| Your big day is fast approaching and you are | | | | hamburgers, and we all played volleyball and |
| trying to figure out how to stretch a dollar into a | | | | danced outside. It was a blast. |
| thousand. Everything costs more for your | | | | Utilize the natural beauty of the outdoors. When |
| wedding than you expected, and now you find | | | | you have a wedding outdoors, the prices drop for |
| yourself trying to find ways to save money. No | | | | a number of reasons. First, the venue is usually a |
| need to fret, because there are a number of | | | | bit more inexpensive in the first place. Second, |
| areas that you can save a few bucks. Here are | | | | the outdoors already have flowers, and beauty all |
| some top ways to save money when planning | | | | around so you do not have to spend quite as |
| your wedding and party. | | | | much on flowers, and decorations. The most |
| Wonder what kind of wedding dress you should | | | | beautiful weddings are outside anyway. |
| choose? Consider a discount wedding dress rather | | | | Imagine a garden in full bloom, or picture a |
| than an extremely extravagant one. Some ladies | | | | sprawling landscape shaded by tall trees and |
| are very picky about having the perfect wedding | | | | fragrant flowering shrubs. You could feel the soft |
| dress and this tip is not for you. For those that | | | | scents of lavender, roses, and peonies. Then |
| are not as concerned with this, you can find any | | | | there are a sweetly singing cardinal and chirping |
| number of beautiful wedding dresses at drastically | | | | chickadees. Being surrounded by nature's divine |
| discounted prices. If you are flexible in your wants | | | | splendor as you are pronounced husband and wife |
| for your wedding, you will quickly see the prices | | | | will be the most unforgettable moment in your |
| start to drop. | | | | life. Whether you celebrate your wedding party in |
| Consider having the reception somewhere else | | | | a garden, vineyard, forest, or park; or on the |
| after the wedding. Often, the rental of the | | | | grounds of your favorite bed-and-breakfast, the |
| reception can be very expensive. Take away this | | | | setting by Mother Nature will be spectacular. |
| huge cost, and it gives you a fantastic load of | | | | Wear your mother's wedding dress. This is a |
| money to then use on other parts of the | | | | tradition that holds very special memories. It also |
| wedding. Alternate wedding reception areas can | | | | keeps you from having to spend any money on |
| be someone's home, or a park, or even at the | | | | your wedding dress. If the dress needs altering a |
| local restaurant. The absolute best wedding | | | | bit, you will still come out cheaper than you would |
| reception that I ever attended was held in a | | | | if you spent money for a new dress. And you |
| backyard where they grilled up hot dogs, | | | | would make your mother very happy. |