Hello!   If you’ve found this site then you’re probably either planning a wedding, thinking about planning a wedding, helping your friend plan her wedding or are daydreaming about your future wedding and are looking for ideas.  Just a few things about myself so you know where I’m coming from.

 I’m CHEAP!  Not to the point where it’s embaressing for everyone else around me, but I do enjoy good value for my money and if there are ways to save yet get the end result and perhaps do a little more work than NO work at all, then I’m all for it!  Remember, you work hard for your money so spend it well.

 I HATE big traditional weddings.  The ones where you follow all the steps from a big thick book, telling you where to walk, what to say & what type of flowers you need to be carrying.  Think about the original point of having a wedding.  It’s to show your friends and family “hey, this is my chosen life partner and I’m going to publicly state my love for this person!”  THAT IS ALL!! It’s not a contest to see how much you can spend or that you spent 25K on a dress you’ll wear once.  Heck, my parents got married at city hall & that was it!  They are still happily married to this date and it really doesn’t matter if she doesn’t have a 4 caret ring or not… No one should tell you how you want to profess your love for one another… except you.

 I’m CHILL.  I’m a pretty relaxed pers

on and secure.  People feel the need to show off and surround themselves with material good as a way of defining their self worth.   It’s part of the materialism & consumer culture North Americans have grown up with.  It’s your wedding, have FUN, DANCE (unless he absolutely hates dancing) KAROAKE, have a FOOD FIGHT!  Have it the way you want.

 I’m MARRIED.  I got married on February 29, 2008, planned very quickly and on a budget and on a beautiful beach location in Costa Rica.  I had so much fun planning it, saved a lot of money & also learned a lot about where/ how to get all your wedding needs met without spending big bucks, yet still have everything covered!  Some people commented that it was the best / funnest / nicest wedding they’ve ever been to.  Its’ not that I CAN’T spend tons of cash on a wedding, but there’s about 1000 other more important things I’d rather spend that money on, for our future.   Recently, I’ve been teaching others how to find good deals for their upcoming wedding dates so why not just blog about it?