Lifes Changes

So I've been remiss in my postings lately but this is due to a few life changes happening in my life. First, I got married. This was a festive hoopla of a weekend at the beach with 30 of our nearest and dearest friends and family. It was simplistic in nature but emotional touching which is exactly how a wedding should be. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner with about 20 of us and we had a wonderful wedding with 30 of us the Saturday following Thanksgiving. Now I'm hear to tell you that this could all be done for under $6,000 which included 3 beach house rentals, all the food for Thanksgiving and the wedding and some initial food for each of the houses. We were able to have the most intimate and wonderful weekend for less than most would spend on the rehearsal dinner. It was amazing, it was cost conscious and it was my day. So when life changes happen to you, know that even with your money you can be thrifty and amazing at the same time. My words of wisdom are to figure out what you want to spend your money on, how you want the day to go and what is the most important to you. For us the most important thing was family and friends to celebrate with us. So the majority of our budget went to housing and food to ensure this was as inexpensive as possible for our friends and family. Then we wanted a simple ceremony with a everyone around to hear it so that was our next order of business. We were able to bring everyone into one beach house and have a great ceremony where everyone could hear and enjoy. Then we went to a wonderful Japanese Steakhouse for dinner which was inexpensive and great entertainment. So we determined what was important and put our money to that end first. Happy life changes to each of you!!!!

God Bless