'Just Rewards (2)'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I was well below average in my wedding; we probably spent $5000, tops, and we had a caterer and a band and a florist and shit. My mother made my dress, which in retrospect was an error.
What shocks me is all the $100 judge's-office couples I know, which means someone out there is spending more on their wedding than, like, a Porsche Boxter.
Mine was far below average as well, and I justified it in my mind because I graduated a semester early from college, so that saved my parents money.
Last year, the average American [wedding] ceremony cost $27,852
Isn't that not very far off from average annual income?
Freaky.
flea is me. We spent maybe $3000. My dress was $500 (bridesmaid's dress in white) rings were $250 and $300. Venue was his parents' front yard. My uncle is a florist. Jon was working for a liqour company. Family made the food. Cake was a little over $100 from a bakery near mom's place. Another friend played piano for music. I bought the bridesmaid's their dresses (little black sheath dresses) for about $40 a piece. Oh and invitations, though if I remember correctly, my mother did those and we just bought the stationary.
I still look at those pictures and marvel that my family cleared me out a beautiful spot in the woods, built me a canopy and an aisle and made me a gorgeous banquet. Makes me tear up a little.
Ours was not far off from that, but the bulk of the money was spent on the (amazing) venue and the (possibly more amazing) food and booze. eta: Plus, Bay Area blah-blah-incredibly-expensive-cakes; a comparable wedding in a lot of other places probably would've been at least a third cheaper. Though it was probably worth it just for the Oz-and-Willow cake. I'm fairly certain the wardrobe for our entire not-small wedding party, including the flower girl and ring bearer, was less than the cost of the average dress.
Which reminds me, Emmett needs a new tuxedo. We know this because he reminds both of us at least once a week. I think this time he longs for tails, and if he thought he could talk us into a red brocade cummerbund and a gold watch chain he'd go for that too.
Isn't that not very far off from average annual income?
About 3/4 of the gross, so probably more than the average adult's net take-home pay.
Yeah, we spent about $3500, all told. Most of that was for food and booze. My dress cost about $300 between fabric and seamstress time.
I'm really glad we didn't spend any more than that, given what happened after.
So is there a message on my answering machine? What do you think?
And the pine trees are pollening so I've got a fine dusting of neon yellow powder EVERYWHERE.
So, who's got a good fruit salad recipe? I'm supposed to make one for a birthday dinner tomorrow, and I can't get ahold of my mother to get the awesome coconut-laced one. (And I find it hard to believe it has sour cream in it, like the internet's trying to convince me...)