His Hers Money

Yes, we did it, we got married! I know we really didn’t post very many (or any) details of the wedding planning, wedding budget or financial choices here on the blog, but there’s a pretty good reason why. Each year my company takes all of it’s employees away for a long weekend to a really nice resort. The only requirement as to the location is that it must be within a reasonable drive and be big enough to hold approximately 300+ guests. This year we went to The Homestead in south western VA and it was absolutely gorgeous. Both the building and the grounds were breath taking beyond description.

We were to arrive midday on Friday and leave Sunday afternoon. We had a company dinner as well as a Saturday morning company meeting but other than that the time was ours and all the bills were pretty much covered. So, we decided to get married while we were there! Our goal was to have a wedding that would have cost us an absolute bundle for pennies on the dollar.

We worked with the resort to choose the perfect location on the property to hold our wedding ceremony which ended up being next to a little pond. The resort didn’t charge us anything to use the location since we didn’t require and set up or tear down and we weren’t service any food or drink down there either.

Our entire wedding costs total $1077, Wedding Rings were $1000 and our honeymoon was $3200!

Here’s the break out:

Dress: $280

Alterations: $70

Flowers: $40

Shoes: $30

His Shirt and Tie: $57

Wedding Rings: $1000

Honeymoon: $3,200

Photos $600 (including engagement pics)

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