Wedding budget

I did ponder the same as putting or outing the cost of the wedding outfit my parents bought me. I decided to include the cost because end of the day, its how much you look at your day spent on your wedding.

Bulk fake flowers can be rented too if you wish it wouldn't be wise to spend that much on real ones. Search around to see where the best place is giving the price and less worry about storing or reselling. Its unbelievable how much you save too by comparing to the cost of purchase.

That is an amazing price

I agree, take the dress out of your budget

My groomswoman ordered the flowers, and she's assembling them herself (another way to save some money - if you order them assembled, if you are paying for someone else to organize them!).

I did what Bianca suggested. My mom bought my dress, and I allocated the dress money else where (are you getting a reception dress?). I'm using the budget chart on this website to help keep on track of things.

I also went with fake flowers to keep the costs low (I'm in BC, but my groomswoman found a place in the states. She got my bridal bouquet, 3 bridesmaid bouquets, 2 mother-in-law corsages, 6 boutonnieres, and the flower girls' corsage for $100. We have taken a lot of tester photos with the bouquets, and I can't tell that they are fake!).

I'm in a similar situation with my parents paying for parts of the wedding. What I'm doing is still tracking it in the budget, but Wedding Wire's budget tracker gives you an option to say who paid for what (when you add a payment for something).

I mostly just want to know how much the wedding is costing as a whole, but in your case, it'd be safe to take your dress out of your personal budget and now have some extra money to put into extras.

I agree with Bianca - If you are not paying for it, it is not part of your budget. It is your mom's budget.

I would personally reallocate the amount you budgeted to other things.

Hello Rayann! I'm also in Woodbridge!

My mom is purchasing my dress too so I decided to allocate that money somewhere else (like my flowers). I've been looking at any monetary "gifts" as just a nice extra bonus, but am keeping diligent note of everything so I know how much the whole thing costs at the end of the day too As for fake flowers, I can't help you there lol.