{"id":96,"date":"2010-02-25T08:25:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-25T15:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.benaimfletcher.com\/?p=96"},"modified":"2010-02-25T08:25:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-25T15:25:00","slug":"stinkin-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beccablogs.com\/?p=96","title":{"rendered":"Stinkin Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"

21:31 debating pro hair\/makeup for the wedding. seems silly to only have for our day after photo shoot. suggestions? besides @ameliacartist<\/a> \ud83d\ude42<\/b>

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16:26 is $180 a lot for wedding day hair & make-up? i know i know, the pictures are priceless, but …..<\/b>

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16:31 & the $180 is including coming to our hotel room for me only. no one else. @seblagg<\/a> @diybride<\/a> @brideonbudget<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

So, in discussing Vegas nuptials with another bride on FB using the same company<\/b><\/a>, I started thinking about getting pro work done for the wedding itself. I will be totally pro (for FREE) during our day after shoot (or rather 2 days after) and it seems kinda silly to not be made up similarly for the actual wedding. When I put the question out to my consultants on Twitter, by this I mean all the brides <\/b><\/a>and wedding planners<\/b><\/a> I\u2019m friends with, they said $180 is damn cheap considering they come to your location. I\u2019m still not sold on it.<\/p>\n

Which bring me to another reason…<\/p>\n

16:44 i wish i could remove our flight\/hotel to vegas from our wedding budget. it’s so much prettier w\/out them.<\/b>

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18:24 are you including travel & hotel in your wedding budget or is it an extra expense?<\/b><\/p>\n

Considering our wedding is a destination wedding, I automatically including hotel and airfare in our budget. The hotel is deeply discounted (yay for @LuxorLV<\/a><\/b> <\/a>and they\u2019re amazing deals), but still about $600. The airfare, when I last did estimates, is between $600-750 for 2 round trip flights. Now granted, that\u2019s from Raleigh; Miami is about $60 less. Without including hotel and airfare, our budget\/ actual spending is really low. The wedding is $400, marriage license is $60 and cake\/ cupcakes are about $100. With a budget of $1500, that leaves plenty for tours, shows, dinner, rental van and gas out to the Grand Canyon, and so much more. Also, if this damn wedding dress<\/b><\/a> does sell, that\u2019s an extra $400 towards the purchase of the $125 dress I want. So obviously, now I\u2019m reconsidering how to figure our budget.<\/p>\n

Now onto a much more fun topic… graduation and bling!<\/p>\n

18:57 have been looking at amethyst & citrine for grad rings. (school colors are purple & gold) just realized i can get any stone! #noclassring<\/b>

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19:13 i’m considering this: bit.ly\/cFAeEA<\/a> to wear with this: bit.ly\/2SmvHm<\/a> (already have) whatcha think?<\/b>

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19:19 the ring will be a “hooray i now have an MBA” gift to myself \ud83d\ude42 @Tryphyna<\/b>

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19:24 oooooh another option: bit.ly\/cWC5Jj<\/a><\/b>

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20:36 new options, graduation gift: bit.ly\/bRYwgw<\/a>, bit.ly\/9Bfpnw<\/a>, bit.ly\/dCIFww<\/a>, bit.ly\/9XqiHm<\/a>, bit.ly\/9UxqRm<\/a><\/b>

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20:46 and bit.ly\/bh4Kvp<\/a> – yes, i’m indecisive!<\/b><\/p>\n

23:00 big surprise, more choices: http:\/\/bit.ly\/bjyh4Y<\/a>, http:\/\/bit.ly\/db4hvj<\/a>, http:\/\/bit.ly\/aOcBk8<\/a>, http:\/\/bit.ly\/b44uOH<\/a> in order of pref. <\/b><\/p>\n

I have been checking out different websites with gorgeous rings for my graduation gift. After graduation from UF, I bought myself an utterly gorgeous diamond and sapphire ring that was stolen a few years later. I loved that damn thing. So yeah, I started looking at other rings for my ECU graduation gift. So far my favorites, in order, are: http:\/\/bit.ly\/bjyh4Y<\/a>, http:\/\/bit.ly\/db4hvj<\/a>, bit.ly\/9UxqRm<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Did you buy yourself anything for graduation? It’s such a huge accomplishment and… why not?! Also, making payments is my friend. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

21:31 debating pro hair\/makeup for the wedding. seems silly to only have for our day after photo shoot. suggestions? besides @ameliacartist \ud83d\ude4216:26 is $180 a lot for wedding day hair & make-up? i know i know, the pictures are priceless, but …..16:31 & the $180 is including coming to our hotel room for me only. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[107,114,122,127,77,135,91],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-budget","category-dress","category-hotels","category-luxor","category-school","category-vegas-vows","category-wedding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/beccablogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/beccablogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/beccablogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beccablogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beccablogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/beccablogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/beccablogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beccablogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beccablogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}