Weddings on a Shoestring Budget

So you’re engaged now, but you’re figuring out that you will have to pay for everything out of your own (and your future husband’s) pocket.  Maybe you are estranged from your parents; maybe your parents have sadly passed away; or maybe your parents are simply too poor to even help pay a small fraction of your wedding costs.  So what do you do?  You want to have a beautiful wedding, but you and your future husband aren’t exactly rolling in the dough.  You will need to first figure out how much wedding you can afford, set your budget, save up for it, and plan everything according to your budget.