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Mrs. Snow Pea, New York Age and Occupation: 26, Architectural Engineer and student Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Web Designer Engagement Date: July 4, 2005 Wedding Date: August 18, 2007 About Me: I am a DIY gal. From cooking, home improvements to wedding. Mr. Snow Pea and I met in college, and since then we've been like peas and carrots! Love cooking, traveling, and fishing.

I’m A Maniac, Maniac!

July 27th, 2007 @ 9:29 am by Mrs. Snow Pea

So it’s been a little quiet lately on my end. What am I up to, you ask? I have officially gone into obsessive organization mode. Each day I obsess over my To-Do list, update my wedding day itinerary, and write crazy emails to my wedding party about everything I think they need to know. It’s not easy being your own wedding planner. Here are some things I have done that I think brides may find useful:

Vendor List
Wedding Day Itinerary
Cost Sheet
Phone List - List of names and cell numbers of everyone involved in the wedding including hotel room numbers.
“Do Not Forget” List - List of things not to forget to bring from home to the wedding. ie. marriage license, place cards, rings, shoes, camera, laptop (gotta blog), etc.
Wedding Binder
Extra Maps and Itineraries - Copies to be distributed to wedding party.

Vendor List:

Wedding Budget

September 12th, 2006 @ 3:12 pm by Mrs. Butterfly

I’ve mentioned a few times that both Mr. Butterfly and I are huge Excel geeks. Seriously - we do everything in Excel. My personal budget is on Excel, our guest list is on Excel, our school and work is in Excel, etc. In fact, the only other program that I use as much (aside from the Internet and email of course) is PowerPoint.

Anyway, back to Excel. On Sunday, after we finished our registry, we updated our budget spreadsheet. The one we have is slightly complex, consisting of actual costs, payments made to date, payments due, when the expenses go out on a weekly basis, whether it’s cash, credit or check, and the balances of each type of money on a weekly basis. Ok - that made it sound way too complicated.

This is an image of what my budget looks like. (Mouse over the bottom righthand corner and click on the arrows to expand the image to original size.) The next page groups all of the expenses together into cash, credit and check to see how much cash I will need vs. what is being charged on the credit card. Then I can see how much cash I have to pay off the wedding charges on the credit card.

I’ve blanked out all of the amounts on here for now. But I promise to post this complete version, with formulas and amounts, and make it downloadable after my wedding.

I will say this though. Once I finished adding up my expenses, I realized that I went about 15% over my original budget. It’s not that much considering that I added other expenses that were not included in my original budget (i.e. personal trainer). But I’m starting to think that no matter how much you try, you’re going to go over.

What do you think?

Tags: budget, new-york, organization | 13 Comments

Mrs. Violet, New York Age and Occupation: 27, Executive Assistant Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, Computer Engineer Engagement Date: May 13, 2006 Wedding Date: September 2007 Venue: Westbury Manor About Me: We've been dating since college. In our spare time we enjoy the city life, playing with our dog "Sam", eating our hearts out, and traveling. I also love to DIY. Check out my crafty creations at http://www.waisze.etsy.com.

Emergency Kit

September 12th, 2006 @ 10:41 am by Mrs. Violet

I think I’ve found the mecca for travel sized products. Check out the Bed Bath and Beyond in Chelsea - 620 6th Avenue (212.255.3550). They have an entire aisle of mini sized lotions, shampoos, wet naps, gels, sewing kit, etc. I was amazed. If you are putting together an emergency kit for your bridal party, you must make a stop here. They have it all.

Oh, may I point out that Mr. Violet thought I was nuts for taking pictures in BBB. I said I was doing it for the girls at weddingbee.