I just spent the last hour registering on TheKnot.com and looking via The Internets at various wedding/reception/future crime scene sites. Mostly, it's been a lot of The Jenny In My Head Who Is A Cheap Bastard (Or TJIMHWIACB, for short) screaming as loud as she can, WHAAAT? You expect me to pay how much for a two-hour site rental??? I have never spent so much as $100 for a party, and now the wedding industrial complex would have me pay around $28,000 for the one-day event. Sure, that's an amount that would make your average My Super Sweet 16-er rage about how cruel and penny-pinching her parents are, but given that I think my parents never ponied up more than, say $75 for a skating party when I was in the second grade, the thought of spending three figures on a party, never mind four, just blows the ol' noggin.
Of course, it doesn't help that I'm all hopped up on Diet -- excuse me, Sugarfree -- Red Bull and am procrastinating doing work.
Sigh ... it is times like this that imagining myself getting hitched by a greasy-haired, stubbly chested Elvis impersonator sounds not just tempting, but downright reasonable.
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Jenny, congrats! I'm one of those people who looks at their friends' friends' blogs (I also Google people I went to grade school with...). Plus, I really enjoyed your travel blog from Japan.
If you should find yourself in need of: free wedding-related tips/advice, some free bridal porn (wedding books, wedding magazines), or catering advice, I would be glad to share. Rob and I (1 yr on August 5th) did our entire wedding (from ring to honeymoon), with about 150 guests, for about $5k. Not too shabby, I say. Also, check out Indiebride (if you haven't already).
--Regan
Hey, thanks! I had no idea that anyone who wasn't genetically related to me was reading it! (Oh, and I totally do the googling thing, too -- it makes me feel a bit stalkerish, but has yielded some interesting results.)
Anyway, yeah, I am totally down for exploiting your offers of help! I think you two pretty much hit it where I want to be, both budget and size-wise. I've picked up a couple copies of Martha Stewart Weddings (I am a sucker for all her crafty stuff), but have otherwise just pretty much looked at stuff on Indiebride and offbeatbride.com, so I could use as much good advice as possible. Maybe we can figure out grabbing a cup of something caffeinated/alcoholinated (I know, not a word, but it should be!) and chatting?
Also: I checked out your blog -- you should post more, lady! (A statement which I know is very pot 'n' kettle, but still ...)
Also also: congrats on your upcoming one-year anniversary!
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