This past weekend, my mom and I went to Denver for my hair and makeup trial with my cousin. We had found a great deal on flights ($100 each), used points for the hotel (plus, got an upgrade to a 2 bedroom suite!), and had my aunt bring us some groceries, so we only had to eat out once. My cousin is phenomenal, and I'm so lucky he's agreed to style me and my bridesmaids for the wedding. We're paying him as he's social media famous, and I want to make sure he's fairly compensated. I'm giving him $200 plus $100 to either his room or straight to him for all of our hair and my makeup. If the girls want makeup, he's only charging $25 which is crazy cheap for professional makeup.
Next up is invites. I did pretty well on those. My mom picked some kits up for $6 each, and while they don't really match my wedding at all, I managed to incorporate some small elements to tie it in. Printing them at home means I only have postage to cover. Yay for super cheap invites. About 80 for less than $100 with postage.
I can't believe it's getting so close! It's also encouraging that if everything works out, DF and I will have financed about 90% of it ourselves with the remaining bit coming from our parents. With our wedding coming pretty close to the average amount spent (about 30k), I feel confident about really getting back to hammering my debts once it's done. I certainly won't be debt free by thirty, but I'm going to seriously push for consumer debt-free!
Back from Denver
February 1st, 2016 at 06:02 pm
February 1st, 2016 at 08:16 pm 1454357785
February 2nd, 2016 at 01:44 am 1454377477
Are you paying for you mom's makeup/hair? Since I'm not having a bridal party, and so I was debating on if I should do that - but then what about my aunt and grandma and SIL to be??
February 2nd, 2016 at 02:50 am 1454381420
FT, I'm paying him for everyone's hair. The makeup is their choice since I'm not paying for that. I'm covering my mom for both and asked my future mother-in-law,but she wants to do her own.
February 2nd, 2016 at 12:04 pm 1454414691