ohh yes. My fiance and I enjoy singing to our dogs, creating crazy ice cream sundaes, and generally being lovey dovey cuddle bunnies. We also do socially acceptable things like dancing, throwing Frisbees, playing high stakes board games, and taking unreasonably fun road-trips. We're planning a Korean/Serbian wedding with plenty of playful, personal touches!
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Finding My Inner Tough Cookie

October 6th, 2009 @ 2:37 pm by Miss Parfait

When it comes to getting my way and negotiating, I’m a little less “tough cookie” and a little more “wimpy, mushy cookie". As an illustration:

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Real Budgets Feature Launched: July 3, 2007 About: Real wedding budgets submitted by former brides.
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Real Budgets: Alissa and Jacob

October 6th, 2009 @ 9:31 am by Real Budgets

Date: July 11, 2009
City, State: Santa Barbara, CA
Initial Budget: $43K
# of Guests: 270 invited, 180 attended

Wedding Day Costs

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Mrs. Swan, New York City Age and Occupation: 31, Legislative Representative Fiance's Age and Occupation: 33, Finance Guy Engagement Date: August 9, 2008 Wedding Date: August 2009 Venue: Battery Gardens About Me: I am an un-crafty but resourceful, Caribbean-born but New York-raised woman who's been known to analyze "Dancing with the Stars" and “So You Think You Can Dance”, buy stinky cheese, and use way too many parentheses. I keep lists for fun, am constantly daydreaming of my next international travel adventure (four continents down, three to go), debating sports (let’s Got Mets/Giants!) and dancing around my apartment to stay sane. I am excited to share our wedding planning journey as I hope to plan a streamlined, personal, and fun wedding with the greatest life partner I could ever imagine, Mr. Swan.
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The Streamlined Bride

October 5th, 2009 @ 4:05 pm by Mrs. Swan

As I said before, my biggest piece of advice is to make sure that you have fun during your wedding.

I spent a lot of time looking like this during our reception:

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Miss Parfait, Chicago Age and Occupation: 26, Teacher Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Senior Online Consultant Engagement Date: February 14, 2009 Wedding Date: April 2010 Venue: Signature Events About Me: I have a soft spot for all things sweet and romantic. Desserts, love songs, sappy movies? Yes, yes, and ohh yes. My fiance and I enjoy singing to our dogs, creating crazy ice cream sundaes, and generally being lovey dovey cuddle bunnies. We also do socially acceptable things like dancing, throwing Frisbees, playing high stakes board games, and taking unreasonably fun road-trips. We're planning a Korean/Serbian wedding with plenty of playful, personal touches!
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A Battle a Day…

September 30th, 2009 @ 11:22 am by Miss Parfait

… keeps the debt away! *Fists up*!

One sunny Saturday, I was having an all-out brawl with our budget. Meanwhile, Adam was having a Super Soakers war with his little cousins. I think that means we were pretty much in sync that day.

That morning, I created a budget worksheet to keep track of our wedding expenses. I made four columns: Item, Percentage of Budget, Expected…

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Mrs. Joey, Seattle Age and Occupation: 28, Project Administrator for Public Health NGO Fiance's Age and Occupation: 30, High School History Teacher Engagement Date: June 24, 2008 Wedding Date: August 2009 Venue: Eastside Catholic Chapel and Lake Union Cafe About Me: I'm a Seattle girl through and through except for the fact that I don't drink coffee. I love my job most of the time because I get to travel and work with brilliant people who are trying to prevent Malaria. I love DIY projects of all sorts, cooking, and watching sports. I'd wear anything at Anthropologie and could spend all day on Etsy. I love to travel but shouldn't because I always get myself into unbelievable situations!
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The Joeys’ Final Budget Breakdown

September 2nd, 2009 @ 1:25 pm by Mrs. Joey

Thanks to everyone who voted on how I should tackle the daunting task of recaps. It looks like I’ll be starting with the budget, then what I’d do differently, followed by the week before, and the recaps.

Right. Now to the task at hand: the budget breakdown.

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Mrs. Penguin, Northern California Age and Occupation: 27, Weddingbee Editor in Chief Fiance's Age and Occupation: 30, Doctor of Physical Therapy Engagement Date: January 29, 2007 Wedding Date: June 7, 2008 Blogging Since: September 14, 2007 Venue: Winery in the Gold Country About Me: I love the Spice Girls, dogs with underbites, bean burritos, making messes, high fives, avoiding showers, crossword puzzles, blogs, weddings, and blogs about weddings!
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The Cost of Being a Wedding Guest

August 26th, 2009 @ 11:53 am by Mrs. Penguin

I am blessed on the wedding front. I was among the first of my friends to get engaged, and dutifully, my family, best friends, and bridesmaids went all-out and provided me with the full “bridal” experience that I was hoping for, but wasn’t necessarily expecting. I really got the “bridal works”. In turn, as my close friends travel their own roads to the altar, I’m…

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Mrs. Sprinkle, Los Angeles Age and Occupation: 26, Preschool Teacher Fiance's Age and Occupation: 30, Television Production/Writer Engagement Date: December 24, 2008 Wedding Date: September 2009 Venue: The Marvimon House About Me: I'm a Bay Area native trying to create a life for myself (and my fiance, and our three cats!) in the vast city of Los Angeles. I love vegan red velvet cupcakes, pilates ,and mid-century furniture. Mr. Sprinkle and I met when my band toured through his city (we bonded over cake and a mutual love of Morrissey) and we are getting married on the four year anniversary of our first date. When I am not teaching preschool (or blogging!) you can find me perfecting recipes, petting kittens, hiking in Griffith Park, and overusing exclamation points. We are planning a vegan, green-as-possible, DIY wedding, and I couldn't be more excited to share all of the details!
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Project: Invitations! (Pt.2)

August 17th, 2009 @ 2:40 pm by Mrs. Sprinkle

As promised, here are a few tips and tricks I picked up on our invitation making journey!

Supply and Cost Breakdown:

We made 75 invitations total. 60 were mailed out, 10 or so were misprinted (Goccoing is hard!) and we kept a few for photos and such!

All items are from PaperSource unless otherwise noted.

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Mrs. Cupcake, Philadelphia Age and Occupation: 27, Graphic Designer Fiance's Age and Occupation: 29, Construction Project Manager Engagement Date: February 10, 2007 Wedding Date: September, 2008 Blogging Since: December 7, 2007 Venue: The Desmond Hotel in Malvern, PA About Me: Mr. Cupcake and I hit it off at a Halloween party and immediately began a long-distance relationship. After two years, he moved to my neck of the woods, and a year and a half after that, he proposed at the “place we fell in love.” I am a true perfectionist who enjoys designing and creating more work for myself, so wedding planning is my perfect outlet. Mr. Cupcake and I are both old souls, and we hope to weave that aspect of our personalities into our wedding day.
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The Non-Negotiating Bride

August 14th, 2009 @ 4:06 pm by Mrs. Cupcake

Recently, Mr. Cupcake had a job interview (side note: please cross your fingers he gets this one!), and the recruiter who helped him get the interview prepped him with some questions beforehand. He told Mr. C to have a few examples in mind of times that he negotiated, in both his former job and his personal life, to get a lower price on a big-ticket…

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Mrs. Gloss, Boston/Maine Age and Occupation: 24, Designer/soon-to-be Architect Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Systems Engineer Engagement Date: May 23, 2008 Wedding Date: August 2009 Venue: SS Katahdin/Lakeside Tent About Me: I don't like nickels or the skin that forms on pudding when it's in the fridge for too long. I couldn't live without Pantone markers, fountain soda (3/4 diet, ¼ regular Coke), run-on sentences, or ridiculously oversized sunglasses. I will try to DIY almost anything and am just OCD enough to make most of it work. I am truly excited about having all my family and friends together, becoming Mrs. Gloss, and having amazing photos to prove it!
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A Whole New Threshold…

August 7th, 2009 @ 3:33 pm by Mrs. Gloss

I get it. I finally understand how wedding budgets spiral out of control. It’s the spending threshold. After you spend $180 on a pair of jeans (even if it was a special treat/just once kind-of-deal in your mind) $90 jeans just seem like a bargain. You’ve broken into another spending category and there is no turning back.

I mean what’s another $400 when you’ve already spent…

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Real Budgets Feature Launched: July 3, 2007 About: Real wedding budgets submitted by former brides.
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The Bees’ Honeymoon Budgets

July 13th, 2009 @ 2:00 pm by Real Budgets

We hope you’ve enjoyed our Real Bee Budgets series! We’re wrapping it up today with, what else, but honeymoons! Be sure to check out all the posts in our Real Bee Budgets series!

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The Peep Toes’ Honeymoon

Location: Panama for 14 nights and 13 days
Flight: Air miles. First class the whole way on American Airlines

  • In country flights (three legs): $350.
  • Rental Car for 3 days: ~$200
  • Hotels: Between 150-220…
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The Bees’ Alcohol Budgets

July 12th, 2009 @ 12:40 pm by Real Budgets

Here is a little glimpse into how some of the bees ensured their guests didn’t go thirsty! Be sure to check out all the posts in our Real Bee Budgets series!

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Mrs. Cherry Pie’s Alcohol/Drinks

Total: I can’t correctly give a total or cost per head because we took lots of unconsumed bottles of wine and Coke home with us and only drank a third of the…

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Mrs. Gloss, Boston/Maine Age and Occupation: 24, Designer/soon-to-be Architect Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Systems Engineer Engagement Date: May 23, 2008 Wedding Date: August 2009 Venue: SS Katahdin/Lakeside Tent About Me: I don't like nickels or the skin that forms on pudding when it's in the fridge for too long. I couldn't live without Pantone markers, fountain soda (3/4 diet, ¼ regular Coke), run-on sentences, or ridiculously oversized sunglasses. I will try to DIY almost anything and am just OCD enough to make most of it work. I am truly excited about having all my family and friends together, becoming Mrs. Gloss, and having amazing photos to prove it!
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The Big ‘B’…

July 9th, 2009 @ 12:12 pm by Mrs. Gloss

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Yesterday, Mary Jane talked about the the Big ’D’- well I’m going to talk about my personal evil - the big ’B’… the budget.

Do I have one? Yes.
Do I follow it? Not really.
Will I put myself in debt? Nope.
Does that make it okay to spend, spend, spend? Jury’s still out on that one…

When Mr. Gloss and I first started discussing the wedding we said, it…

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The Bees’ Transportation Budgets

July 8th, 2009 @ 1:10 pm by Real Budgets

Here’s a peek into how some of the bees transported themselves and their guests to their weddings! Be sure to take a look at the rest of the posts in our Real Bee Budgets series!

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Mrs. Flamingo’s Transportation

Mode: Rental of one Vintage 1957 Bentley to transport Bride and Groom.
Price: $425

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The Bees’ Wedding Ring Budgets

July 6th, 2009 @ 6:25 pm by Real Budgets

Here are the bees’ budgets for wedding bands! Were you able to find the perfect rings for your budget? Be sure to check out the rest of the categories in our Real Bee Budget series!

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The Sushis’ wedding rings

Mrs. Sushi’s Ring
Engraved yellow gold over top of white gold, Hawaiian Jewelry
Vendor: NEX, HI
Price: $575

I knew I wanted to get Hawaiian jewelry as my wedding ring, so we…

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