DF got paid more than we thought, so that's a bit of a relief. I don't have to put the pet expenses to the credit card. I have some payments pending to my credit card - 30 for gas, 30 reimbursement from a work purchase, and I'm also going to take $100 out of our joint account. I will also make a $320 payment next paycheck (Wednesday). I'll still end up paying interest which is a huge bummer seeing as I've managed to avoid it the past year, but only on about $920 (the statement balance was originally $1525). For August, I have $543 budgeted to Chase, but I'm going to do my best to knock out more.
This weekend, we had two potlucks. We did bring desserts to both totaling $35.
I'm in a holding place with wedding plans. In an effort to save a trip out there, I desperately reached out to a former class instructor who is currently in my wedding location. He's graciously agreed to swing by the place and check it out for me. If he agrees that it looks like the photos, then I'm going to coordinate with their event planner to draw up the contracts to book the venue. (I had originally asked the event planner to Skype or use technology to conduct a virtual tour, but she claimed to not have the means to do that.) That would mean we only have one planning trip which I'm actually going to try and combine with the Vegas trip to save money on a cross-country flight. We've decided to go without a planner completely. I can be pretty organized when I want to, so I'll just have to make this a focus in the coming months. DF wrote up his list last night - it was over double what I had in mind. We're going to make some cuts, but I think we'll still end up inviting between 100 and 150 people now. Since it's a destination wedding, I'm going to send the invites out between 4 and 6 months and ask for RSVPs to be back by the two month mark for planning. This should give me ample time to plan if all of them suddenly decide to show up.
Weekend Update
July 20th, 2015 at 12:31 pm
July 20th, 2015 at 06:51 pm 1437418312
Will you do a local reception once you have returned? Might want to have that date set as well so people know how they can celebrate with you if they cannot make the destination. (Where is it by the way?)
July 20th, 2015 at 07:07 pm 1437419279
We are actually not going to do a local celebration afterwards. Most of our family/friends are spread out which is why we went destination in the first place.
July 20th, 2015 at 07:11 pm 1437419473
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July 21st, 2015 at 01:53 am 1437443605
I used to work for a wedding planner in San Francisco when i was in college. The planning was fascinating for those if us who love to plan.
Most of the people she hired lasted barely a season. I loved working for them.
Sedona is gorgeous! What a lovely location for a wedding! Such beautiful locations for pictures, colors, sun and sunsets.
July 21st, 2015 at 01:36 pm 1437485760